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Old 20-01-2008, 05:00 PM   #1
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Default Amazing what you can do with a spray can! (RC aeroplane)
ok ok dont bite my head off, it's in the bar for a reason, i just thought i would share with you guys what my dad did the other night with a couple of spray cans....









it bloody amazed me!!!! and there is no clear on it yet!!!!! i think he did an amazing job, what do you guys think? (now be honest)
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Old 20-01-2008, 05:02 PM   #2
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I reckon its great except for the yellow on the back. That looks out of place. But the rest looks great.
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Old 20-01-2008, 05:58 PM   #3
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ok ok dont bite my head off, it's in the bar for a reason, i just thought i would share with you guys what my dad did the other night with a couple of spray cans....









it bloody amazed me!!!! and there is no clear on it yet!!!!! i think he did an amazing job, what do you guys think? (now be honest)
I wonder how the paint will react with the fuel ?
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Old 20-01-2008, 09:20 PM   #4
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He didn't get any overspray on the Falcon in the background, did he?

Looks good to me!
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Old 20-01-2008, 10:12 PM   #5
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looks damn good, not sure about the yellow though
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Old 20-01-2008, 10:16 PM   #6
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IMpressive I wouldnt even get the taping up right let alone spraying
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Old 21-01-2008, 01:05 AM   #7
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I reckon its great except for the yellow on the back. That looks out of place. But the rest looks great.
it's blue mate... hahaha but yeah each to their own, in the flesh it looks good, the idea is for it to be bold, makes it easier to tell top from bottom (these planes are quite often above 500ft at that point colour becomes cruicial in identifying the shapes of the aircraft)

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I wonder how the paint will react with the fuel ?
nah mate the paint is fine, they run on a blend of nitro methane (this one will run with about 10% nitro), 20% synthetic oil, and 70% methanol...
and yes i do put nitro in my moto from time to time

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He didn't get any overspray on the Falcon in the background, did he?

Looks good to me!
HELL NO!!! he sprayed it in the other side of the shed (it's in 2 halves) one end closed ala XY and XA, and one open... ala XC.
paint really has come up good, hasn't been buffed or cleared yet!!!! and its just acyrlic automotive spray cans! the only issue we have is with the white, it isn't white enough... but we can't do anything about it now... too much has been done!

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looks damn good, not sure about the yellow though
mmm yes as said above, when you see it in the flesh it does grow on you and it's for visability reasons.

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IMpressive I wouldnt even get the taping up right let alone spraying
yeah mate the taping took a while to get right... tomorrow i will take pics of the canopy that he sprayed this arvo (took an hour to mask and then 20mins to paint)


my dad wanted this model to be done free hand (blending) instead of uniform style like our last pattern ship.
by the way this plane will be close to 2m in length and probably 1.9m wingspan. powered by a 1.4ci (OS 140RX) motor making 3.5hp ;)
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Old 21-01-2008, 01:42 PM   #8
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Very nice...

Spray cans, hmm...he did'nt have a misspent youth around blank walls and trains did he?
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Old 22-01-2008, 12:48 AM   #9
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Very nice...

Spray cans, hmm...he did'nt have a misspent youth around blank walls and trains did he?

nah mate he didn't

he doesn't normally use spray cans (only when spraying wheel spats and cowls MAYBE), usually uses the spray gun, but he decided to be a bit different this time.. first time spraying a model with spray cans.
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Old 22-01-2008, 09:45 AM   #10
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looking pretty impressive though i was hoping to see a model plane made out of the spray cans
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Old 22-01-2008, 09:27 PM   #11
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: no chance mate... but now you have me thinking ;)
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Old 22-01-2008, 09:42 PM   #12
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Thats impressive Trev, but im more interested in the XY lol. Is it ur old mans??
have u got anymore pics of it?
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Old 23-01-2008, 01:38 AM   #13
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more info on the beast in the background please.... oh yeah the plane looks nice too
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Old 24-01-2008, 12:41 AM   #14
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Very nice, I wish I could fly my RC plane I keep crashing the of a thing :
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