Monster Truck Madness – New Rotten Apple
Hey of us and Happy Thursday!
Last week I wrote about updating my Rotten Apple paint scheme and it’s now completed so I needed to share it right here!
The physique I’m utilizing is a JConcepts ’97 F-150, which works with the looooooong wheelbase of the TLR LMT. I trimmed slightly additional out of the fenders and rounded the entrance by the bumper to insure it wouldn’t rub when turning sharply with full suspension compression.
Ok, so time to airbrush. In my new home I constructed slightly airbrush sales space using a field fan with a furnace air filter and a window. A great buddy taught me this setup. Simple however efficient! FYI, it’s off digicam however I put on a respirator too.
A 12 months in the past when studying to airbrush I completely tousled a Paasche that I bought by not thinning paint correctly, not cleansing it correctly, after which messing up the dissassembly/reasssembly. A cavalcade of errors. I by no means might get it to shoot appropriately after doing my first body with it. I used to be so annoyed that I figured I’d return to rattle can paint jobs solely.
Well, ultimately I began coming round to the truth that the one approach I might accomplish the paint jobs I used to be desirous to do could be fixing my errors and studying to correctly airbrush. It couldn’t be that troublesome might it? As it seems, it’s not. It was simply A LOT of consumer error the primary time round.
This time, I watched a bunch of YouTube movies on airbrush instruction, and so they taught the error of my methods and the way it’s really easy to scrub the comb, skinny paint, and the significance of taking pictures at a correct air stress. I’d advocate that if you’re occupied with airbrushing, that you just do a YouTube dive on it! There are a ton of nice how-to’s on the market!
I wound up going with an affordable Harbor Freight brush to make use of with my Paasche compressor. After following mentioned YouTube directions, it was very easy! I’ll in all probability improve to a nicer brush quickly, however that’s for one more article at a later time! On to the paint!
OK, so with the physique prepared, I shot it with a primary coat of Createx Wicked Apple Green. This goes on very clear. I subsequent used a Pro-Line Metallic Pewter to shade a number of the physique strains, after which put a bunch of squiggle strains in areas to present it a “rotten” look.
It was then time to again that with a Duratrax Lime Pearl rattle can, and at last a Duratrax White rattle can to pop the colour. I painted the home windows and mattress with a Duratrax Black rattle can, and it was prepared for decals.
My good buddy Michael Arndt did the brand new Rotten Apple brand and lettering, and so they turned out superior. I then tapped JB Scale Graphics to create decal sheets, and so they knocked ’em out of the park. Here is the “new” TLR Rotten Apple.
I used to be fairly hesitant of my airbrushing expertise and my skill to learn what colours to combine, however by some means the top consequence turned out excellent. I stay up for slowly updating my fleet of vehicles with this new look over time to come back!
Alright, that’s it for me this week. Until subsequent time, maintain it on all 4’s!