go easy this is my first build on here...

[Guest]

You can try a black felt-tip pen. (Very thin top). Usually there is a small hollow between the window trim and the auto body. You follow it with the felt-tip pen, and the result is a thin and homogeneous line. You can use for the wheels as well.

Nice pic, is from the scale car photography.com?

Hope this help you!

PS: is looking very well mate!

[Wendall]

My preferred method is this; Tamiya semi gloss black, use it on a pallet and add a drop of thinner. Use a good quality brush. I paint the trims freehand making sure that the model is on a stable platform and taking my time. Then whilst the paint is still soft grab a clean cocktail stick and run it around the intended line removing any stray paint.

I'm enjoying watching this come together. keep up the good work mate.

[colin m]

Looking really nice.

I had an RS2000 in Signal Orange (more of an amber colour) which looks very similar to your original choice. I can understand why some might not be too keen on that colour !

Colin M.

[Guest]

Wow, for a first build i'm well impressed. Mine was an absolute disaster. Well done

[eddiesolo]

Super build for a first-take your time, rest occasionally and read the instructions and only do the parts you need-do that and you should be okay, rush or get loads of parts out and it is a recipe for disaster...I know Great job, now you're on your way to cluttering up the house

Si

[Guest]

Looks really good

[john i am]

Looks great brings back memories as I had one of these back in the day in red the pop up headlights were a great feature although it was a bugger changing the bulbs keep up the great work a fine example you are creating there cheers John

[Guest]

Mate, great job, and remember, as I always say, we DO NOT BITE!!! This is a forum also to help each other out! (I hope)

John

[Guest]

Great work there keep it up superb first job.

[Guest]

in the last 2 pictures i am not happy with the window trim, i thought i had a steady hand but i guess i was wrong, could anyone offer pointers to get it looking half decent. this is what i am aiming for

This is a bit late for your model, but here is what I do to get a neat line of black paint. I use 6 mm Tamiya tape to mask all but the area to be painted. It can be bent slightly by allowing the other edge to crease but sometimes a sharp curve needs the tape to be cut. In the example below, it is a raised "stripe", so the masking covered both sides. After pressing down the edge with a cocktail stick, a narrow band of two coats of Pledge Kleer were painted so as to straddle both sides of the mask edges (on the mask and on the area to be painted). This is to seal the edges and minimise bleed under the tape. The rest of the part was of course fully masked, including the other side to prevent overspray. The black gloss was then airbrushed on to wetness with gloss acrylic. Pulling off the tape carefully left a clear line between the colours. The photo below of a door panel shows spotty highlights along the edges caused by small bits of crinkly black paint which seems to be difficult or impossible to avoid. This becomes obvious due to the lighting which was artificial and close. In softer light there is little of that to see.

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[Guest]

Looking good Stuart, keep up the good work.

John