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Re: Classic MPC C-3PO and R2-D2 uber detail build

PAINTING DAY! Yeahhhhhhhhh... today I spent most of the day painting details. I'll robably end up spending more time doing this because you have to get the details right or they just don't look good.

Have I mentioned before I hate painting with gloss paints? Well... add to that, painting with gloss paints on chrome! Talk about a nightmare. You can't see what you're painting to get a good reference of what you have and haven't painted! Major pain in the butt.

I'm still trying to decide on whether or not i'm gonna paint the main dome silver. The bit of sanding I did on it don't quite work and I can't sand anymore to get that slightly dullish aluminuim look. I may have to see if I can get some Alclad and paint it with that. What to you all think?

<blockquote data-quote="LrdSatyr8" data-source="post: 126079" data-attributes="member: 12737">Re: Classic MPC C-3PO and R2-D2 uber detail buildPAINTING DAY!&nbsp; Yeahhhhhhhhh... today I spent most of the day painting details.&nbsp; I&#039;ll robably end up spending more time doing this because you have to get the details right or they just don&#039;t look good.&nbsp; <img src="http://lrdsatyr8.net/swf/r2-paint2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://lrdsatyr8.net/swf/r2-paint3.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Have I mentioned before I hate painting with gloss paints?&nbsp; Well... add to that, painting with gloss paints on chrome!&nbsp; Talk about a nightmare.&nbsp; You can&#039;t see what you&#039;re painting to get a good reference of what you have and haven&#039;t painted!&nbsp; Major pain in the butt.&nbsp; <img src="http://lrdsatyr8.net/swf/r2-paint4.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />&nbsp;I&#039;m still trying to decide on whether or not i&#039;m gonna paint the main dome silver.&nbsp; The bit of sanding I did on it don&#039;t quite work and I can&#039;t sand anymore to get that slightly dullish aluminuim look.&nbsp; I may have to see if I can get some Alclad and paint it with that.&nbsp; What to you all think?<img src="http://lrdsatyr8.net/swf/r2-paint1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="LrdSatyr8, post: 126079, member: 12737"] [b]Re: Classic MPC C-3PO and R2-D2 uber detail build[/b] PAINTING DAY! Yeahhhhhhhhh... today I spent most of the day painting details. I'll robably end up spending more time doing this because you have to get the details right or they just don't look good. [IMG]http://lrdsatyr8.net/swf/r2-paint2.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://lrdsatyr8.net/swf/r2-paint3.jpg[/IMG] Have I mentioned before I hate painting with gloss paints? Well... add to that, painting with gloss paints on chrome! Talk about a nightmare. You can't see what you're painting to get a good reference of what you have and haven't painted! Major pain in the butt. [IMG]http://lrdsatyr8.net/swf/r2-paint4.jpg[/IMG] I'm still trying to decide on whether or not i'm gonna paint the main dome silver. The bit of sanding I did on it don't quite work and I can't sand anymore to get that slightly dullish aluminuim look. I may have to see if I can get some Alclad and paint it with that. What to you all think? [IMG]http://lrdsatyr8.net/swf/r2-paint1.jpg[/IMG] [/QUOTE]

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