my knock off general lee

[FESTER2004]

ok gang!heres my knock off general lee using a vw bug body!i got the images from online n the "general lee" letterings i amde suing ym print shop program. all i ahve to do is spray it with faskolor orange. i doubt the paint will match the "pictures" on the now,lol ,taht why i call it a knock off.hehehehe!!!i glued the iamges with xxx main picture glue:

[Tyrael1986]

i would have made the graphics from scratch with photo shop, printed a few extra and then glued them to a extra piece of lexan and kept changing the color on the printout until it matched the paint. that way it would match... but that's just me. good luck.

[FESTER2004]

true....didnt think of that, thanks! we;ll see how it comes out!

[Tyrael1986]

if you can still get them off safely, color-matching them would be a good start to make it look "Mint" :) yet again, good luck! as color matching can be a PITA!

[Farwar]

Or you could just trim off the orange and your left with just the letters. That way you dont have to colour match.

[Divman]

LOL shud be cool as on a beetle shell :D

[Legend_Car]

i have 2 suggestions

1 take out the sunroof mask and recenter the flag

2 make the bug into a convertible and mount longhorns on the front like hugie hogg :D

[st_dragn_wagen]

who makes that body?

[mikevillena]

Hey Fes,

Yeeeeeeeeeehawwwwwww!!!!! Maybe we can get Spamcake to do up a "Daisy Duke" figure for your ride. Yow!!!!!! Lookin' good bro. That's actually a decent Baja Bug shell. Seems to have a lot of details and is far from being a "thingie". Is this a Parma? :confused:

[FESTER2004]

heres a side by side with my blitzer beetle body(blitzer beetle was never used really(1 pass in my kitchen) tahts y it looks the way it does,it sits on a shelf.the clear body is amde by parma n i think it jsut came out,it lloks like my tamiya body:

[FESTER2004]

i am gonna leave the sunroof ,its different. this wont be perfect,i was fooling around wiht this thing.lol i'll try to do this the best i can. i tryed to find a 1.10 scale sticker kit for the general lee but i couldnt find none tahst y i did it the way i did it.plus i would never be able to pull that off in paint,lol

[Legend_Car]

you need to make boss hoggs caddy

[Aluma]

well, when I've used sticker paper printed with a design, I use the black or blue or dark color on it and leave the body color off. If you take the sticker from its backing its a hazy white color, but when backed with the same body color it looses that white haze and becomes the same color that you have on the body...ie, my superautobacs micro rs4 body from years back. I printed the autobacs logo onto "clear" sticker paper, reversed of course so that when applied to the body you see the the logo correctly. make sure to use your nail to get bubbles out. spray over it and it turns to same color as the rest...which was orange of course...did the same with the blue/orange circle logo on the hood, but backed that sticker with white due to the white hood.

[FESTER2004]

the sticker are peeling up from sitting ona shelf!,plus i was never the best at applying decals.lol

[Tyrael1986]

well, when I've used sticker paper printed with a design, I use the black or blue or dark color on it and leave the body color off. If you take the sticker from its backing its a hazy white color, but when backed with the same body color it looses that white haze and becomes the same color that you have on the body...ie, my superautobacs micro rs4 body from years back. I printed the autobacs logo onto "clear" sticker paper, reversed of course so that when applied to the body you see the the logo correctly. make sure to use your nail to get bubbles out. spray over it and it turns to same color as the rest...which was orange of course...did the same with the blue/orange circle logo on the hood, but backed that sticker with white due to the white hood.

do you have a picture of that body that you used the clear sticker paper on? and what print settings did you use with what kind of printer? that sounds like it would work pretty good...

[Aluma]

I know I posted it on this forums years ago...It might still be on the server...I'll look.
Printer is a deskjet 694...about 8years old I'd say...any new one would do better.

[Legend_Car]

any progress on the stars and bars

[mikevillena]

heres a side by side with my blitzer beetle body(blitzer beetle was never used really(1 pass in my kitchen) tahts y it looks the way it does,it sits on a shelf.the clear body is amde by parma n i think it jsut came out,it lloks like my tamiya body:

Hey Fes....That is one very nice Bug (painted). The Parma is quite decent even next to the Tamiya. I'll definitely keep that in mind. Cool rides bro! :D

[FESTER2004]

thanks

[FESTER2004]

thanks, yeah i dont wanna ruin the blitzer beetle body!i am saving it i guess!,lol sorry gang did get a chance to spray it yet , i was working on another body!i willtry tommorrow or this weekend the latest!

[FESTER2004]

ok gang, i sprayed my knock off general lee today n applyed some decals taht came with the body!here it is mounted on my blitzer beetle!:

[FESTER2004]

1 more:

[FESTER2004]

another view:

[FESTER2004]

i am happy how it came out over all.i used faskolor orange paint,i did like 4 coats!my new airbrush works great!i had toi go to lowes last nite to make a adpater rig but it works!:can any one say "yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeehaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawwww"""
(quote :mike v)too bad i couldnt aid dixie airhorns but then again i could hum it driving down the road,lol!:

[FESTER2004]

just gotta make up some fake georgia licience plate stickers for it,lol

[2ndGeneration]

Nice beetle you have there Fester, what kind of airbrush did you use on that? Looks cool though.

[FESTER2004]

i got 1 from ebay,its a regulaer single action a/b made a company called airbrush city.thanks!i am glad to be back in the buiness of airbrushn.

[Legend_Car]

looks the the general lee, nice work fest you should have matched the paper for a more presice job but who cares

[FESTER2004]

thanks,i could have but i didnt ,i didnt care,its a cheap knock off-hehehehe

btw-do u have any use for a bolink 1999 vw beat up body,lol

thanks!

[jcnalley]

Looks good Fester,the orange is a little off,but as long as you're happy with it...it looks great.

[FESTER2004]

thanks jc-yeah i knew it wouldnt be perfect(color matchn wise) so i expected it but far away it does look like all 1 color,lol i dont have time to play with them during the week cuz i work nites n sleep during the day n last time i brought a rc car to work n i was on my break infact i kinda got in trouble...........so i keep them home.i even fixed a rc car 2 weeks ago n i have yet to test it, i really wanna go to days so bad!lol!