Masking Up the Castrol Mugen NSX..beginner needs help!

[primera man]

Good to see your still having a go at the kit.

That price doesn't sound to bad.
I dont own one yet, just use cans all the time.

[Kiwi_Z]

finished the masking and painting of the green bits tonight. Holy beejezuus.. had a bad day at work, thought I would work on the model to ahem destress... well.... after 2 hrs wth of masking the frickin body, in particular that front fascia the destress theory went out the window. I was getting particularly infuriated with masking the line round the lower air dam. Grrrr..

Looked brilliant after the spray though once the masking tape came off and it made it worthwhile.. I got the lines pretty darned clean, the odd bit of overspray where I wasn't quite careful enough, but hey ..

Pleasantly surprised if you will !

Next step.. out comes the black spray.. I haven't quite figured out how I'm going to do this, maybe a 2 part deal, spray all the parts and holes, then attach parts then spray all over.. sounds like a good theory.

Now Warren.. how the heck do you get that orange peel free finish ?

[Jay!]

Hey, Warren, when you painted the clear red and orange on the taillights, did you do it freehand, or did you try to mask it? I'm itching to try and mask it, but it's going to be facking hard!!!

[primera man]

I done it free hand.
I only masked up the square "backing lights"

If i remember there is a very fine line that you can follow.
I always do the red first then the orange last.
The orange can get onto the red and not show through.

Sometimes i do the red first, then paint the whole light with the orange over the top of everything. It gives the red a darker look.

[Jay!]

Thanks! :coolguy: