What do you guys think of the McLaren MP4-12C MemoR?

[Kennyboy]

Trying to paint this on my Lambo Countach 1/16.......hard paint job...into it already 20 hours!

[Guest]

Cool paint, ugly car.

[CJ1971]

It's pretty cool actually... But do you know for sure that its a painted-on scheme or if its a wrap?? Wraps are a big deal these days & I'm guessing that might be the case with this McLaren ??

[PappyD340]

Quite ambitious, but it will be a pretty sweet paint job when done, I hope you pull it off!!

[cobraman]

To each his own but I question why would anyone do that to such a nice looking car ? Paint job just too busy for my tastes.

[CJ1971]

To each his own but I question why would anyone do that to such a nice looking car ? Paint job just too busy for my tastes.

Sometimes, with expensive cars like this, these paint schemes & now "wrap" themes are done for charity or advertising... Or even by the artist themselves to promote their work. Each to his own I guess... :-)

[Dragline]

That almost looks like a water swirl technique. The paint sits on the surface in many strands as you lift the body up through it. YouTube it to see what I'm talking about. It's big in guitar circles although I guess any item can be swirled.

I'm just not certain all those colors could be done in one pass. Try dunk swirl or water swirl, and it may come up.

Bob

[CJ1971]

That almost looks like a water swirl technique. The paint sits on the surface in many strands as you lift the body up through it. YouTube it to see what I'm talking about. It's big in guitar circles although I guess any item can be swirled.

I'm just not certain all those colors could be done in one pass. Try dunk swirl or water swirl, and it may come up.

Bob

The process you're talking about is called " water-transfer"... ;-)

[Kennyboy]

Thanks guys, I looked close up at my reference pictures of the above car, it is indeed a wrap. I am doing this paint job as a "think out of the box" thing. I figured why not do something that will drag people over to the model on the display shelf and surprise them rather than say "That's nice blue paint on that Lambo."

Some would say I am a little crazy though to do this to a $120+ model!

All I know is that it is going to take quite a bit of clear to cover it.

[cobraman]

Nothing is too crazy with a model. I'm sure it will draw attention. Good luck I'm sure we would all like to see it when it's done.

[cartpix]

The process you're talking about is called " water-transfer"... ;-)

Back in the late 60's, Car Model magazine called it "swirladelic", when they published a how to, on the technique.

Jeff

[cobraman]

Wasn't that Hank Borger ?

[Kennyboy]

Wasn't that Hank Borger ?

I actually had the opportunity to meet Hank. He was showing a funny car (1/16) that he did the "swirladelic" paint job on at my local hobby store. Talked with him for a while about how he did it as well as other tips and tricks. He was a wealth of knowledge to me.