I finally got around to removing the stripes from my GT500 1:18 scale die cast, it took me two days, one for sanding and prep and the other for painting. I think it turned out pretty good.

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f395/2elet4u/My%20GT500/DSC_0037.jpg

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f395/2elet4u/My%20GT500/MyGT500001.jpg

I finally got around to removing the stripes from my GT500 1:18 scale die cast, it took me two days, one for sanding and prep and the other for painting. I think it turned out pretty good.

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f395/2elet4u/My%20GT500/DSC_0037.jpg

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f395/2elet4u/My%20GT500/MyGT500001.jpg



They both look nice.:D Which 1 did you sand,Mini Me or Dr Elite:cool:

Looks nice Elite. Do you also plan on tinting the windows?:p

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Looks nice Elite. Do you also plan on tinting the windows?:p

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:D If I do tint my real car, I will tint the die cast windows as well.

Wow thats awesome, but what happens if you upgrade the wheels or swap the hood, just kidding but it makes me want to remove the stripes of my die cast Shelby. Great job ELITE 1

If anyone sees a die cast of mine car pleas let me know.

thx
JJ

If anyone sees a die cast of mine car pleas let me know.

thx
JJ

You could get a white with blue stripe GT500 die cast and mask off the blue stripes and paint them red, just a thought.

You could get a white with blue stripe GT500 die cast and mask off the blue stripes and paint them red, just a thought.

Iknow my painting skills and they suck!!!! no t to mention the red inlay on the cobra's

JJ

ELITE 1 how did you remove the stripes?

Because if you masked it off and painted the stripes red you did a damn good job.

ELITE 1 how did you remove the stripes?

Because if you masked it off and painted the stripes red you did a damn good job.

It was quite involved, I took the whole car apart, removed the windows, doors, interior, trunk, hood, anything that could come apart I did it. I then sanded the whole car so that the stripes were no longer going to be visible after I painted it, then I masked off all the areas that I didn't want to get paint on like the drip rails in the roof, hood grilles,head lights, and the engine compartment. I used paint from wal-mart and used an air brush kit to spray the car, my work bench looked like a little auto body shop, lol. I carefully put it all back together and there you have it, two days worth of work, and a perfect copy of the real thing.

Wow, looks like it was totally worth it tho. :cool:

Now all you need is to somehow paint ELITE 1 on the radiator somewhere. Haha.