Joo's paint!

[julianb]

Custom RC paint. PM me if you want to discuss a commission.


regards

Ju

[U1timate PigDog]

Very very nice !! ;) keep up the good work.

[eyeayen]

All those bodies look cool !

Nice to see your own thread too :thumbsup:

[julianb]

Cheers, here's a few more I dug out... and a bit of warhammer for the boy!

[jonmiller]

as said, some nice work mate, keep it up

[julianb]

The latest, had a mare with the window masks leaving glue residue behind, then cleaned it off and scuffed the chrome. AAAAARGGHHHH!!!!!!

cheers

Ju

[boultspeed]

The latest, had a mare with the window masks leaving glue residue behind, then cleaned it off and scuffed the chrome. AAAAARGGHHHH!!!!!!

cheers

Ju


been there and dunnit so stopped using the masks :(

a bit off masking tape stuck on the residue the removed fast usually gets the residue off tho :thumbsup:

[julianb]

Yeah, usually I forget to stick them on. No more window masks for me, just good old liquid mask!!! It's easier to see the mould lines anyway!

cheers

Ju

[U1timate PigDog]

Nice Job looks really good, Like previously said I tend to use liquid mask for the whole body but when I do occasionally use the window masks I try to make sure that there really cool so the glue doesn't seem to leave residue behind as much.

Top work tho!

[julianb]

Cheers!

Nice to get a bit of recognition from the acknowledged pro's!

regards

J

[julianb]

Team colours - Dad and lad !!!

[eyeayen]

They look cool but I hope for your sake you don't ever end up in the same race !

[stoff]

Really nice work Julian!:thumbsup:

[julianb]

Yep, but of course your name decals make it ;-)

[cheekyscouse]

you got some talent there bud, i like the space marine/warhammer stuff, reminds me of when i was younger and had lots of those lead figures :)

[julianb]

Cheers, finally a break from the Warhammer, lol!

A few more pics of the latest, based on a previous design, just different colours...

[julianb]

Got a commission to paint the rider figure on an rc jetski...not quite finished, needs some logos and details...

[eyeayen]

That looks really cool already ! Great shoes ! :thumbsup:

[julianb]

Cheers!

Casting around for some waterslide decal paper to make a few sponsor logos now... ;-)

[eyeayen]

Most good model shops should have that in stock, you can get 2 different types, inkjet or lazer. You might find more luck in a model railway shop or a boat specialist as the car / helicopter people aren't so interested. It would be expensive but SPOT ON are the best waterslide people I know, they'll make them to order but you'd end up paying a lot due to set up fee's. Other people do it, usually advertise on model railway forums and mags, I contacted some private people advertising they did it but found there service unreliable.

[styleone]

Really nice work there mate...keep up the clean designs :thumbsup:

[QuackingPlums]

Cheers, here's a few more I dug out... and a bit of warhammer for the boy!

Wow, I only just found this thread and now I finally know who inspired my first attempt at airbrushing! :D

As I mentioned in my post here (http://www.oople.com/forums/showpost.php?p=402187&postcount=6), I found a photo of that green and yellow Mardave whilst doing a Google search but didn't know who painted it at the time! Thanks for the inspiration matey!

[julianb]

Cheers for the heads up with the waterslide decal stuff. I found some inkjet material in the local ironmongers. I'll knock up the artwork in Illustrator on the Mac, then just print it out. A coat of matt poly and she'll be off around the pond!!!

cheers

J

[julianb]

Wow, I only just found this thread and now I finally know who inspired my first attempt at airbrushing! :D

As I mentioned in my post here (http://www.oople.com/forums/showpost.php?p=402187&postcount=6), I found a photo of that green and yellow Mardave whilst doing a Google search but didn't know who painted it at the time! Thanks for the inspiration matey!


Cool - I prefer your colours!!!!!

;-)

[eyeayen]

I'll knock up the artwork in Illustrator on the Mac


That's exactly what I would have done ! I got bored of trying to replicate intricate little parts on scale helicopters when I painted them so I sorted it out that way. I did one mega job and the bloke won everything he entered for a while. Then they changed the rules and said no 'pro' paint jobs so he couldn't enter any more :lol: it was one of the most difficult jobs I'd done because of the complete precision on it.

Post up when you've done it, I'll be interested to see the finished result !

[julianb]

Another shell almost identical to a previous design. Keep having issues with static after removing mask. Tried wiping down each freshly unmasked area with a cotton bud and denatured alcohol. Sometimes this creates smears tho!

Wondering why it keeps happening. I think humidity. Never used to happen with Fasmask, only RCS (which I do prefer as it goes - it cuts better and is less stretchy than the Fasmask) Just wish I could get to the bottom of it. Nearly wrecked another shell tonight!!!

any ideas?


Ju

[jonmiller]

lookin good buddy :)

the rcs mask grips to the shell alot more which can create static. aswell as static there may be some surface residue from your fingers or the mask.

just come out with rcs body prep, 1 or 2 light mist coats drying off between (only takes a second with heatgun in order for it to evapourate) coats on the exposed surface and yer good to go. works wonders.

[U1timate PigDog]

Looking good with that one :thumbsup:,

as for the static issue, are you sure your not causing the static off your clothing or something?

Its very rare that I experience any serious static problems and I'm also using RCS mask.

I'd be tempted to try jons body prep or this may sound a little crazy but buy a anti static wrist strap and wear it whilst painting, you could discharge the static on the body by touching it with the strap on your wrist and it will prevent you from causing static.

