Custom Flames on Your Radio Controlled Car
For the purpose of this article I have selected an old favorite of mine, the flames. The techniques can be applied to any design you can dream up, all you need is a little imagination. First things first. The first thing you need to do is clean the shell, use warm water and soap, be sure to rinse all the soap off and let it dry before your continue, it's critical that the lexan shell is clean or your paint job won't hold, or will have blemishes once your done. The second thing you need to do is cut the shell out, we do this first for two reasons: It's easy to line up the wheels and body posts to the chassis After it's painted you will scratch the paint while you cut out the shell Imagination is key Now that we have the body cleaned and cut out we need to look for natural lines on the body that we can use to keep our design perfectly symmetrical, it's often difficult to paint over vents and other highly detailed parts of the car so pick your locations wisely. So aft...