Tom Geiger Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 I stole Tom TBill's photo from the 6 Pack Camaro thread as illustration for this thread. No criticism, there is no right or wrong here. The big question- Do you or Don't you paint all the surfaces of your model cars? You can see both illustrated in Tom's photo, so he's done it both ways here. I tend to paint everything so if those were mine the rest of the chassis would be all black. I also paint the inside of the body, and the outside of interior buckets. Why? My reasoning is that you don't know what will be visible up through the wheel wells etc once the model is assembled, and I don't want to see bare plastic, or even to be able to make out things like the edge of the interior bucket etc, so I paint it all flat black. And probably because I'm a bit anal! So what do you do and why? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jantrix Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 My reasoning is that you don't know what will be visible up through the wheel wells etc once the model is assembled, and I don't want to see bare plastic, or even to be able to make out things like the edge of the interior bucket etc, so I paint it all flat black. This is something I figure out early in the test fitting process. It gets added to my build notes, so I know what needs to be painted and where. I ONLY paint what is necessary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrKerry Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 What Rob said, I usually test fit and see what needs to be covered, fog in enough to cover the areas and build.... Not all of my cars a re totally painted.... I have a tight budget and if I don't need to use/waste paint on an area that isn't going to be seen, it's not gonna get it.... LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disabled modeler Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 Same here...why paint something that will not be seen? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daddyfink Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 Well, an old member from our model club always said "if you can see it, paint it black" and hence, I do. His name is Alan Day and he used to build box art kits for Testors Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeeBee Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 I usually airbrush all the wheel arches and around the sills, but the rest (as they are never going to be seen) get's left in bare styrene Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pharoah Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 If you can see it from any angle,it gets painted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisR Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 Only what you see! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Myers Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 Well, an old member from our model club always said "if you can see it, paint it black" and hence, I do. His name is Alan Day and he used to build box art kits for Testors Can't go wrong with a squirt of flat black. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Myers Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 Looking at the picture and not reading the post, I thought the thread was going to be about "Assembly line building". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
10thumbs Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 I don't really see a point in painting areas that will not be visible. But, I like to spray past the actual target, so the rest gets a shot anyway. I use too the "unseen" areas to check out the color I'm shooting, just a quick look to see what the deal is, so a lot more gets color than is needed. Bottom line is, I won't purposely paint an area that is in the dark. Michael Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake45 Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 If you can see it, it gets painted, usually black. Otherwise, no. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Most Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 If it'll be seen, I paint it. If it won't, I don't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roadrunner Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 No paint for me either where it won't be seen. No reason to waste the paint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas van H Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 I paint all surfaces, mainly because I'm quite clumsy. If I mask it off it'll be fine but I find masking everything that doesn't need paint a waste of tape. Lucas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrherald420 Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 Nope, not here. I test fit sub-assemblies and only paint what i need too. Unless its a 1/43 scale, then it gets 90% painted anyways not even meaning to! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramfins59 Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 Like what has been said by most of the posters here, I will check during test fitting for what areas are visible, and those are what I'll paint. Usually just the outer wheel wells, the engine/front end area of the top surface of the chassis, and the outside top edges of the interior buckets or door panels, which I will paint the same color as the tops of the door panels in case there is a gap between the door panels and the body. I also usually paint the interior headliner to match the interior color scheme after sanding the ejector pin marks and adding visors, rear view mirror, and courtesy lights where there are none. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnbuzzed Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 If you can see it from any angle,it gets painted. Ditto. BUT- I have entered contests with unpainted Lindberg Dodge Dakotas and did OK with both. Well, the bodies were unpainted- except for flat black trim- just cleaned up, sanded, polished and waxed. The chassis and interiors were all painted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbill Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 as you can see, i paint everything half the time not real sure why that ended up like it did, but all areas that are seen, are in fact covered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrGlueblob Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 I used to be more A.R. about details that can't be seen, but done anyway. However, I've found too many builds where something left un-detailed or painted got through my final inspection before sealing everything up.. I err still on the caution side and detail most everything. It's still fun, anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyBradKeselowski Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 Purely simple, if it's not seen it's not painted.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Myers Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 Let me just point out, as a judge in many model contest, seeing an unpainted area will detract. many times a tie breaker. Unpainted under hoods not withstanding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
10thumbs Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 Let me just point out, as a judge in many model contest, seeing an unpainted area will detract. many times a tie breaker. Unpainted under hoods not withstanding. I think we're talking here about inside trunk areas on models that don't have a trunk that opens. Do you guys tear the model apart? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Myers Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 (edited) It is what it is, painting unseen areas,or any other areas that may or may not be seen, taking no chance they may be seen unpainted. And , no we don't "tear the models apart" the models. Edited February 5, 2015 by Greg Myers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atomicholiday Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 I fall into the "if you can see it, paint it" camp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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