Phantom Paint
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Yes I did. I hydro dipped it.was pretty easy. You can see a short clip of it here (hopefully)
Instagram video by @itsjessme_rc • Apr 29, 2016 at 1:29am UTC
Hydro Dipping is not paint. Painting the Phantom 3 and expecting a show car finish would require - Disassembly of course , prep of the surface with an etching primer. Wet sand that finish. Then base coat . Wet sand that finish with high grit 1500-2000. Then clear. Wet sand that finish with high grit 1500-2000 and then compound and polish.
That's how cars are painted.
That's how cars are painted.
Great article on how to do that here: http://www.scaleautomag.com/how-to-models/how-to/2008/12/great-paint-from-spray-cans-part-i
This guy got up to 3,200 and then 12,000 grit on the Ferrari he did. Ended up looking very sweet, but that's pretty hard core finishing.
I just disassembled my P3A to repair a little incident with a tree limb. The entire disassembly isn't super hard, but just be very organized about it. I took lots of pictures along the way to make sure I get it back together properly.
It is tricky to get the shell separated without damaging it. I ended up putting some dents in my old one, but I was replacing the shell anyway due to the crash damage.
I'm also painting it a bright yellow with invasion stripes on the arms to make it as visible as possible. I'm not planning on the show car finish, however, just a nice spray finish. Yes, masking off all the screw holes and the light covers and all is a pain. If you've ever painted scale model airplanes, it's no harder or easier than that.
This guy got up to 3,200 and then 12,000 grit on the Ferrari he did. Ended up looking very sweet, but that's pretty hard core finishing.
I just disassembled my P3A to repair a little incident with a tree limb. The entire disassembly isn't super hard, but just be very organized about it. I took lots of pictures along the way to make sure I get it back together properly.
It is tricky to get the shell separated without damaging it. I ended up putting some dents in my old one, but I was replacing the shell anyway due to the crash damage.
I'm also painting it a bright yellow with invasion stripes on the arms to make it as visible as possible. I'm not planning on the show car finish, however, just a nice spray finish. Yes, masking off all the screw holes and the light covers and all is a pain. If you've ever painted scale model airplanes, it's no harder or easier than that.
Post a pic
Finally, after 3 months, I finished the project a couple of weeks ago. Here's the results:
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