[Rebelrc]

Dust off static marks with soft bristle paint brush before applying next coat

[julianb]

Must be my electric personality !!!!:thumbsup:

Will order some of Jon's prep. See how we go. Need some more paint anyway...

cheers


Ju

[GRIFF55]

Try a tack cloth between colours? Might help?

[telboy]

Yeah, I just wipe down with a cloth when i have to do dark fades with a white/light main colour. Always happened to me, even with fasmask.

Liking the Space Marines! :) Thats where I started off painting.....many years ago! :)

[julianb]

Another shell in my lads favourite design and colours.
Got loads to do for club members and haven't painted for a month or two so i thought it best to get my eye back in with one for the boy. No doubt it will be trashed in less than a month...ah well...

[eyeayen]

Very neat, nice work !

[julianb]

Cheers, reasonably pleased with it after blowing the cobwebs away. Some of the pinstriping is a bit wavy, but the static issues seem to be solved - A gentle rub with a Halfords panel wipe after removing each section of mask did the trick. Just got to clean up the glue residue from the window masks and I'll be even happier!

Just got some new colours from RCS - amazing service, in the brush less than 24 hours after ordering!!!

One down, eight to go....

cheers

Ju

[julianb]

lookin good buddy :)

the rcs mask grips to the shell alot more which can create static. aswell as static there may be some surface residue from your fingers or the mask.

just come out with rcs body prep, 1 or 2 light mist coats drying off between (only takes a second with heatgun in order for it to evapourate) coats on the exposed surface and yer good to go. works wonders.

Hi John, is this a clear base - like Auto Air's? Or is it a cleaning product?

Would like to order some - couldn't see it on the website.

cheers

Ju

[eyeayen]

It's not on Jon's website yet. If you email him you can order it that way, can't remember how much it is though ? Sorry.

It's completely transparent, you spray it on. Helps to eliminate that marbling effect static can cause after you remove film or LM and it evens out fades and stuff to make them much smoother.

I don't think transparent base would work in the same way as this as this will lay on perfectly where as the transparent base would still pick up the pattern.

[julianb]

Defo got to try some of that then!

John you about?

Happy New Year


Ju

[jonmiller]

cheerz bud

yes, is a cleaning product and not a trans base type thing.

drop me an email etc mate.


happy new year to you and everyone else on here too.

[julianb]

Why is it the simple jobs take the longest. The brief was specific. Eye scorchingly bright, but a simple design to follow previous shells.

Jesus. These fluoro's are transparent!!!! I backed everything really well with white, but at some angles the pink shading is just discernible under the green. Also wasted a load of time adding a brighter yellow edge to the green where it meets the pinstripe - the green just swallowed it up! Always learning!!! I wonder if subtly backing it with a more solid yellow would have held it?

Also had a mare removing the pinstripe masking. Serves me right for being tight with the liquid mask!!!

Shame the pics don't do the colours justice. It is LOUD!

cheers

Ju

[eyeayen]

I really like that Julian. Looks very cool, the lights are good too and I like the fact you've put the detail into the front to make some extra shading on there.

When you're back Fluoro colours get the white nice and even then dust over it with a silver, that should make it completely opaque so you don't get anything else coming through. You could always mask it up real quick with paper tape once the colours are nice and dry, that would eliminate it too, a lot more work than just putting some silver through the gun though.

[julianb]

Cheers for the advice. It's been a loooong day. I had nightmares with Fasmask put on way too thin. Had to more or less scrape off the mask from the pinstripes on this one (see latest pics). Had to build up the black shading more than I wanted to hide some static marks. Can't wait for the prep to arrive from Jon!!!

Going to try applying with a brush/sponge in the meantime as a test, and see if the issue goes away.

Finally to add insult to injury, I went out to the garage and cranked up my venerable old Roland Camm 1, to find that the ancient PC running it refused to boot - hard drive knackered. Luckily being an ex-I.T. man, I had a back-up of all the work and a duplicate of the drive on another PC, so was able to do a little juggling to fix the prob.

A lot of work to get some fresh headlight masks.....sheesh..!

Here's the pics. Can't take credit for the design, its based on one of Luke Hobsons, - I see Ginga has just done a few new ones for him. I bottled it and left most of the black shading off given the issues with static I seem to be suffering at present...

cheers

Ju

[jonmiller]

looks good bud - everyones orders going out tomorrow when the posty opens back up

:thumbsup:

[gingapaint]

Hi Ju, they look great! I didn't design Luke's either, he came to me with the design and I just fiddled around with it.
For fading into white, get some RCS body prep from Jon, it eliminates the static. I've no idea how it works, but the difference is night and day. :D

[U1timate PigDog]

Looks brilliant, simple but really effective, they always look better that way and what a job you've done, I think he could race in the dark with this one :lol:.

On a note with the pinstripes, I sometimes do them first, especially if there really thin ones, as paint builds up a little and makes them harder to lift out the mask clean. If there silver just make sure you get enough of it on so the following colours do bleed through and if using any other colour just giving a good backing of white then silver..

top job tho:thumbsup:

Haha I didn't even see your 2nd body post and thought I'd gone crazy when the picture looked different after posting LOL,

However this one looks good as well, good work and keep it up

[julianb]

Jeez, I never even considered doing the pinstripes first. What a cracking idea. I'll certainly give it a try on the next shells - I have some fiddly buggy shells coming up next that might benefit from giving it a try. Cheers!

[julianb]

Just finished this P37 for a clubmate. The brief was black red and yellow. Wanted to avoid the whole German Flag looky likey thing, so tried some charcoal instead of black, and a little dust of silver around the edges. A few RCS Cog stencils for detail and some chrome around the lights. Also tried doing the pinstriping first before the paint got thick. Cheers Ian - what a great idea!!!

