Mike I painted the lightest color first, bronze. Then I taped off what I wanted to stay bronze. Then shoot a layer of clear coat over the tape. Then I shot the next darkest color , flaming orange. Then I taped off where I wanted the orange to stay and shot another layer of clear over the tape, then I shot the root beer brown. And when you pull the tape off your stripes are there. I use tamiya tape it seems to work the best and doesn't leave residue , shooting the clear seals the edges of the tape so ya don't get any bleeding between colors. If you have alil edge between colors just knock it down real gently
I hope this helps