SHY's Paint

[SHY]

Just thought I'd make a tread where I can gather up my paintworks.

I'm in a much lower league than some of the true artists on here! But I nevertheless find great joy in trying new paint schemes. As I see it it's a very important part of the enjoyment of this hobby of ours!

Of course you can pay people to paint for you, but I really recommend to give it a shot yourself! Start off simple and try to improve! It's very revarding and fun once you get the hang of it! And you can get great results from more simple schemes and good use of stickers too! I always prefer cars/painjobs that look good & fast ON the track! Not like a flower painting

I very very seldom paint for others. Not that I wouldn't like to, there's just not enough time

I hope it may be of inspiration to others!

Feel free to comment!


2002 Group C paintjob for 1:8 TR car


2002 GT paintjob for 1:8 TR car, made for the Concour'd Elegance in the Euros B in Lostallo 2003


2003 CanAm Lola paintjobs for 1:8 TR car. Before the Euros A in Oslo 2003 (my hometrack) I bought and painted every single 1:8 body available... and none were faster than my good old Group C :-(


2004 job, CanAm Lola 200mm Serpent body on a Corally CCT (Competiton Touring)


2004 CanAm Lola paintjob for 1:8 TR (Protoform CopyCat job :-)


2004 CanAm Lola paintjob for 1:8 TR


2006 CanAm Lola paintjob for 1:8 TR. This is a very simple design, but it looks good on the track. And it's very good to drive, as it gives supreme contrast to the asphalt. Here I've gotten hold of plotter cut out Puma logos from a friend.


2008 - getting tired of 1:8 TR, and hooked on electric buggies! (and oOple) This is my B4.


2008 X-Factory X-5 paint


2008 AE B44 paintjob

[bigred5765]

some fantastic jobs there mate, looking real good

[SHY]

Thx, much appreaciated!

Here's some more... jobs from 2009


New shell & paint for the X-5, looked really good on the track! Bright & fast!


A gift from my friend Kjetil Gundersen, actually the best motocross driver in Norway. He even made a sticker with "baby onboard" as I had just become a father


Got hold of a Aero A1, never ran it... for this job I copied the paint scheme of Hupo, really happy with this one!


Same for my beloved Atomic-Carbon B44, what a car!


Then the Slim 2, RC porn car!


This started it's life as a Cox in the US, got it for next to nothing on FleaBay. A little shine + some magic Marwan repro shell & stickers... plus a pain of a paintjob!


Sexy rear end


Trying to get it right...


1:12 Track CanAm


1:12 Track Corally Nissan Long shell

[SHY]

2010 paint:


1:8 TR CanAm shell


detail

2011 paint:


Finished 2nd in the Nordic Championship 2011 with this baby! This Protoform has a good ol' cockpit a bit like the old Group C bodies. It handles extremely well! Tons of steering and very stable!


Another version CanAm


close up of driver

[SHY]

Some more 2008 jobs:


X-Faxtory X-6


Team Losi XX4 WE


B.A.R. Honda Tamiya Frog Evo I


B.A.R. Honda Tamiya Hotshot Evo I


B.A.R. Honda Tamiya Hotshot Evo II


Kyosho Progress 4WDS new built


detail


engine room


Tamiya Top Force Wannabe Evolution. Re-re Top Force with repro Evo stickers, carbon shock towers and orange rims. I love the looks & livery of this car, super cool!!!


T4 shell for my bro

[eyeayen]

Some really nice paint schemes there Shy !

I really like the 8th on road cars and the shells you've done ( I'm yet to paint one of those ), I like the Puma one, reminds me of the Brawn cars. And the BAR Frog is cool !

Too many good ones to mentioned though, really nice work, looks tight and crisp !

[SHY]

Thx Ian! I did it before Brawn actually

At least I've learned something since I first bought an airbrush back in 1995

This is one of my very first paintjobs:


And this was SOOO advanced for me back then


Being a total nerd, I even painted my crappy Vauxhall


This is a picture from 2005, with a line up of most of the shells I had then "used up" since 1995 After 10 years of hard work I finally won the national championship in 2006, so this is "the path there"...

Here's a video of them too:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kc87-q7rzY

There's some things you should know as to 1:8 TR shells Ian:

They are much larger = uses a lot of paint & you need big nozzles. And seal it VERY well, especially on the exhaust side.

The shells sometimes have a very short life. 1:10 off-road shells can last for years on end, as it sits well protected "inside" wheels, towers and wing. Whilst these onroad shells take all the beating head on. And imagine going full flat at 110 km/h, hitting some slight debris on the track >> takeoff... fence...

Typically the shells you've spent the most time on do harakiri on the first lap. And the ugly ones never want to die

Being incredibly fast, a simpler, clean design with "flowing lines" in the speed direction look best on the track. Too much going on looks stupid on track. I really also recommend some kind of "triangle" on the side, making the car look "cone formed" / taller at the back. With a horisontal line it looks kinda rear heavy and strange.

A good advice is to do some simpler "practise shells" and a full blown "A final shell". But with a good resemblance. The italians do this. Or even one only for the Concour'd Elegance competition at big races. Some are just a shame to waste.

Also make sure they are cut out before painting, as they are a paint to cut & fit when painted first, as the shells for instance from Protoform are not marked correctly (the different brands have different layouts).

Cheers

[Gayo]

Nice pics my friend, thanks for sharing! That "path pic" is great

The vid is not showing.