Hope my fellow racer likes it... eeek!!!!!

[U1timate PigDog]

Top Job looks real nice, I like the colours and the charcoal looks better than plain black (nice touch), only thing to thing about is that hrome tends to lift alot easier than other paint so just be careful if you put that down and laying others on top.

Super nice work though, I really like it, I think because it looks fast lol :thumbsup:

[eyeayen]

Looks good ! Good lines and shapes.

I can't take any of the credit for the pin striping thing - Graham who has posted above me mentioned it :lol:

[jonmiller]

looks great j, nice1 :thumbsup:

[cheekyscouse]

really really like that mate, looks mean :thumbsup:

[julianb]

Cheers chaps - on with some more tonight!

[julianb]

Here's the latest, finished in the nick of time for Louth's 1st Carpet Rd.

As usual the camera fails to convey the fluorescent yellow and green, the hot rod sparkle shows up well though!!!

Hope you like it Sam!!!

[U1timate PigDog]

Looking good!!!! Love the sparkle and great all round work, looks very nice :thumbsup:

[julianb]

Cheers,

As always the pics don't do it justice, far brighter and more contrasty in the flesh than the images give credit.

I used Parma Fasmask on this one, and still didn't get it thick enough!!! Four or Five coats next time ;-)

The colours were;- Createx Fluoro green and yellow, Auto Air Hot Rod Sparkle, Flame Red and Deep Purple (for the shadows), Faskolor Satin Chrome for the window frames and Fastrax Chrome aerosol for the pinstriping. Quite a mixture!!!

cheers

Ju

[jonmiller]

looks good bud :)

[Rich D]

Nice job Jules !

[Steveonamission]

Liking your fade skills chap and your painting style. :)

[julianb]

Cheers chaps. Loving this paintin' lark

J

[eyeayen]

Looks cool, I've got that hot rod sparkle colour, never managed to photograph it decently yet.

Great shell though !:thumbsup:

[julianb]

Got these finished at some ungodly hour on Friday morning. Matching pair, one for carpet, the other for our local club nights on polished wood. Bet I know which will last the longest.... ;-)

As usual the camera doesn't capture the radioactive green-yellow fade:thumbsup:


cheers

Ju

[Rich D]

awesome job mate !........................... i text you earlier regarding next weekend ;)

[jonmiller]

lookin good jb :)

[df-03]

that is toxic in good way :thumbsup:

[Steveonamission]

They look sweeeeeeeeeeeet. Love the front, inspiring.

[U1timate PigDog]

Love em, they look great, colours work so well and just looks cool in general :thumbsup:

[eyeayen]

Very good !

Hugely impressed by the perfect cutting on such a tight radius around the small corner of the headlight ! :thumbsup:

[julianb]

Very good !

Hugely impressed by the perfect cutting on such a tight radius around the small corner of the headlight ! :thumbsup:

blind luck!!!!! Cheers chaps, coming from you these comments mean a lot to me...


regards


J

[julianb]

Quick turnaround for Rich Drury, (well, for me anyway lol !)

Tried to match n existing Kifopaint shell. Close, but not quite. Had to modify the design a touch to sit nicely on the new shape shell. The orange fade is little too heavy and the dark blue is very slightly different, the original maybe a Candy of some sort, not really sure.

Anyway, it's clean and tidy and back to it's owner in the morning. Hope you like it mate!!!

[U1timate PigDog]

Thats a great paint job, I prefer the stronger orange (looks more fiery :D) and I like the little extra touches on the design, I'm sure he will be well happy with that (Kifo didnt do too bad the first time either lol) :thumbsup:

[Steveonamission]

Nice to see you posting your talent again Julian, looking smart like all your work. :)

[julianb]

Cheers chaps,

not much room to work in these little shells after a diet of touring cars!!!!

Enjoying the change though :)

[eyeayen]

I think you did a very good job of replicating a design and tweaking it to fit the new shell shape, to say "close but not quite", I think you're being a little hard on yourself, looks really good !

I'm mainly used to 8th shells and previously a long time ago Touring cars so yeah the 10th buggies are extremely small, always a good challenge though !

[julianb]

Yep, these latest cab forward buggy shells - smaller and uglier!

[Rich D]

Cheers for doing such a good job so quickly Jules. Really pleased :thumbsup:

Penguin Designs cab forward shell for RB5 Vega

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj305/D3URY/veganewshell.jpg

[julianb]

Wow, that looks mint.

Gonna fly tomorrow!!!

see you there

J

[steve_haskins]

Fantastic paint job, luv it

[reg]

looking good Rich:drool:amazing work Jules:wub

[julianb]

Latest ride for local boy Big Smithy, hope you like it dude...

May not be able to make Arena X bud, work beckons. Can post it on if you want or catch me at Louth...

cheers

J

[U1timate PigDog]

Nice paint matey, looks great :thumbsup:

[eyeayen]

Good sharp points ! Chrome looks real good !

[julianb]

Cheers,

Been toying with a logo for this paint malarkey...

[wes j.]

Some great paint work there mate :thumbsup:.

[julianb]

Cheers Wes. You racing at Arena X today? I can't make it. Got some work to finish. Please let Big Smithy know his shell is done, and pass on my apologies for not being there!

cheers

Ju

[big smithy]

Cheers Wes. You racing at Arena X today? I can't make it. Got some work to finish. Please let Big Smithy know his shell is done, and pass on my apologies for not being there!

cheers

Ju
no worries mate see you soon shell looks ace cheers :)

[julianb]

To match his current 511 shell, or rather 2WD shell I did for him a week or two ago...

