Manda's (Amachan) RC Adventures

While waiting for all the replacement components to arrive from the last part, I decided to start painting my car. I wanted a green one anyway and I had this Model Master British Green Metallic – Gloss (2716) enamel paint that I really liked the look of, so I decided to paint the car that colour.

I completely disassembled the body, removed all the stickers and cleaned it inside and out with some soapy water.

First I wanted to clean some of the factory paint on the windows so that they were clear, for some reason factories are terrible at painting within the lines. I don’t recall exactly what I used to try and clean it, but it did remove the paint and completely fogged up the windows….. Right, plan B, black windows.

I primed all the parts with AK Interactive Primer and Microfiller Grey (AK 758).

I then coated everything that was going to be metallic with Alclad II Gloss Black Base (ALC-305-60) and then started masking everything that I wanted to say black with masking tape.

I then painted all the chrome parts with Alclad II Metal Chrome for Plastic (ALC107). Masked off the chrome areas on the body and painted those with the Model Master British Green Metallic – Gloss (2716) mentioned earlier. Sadly I ran out of this paint to get it an all even coat, but that’s okay. I painted all the other colours with basic acrylic paints by hand afterwards, I am not entirely sure what I used for what.

I applied the wood panel stickers that came with the kit to the back frame for additional detail.

I then coated everything with Alclad II Aqua Gloss (ALC-600-60) to seal it all in and then proceeded to add a bit of matt varnish to the places I didn’t want shiny.

When it all was dry I put it back together and now had a shiny green truck.