RC PAINTER'S Personal Cars!

[charlieB]

Hey Painters!(Haunted,Mab,Bob,Josh,BigDog,Cosmo,etc... )

We normally post things we paint for other people..how about showing your own personal car(s)! Here is Mine.

http://socal.rcracing.com/Images//HITEC.jpg

[TheRo0sTer]

Man very nice!!! I tend to lean away from too much work for myself. But that is definitely an insperation!

[HauntedMyst]

I'm in the middle of ruining two bodies for my electric TC3.

This Saleen
http://home.comcast.net/~john.hauser1/S7onTC3.jpg

And this Acura
http://home.comcast.net/~john.hauser1/Acura_1___Rip_Checkers.jpg

Here (http://home.comcast.net/~john.hauser1/ElecTC2.mpeg) is the Acura running it's paces.

On my nitro tc3, I'm running the crap that the guy sent with the car.


FYI, have you other painters noticed that the uglier the body, the longer it lasts. If I spend 4 or 5 hours on body, I can guarantee I'll rip the front or rear end of the car on the first run, but if I run some painting failure, the damn thing will last ages.

[TL01_TOM]

After wiping up the saliva which dribbled out of my mouth when I saw them I would just like to say that they are all sick man!!!!!


:eek: :p :D

[ToxicSoup]

:eek: :eek:

OMFG charlie that is the best looking car body i have ever seen in my entire life!!!!!!!!! O_O

*praise*

[rcaddikt]

Here's what I'm running right now on my Super. (And what I will be running at the HPI Challenge in MI.) I tend to do more simple schemes for my own bodies. If I do a nice technical job I tend to see $$$ signs.:) So for me to keep a body, I kind of have to back off the nice stuff. May sound lame, but that's how it works for me.

http://home.woh.rr.com/overthetop/gt1.jpg

[Rahxephon]

Man, those are all nice bodies!

Let's see some more, this thread made me curious.:D

[charlieB]

Haunted-i really love the integra! What red did you use for the Saleen?
I can totally relate..bodies that i have painted and hated that i run(because i couldn't give them away) doesn't seem to go away! i'll crash 'em and roll 'em but they STILL are intact!

RCADDIKT-That is nothing close to being simple! Thise white bars must have taken Forever to do! Nothing lame about being a good businessman!

Painters! Bring it! The question is always asked..what would you run for yourself?

[HauntedMyst]

Thanks Charlie! One day I'll have to come out there so you can teach me to do shadowing like yours. They always look like you could fall into them. What is that black paint up front? Are you just spattering other paint before the black?


rc, I'm with you. I usually race my painting screw ups.

[Scomp87]

Charlie, do you dream of painting these bodies at night? I know why you don't sell taht one. niice

[charlieB]

Haunted-i put some micro flakes into some Createx Retarder and spayed a light mist before shooting the black.

Scomp87-the problem is, i do these bodies at night..(no sleep)lol

[Rahxephon]

Hey Charlie_B, do you mind if I try those flames out for myself, actually can I recreate something similar to the body you posted on this thread? I feel the need to try it out for myself, just to see if I'm capable of doing it. :)

[charlieB]

go for it! Make sure you post it here!

[Rahxephon]

Thanks Charlie, I'll make sure to post it here too!

Oh yah, here is one that I painted today.

[carlton eppes]

I use my race bodies to experiment so mine always have wierd stuff on them. Here's my TC3. Since I only get to run it a couple of times a year it should last me a loooong time.
http://www.teamurc.com/pics/Carlton/300m-2.jpg

[KawadaKid]

RC Addict...

Ur Body is my Favorite just cuz my favorite race car of all time is the mazda 787B and thats an AWSOME replica of the scheme. To bad they dont make that body!

[charlieB]

Carlton-That car is WILD!!!!

Rahxephon-do you have a website or even bigger pix of that paintjob>?

Mr Crash-thats a lot of smiles!

