AMT 1957 Del Rio 2 tone paint process?

[designer_jeff]

I'm getting to paint my 57 Del Rio wagon in two tone pink/white. I'm wondering which color to start with. It will be pink on roof and below side trim. It looks easier to start with the pink but wondering if anyone else has done the two tone and has any suggestions.

Thanks Jeff

[MrObsessive]

I would paint your white first, and then paint the pink over that. You always want to start with the lightest colors first...........it'll greatly minimize any problems (bleed through) doing it this way.

Hope this helps!

[Bill Eh?]

I totally agree with Bill. Besides, it will really help if you intend to use primer. The pink color will really "pop" when painted over white instead of the primer coat!

[StevenGuthmiller]

I usually start with the lightest color also.

But, on occasion, it is easier to mask for the lighter color last.

If that is the case, just careful & strategic masking will work just fine doing the darker color first.

As an example, I painted the darker color on my '59 Dodge Custom Royal first because it was much easier to mask the darker sections after painting than it would have been to mask the entire light pink area before shooting the coral.

 

Steve

 

[bbowser]

I usually start with the lightest color also.

But, on occasion, it is easier to mask for the lighter color last.

If that is the case, just careful & strategic masking will work just fine doing the darker color first.

As an example, I painted the darker color on my '59 Dodge Custom Royal first because it was much easier to mask the darker sections after painting than it would have been to mask the entire light pink area before shooting the coral.

 

Steve

 

Steve, that's a beautiful model!

[Art Anderson]

I'm getting to paint my 57 Del Rio wagon in two tone pink/white. I'm wondering which color to start with. It will be pink on roof and below side trim. It looks easier to start with the pink but wondering if anyone else has done the two tone and has any suggestions.

Thanks Jeff

Actually, it's just as easy (and due to the possibility of the pink wanting to "bleed" through white) to do as all of us suggest--do the white first, then mask that off, shoot the pink (white has never bled through any darker colors in my 50+ years of masking for two-tone paint schemes.

Art