Pleased with this one, nice and crisp.

[Rich D]

Looks brill, very pleased :) See you tomorrow :thumbsup:

[julianb]

Another shell crossed off the list! Liking these colours, reckon they'd look good on my pan cars....


enjoy,

Ju

[eyeayen]

Looks good and I think you're right would look good on a Pan Car, get on with it then :lol:

[julianb]

Looks good and I think you're right would look good on a Pan Car, get on with it then :lol:

Lol, I reckon I've got a slot free just after Christmas... bit busy with this thing at present (see pic) 7ft long McDonnell Douglas F15...:-)

[hulmeytc3]

Awesome,look forward to receiving it,cheers

[eyeayen]

bit busy with this thing at present (see pic) 7ft long McDonnell Douglas F15...:-)

Dude, keep me posted on that, very cool. I painted a scale helicopter once, was very difficult, used to painting crash helmets, always a side to sit them down on, now with a scale heli and the guy was very very pedantic about it, he did win everything he entered with it, so much so that the governing body amended the rules to say no 'pro' painted entires which put a stop to me getting any more work from the helicopter fraternity... :rolleyes: I quoted for a few jets but none of them went any further than the quote.

[julianb]

Dude, keep me posted on that, very cool. I painted a scale helicopter once, was very difficult, used to painting crash helmets, always a side to sit them down on, now with a scale heli and the guy was very very pedantic about it, he did win everything he entered with it, so much so that the governing body amended the rules to say no 'pro' painted entires which put a stop to me getting any more work from the helicopter fraternity... :rolleyes: I quoted for a few jets but none of them went any further than the quote.


Hey bud,

this one is a favour for a pal, but what sort of price were you putting on this sort of work, bearing in mind this one will be very 'RC car' in it's look, three colours, lots of shading, maybe some stencilling/fire etc...

cheers

Ju

[eyeayen]

I'll PM you about this.

[julianb]

Finished this tonight for clubmate Carl Spikings. Hope you like it dude!

cheers

Ju

[U1timate PigDog]

Really nice paint job, thats one of the best touring cars bodies Ive seen for a while, love the colours and use of shading, It just looks cool, again very nice work :thumbsup:

[julianb]

Cheers,

It was a whole lot more work than I anticipated, the black shading against the silver took forever. Inspiration came in the form of a Franks Bodies shell my lad received for his birthday recently, although I changed the colours and simplified the light detail so we don't have two identical shells in the club... Keep an eye out for his stuff on ebay - very slick work!

Almost forgot, used the RCS Body prep for the first time on this shell, where there's blue shading against white. A penomenal result, no static marks and a perceptibly softer fade. Top marks John, but by god does it stink!!!!


Ju

[Steveonamission]

Looks pucka chap! Very clean, and yep can understand how long the black shading took so it is accurate.:thumbsup:

[eyeayen]

used the RCS Body prep but by god does it stink!

I quite like the smell of it actually :wtf: :lol: it's probably not good to breath too much of it in but I do genuinely like the smell of it, probably too many years working with thinners :rolleyes:

[julianb]

Hey chaps,

Here's another for one of our Louth racers, Jonathon Edwards. He was quite certain he wanted a looky-likey of Jason's latest ride. Trouble was, every single picture I could find on the web was a slightly different scheme!!! Ended up settling for a 'something like'.

I'm not usually a fan of scale schemes, they tend to look bland without
sponsor logos plastered all over. I did manage to pick up a freebie MG logo off the web, so will be firing up the Roland in the morning to run a large logo out for the red roof panel.

Anyway, I digress. Here's a pic...

[julianb]

Looks pucka chap! Very clean, and yep can understand how long the black shading took so it is accurate.:thumbsup:

Cheers Steve,

lots of test pieces with progressively less air and more thinner. Trouble is, you're a gnats cock away from a spidery mess if you go even slightly heavy...


cheers

Ju

[julianb]

Here's a question...

Where can I find some masking material to crisp up the radiator grills on my tourers. I like the mesh look, rather than louvres. Any suggestions?

cheers

Ju

[jonmiller]

RCS meshfx ,)

[julianb]

RCS meshfx ,)


Lol,
I must have missed that. If you haven't sent that order out yet John, can you bung some in, I'm gonna need a repeat order of the large black and large iridescent red too. Ran out painting this jet...

cheers

Ju

[julianb]

Yet another shell for tonight. I'm knackered! No more painting for me this weekend!!!

This one's for one of the Louth fast boys, Alex Brocklebank. If you saw the size of this kid you'd understand the nickname... ;-)

[eyeayen]

Liking both these schemes, the zigzag spectrum fade is cool on the previous one and the above one is just so clean, very nice !

[julianb]

Liking both these schemes, the zigzag spectrum fade is cool on the previous one and the above one is just so clean, very nice !


Cheers, didn't realise until I sat here looking at the pics that I've missed a chunk of yellow off the bonnet!!!!

Ah well, that's what you get for rushing I suppose....

Having the weekend off to do some RC slope soaring - my major passion, got a load more to finish next week...

[jonmiller]

Lookin good buddy.

[julianb]

Lookin good buddy.


Cheers fella,

Just about to order some mesh and some fresh paint....


cheers

Ju

[julianb]

Almost finished, painted for an old flying mucker. What a trial this has been, having got so used to painting shells, working back to front, going back to working the 'right way round' and the need to keep shit out of the paint has had me pulling my hair out!!!!

Ah well, a few coats of clear and nobody will be any the wiser... ;-)

Hope you like it.

