74 Fireball Vega decals

[F/CNUT]

Hi, I have bought Chuck's 1/16 74 Fireball Vega decals. I have a body in primer ready for paint. I have done some testing and the problem I'am having is matching the paint to the decals and also what steps I should take in painting the car. Do I paint the car Gloss black, apply the decals, then clear the body to seal everything in? Then try to match up the paint to the decals? Hope somebody can help, cause I don't want to mess this project up. Here is some pictures of the real car.

Steve

Edited March 29, 2015 by F/CNUT

[charlie@mrtractorsales.com]

Stephen, post a picture of the decal, other than the flames get as clost to the black color as you can,

Cut close to decal and you should be ok.

[Muncie]

Steve, This decal is on my list as well so I took a look at it on on Chuck's decal page -

I see the challenge - the decal does not include the red on the nose - would be difficult to do all of the shapes around the grill, bumper and headlights as a decal.

Painting the red with an abrupt seperation between the decal and the paint would require a dead-on match...

The alternative - fog the paint onto the decal so the color blends from paint to decal. The flames are faded at the front of the body...

Need a red paint that is close -

Air brush - apply the flame decals - dial the spray pattern down to paint the nose wth a soft edge onto the front of the decal - apply the headlight and grill decals - clear coat and polish per standard procedure.

Rattle can - apply the flame decals - "Roll tape" the edge and mask off the rest of the body. Roll taping is sticking the tape down on one edge with the other edge lifted above the surface. It is a way to control a blended edge. Spraying over the lifted edge will give a fogged line over the decal that can be faded so that it blends into the paint on the nose. Roll taping may be another use for post-it notes.

Office supply stores have a low-tack clear tape that should be easier on the decal - I believe it is also a post-it note product

practice, experiment

Edited April 2, 2015 by Muncie

[F/CNUT]

Thanks guys for all of your suggestions. I will look into each of them and see what I can come up with. Again thanks