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boylers11
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I got this model for my Birthday. It's a 1/43 scale Lotus Carlton. I've 'wet and dried' it as much as I can to get any minor imperfections out, so now it is ready for spraying! From the attached pics, you can see that there is some very fine detail on the model e.g. door handles and bonnet vents. I have never made anything like this before and as it was quite expensive, I'm not too keen on messing it up when spraying it. I just wondered how I should go about spraying it?
- 2 very fine coats of primer, then 2 very fine coats of paint?
- 1 very fine coat of primer, then 2 coats of paint?
- 1 fine coat of primer, then 1 coat of paint?

If anyone has a mate either near Bradford or in Shropshire who would spray it for me please could you let me know?! Cheers
drunkenfool
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26th Nov 06 at 10:26   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Send it to Iaz to spray!
boylers11
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Where is he?
drunkenfool
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It's FlamingCorsa on here, cant remember exactly where he lives but i think north west somewhere. He sprayed an action man car for a little kid and it looked amazing
boylers11
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Cool, cheers mate, I'll drop him a u2u!
boylers11
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He's in Shropshire, my home county!
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tim dropped the model with me last week, painted it last night............







came out beta than the pics can show.........soooo small tho was vert fiddly!!!
Jamie
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Iaz strikes again!
JM_16v
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he doesnt spray real cars anymore lol

nots as good ast the action man buggy
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ffs you couldve done that with halfords spray cans
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quote:
Originally posted by Steve
ffs you couldve done that with halfords spray cans


Finish isn't the same from a rattle can.
CorsAsh
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Now all Iaz has to do is learn the macro function on his camera...
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quote:
Originally posted by CorsAsh
Now all Iaz has to do is learn the macro function on his camera...


Chris Bingham
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quote:
Originally posted by Steve
ffs you couldve done that with halfords spray cans


Steve, for once I actually agree with you. Imagine giving it a professional painter to do FFS.
Chris F
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quote:
Originally posted by JM_16v
he doesnt spray real cars anymore lol

nots as good ast the action man buggy


pics?
CorsAsh
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Good job he only gave it to Iaz then
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ill try find some corsa cf
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http://www.corsasport.co.uk/board/viewthread.php?tid=321083
boylers11
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Cheers Iaz, that looks ace!
Hey people, cut me some slack! The only reason I gave it to Iaz to do was because I've never sprayed anything like it before and it was too expensive for me to mess up!
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...plus my missus bought it for my birthday, so if I'd messed it up, I'dve been in the doghouse! lol
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how i miss out
jr
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please tell me why you have done that as there worth £60-£80 in mint condition, and you've just made it worthless
boylers11
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No mate, you buy the model for £40 unmade and unpainted. You then sand it down, paint it, and assemble it, which is what I am doing. Or...you pay about £90 for it assembled and painted by the manufacturer like this...

I know which I'd rather do!
boylers11
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But if you want me to get you an unmade one for £70, just let me know
Jamie Walby
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Who makes them. I've never seen them.

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