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squarehead.design: r/c & helmet painting
I figured it was about time I posted some of the work I have done over the years. I have been painting R/C bodies for over 25 years now, and in the last year started painting helmets, too, for a living.
Hope you enjoy my efforts... doug |
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The "trophy girl" car from the 80s Associated ads:
A replica of the RC10 from the original RC10 manual: |
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Early RPS Yokomo reproduction body, from the original mold:
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A reproduction Kyosho Ultima Pro scheme, based on the customer's original body colors:
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Yokomo 870c reproduction, with undertray:
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A body for the new Ultima SC-R for a Wisconsin racer:
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Freshly finished, a Cliff Lett "Team Moo" RC10T replica:
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A couple of retro-themed RC10 Protech bodies for the same customer:
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Love the SC body, very nice work.
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yeh man, nice work buddy.
jon |
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Thanks guys. Here's a few of my personal cars over the last few years...
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Thought you guys might like to see this. It's from a few years ago, and was a design challenge. The idea was to paint a car using ONLY 2 main colors. In this case, it was red, and a slightly darker tint of red to create something that I don't think has ever been done on an R/C body before. It was easily one of the most time consuming paint jobs I had done to that point.
Hope you like my creative study... |
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Here's a suite of cars I did a few years ago in a bit of a different scheme...
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Here's the last helmet to come out of the paint shop—pearl white & white stars, 3 pearl reds and 3 pearl/candy blues with a nice metalflake in it:
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nice work, what paint do you use on the Helmets?
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I shoot water-based on everything at this point. All of the paint on the R/C and helmets is AutoAir, Createx and Parma Faskolor. The helmets are clear-coated with a low VOC polyurethane.
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I didn't realise you could, might have to give it a bash, what base coat do you use?
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dragon paints : team tekin : fusion hobbies :SCHUMACHER RACING : Nuclear R/C for all my sticky and slippery stuff - if it needs gluing or lubing, Nuclear RC is the man! |
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Yeah, you could use finger paints or Sharpie markers if you wanted to. The base prep needs to be clean and the helmet needs a solvent-based clear coat when finished.
For new helmets, I thoroughly scuff the new surface with a red 3M pad or 600 grit wet/dry paper. Clean well with a degreaser and paint. If the helmet is used or not white, I will scuff the same way as a new, then apply a couple of coats of AutoAir 4001 (white) or 4002 (dark grey) base coat. Mask and paint as usual. |
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This thing is
What a steady hand you must have! Incredible skills
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