That’s a good idea. I have vinyl material that I’ll use. This stuff has worked for me in the past.
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Which Frog Tape product did you use? Looks good and it must be easy to seal around various contours and radius’
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My favorite paint was a Slippery When Wet sign. We all made her stop so we could get a close look to see! LOL
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OK so I think I get the point of this thread…
…painting women who discard their clothes, right? I just can’t find an example of any sitting on a car, maybe because the mask kept slipping over my eyes.
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I hope that is a Lo-Tac tape…
Cheers,
M
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Some putty work was needed on the edges some parts and the roof had two sink marks. While this was curing, I built the suspension and interior.
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Hey Ko, very nice work! Just curious to know what was the wrong type of mask originally used? Asking for a friend…
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He used regular generic masking tape.
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The “glass” is all one part. I masked to paint the weather stripping* and to paint the edges black to block the prism effect. This makes the “glass” look more to scale. I’ll post a bunch of pictures of this because I haven’t built and painted an aircraft model in a long long time so I was very stoked on how this turned out.
- there’s that word again…
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Sanded putty, primer, then sanding a little more, then final primer. Then repaint base coat with Testors Tan flat enamel. I’ll let this sit for a week 
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Extremely well done.
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Appreciate the compliment 
I’m super stoked on how it worked out
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As you should be, it’s looking great. 
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Thanks, Tank 
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Waiting for the enamel side to cure for a week (Wednesday) before masking.
In the meantime I’ll work on the wheels. Different wheels for each side. I couldn’t use the wider slicks with mags because the diameters are different so the bug won’t sit level. I have to file material down to accept the same tires as the left side.
Left side represents a Dodgers fan so Dodger blue rims and a Tamiya metallic blue wash into the VW.
Flat black over the chrome rims for the right side.
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I have a roll of Scotchcal 220 by 3M. It’s a vinyl material that I cut into strips for masking. This was very helpful for this project.
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The paint cured for about a week before clear coat. I was concerned that this UPOL product would be too hot for the enamel side. First time using this and sprayed it right out of the can. I lightly misted all over a few coats before the thicker wet coats were applied. This worked because the enamel did not react.
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That looks positively delicious, the reflections indicate a flawless surface (can almost read the roadsigns), nice job! Two questions – how long for the upol to cure, and did you wear a mask? (Asking for that friend)
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