BKcustoms Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 (edited) A few people have been asking about how to do this so I figured a tutorial would be helpful to explain it. The starting point will be Revell's 60' Impala kit and it will be getting a candy orange and red pattern on the roof. Materials used: Tamiya tape cut into narrow strips Kustom Shop Kandy Red, Kandy Orange, Lava Red Pearl, and Brilliant Silver Metallic Wadded up rubber glove for the textured sections Nason Select Clear 2K Urethane Here the body has been base coated with pearl white and the roof masked off in preparation for the silver base that will be used for the candy. Now spray the roof with a silver or gold base of your choice. (I used Brilliant Silver Metallic from Kustom Shop) Once that dries you can start the taping process. Start by finding the center line and then lay out a design. I prefer to start in the middle and work my way to the outer edges. Edited January 19, 2014 by BKcustoms Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BKcustoms Posted January 16, 2014 Author Share Posted January 16, 2014 Now we’re ready to add some color. Mask off the first section with a low tack tape so you don’t pull off your lines when you unmask it and then spray some color. I used Lava Red Pearl with kandy red sprayed along the edges. Here it is unmasked. Make sure you wait until the paint is completely dry before you mask for the next color. Here I’ve masked for the next section. This will have a candy red marble effect. To do this spray a very wet coat of candy paint and press a wadded up rubber glove into it. You can also spray a coat of candy over it to make it darker. Now it’s time to do a fade in the area on the back of the roof. Just mask the area and spray some color around the edge of the tape. Now we’ll move to the front of the roof and do a “sunrise” effect. It’s actually pretty simple, just stick a piece of tape at an angle from the center of the section to the outside edge and spray along its edge. Rotate the tape and repeat until you’ve made it all the way around. For the stripes that run down the roof I sprayed a fade from red to orange candy. I prefer to start with the lighter color for this but it’ll work either way. Now for the outside edges I did another marble effect in orange and sprayed an orange fade along the edge of the roof. (For some reason the pictures of this step have disappeared from my camera) Now for the fun part! Unmask it and see what you’ve got! (this picture was actually taken after 4 coats of clear were applied) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BKcustoms Posted January 16, 2014 Author Share Posted January 16, 2014 These techniques can be used for all kinds of paint schemes. The possibilities are endless! I hope this makes sense, feel free to ask any questions you may have. Billy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cchapman195 Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 Very nice. Waiting for more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
60s era Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 Billy, Awesome paintwork, especially on this scale of cars...Reminds me of what I have done on 1:1 cars in the past.. Would like to try something on this scale but I would have to finish a model first , lol -- before I got into something like that.. My builds seam to go a lot slower than I would like.. But I am not in any hurry... Great tutorial and again ---- awesome paint work..... Tom :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JunkPile Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 (edited) Thank You! Edited January 16, 2014 by JunkPile Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraman Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 Wow ! Great work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heroncustom Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 beautiful. Questions!!! how long do u wait between colors/layers? how long did the roof in the tutorial take u from start to finish? and thirdly are you outta your mind!??!!?! lol thats skill if i ever saw it, but BLAH_BLAH_BLAH_BLAH it looks tedious lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer-five Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 Billy , thank you for the how-to , you do such great paint jobs . if you don't mind me asking how long does this take from start to finish ? Thanks again. Dick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyjim Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 You make it look so easy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speedfreak Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 Beautiful work Billy, where did you learn these skills? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJER Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 Very nice work and effective tutorial. Thanks very much. JR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joker Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 Thanks for the paint tutorial. A list of materials used would be much appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James2 Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 Awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maltsr Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 Many thanks for the tutorial Billy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nitro Neil Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 Thanks Billy, you get a Wicked Pissa! from me. I will be saving this tutorial and will definitely try this in the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnag4004 Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 Hi Billy, Thank you for sharing this, it looks stunning and the effect is amazing... Andy... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinky Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 Treat tutorial an work, thanks for sharing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BKcustoms Posted January 19, 2014 Author Share Posted January 19, 2014 Thanks guys!! I'm glad this was helpful. Now to answer some of the questions, This whole thing took around 4 hours from when I started taping to the last coat of clear. I'm using fast drying urethanes so I only have to wait 5-10 minutes between colors, dry times will be different with different paints. I'll add a list of materials to the first post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BKcustoms Posted January 19, 2014 Author Share Posted January 19, 2014 where did you learn these skills? A lot of people don't believe it but I've pretty much taught myself how to do paint jobs like this by watching videos and reading lots of articles online. Oh and of course lots of trial and error.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carrucha Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 Thanks for the awesome tutorial! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Cullinan Posted February 2, 2014 Share Posted February 2, 2014 Great technique. I'll have to give this a shot one day. I'm definitely into these paint jobs and low riders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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