A&Q about Lotus
Q:
wow - anyone know where they sell SSR style wheels?
A:
Originally Posted by cpforyou
wow - anyone know where they sell SSR style wheels?
These were the closest I could find. Both are by HPI. They also come in black and in white.
A:
RC painting tip:
Put your stickers on first, using rubber cement, on the UNDERSIDE of the clear body. Dab on some rubber cement, mush the sticker down into it, and smoothe it out in the position you want. Make sure it shows through the body properly. With this method you are NOT using the actual sticky side of the sticker. After the rubber cement has dried, use a finger tip to rub off the extra that got slopped outside the boundries of the sticker.
Step two... paint the UNDERSIDE of the body. This automatically gives you a perfect, glossy finish. The clear plastic body becomes your "star shied." You can spray or brush, doesn't matter. Make sure to do a couple of good coats.
Then finish with a white "primer" coat. This will make your color pop better. Do a black coat after the white coat if you are unhappy about the white bottom showing through the wheel wells etc.
I used to do mine like this all the time and they turned out fantastic.
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