El Camino SS with Flames
Ever since HPI put this body on the market I have really liked it. It's wasn't due to the fact it was an El Camino, because I've never really liked them, but rather because of the street rod appearance with the side pipes and the blown motor sticking out of the hood. So it was natural that this was the body I'd choose for my first experiance with AlClad II paint, as it was a perfect choice for the motor, bumpers, and side exhaust.
The body is the HPI El Camino SS, and was made specifically for the HPI Savage nitro powered truck. It can also be used on a T-Maxx, but on a stock T-Maxx the HPI body will cover the T-Maxx bumpers. Whether or not that looks right is purely subjective to who is viewing. However, one thing is for certain, the T-Maxx bumpers will not protect the body in this configuration. I think the HPI body would work much better on a Savage or an extended T-Maxx with a .21 chassis.
I usually try to show a body sitting on a T-Maxx. However, since this body will be sold, I didn't cut any holes in it. So without the hole for the motor, the motor head will not allow the body to sit low enough. It didn't give a true picture of the body on the T-Maxx, so I chose to take the pictures below of just the body itself.
For the flames I used a design I created myself. You can download this design from my Masks and Templates Section.
I used the following colors.
I brushed on several coats of liquid masking and, after drawing the flames by hand, then cut the flames out. The first part I painted was anything was would be chrome. I followed the instructions for the Alclad II paint, and sprayed 3 coats followed by a backing of black. Since both my chrome backing and the base color of the El Camino was black, I removed the liquid masking for the black parts of the body and sprayed them all together.
I then removed the liquid masking that covered the area where the flames were to be. I sprayed a very light coat of Faschange Blue, followed by Fasescent Purple, and FasPearl Blue. The result is that, depending upon the viewing angle, the flames may look like they fade from metallic blue to a metallic purple or they may look solid blue. I then backed everything with Faswhite.
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