Kennyboy Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 (edited) Base coat was black with white flame licks......Kandy Oriental blue over front and Kandy pink over sides and back. 4 hours worth of painting time and 3 coats of lacquer clear coat. They turned out pretty cool for the first time in a long time...... Edited February 22, 2015 by Kennyboy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hgbben Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 That is stupid cool. Great work as always Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbill Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 that bang you heard was my jaw hitting the floor! sweeeeet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kennyboy Posted February 10, 2015 Author Share Posted February 10, 2015 That is stupid cool. Great work as always Thanks Ben! Gonna have to come up with something cool for the Callaway! that bang you heard was my jaw hitting the floor! sweeeeet! Thank you Tom! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 Very nice effect. Any chance you'll do a how-to for us? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kennyboy Posted February 10, 2015 Author Share Posted February 10, 2015 Very nice effect. Any chance you'll do a how-to for us? I would probably have to do a Youtube video to show how.......I learned how to do this about 4 years ago from Mike Lavallee's True Fire video (GREAT learning video!!!) Bought the templates, and the video and started going at it on motorcycles, car hoods, and helmets (to name a few.) Got out of doing it on large objects because people did not want to pay the price.....the clearcoat alone was over $125.00 a quart not to mention all the colors. Fast forward to last year.....I bought the True Fire templates for models and .....well....here you go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nacho Z Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 Gorgeous flames! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kennyboy Posted February 10, 2015 Author Share Posted February 10, 2015 Gorgeous flames! Thank you John! You are too kind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taaron76 Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 Ken, that paint is amazing!!!! Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobthehobbyguy Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 The flames look great. Definitely would like to see a how to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
microwheel Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 Beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!! and a few wows to boot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister 4x4 Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 Nice "Butane Flames!" I got the Tru-Fire DVD from Mike Lavallee several years ago and flamed a few things. The technique isn't as hard as the finished product might suggest, but practice and having "the Eye" makes a world of difference. Your Tru-Fire looks awesome!! Well done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowlife ! ! Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 Absolutely amazing paint job, don't worry about the how-to video, can I just send you my models to paint instead ....... ...... Are you going to finish the jag now its painted, or was this a paint trial, for now ? .... ..Lowlife ! ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High octane Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 Awesome job Kennyboy, just awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kennyboy Posted February 10, 2015 Author Share Posted February 10, 2015 Nice "Butane Flames!" I got the Tru-Fire DVD from Mike Lavallee several years ago and flamed a few things. The technique isn't as hard as the finished product might suggest, but practice and having "the Eye" makes a world of difference. Your Tru-Fire looks awesome!! Well done! Thank you Eric.........your explanation is very true (no pun intended) not too hard to learn, just takes a while to "get it"....not saying that I "get it" by no means. Absolutely amazing paint job, don't worry about the how-to video, can I just send you my models to paint instead ....... ...... Are you going to finish the jag now its painted, or was this a paint trial, for now ? .... ..Lowlife ! ! Thank you Martin! I do plan on finishing it soon........it will be a race car rolling on gold BBS's and slicks. Now to find some sponsor decals..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrecker388 Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 (edited) Sweet! I want to play around with Tru-Fire at some point once I get my airbrush working right again. Edited February 10, 2015 by wrecker388 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill_67 Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 Fantastic use of color Ken, those flames look almost electric. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miatatom Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 Very nice effect. Any chance you'll do a how-to for us? Yes, please share your knowledge. Beautiful work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsxse240 Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 I did a short write up a while back on making your own templates using a smart phone a sharpie and clear plastic notebook dividers. The techniques are all going to be personally preferential. Not difficult at all, but very time consuming and wasteful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donb Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 Outstanding! WOW! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraman Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 Beautiful paint job and finish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominik Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 a w e s o m e ! great, great great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kennyboy Posted February 10, 2015 Author Share Posted February 10, 2015 Thank you so much guys for the kind words and encouragement! I used the Artool True Fire Nano series templates for this technique........they are very small, but effective. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khier Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 Madness.... but I like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmathew1us Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 It came out great and I think this will look even better with race car livery. Can't wait to see it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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