Toben's Skyline! :D

[tobenjunk]

FINALLY! After several attempts at painting I've finished my black Skyline! I'm so happy.

First attempt: Bought Testor's model paint kit (cars?). Used a nail polish remover bath on a yellow Bensu skyline. Used too much paint and attempted to wipe it off w/ a TISSUE. BIG MISTAKE! Tissue sticks to paint!

Second attempt: Used more nail polish remover.. horrified to find that Bensu bodies dissolve into a mass of rubber goo when left in nail polish remover. BIG MISTAKE! Cheap plastic cannot survive nail polish remover!

Third attempt: Used PINE-SOL bath to remove silver/blue paint from ShenQiWei gloria (scrub w/ a soft toothbrush). Mixed a cup of Testor's silver and black paint... result silver w/ black splotch car. UGLY! BIG MISTAKE! Silver does not mix with other colors!

Fourth/Fifth attempt: Used PINE-SOL bath to remove white/red paint from ShenQiWei skyline. Gave the body a coat of gloss black, gave the body another coat of gloss back, gave the body the final coat of gloss black. Dabbed some flat black onto the rear tail lights with a toothpick. Dabbed some silver onto the door handles, exhaust thing, and side rear view mirrors with a toothpick. Painted the front head lights white. Made a little grill thing with 5 staples, painted silver.

Body's now sitting on a SQW 45hz chassis (picture might mislead you .

In the future...
Pen tip exhaust? (Maybe I should have thought about it before I painted the car!)
Drop the front tab for lowered effect.
Paint rims? (Maybe... I'll play around w/ photoshop.)

I'll add more pictures when I take them! All the rear shots turned out super blurry.

[tobenjunk]

Also added a coat of Krylon acrylic Satin Finish clear spray... it made the body smoother, but the gloss black lost some of the shine. :T

Maybe they well some shiny clear spray somewhere else?

Here is a picture I took w/ Dexter. He took some time off his cartoon show to visit. :X

[revenant]

Very clean and slick looking! Is that a Cat5 antenna? If not, how did you get it to stay coiled up?

[tobenjunk]

The antenna is a stock shenqiwei. No modification other than taking it off the little cover so it would be longer. I twirled the antenna around a long screw pretty tightly.

Ex: []=((((((((=>

Then it just stays together pretty well (it's pretty stiff).

[revenant]

Yeah, I pulled the antenna out on my Z-car. The Shen is a little stiffer than the others. Thanks for da nfo!

[ralliart]

that is very nice! looks very clean!

[nrmcj]

that's one sweet skyline man... it looks great! i may even consider painting my shen WRX that color... it looks pretty sleek man...

so basically 3 coats of paint, and clearcoat? (no primer..?)
and also, good job on the masking.... looks great!