[SHY]

Struggling with that vid... try again tomorrow, it's on Youtube but I cannot get the link to work for some strange reason

EDIT: All good now! Btw notice my very first shell, which I bought pre-painted from the shop in 95 (Enneti brand). Only the last couple of years I've seen pre-painted shells in the shops again (Blitz). Notice also the large "L" on my first shell A fellow racers after a couple of seasons once asked me why I stopped using it

When painting my first shell I of course had to do the CLASSIC beginner mistake... going for all black... >> everybody crashes into you as they cannot see you on the black asphalt -And you're being explained by the pros very carefully how great they find your choice of colours...

Oh, and merci Gayo!

[andys]

Wow - awesome thread - I love the line of shells up to 2005 !
Amazing that you kept them all.

Some great paint jobs and nice techniques - I love the older tamiya stuff - I was thinking of doing a 'Homage' to the Tamiya Frog on one of my own shells - Pink & White - 'No Guts No Glory' etc

[SHY]

Thx!

Yeah, they took of a lot of space in my garage. My plan was to do this when I'd finally won my 1st national title, then throw them all in the bin... it took a while longer then first expected

I really like putting old vintage cars on stereoids a bit Have you guys seen Tanatwo's work? (japanese)

If not >> http://www93.sakura.ne.jp/~time-tunnel/

Very happy with the B.A.R. Honda cars, currently I'm working on this project (runner):

Good'ol B44
B-Max4 II cab forward shell, love the lines on this one, lots of cools vents
Vodafone McLaren 2012 stickers & paint (from revolutionshop_fr on ebay)
And of course a Futaba 3VCS with McLaren skin to go (customgraphics / DMS)

Would be very cool with chrome all over, but I'll go for the silver. The chrome has a tendency to peel off over time (and lots of impacts)... I'll limit the chrome to the window lines only, and try to back with white in stead of black this time. Blitzboy told me that would be better. I'll also try cleaning as a pre-prep with blue Jif only, not alcohol as I've been doing for a long time.

Any other tips for making chrome stick better? I use the Spaztix aerosol for this.

[jonmiller]

Nice to have you posting your work mate, good stuff

Regarding chrome and candies, give your friends at MustitRC a shout (shameless plug I know ) Haha

[SHY]

Originally Posted by jonmiller

Nice to have you posting your work mate, good stuff

Regarding chrome and candies, give your friends at MustitRC a shout (shameless plug I know ) Haha

Thx boss!

Do you have rattle cans with chrome? Better stick than Spazstix?

A little update on my McLaren project:

This is the first time ever that I have applied the decals first. But I saw this as the best solution here, as I'm going for the easy route. Being a mere mortal with no plotter or skills to "reproduce" all the decals as paint

The stickers are made for 1:10 F1 cars (Tamiya I guess), so it takes a little creativity to adjust them to off-road, but no biggie







Btw you pros, do you have a good advise as to a felt pen I can use when drawing on the outside? Especially with film on it's hard to made that pen work... I've tried overhead, CD marker (too thick), others... but none so far has worked very well. They write for a short while, then need to be used on paper to write again... (webshop link would be awesome)

[jonmiller]

No rattle cans yet dude unfortunately.

There is no wrong way to do the shell mate, whatever needs doing to get the job done! I'm sure it will look fantastic.

[jonmiller]

Sorry, forgot about the marker pen.

I would recommend either Edding 8404 aerospace marker pen or Staedtler permenant marker pens


Jon

[SHY]

Thx Jon! I'll try one of those! Also just ordered one of your surface preps.

I'm sure solvent based is good, but I really prefer to stay with water based for the airbrushing. So a can is good for chrome for me

But is solvent based via airbrush more sticky than from a rattle can?

Btw how come you have a norwegian name??? "Jon" is the way we write it... being british(?) shouldn't you be named "JoHn"?

Btw2: I see I'm only 1 post ahead of you!!! Tight championship this!!!

[jonmiller]

I see that buddy, thank you. (although I think Mustit may have some too)

I cannot say the differences, all I can say is that my chrome is good.

It is actually Jonathan so just abbreviated Although I do have Norwegian relatives, great, great grandparents or something like that

One of those little post whores are you?

[SHY]

Kinda embarassing to take so long, but here it is!

3x small kids take most of my spare time...

Very happy with the result! My trusted old B44 will now go into retirement with these new clothes on. I'm getting an XB4 to take over. But I'll do more of these paint schemes, not very hard to do when using these stickers!






The only thing I feel could be better is adding some black at the bottom line as well. Too much plain silver there.















Matching radio of course!

[SHY]

My old T4 has a new life now as my oldest daughter's first proper RC car!


The plan...


The result


After first test drive


Go girl!


Where it now lives - can you spot the radio and car?

[SHY]

So I decided to go for a 1:1 paint scheme look. Being a F1 and McLaren fan the choice was obvious.

But it got me thinking... why don't we do this all of us? I mean most competition RC cars these days have kinda derived from the old 'goal' as to resembling a full scale racing car. We have nice enough paint jobs but it's a bit 'off' when you think about it - flames and splash patterns, very colorful. Plus stickers of the brands we PAID for. 99% of us are not sponsored so why do we advertise for free for them?

I encourage more to do full scale lookalikes - it's cool and it'll make it more interesting IMO to watch for the general public Imagine how cool it'd look if all cars were a copy of a full scale racing team!!!







Change of livery for me!