RC18MT truck body... RESP style

[RespirologyRC]

Well I'm back on vacation and have nowhere to go and nothing to do---BORED!! So I thought I would paint some bodies and this is what I did today. PS I ordered a box full of micro bodies just so that I could keep myself from going nuts

[RespirologyRC]

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[Piggy89373]

Not to be critical, but you need to clean out the airbrush. Pull it apart and thoroughly clean it all...repeatedly. The shadows look like they sputtered a bit, which is why I'm suggesting you clean your brush. The past few bodies, I've noticed it. I went through the same thing and had to pull the airbrush completely apart to clean it out.

Use some of that vacation time on the airbrush. :D Before I forget, you're getting better. I'm suprised you haven't started painting your own head and tail lights. Nice use of colors as well.

[RespirologyRC]

Your a funny guy Piggy. I dropped my airbrush and bent the tip. So when I spray I never get a nice round dot I get a long oval looking spray pattern. Also with these small bodies you have to paint them a lot slower than you would a 1/10 body. These flames you see about are only 1.5 inches long. So when your spraying it tends to sputter because I'm going to slow. You have a trained eye, and others don't so I don't mind that you point these things out to me---I'll work on getting a new tip any suggestions as to where from? Preferrably with cheap shipping.

[Legend_Car]

resp awesome bodies man but why do u mont the stock rc18t body on a mini-t?

[Piggy89373]

Resp, I also prefer mini bodies because they always seem to have more detail when painted than their 1/10th cousins. The cheapest place I've found for Iwata parts is still Dixieart.com. The .2mm tip they have is great for spraying transparent paints like charcoal and fastint, but suck for most everything else. I'd suggest picking up a .2mm tip and a .3mm tip as well as a needle or two. It'll run you about 60 bucks, but anything over $45 has free shipping. In 3-5 days, you'll get your stuff and be back up and running.

On the bright side, since you've gotten used to a deformed spray pattern when you put on new stuff you'll find your skills have improved a good bit.

[RespirologyRC]

LOL I currently have a 3.5 tip --fasglitter stuff doesn't work well with anything smaller. Thanks for the web address I'll be shopping there then thanks a milliion.

As for the mini-t chassis--that's all I have. Although I am considering purchasing a RC18MT.

[EvaderSTKid]

Where are you vacationing that all you can do is paint? Can I come next time? ;)