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Old 06-18-2009, 01:36 AM
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Originally Posted by mycrors4 View Post
This is only 1 coat.. you do 1 coat of dark color then 4 coats for lighter color(it evens out... all my cousins have been playing with the bigger and better r/c cars(like the HPI.. somthing i forgot or his T2)(and my cousins are like 25-30 years old) and they know some nice tricks for painting.. when it comes out you'll see
when painting lexan bodies, which is what most bigger and better rc's are, yes you start with the darker color first, then do the lighter. because you are painting from the inside.........
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Originally Posted by AJB32690 View Post
Ive never heard of someone painting in that order. The only time I've done darker color first was because I wanted the top coat to be a few shades darker, so I gave it a black base.
+1 painting a dark base coat before painting a light color is to give the color a darker appearance.
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Now you learned somthing (there are family tricks and tips that i know.. and may one day be fore sale on ebay
is this one of them tips like not needing to wetsand because of the paint.........
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