09-15-2004, 06:19 PM
Body cutting:
I do it a little different than most people, I guess. I prefer to run a
SHARP hobby knife along the body lines, bend the lexan along the
score, and POP! the lexan snaps and the body comes out perfect.
For me, it's much faster and the body comes out really smooth.
Just take your time and use a SHARP hobby knife. You don't have
to cut through the lexan, just press hard enought to score the body.
As far as painting goes:
I know this is obvious but you paint the INSIDE of the body.
Use paint that says it's specifically for Lexan.
Wash and dry the body before painting it.
There are a couple good websites out there that give good
advice about painting. I will try to find a few and post them.
Try some single or double color paint jobs at first. Then move
up to the more complicated stuff.
TRC
I do it a little different than most people, I guess. I prefer to run a
SHARP hobby knife along the body lines, bend the lexan along the
score, and POP! the lexan snaps and the body comes out perfect.
For me, it's much faster and the body comes out really smooth.
Just take your time and use a SHARP hobby knife. You don't have
to cut through the lexan, just press hard enought to score the body.
As far as painting goes:
I know this is obvious but you paint the INSIDE of the body.
Use paint that says it's specifically for Lexan.
Wash and dry the body before painting it.
There are a couple good websites out there that give good
advice about painting. I will try to find a few and post them.
Try some single or double color paint jobs at first. Then move
up to the more complicated stuff.
TRC