My first attempt at painting...

[Rodzilla]

I bought a can of Testors' Sapphire Blue Metal Flake Spray Enamel and painted a clear 350Z body. It's very easy to screw up & now I am even more impressed by the work others have done. I covered the windows with scotch tape and sprayed the outside. The first coat showed me how simple it is to get too much paint on the car (I'm glad I didn't try to paint the inside!). Using an exacto knife and some nail polish remover, I got rid of the most offensive "puddles" and threw on a second coat. Finally, after three coats I figured it was good enough. Removing the scotch tape was a pain and I have some nice scratches, chipped paint, etc. to show for it.

I still need to paint some of the details and put on a gloss coat, but here's what it looks like. The camera does a great job at highlighting the imperfections.

[Jtskty]

I just chopped the top off my celica and painted it black. It was my first time too. I think you did good.

[nrmcj]

nice paint job rod... it's pretty impressive for a first time.

painting isnt easy, and i'd say ur car looks pretty damn nice.

thin coats is the way to go

[Murcielago659]

It looks better than my first attempt. I forgot to mask the inside and now I've got a blue tint to the windows. I also found out how much testor's paint sucks. I've got some Parma blue for my next project, I think that would stick a little better. I'm also eventually gonna get some clearcoat to help keep it from peeling like my last project did.

[Jr08bll]

testors paint sucks with Capitol S U C K S ! I made my first attemt 2day on a white painted skyline. I put on red and blue for U.S.A! Colors but the red just about sucks and so does the blue. Then I tinted the windows black with Krylon and It goes on as smooth as silk.

[eman1]

nice paintjob!