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NOOOO!!! Don't give up Steve your shells are amazing and I've wanted 1 for years but with 2 boys also racing it would break me (divorce) but if that's it fair do's you are an artist!!
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Sorry to hear that, wish you lots of luck with new ventures 👍
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Just for reference in response to my masking tape thread.
http://www.oople.com/forums/showthread.php?t=180253 I wanted to cut my materials cost and tape would help do this instead of liquid mask. I did try Tamiya tape and it was kinda a pain and kinda not. It cut well enough, but masking around certain areas, even on a TC was annoying as hell to point out the obvious disadvantage of tape. I ended up with a few bleeds that I wouldn't of had with liquid mask that I never really recovered from. Thanks for the well wishes. [/URL] |
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Interesting read about the tape, Are you going back to Liquid mask? I dont think the mask is all that expensive per shell, buy in big quantities and i think its cost effective enough.
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I think you can mask a whole shell for about 50p with tape, where as liquid mask costs about £3 per TC shell (This is from my experience of getting 5 TC shells masked from a 16oz bottle costing £14/15)
I was working it out that paint costs average about £3.50 to paint a TC shell, and then sealant cost about £1.50/£2 per shell. So the total for materials is about £8 each time to paint a TC shell. That's fine if you charge £40 per TC shell, but people only seem to want to pay about £20-25 and that's a no go for me now after it takes 8-10 hours to do the job. So to answer your question I would use tape for a cheap basic job and liquid mask when I know they needed a pro job. Last edited by Steveonamission; 27-11-2016 at 05:16 PM. |
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Great work as ever Steve, loving the I8 themed GT
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Thanks man, unintentional though
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Love the purple shell a few posts back
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Cheers.
I think you could save a few quid bulk buying in the UK, but I never wanted to pay out for it initially. Shipping overseas is too pricey for the weight of bottles of materials. I just moan too much now with them was once a cool hobby when I enjoyed my improvement but now i've reached my ability I'm looking for other things to justify doing them as most of the time I lost money on them Last edited by Steveonamission; 19-03-2017 at 01:11 PM. |
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With amazing shells above its madness your loosing money
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So much for giving up.
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Can't see the whole shell but I'm going to say blue
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I'm on your page Steve. Dialled my painting right back. Free work really doesn't appeal. A solid days work plus materials should pay a commensurate rate. Got tired of being robbed.
Bitter and jaded? Yes a bit. Its an all too familiar cycle, seeing talented painters explode onto the forum, full of enthusiasm, then eventually all reach the same point. Rant over! J
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This is the problem, as Steve has already pointed out to be fair. It's hard to charge for a days work, when others are prepared to churn 'em out for 25-30 quid. Or bought off ebay, and including the shell for much the same money!!
Personally, I'm quite satisfied keeping it on the download these days, only painting for my lad, myself and a small handful of close friends. Were I to put my graphic designers head on, I'd be charging the nominal £30 an hour right off the bat. But we all know that's not going to fly!!! I'd go hungry real quick, charging £150 for the average 5-hour paintjob. Lol!!!
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