Cheers

Ju

[LRP]

:thumbsup: looks well chap

[julianb]

Cheers,

just the 'turkey feathers' to bling up with some nice metallic shading, and finish the underside of the wings and then it's time for 2K clearcoat. Not my bag, leave that to the man down the car repair shop - value my lungs!

[wes j.]

Awesome work Julian. Are we going to see you track side soon i think Rich Drury is missing you :thumbsup:.

[julianb]

Yeah,

I've been crazy busy with the day job and a few long overdue paintjobs like this one. Seeing light at the end of the tunnel now bud!

Might get to race the buggies soon i hope!

cheers

Ju

[andys]

Wow - Jet looks amazing !

What kind of paint / airbrush did you use on such a large model ?

[julianb]

Larger areas were blocked in with a really cheap spraygun that came with an equally cheap compressor from Lidl. Everything else done with my Iwata SBS. Paint is a mixture of Auto Air (Coarse Silver base, Transparent Black (for skulls and shading), and Createx Opaque Black and Iridescent Red. I think I'll probably invest in a better quality gun for next time. The spray pattern was very uneven. I ended up misting the coats on for fear of getting thick wet paint.

I actually painted the red first, so only one lot of masking to create flames and shadows, then blocked in the silver. Richard Markham skull stencils and transparent black to create the detail, blended into a more opaque black.

Carbon areas done in the same way as the RC shells, but in reverse.

The biggest issues were an inadequate amount of room to work - painted in my garage, and keeping shit out of the paint - not entirely successful, so some careful flatting between coats!

Hopefully a good clearcoating and subsequent flatting and polishing will cover up a multitude of sins....

[eyeayen]

Looks great so far, I'm sure when the clears on it the colours and details you've put in will pop even more.

[julianb]

Ah well,

back to the shells after the Jet painting project!

Dug out a Speed 6 that's been lying around masked up but unloved for a while. Way back when, I used to stick the window masks in as well as using the masking fluid, don't bother anymore - avoids the annoying glue residue on the glazed areas! - a little 'sticky stuff remover' should sort it in a day or two when the paint isn't so green. Bit of a shame it shows up so much in the window frames, ah well, never mind...

Anyway, decided to experiment with some different colours than normal. Green not usually my thing but this Pearl Lime is to die for! Fluoro orange and yellow, a little carbon and chrome bling and she done.

Remembered why I stopped using Fasmask too...like trying to remove sunburnt skin if not applied thickly enough...

If anyone's interested she's in the for sale section.

Cheers

Ju

[eyeayen]

Nice green ! Very neat :thumbsup:

[Steveonamission]

Greens not usually my thing either, but colours work good together, looks pretty smart:thumbsup:

[julianb]

Cheers chaps,

a couple more in the offing as I type....

regards


J

[reg]

looking good m8,i hope you didnt drop that one upsidedown on the grass:cry::thumbsup:

[julianb]

Lol, you must have some weird colour grass at your gaff....

[julianb]

Ready for their new masters....

Well, at least until my lad took a liking to the orange and blue one... ;-)

Never tried marbling before, whats the best way? - spray a wet coat and dab a scrunched up plastic bag into it, or dab the paint on with the bag? I went with the former but dabbed at it a little hard in one or two spots and scratched the silver (did the lights and pinstripes first).

The green and blue one is a repeat for one of our Louth chaps, and the green/orange/yellow was just a bit of tomfoolery to try some different colours...

cheers

Ju

[eyeayen]

Looking cool mate. Good designs, nice colours.

No right or wrong way to marble things, just whatever works for you.

[julianb]

Cheers Fella,

Got a few more on the way, learn't a lot with these last three, need to start pushing the boat out a bit, getting bored doing similar designs all the time!

[eyeayen]

Make some templates up or go onto RC Tech and download them, they have the TC ones on there or search for templates of the real cars "theblueprints" is useful for that sort of thing.

You can sketch on them and formulate ideas.

[U1timate PigDog]

Looking good :thumbsup: I really like the one on the left thats just my style, looked great.

The marbling looks like its came out well, I personally like to lay a wet coverage of paint and dab but like Ian says its what suits you best.

Keep up the good work.

[julianb]

Finished up a quickie Supastox tourer shell for the lad. It's okayish, wish I'd not added the shading to the white. Far too dark. Ah well, it'll be dead by the end of Sunday.... ;-)

[Steveonamission]

Hey Julian,

Looks cool....

Question... Did you get any overspray film included on the Supastox shell? I was picking at a couple yesturday and I couldn't find any on either styles.

Cheers.

[coleman758]

The Mardave/Kamtek shell has not got overspray film, I just bought the Schumacher shell, I thought it may have the film, Mainly because its more expensive.

But no, Its just a Mardave/Kamtek shell in a schumacher bag :thumbdown:

[julianb]

Lol, yeah bit cheeky really, sticking Kamtec shells in a Shuey bag.!!! Not even close in terms of quality. Compare an SV2 shell with one....yuk.

I carefully applied some clingfilm, but tbh, I find a quick rub with some of the missus' acetone free nail varnish remover removes most crap on the exterior without damage.

[julianb]

Make some templates up or go onto RC Tech and download them, they have the TC ones on there or search for templates of the real cars "theblueprints" is useful for that sort of thing.

You can sketch on them and formulate ideas.

Cheers dude, most useful!

[julianb]

Just finished a Cougar SV shell for clubmate Mitch Fiddling. Similar scheme to his current Tourer which I painted a while ago...

[julianb]

A second Plato MG style tourer for fellow Louth racer, Jonathon Edwards...

[julianb]

Mazda Speed 6 for Louth racer Steve Tindall.