[FSU427P]

Tamiya made a 787B RC back in 1991 when the car took LeMans. It was on the group-C 2WD chassis which also beheld the Nissan R91CP, the Mercedes C11, the "first" Honda NSX, and the Nissan 300ZX IMSA GTO, which is not to be confused with the 300ZX IMSA GTS that was on the TAO2 4WD chassis. Sorry for all of the Tamiya trivia.
BTW, you can still find the 787B NIB on eBay from time to time for a pretty reasonable price, but the paint job on the body and the decal application is one of the most difficult out there. Now and then people sell the ones that they built, and most have only been shelf queens, so they look wonderful, and you can get those for a nice price.

[MrCrash]

Originally posted by charlieB

Mr Crash-thats a lot of smiles!

Yup,and they're all for you:p ;)

[TEAMDUZE]

I did this one for me back in March. I have yet to run it though as I have an one on the truck now that is an experiment/mistake.:D

[carlton eppes]

WOW thanks Charlie! I made some mistakes doing that body that I want to correct. Guess I'm just gonna have to do another one for fun.
Here's the body I HAD on my 1/8 buggy till I broke the nose off. It also managed to get in another magazine's race coverage of the Houston RC Pro Series.

http://www.paranormals.com/temp3/oddsn/eppes/buggy2.jpg

Got a new one done it's an experiment/mistake too. ;)

[integra d12]

http://www.proctorproductions.com/dc/70s.jpg
I tend to do pretty simple bodies that look good for my self. that might be a little odd for the general public to swallow.

[MrCrash]

Those are SWEET!!!I love those buggy bodies!!!

[InspGadgt]

LOL...all the ones I've posted over the years were bodies I use on my own cars. I rarely get pics of the stuff I paint for other people.

[hvp014]

iwish i had carlton eppes body for my storm. (runnin stock white one) guess keep wishin i could paint that good:rolleyes: nice bodys everyone!

[momosport]

Charlie,


Wouldn't this post have been more fun if CharlieB showed us a body that was one solid color? It would be the ultimate in irony if all these other painters run a solid color w/ no special effects on their personal race cars.

Something in a Red or Green or Black. None of this Marble effect.

Nice and PLAIN!!!!!!
Just a thought.

Im still down for coming to SoCal for the TFT race this year. Let me know once the details become more solid.


MOmo

[carlton eppes]

Well here's my replacement ......... experiment/screw up for my 1/8 buggy.
#1 candy red backed by black doesn't give a dark red it gives brown!
#2 I seriously need a tutorial from Charlie B. on shading and probably another airbrush. :(

[carlton eppes]

BTW the pics are fuzzy because I have a cheap digital, sorry. I'll try to get some film pics later.

[InspGadgt]

Originally posted by momosport
Charlie,


Wouldn't this post have been more fun if CharlieB showed us a body that was one solid color? It would be the ultimate in irony if all these other painters run a solid color w/ no special effects on their personal race cars.

Something in a Red or Green or Black. None of this Marble effect.

Nice and PLAIN!!!!!!
Just a thought.

Im still down for coming to SoCal for the TFT race this year. Let me know once the details become more solid.


MOmo



LOL...well my championship winning mod 4wd Losi XX4 was all white...not even any stickers on it...LOL

[charlieB]

LOL..ur right Momo. That would have been funny! I paint bodies for me like pretty much everyonwe here for "experimental" purposes;if i mess them up, no one will complain to me!=)
As far as the TfT race, i'll keep ya posted. it will be a crazy week for me then. My B-day, graduation, AND the race!


Carlton-no need of any tips from me! Your work is OUTSTANDING!

[Rahxephon]

Here are some slightly larger pics :(

[burning perform]

CHarlie, man that body is SWEET boyond words! Man i want one 'a those. Now I know I suck with an airbrush (only used mine once to make a custom orange color but i gotta try that!)

[mab_man20]

I've been running the "slash" body i did a while ago, but that it getting old. Ill have the new look done next week. To give you an idea, think splat and chernobyl (russian nuclear plant).

::mischeivious grin::

[RCmaniac324]

Can't wait mab_man....sounds like it will be sweet. :D :p BTW everyone who posted pics: excellent work, keep 'em comin'!

I wish I could paint that good. I would post a pic of my truck, but when I let my friend drive it a week or two ago, he rolled it and now my wing is all funked up and part of my front grill decal ripped off. :mad: :( The sad part is it was an expensive body that I put a lot of work and time into...oh well, it only gives me an excuse to try another design sooner, once I get the $$$.

