A Lucky escape

[jimmy]

I managed to stuff up a paint job tonight on the review XX4 and save it !
I made a horrific rushed choice on the colours and paid the price with a monstrosity of a shell..



I was gutted as soon as i put the orange on, i knew it was gone!..
I heard something about faskolor paints needing a while to fully cure, so i stuck it straight in some water and with a bit of rubbing nearly all the paint came off ! :shock: the stubborn areas (mainly the grey shaddow paint) came off with some
surgical spirit, the red bits are just the window mask residue..




SAVED!!
just need to think it thought properly now..


ops:

[nick oliver]

luckey luckey luckey ther jimmy

[DCM]

I actualy like the front bit Jim, what colours and in what order.... the back.... hmmm, I think it didn't work as it wasn't either DARK or LIGHT, so never realy got a chance to shine.

Lucky about it though... I would be stuffed, I hot air gun each coat on mine....

[jimmy]

I just didnt think it through!

The front bit looked nice on its own, it is green metallic (yellow and blue mixed) faded with a bit of carbon fibre effect into metallic charcoal... looked quite nice.
I think youre right, the orange needed to contrast either lighter or darker... ah well, i get another go at it now!

[jimmy]

Well i was gonna go for my usual fluo orange and white like on the zx5 after that farce of a paint job.. But paul rotheram convinced me to give it another bash, its almost 1am and im a bit wired now.

here she is, this is the same shell as above remember, theres a couple of spots i didnt get the previous paint off properly but hey..


I think there is:

1: light metallic blue (blue metallic and pearl white mixed)
2: iridescent purple
3: iridescent red
4: transparent grey
5: gun metal grey
6: red
7: fluo red
8: fluo orange (fluo red and normal yellow mixed)
9: yellow
10: white
11: pearl white

Have to give the compressor back tomorrow hence my 1am painting madness.

[David]

sorry to interupt i am looking for a kyosho ultima aprox 1987 era the year joel johnson won the worlds i would like one stock just like it came from kyosho can anyone help me i have tried ebay and many other resources no luck yet thank you david in USA

[jimmy]

talk about off topic! lol !!

have you perchance tried the wanted section at the bottom of the forum ?
your best bet is tamiyaclub.com though

I have the car brand new with all the worlds gubbins like stickers and little medal but its not for sale im afraid.. tamiyaclub is your best bet..

[ApexSpeed]

Random post attack!


LOL

Looks much better than the first one, Jimmy, though I did like that green.

[jimmy]

Thanks Doug,
The green looked better than on the photo I have to say, it was really nice, bit of carbon effect in there too.. but i rushed the rest of it without much thought, ah well..
I dont like painting shells for myself i have to say, I think i'll stick to the occasional one for other people.

[Bathy]

Yeah I’ll have a coffee please; two sugars no milk… ta!




Ha ha random, some people never fail to amaze yah huh? Looks really super that paint job Jimmy, top effort!

I didn’t know you were considering doing the occasional design for people… hmmmm interesting.

[PaulRotheram]

think he ment just a few for mates if needed, and of course for special people. im plain retarded, can you get any more special than that?

shell looks spot on, glad i twisted your arm mate!

[emzy]

Jimmmmmyy... I've got a job for you