[Steveonamission]

Killer headlights! Niiicee

[U1timate PigDog]

Killer headlights! Niiicee

Agreed !!!!!!!!

The whole car looks wicked but the headlights really stand out, fantastic work matey. :thumbsup:

[julianb]

Cheers chaps!

Just getting bored of doing the same stuff over and over again. Been considering a top quality brush for fine detail. The old SBS can be a bit of a pig trying to get really consistent thin smooth lines.

What are the Iwata Kustom brushes like?

cheers

J

[julianb]

fellow Louth racer Will Vertigan has been perusing the ETS gallery on the redrc.net website.

"Can you do something like this"....

Feck, it's taken hours. And he wants three the same!!! Should have done them all at the same time, but was curious to see if I could get a close facsimile before commiting to the other two.

I'm pretty pleased with it, although there is one error on the left side of the car - must have pulled some paint when unmasking the orange...Ah well, it will be plastered with stickers soon enough anyway...

Likey?

Cheers

Ju

[eyeayen]

Killer headlights! Niiicee

Yeah couldn't have said it better myself.

And the one above this quote, superb, really high quality ! :thumbsup:

[andys]

Fantastic - that last tourer looks amazing - 2 more to do the same too !
That's a lot of paint, and a lot of work !

[julianb]

Cheers guys, all comments much appreciated. Just been trying to up the game a bit with the last few shells, and come up with a few little tweaks of my own, the bloodshot headlights being an example.

Must be working because the queue is getting longer!

Any thoughts on a good detail brush guys? Been looking at the Iwata Kustom series, but feck!, they're not cheap are they!!!


cheers

Joo

[eyeayen]

Iwata are utterly brilliant mate, I bought my HP-B a long time ago, infact I think my Dad bought it for my 14th birthday so 24 years ago, I've not to buy a new nozzle ( cos I dropped it out the window cleaning it and despite searching the garden for 4 hours it didn't turn up, new needle cos I dropped it without the air cap on it and had it services one to replace the air valve after running it on the airline at college and getting a lot of metal filings in it :( So my advice to you is get an Iwata, pay out now, worry about it never again !

[U1timate PigDog]

Iwata all the way as Ian says :thumbsup:

I have hp-cs come .3 needle as standard and is awesome!!!!!

the kustoms do look good as well, I think Mike Parker uses one??

[julianb]

Cheer's, that's what I thought. As I said, my Iwata Eclipse SBS is a proper swiss army knife. I painted most of the large F15 jet with it, and do all my shells with it also. I've been through two needles and nozzles in approx 5 years of use, on both occasions damage due to hamfistedness beeing the cause.

There are times however, when I crave better atomisation and much finer, narrower fades. I think I might treat myself to one of the Kustom range :thumbsup:

cheers

Joo

[julianb]

Just finished a Durango buggy for fellow Louth racer Simon Babb. Inspired by one of LarryG's colourschemes, it wasn't until I compared the two that I realised I'd missed the silver pinstriping. Bugger!!!

Ah well, a few decals will busy it up...

[jonmiller]

oh well, next time mate :D

[julianb]

Two more for Rich Drury, cab forward for his 511 and RB5 Vega...

[julianb]

Just finished this one for a Louth racer, returning to the fold. Simple blue and white design, hope you like it dude!

cheers


Ju

[julianb]

Second of a batch of three Marcus Vassmar inspired shells (well, I say inspired - they're a blatant copy! - if it ain't broke....)

Don't know if I can summon the energy to do the third. I love the design, but jeeeesus, it's a lot of work. 2 hours to draw up and cut the mask, then five hours to paint.

Still, the recipient loves 'em!

cheers

J

[julianb]

New LTCR for my nephew, inspired by a Franks Body shell we bought and thrashed yonks ago...

[eyeayen]

Very crisp mate, that black fogging around the edges is super neat too. Nice work :)

[julianb]

Cheers Dude, looks much better in the flesh. The Orange is just nuclear powered!!!

[eyeayen]

AH yes nuclear powers present all sorts of problems to photograph. Outside in daylight seems to achieve the best results from my own tests but it's not easy to get any of it right.

I don't know what camera you're using but I can do this on my point and shoot and also my camera phone. Set the white balance, it makes a great difference to photo's. You might have to go through a few settings to get the correct one but the colours will come out better. And doing on a brighter background like some white card or paper or even a white sheet will help.

[julianb]

I ingratiated myself upon my niece, who had a Canon 550D. but as you say, the white balance wasn't quite right, and the dining room table under 60w bulbs isn't an ideal studio..!

Looking to buy a Nikon D7000. It was a toss up between that or a Canon 5D. I preferred the latest Nikon lenses. So Nikon it shall be! The thick end of 2k for the body and latest AF zoom lens, but I do a lot of RC aircraft photography, and the occasional kit review so hopefully over time it will pay or itself...


cheers

J

[eyeayen]

Ah, if you've got an DSLR then it's much easier. Use custom white balance. Shoot again a white background, put shell in place, focus manually, remove shell, take photo of white background, set custom white balance and use the white photo you've just taken to do it, the camera will sort it out and make it better but indoors will still cause a colour difference.

D7000 is a really nice camera, my mate has one I've borrowed a few time, cracking piece of kit. You need good lenses to bring out it's full potential though.

However I noticed you put about the Canon 5D which is full frame compared to the D7000 crop sensor, Nikon have just bought out a lower priced full frame camera, the D600, looks a great bit of kit, priced at 2k body only though, much cheaper than a 5D though ! Or get a used 5D mkII, cheaper now the MkIII have come out.

Anyway, good painting as always sir, keep it up !

