FLAME-ON!

Been slowly cracking on with the tank...

First up- pin striping flames




I could see me spending hours on this, so stuck with my first attempt- shit or bust as it were....

I masked up the area around the flames



then sprayed the flames black



then peeled it all off...



the paint had moved a bit - the result of me laying loads of layers on when I was trying to get it to crack - i'll deal with that later...



next up - pinstriping.

not having a steady hand, or being very practiced in the art I cheated - basically lay the 3mm pinstripe tape where i wanted the line, then put another strip either side



then just peel back to give a line to paint inside...



look how messy I am with a striping brush!!!



but never mind - it all came good when the tape is removed!!!



here are the first lot of lines I did...



then finished it up this afternoon - I free-handed the points, which wasn't easy, and they aren't great - but I don't want perfect, I like the relative roughness of the tank!

i'm pretty happy with it - just clear coat and matting down to do on it and it'll be sorted...





time for BEER!!!!!!!!!!