As requested in the other thread in the main forum, here is the sequence of events for painting and masking Starfire. I'd really be interested in some feedback, if this is how others do it, if I'm nuts (entirely possible) or what. I'm kinda on my own as far as painting goes around here, so I just do what I can.
This is a photo essay more or less, and I'll try to post the pic's in proper order.
Pic1 shows glassed front fuse, silkspanned rest
Pic2 shows fillets etc
Pic3 shows primed & sanded
Pic3b shows wheel pants
Pic4 shows white base coat wet sanded out before tape with printout
Pic4b shows my Photoshop over plans, this was the scheme I created and tried to stick to
Pic5 shows completed tape job before paint
Pic6a & 6b shows detail of how I do stencil mask. I make a peek-a-boo window around the vinyl mask
Pic7 shows bottom tape
Pic8 shows yellow shot on top
Pic9 shows yellow shot on side
Pic10 shows orange shot top view
Pic11 shows orange shot bottom
Pic12 shows blue shot top view
Pic13 shows blue shot side view
Pic14 shows bottom tape pulled
Pic15 shows top tape pulled
I basically cover up painted area's as I go, starting with the lightest colors first, so any overspray will be covered by the next darker color. I used a 5 ounce HVLP touch up gun for colors like the orange & blue because there was a lot of it, but used an airbrush for the yellow and black.
Thanks for looking,
EricV