| One of the most satisfying aspects of the radio | | | | these automotive paints gives us the ability to mix any |
| control car hobby is the ability to customize your | | | | wild color imaginable or to perfectly match an existing |
| vehicle to your individual taste. Adding a different style | | | | real vehicle. However, these paints require you to have |
| body with a unique paint scheme is surely the most | | | | access to spray equipment such as an airbrush or a |
| dramatic cosmetic change a car owner can make to | | | | small 'touch up' spray gun and an air compressor. Note: |
| his RC car or truck. Lots of owners have converted | | | | Always wear an approved respirator and only spray |
| their RC cars and trucks to resemble their 'real' daily | | | | paint in a well ventilated area away from ignition |
| driver, race car, pulling truck, classic car, or even their | | | | sources. Paint vapors are highly flammable and toxic! |
| favorite Nascar. | | | | Most better quality replacement bodies come |
| A body change can be accomplished both cheaply | | | | packaged with paint masks for the windows, but you |
| and easily with the readily availability of replacement | | | | will want to have some masking tape on hand for |
| bodies which can be found either at your local hobby | | | | striping or tutone jobs. The new body will need to be |
| shop or online. The most popular bodies are molded in | | | | trimmed, so you will need lexan scissors or an exacto |
| clear lexan and are easily painted the colors of your | | | | knife. A drill is required to make mounting holes and a |
| choice from the inside of the body. This allows the | | | | hole saw is very useful for making your cooling holes |
| lexan itself to act as a protective clear coat, thus | | | | for nitro powered RC cars. A piece of fine sandpaper |
| guarding your fancy paint from scuffs, scratches, and | | | | should be used to smooth all freshly cut edges. Yes, |
| chips caused by the inevitable mishaps. You can | | | | lexan can be sharp. Please be careful using these |
| acquire custom decals to add cool graphics or even | | | | potentially dangerous tools! Get instruction on their |
| make your car look just like Dale Earnhart Jr's #8 or | | | | proper and safe use if you are inexperienced. Bleeding |
| Tony Stewart's #20! Your imagination is the only limit. | | | | on your RC car is not a cool way to customize it! |
| Any hobby shop or craft store will offer for sale a | | | | A little creativity and some effort will reward you with |
| selection of aerosol paints for you to chose from. I | | | | a truly unique RC car or truck that will awe your |
| have also found that the 'base coat' paints left over | | | | friends and provide you with a super hobby |
| from our auto body business work very well. Using | | | | experience. Enjoy! |