[julianb]

Cheers for the informed info re:camera, as always bud!

Here's a couple more I sorted this morning for a new oople acquaintance who bought a touring car shell off me a week or two ago.

Thought I'd have a play with the dotty fade - not quite as easy as it would seem, as I found! Difficult to get the transition to solid without getting overpray beyond the dotty mask, wish I'd added pink to the front lozenge, just forgot it - no biggie, and too late to go back. Scraping off the white to re-do will just make more mess.

Ah well, thats what stickers are for!!!!

Hope he likes them. Not perfect, but tidy...

I find these smaller (1/10) buggy shells very diffficult to work with, just no room to work...

[eyeayen]

They look nice mate, dotty fade works well !

[Steveonamission]

Looking clean and smart Julian =]

[julianb]

Cheers Dude!

Here's another for Rich Drury in his corporate colours. An RB6 shell for his new chassis...

[julianb]

Just finished off a B44.1 Bulldog for a clubmate. Finishes off the 2WD/4WD/tourer set! The Fluoro pink doesn't photograph well as always.... ;-(

[julianb]

A simple and quick paintjob for a Depron foamie. Needed to scratch the creative itch! Uses the same waterbased paints as the shells....

[julianb]

Yet another shell for Rich Drury!

This time it's a DB1 for his latest steed, pictured alongside the RB6 painted recently...

[julianb]

Supastox Tourer for Simon Babb, Louth RCCC.

Painted in a B&B just before Christmas! That's one deadline you just can't miss... ;-)

[julianb]

New shell for clubmate Scott West...

[gainsy]

Real nice work there fella :thumbsup:

[julianb]

Real nice work there fella :thumbsup:

Cheers Dude!

[def12007]

Yes this looks cool ,and i like your logo stickers

[eyeayen]

Great detailing mate, the shadows on the grills really make them look in the car and the lights are cool. Nice bold clear design too with great colours. Another great piece for the portfolio.

[julianb]

Cheers,

you're all far to kind of course!

Enjoying the painting at the moment, having let the backlog get on top of me somewhat... is that light at the end of the tunnel... ;-)

[julianb]

Yes this looks cool ,and i like your logo stickers

Cheers, knocked the logo up in Illustrator, and RCS made a grand job of print/cut!

[julianb]

Tres bling non?

Rich Drury's DB1 topped off with my latest work. Thanks for the pic dude!

[wes j.]

Awesome work Julian :wub.

[julianb]

Just finished this LTCR for one of the Louth RCCC members, Will Vertigan. The last of three shells based closely on one of Marcus Vassmar's designs. Probably one of my favourites thus far...

[eyeayen]

Super cool mate, nice design ! :thumbsup:

[julianb]

Cheers bud, be nice to take credit for it, but somebody else put the elbow grease in to come up with this design. Looks nice but very time consuming to paint though. Tried a different order of painting but still took well over 4.5 hours from start to finish.

Must come up with some more original stuff of my own!

cheers

J

[julianb]

Just finished this Blitz Shell for clubmate Sam Crow...

[julianb]

C4.1 Bulldog shell to match clubmate Mitch's B44.1...

[stocktugu]

The latest, had a mare with the window masks leaving glue residue behind, then cleaned it off and scuffed the chrome. AAAAARGGHHHH!!!!!!

cheers

Ju

It happened to me also jo, when 'the race' coming up in a few days...:(

What paint did you used for chrome color? where did you buy?

< stocktugu >

[jonmiller]

Chrome RC Paint http://www.rcsgraphicworx.co.uk/shop.php?cat=39

:thumbsup:

[julianb]

Done a few more shells for clubmates, mainly Schumacher Supastox of one sort or another as the Louth Carpet Series gathers steam...

[gingapaint]

Looking top class Joo! ;)

[julianb]

Cheers matey!

[MrMagoo]

Nice stuff, especially liking the yellow/white hatch!

[julianb]

Blew the dust off my airbrush and finally got a shell done for my lad. It's been a while. Interestingly the shell was masked some time ago, and was the very devil to cut out. Won't be leaving them quite so long next time... ;-)

This one was inspired by fellow racer Andy Twigger's latest buggy shells - painted by custom paint meister, Mike Parker.

[U1timate PigDog]

Major cool, very nicely done :thumbsup:

[julianb]

Cheers dude!

[jonmiller]

tidy job JB :)

[Steveonamission]

Yes yes , looking very smart , nice to see you posting your skills again :)

[eyeayen]

Look real sharp dude !

[julianb]

Cheers dude! Been manic at work, and not getting time for anything! Only just spotted the kind replies to my last post!!


Banged out another Supastox shell tonight...

[eyeayen]

ooooooooooooo Glittery silver, nice ! Bring back the sparkles and flakes I say !!!

[julianb]

Lol, it's Auto Air Silver base. Sparkly! Might try it under a transparent for some 70's bling!

[BD5]

Great job, served me well today!

[eyeayen]

Might try it under a transparent for some 70's bling!

That's what I'm talking about, Metal flake and candies, 70's quality custom !

[MrMagoo]

That's what I'm talking about, Metal flake and candies, 70's quality custom !

Nice work! I'm with Ian, love the sparklies... AA Aluminium bases under RCS candies look awesome.

[julianb]

Finally got a shell chalked up for my very, very patient nephew. Poor lad, his old shell was actually stapled together!!! Very clever I might add - stapled then a smear of E6000 over the inside. A very robust repair! Still, he's got a nice shiny new one to play with now...

[julianb]

Finally found an hour or two to bang a shell out for my K1. Worksop here we come!

