I couldn't find a good lime green color after visiting two hardware stores.
I ended up ordering a Candy Lime Green online.
This was a small Tamiya can. I hoped there would be enough paint to cover the model!
White undercoats went down first.
I still had some paint left after spraying. This Lime Green paint is also a very fine metallic.
I had already rounded the leading edges of the upswept fins.
There was a problem - the black sticker streaks don't roll over the rounded leading edge, leaving a green strip at the top. I'll paint some gloss black over the edge and set the sticker line over that.
Setting the sticker over the fin gave me a good idea how wide the mask line would be.
The sticker print isn't as long as the leading edge, short by about 1/16" at the outside. I'll set the wide side into the root edge and paint black around the outside edge to match the width of the black sticker.
The nose cone and 2 1/2" down from the top of the body tube will be gloss black.
On the fins, about 3/32" of the leading edge will be shot in gloss black. Plastic shopping bags covered most of the model.
I almost fell out of my chair when I saw you spent the money on Tamiya spray paint. 😂😂 This must be a show model. It's great paint.
ReplyDeleteHi Metal,
DeleteI like to keep you guessing -
The builds I do for the vendors should match the face card and box art illustrations. This metallic lime green was the only match I could find.
Results were good - I thought I would run out of paint but still have quite a bit left.
I assume this is a trade show model build for hire which is a shame in a way - the Mean Green is a great flyer. I added a bit of nose weight to mine so it’s stable on bigger 24mm motors but it still flies nicely on Estes BP E motors. Your Tamiya lime green looks a bit better than the close but not quite Rusto color I used. I did my fin edges with a Sharpie so it passes my 5 foot rule. I was skeptical about the “drippy” look black peel and stick decals but they do look good and mine have stayed on so far.
ReplyDeleteHi Openroad,
DeleteI looked through the Rusto paints - not much to choose from with shortages at the Home Depot.
The shiny stickers look good on gloss paint - but getting them to blend on the Lil' Grunt flat finish olive drab took a few more steps. More on that in a future blog build.