[OldDirty]

What do you use as a paint stand ?

 

[The Mad Modeler]

you ever go to subway and shit for lunch?
i know you've had to see these before but....... those big ass plastic coca cola cups that are shaped funny and usually come in see thru colors. well........ flip one upside down and your body will fit over it very nicely

simple, easy, cheap, and works VERY well! uffin:

 

[OldDirty]

Originally posted by The Mad Modeler@Aug 12 2003, 10:52 PM
you ever go to subway and shit for lunch?
i know you've had to see these before but....... those big ass plastic coca cola cups that are shaped funny and usually come in see thru colors. well........ flip one upside down and your body will fit over it very nicely

simple, easy, cheap, and works VERY well! uffin:

even for a diecast ?

 

[The Mad Modeler]

Originally posted by BoOtY_SnAtChA@Aug 12 2003, 08:03 PM

even for a diecast ?

i even sometimes use 2 of them upside down...... one under the trunk and another under the hood area.
that would be the best bet for your diecast

 

[96 impala girl]

my paint stand, good ol plastic cup :thumbsup:

 

[The Mad Modeler]

Originally posted by 96 impala girl@Aug 12 2003, 08:16 PM
my paint stand, good ol plastic cup :thumbsup:

yepp :thumbsup:

but those wont hold the weight of his diecast though unfortunatly

 

[96 impala girl]

gotta make a special stand for diecast

 

[gonzalj]

I've used plastic cups filled with rocks for weight and glued the tops on so the rocks wouldn't come out, or got a 2x4 and drilled holes and used wire coat hangers, would bend the hangers in different was to hold different cars...

 

[The Mad Modeler]

yeah, i did a coat hanger one years ago. got tired of it though. the cars would all of a sudden slide and sometimes take a dive off in the dirt

 

[h-town's playa]

i get a big round candle and put it under tha roof of tha car

 

[OldDirty]

mine's a convertible so I can't put anything under the roof so I guess ill have to make 4 poles out of something and stick em on a board

 

[OldDirty]

one more question, do you guys paint ur models with the hood, doors, trunk open ?

 

[96 impala girl]

i paint all my parts seperately one side at a time, base inside, flip base outside, flip paint outside, flip paint inside.

 

[gonzalj]

Yep, better to paint separate... I line everything up on some newspaper, to shoot same amount of coats evenly..... you risk of chipping your paint or parts sticking if you leave them on the model in a closed position....

I think i'm now gettin my girlfiriend hooked on building Models she painted my motor and suspension on my 49 merc....

 

[b_boy02000]

what about for the bikes, i saw a really nice orange bike someone did and had a good idea on a bike hlder for doin paint, but cant remember who it was

 

[OldDirty]

thanx everyone

 

[96 impala girl]

when my bike frame was painted we just bent wires & hung em from wires attached to the ceiling of the booth...thats how we hang most parts at work..

 

[gonzalj]

Need to go and check and my dad's house but He had took a lazy susan tray that my mom was throwing out it a round try with a bearing on it so it turns, he nailed a piece of 2x4 to it, we put 4 staighten coat hanger pieces on hold the model then you can spin it around to paint the whole car without touchin it to move it or turn it.... Need to go look for it....

 

[Lowridingmike]

For cars with tops I use a bike peg with double sided tape on it so your car wont fall off and the peg is heavy so it won't tip over if the wind blows or something (not that you should be painting a car outside in the wind anywayz), but for verts I glue a plastic crossmember going from one side to the other inside the where the interior should be and hange the car by that from the monkeybars in my back yard and go for it.. and then after it's all done I cut the crossmember out, sand it smoother, and pretend it was never there!

 

[The Mad Modeler]

i just took some pics of my paint stand. i'd post it up but there is a car on it right now that i'm working on and i don'y really like the way it's coming out so far