[julianb]

Couple of matching shells for a newly acquired SV2, and my existing K1...

Pearl white, fluoro orange/yellow fade, gunmetal (Auto Air Aluminum Base and RCS Black), Faskoat Satin Chrome pins and window frames.

Colours chosen by my lad for the Schumacher Masters Rd.2 this Sunday...

[julianb]

Another tourer finished for one of the Louth crew, Matt Hutson. As usual, the fluorescent colours don't photograph well... ;-)

[jonmiller]

lookin well jb, should have a do not touch sign on it! spikey!

[U1timate PigDog]

Nice work, looks real good :thumbsup:

[julianb]

Cheers fellas!

[julianb]

Another for one of the Louth crew...

[U1timate PigDog]

:thumbsup: Very Nice, really liking this, looks wicked.

[eyeayen]

Looks super cool. Very tidy job !

[julianb]

Cheers chaps! Much appreciated!

Against my better judgement, James has persuaded me to custom paint his transmitter.

So, one perfectly serviceable Futaba 3VCS stripped, soapy wet sanded with worn 1000 wet n dry, primed and basecoated.

Now to work some magic with the airbrush.

Gone from very nervous to actually enjoying myself!!!!!

Pics when she done.

[julianb]

Well, transmitter all done. What an absolute twat to put back together!!!!!

[wes j.]

Quality mate :thumbsup:

[jonmiller]

turned out well jb. i've put the carbon skin option up on the site should you require it.

[julianb]

Cheers John, defo need that front panel.... and one or two other bits for a bit more bling... ;-)

[julianb]

A selection of RCS carbon skin decals to complete the custom tranny look...

[SHY]

A selection of RCS carbon skin decals to complete the custom tranny look...

Schwarzeneggers radio! Awesome! :thumbsup:

[julianb]

Cheers, now, if I could just find a black cover for the 40
mHz radio antennae hole on top... the red one is an eyesore!!!!

[shark]

I used a rubber carb cover from an IC engine when I had mine .

[julianb]

Good call! Will have a dig around the garage - bet I've got one lurking in a box somewhere...

[julianb]

New shell for fellow Louth racer Dan Burks, having recently ignited an interest in buggy racing! Inspired by the work of Bitty Design etc - a more 'European - grunge' style lol (despite the Captain America colours... ;-)

[mark christopher]

J I have a selection in my pit box will be at worksop, if you don't find one well have a rummage in my draws!!

oh and get some nice new screws in it!!

[SHY]

New shell for fellow Louth racer Dan Burks, having recently ignited an interest in buggy racing! Inspired by the work of Bitty Design etc - a more 'European - grunge' style lol (despite the Captain America colours... ;-)

Now that one I really like! :thumbsup:

Btw could you help me with a link to that mask you're using for the dots? I'd like to give that a try...

[julianb]

John at RCS Graphicworx sells the dotty mask...

http://www.rcsgraphicworx.co.uk/shop.php?cat=12

regards

J

[julianb]

Satisfied customer!

[julianb]

2WD shell for a clubmate... matching an existing shell from his 4WD

[julianb]

First GX6 through the spraybooth. Kinda strange painting a different shape after a diet of Speed 6 and LTCR...

[MrMagoo]

Nice work as always Julian! Loving the blue TC...

[julianb]

Cheers fella! A repeat colour scheme for local Louth racer Rich Howells.

[julianb]

A touch more 'euro' style for fellow clubmate Rob Hargreaves...

[U1timate PigDog]

Very nice, pics look really cool as well with the dark background. Nice work.

[julianb]

Cheers. Enjoying the painting at the moment!

[jonmiller]

Looking well JB :)

[julianb]

Cheers chaps!

[julianb]

Losi shell for fellow clubmate Mitch Fiddling. Operating well outside my comfort zone with this one! A little untidy in one or two spots and a couple of errors with shading here and there. Took hours!!!!!

[U1timate PigDog]

Looks good, I'd imagine who ever you painted it for will be over the moon with it :thumbsup:

[julianb]

:wub Cheers dude.

[jonmiller]

indeed, nice1 jb :thumbsup:

[eyeayen]

Not been on here for ages ( maybe I should start every post with this... ), looking back to 22/01/14, all really cool shells Joo ! Loving the red / orange TC, really sharp ! That Losi buggy shell is great too !

[julianb]

Cheers bud, not knocking out hundreds, but enjoying the one's I'm doing.

Thinking about picking up one of John's CS brushes with the 0.3 - currently on offer. Been after a detail brush for a while...

[julianb]

2WD Buggy for RC pylon racing guru Paul Bardoe - painted to tie in with his pylon racing models...

[julianb]

New tourer shell for my lad. One or two annoying blips, caused by the mask lifting and repositioning between colours - but that's what stickers are for!

cheers

J

[Sk3tch]

Really great work on this thread!

[julianb]

Cheers bud! Glad you like it!

[julianb]

Just finished my first attempt at a 1/5 scale shell. Took FOREVER!!!

1/10 in the foreground for scale... ;-)

[D20MCK]

Nice paint on that 5th scale, I remember the first time I painted one I totally under estimated how much paint I needed.

[julianb]

Cheers,

yep those big 'ol girls certainly guzzle the paint!

[julianb]

Something a little different...
Just completed my Hawk Jet, first flights captured on camera...

[n design]

That looks super cool, great photos as well.

[julianb]

Cheers, photos taken by flying buddies Stuart Cranage and Tony King.

regards

J

[julianb]

Gettin' lairy with this euro stylee... ;-)

[G-Kenny]

That is superb!! Love the colours!

[julianb]

Cheers, glad you like it!