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Well the sun is shineing,the weather is sweet.well sweet enough...

sooo i thought why not i will have a go at painting my sons body shell for his bluemerang

this is my first ever attempt at a bodyshell,i think it came out grand.i used the tips and advice from you guys and well heres the results.....














its not perfect by a long shot but im proper happy with it

Great stuff, don't see any thing wrong with that result.

its not quite finished yet,i just need to add some window netting and a front windscreen out of some spare polycarbonate

some sort of tamiya sticker and then my son can do the rest,probably a ton of moshi monster stickers knowing him

the things we do for our kids eh

jtf

It looks great well done

Thanks fellas

this is the little minx the shell belongs too..








freshly refurbished boomer,another great model,thanks mr t

jtf

Back it with white, it will become brigther and more brilliant.

Max

hi max

would the white reflect the colour back through the poly and stop it being so transparent?

jtf

Absolutely yes.

With the white the body color will be brighter and the body less trasparent.
After the white you can use again the blue or the black to have a darker interior of the body if you don't like it white.
Make an experiment on a spare piece of the body trimmed away and check it before do it on the body itself.

Max