[Pro3/nmt105]

Hey charlieB do you think you could make another of those that is the sweetest body Ive ever seen.

[charlieB]

sure..just email me cchavicsgrafix@aol.com

[charlieB]

sure..just email me cchavicsgrafix@aol.com

[tlane77]

What's up Boys?

Those are some nice A$$ bodies. Wish I had the talent.

Hey Charlie, what do you charge for a body? If possible I would like you to paint one for my Rusty. Nothing over the top just something chillin.:p

[Megatron]

Charlie B:

I usually hate those multi-color, triba,l flame paint jobs (mostly because I'm jealous, bitter, and extremely untalented), but that looks sooooooo good. Howlong did that take?

[Janders]

Do you have anymore pics anywhere online?- I'd like to see them

[charlieB]

Megatron..i think it took about 4-5 hours. im not sure..it was reall late at night!;)

[Dropkicked]

Here's my current bod. I painted this a couple weeks ago the day before I was gonna get my first chance to race the car. Really rushed it, and took less than 2 hours on the whole thing. I just got my digital camera back, so it's had a few race days on it already...... obviously.

Body: Frewer Lola
Paint: Faskolor Fasescent Purple faded to Fasblack, Fasflourescent Yellow, and Fasflourescent Green with some createx dark green in ther in the rip area.
Photos: Horrible. The green is actually streaked in the ripped area, and all of the colors pop alot better, and contrast really well. I just suck with a digital camera. I really don't feel like color correcting all of the images.

http://www.dropkicked.net/images/rccars/lola.jpg

Oh well, I just got my impact, and knew I was gonna total the body pretty fast, so I wasn't gonna spend forever on it.

Drop

[Rahxephon]

Janders, unfortunately I don't have a site of the cars I've painted but maybe a search could help (dunno though, never tried,hehe). I'm currently workin' on a body, I'll post pictures when I'm done with it.:)

[FrankT]

here is my savage and my storm....

[FrankT]

:)

[charlieB]

Lookin' good Frank!

[FrankT]

Thanks charlie

[4x4_Racer]

Any of you mind teachin me how to paint?

[HauntedMyst]

Learn how to paint here. (http://www.rctech.net/articles/painting_hauntedmyst.shtml)

[charlieB]

here's anopther one.
http://socal.rcracing.com/Images//redmarble.jpg

[ToxicSoup]

again... awesome body charlie! i may have to you paint me one when i get back into onroad ;)

[DilusionRacer]

hey rcaddikt: thats a nice toyota gt one race car!!! only thing is i think that the paint scheme belongs on a nissan ...sry i remember seeing it on GT3 for ps2 and yah... oh well GJ man hell of a lot better than mines!! its still jaw dropping!

and charlieb: man o man o man thats one SICK stratus!!!:eek:
as to all: keep up the good work (as i wish i can do the same =|)

oh yah charlie are u painting bodies for people too??? i was just wondering how much u paintin for???

[Cychalen]

The paint scheme belongs to a Mazda 787B.
http://www.mazda.com/publicity/public/200106/0615a.jpg

[DilusionRacer]

ooops :p mah bad i knew it was on a different one though....

[CollectiveInk]

the trash that is. All I can say to you guys is...wow.

I realize now mine have been very simple (which is not always bad) and have gotten me a few $$ for painting other peoples cars. But now that I have a taste of it, I want more... but need a compressor first. :( The nice thing about working at a sign shop, I can cut all the custom masks and print decals that I want. So all the cars have been masked with cut vinyl (most people think it's a decal)

Anyways, the Lotus was my first car ever. Metallic blue and Indy Silver (rattle cans).
Accord (my fav to date) Teal / Indy Silver (rattle cans) with neon orange vinyl pinstriping.
Eclipse Metallic black / Candy red with silver metal flake added (airbrush).

In the works.... Mercedes CLK-GTS and an F-1 for Tamiya F201

Don't everyone laugh too much at these.

[eliseracer]

Nice Elise :D

Oh yeah, astonnishing work everyone else!