Ford F-350 with Flames
When it was time to retire my Jeep body, I decided to go with a Pro-Line Ford F-350. The body itself is one of Pro-Line's older designs, so the lexan isn't as thick as the Jeep body. This means that it probably won't withstand as much punishment as the Jeep body did, but even .040 thick lexan is pretty tough. Besides the body itself looks great with a standout paint job.
This body also works pretty well on the Stampede, and provided you have a wheelie bar on the back seems to fit rather well. You can see some pictures of this body sitting on a Stampede below.
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. Following that, I also cut the areas that would get a carbon-fiber look. These areas were the truck bed and the lower sides of the truck. The front of the vehicle would have a solid black bumper area, which was trimmed as well.
Since the design used two-stage flames, I started by cutting out the inner flames. Then I sprayed a couple of light coats of Faschange Red to give a red highlight in the flames for when the paint job was finished. Following that, I sprayed the yellow area of the inner flames themselves, and backed the entire inner flame set with white.
The next step was the outer flames. I trimmed away the liquid mask covering this area, and used the same procedure as with the inner flames. First a couple of light coats of Faschange Red, followed by Fasyellow then backed it all with Faswhite. The result is that the whole flamed area has a very subtitle red highlight in them that appears and disappears as you rotate the body. It looks very cool, but is very difficult to capture in a picture. However if you look at the close-up picture of the flames on the hood below, you can see the red highlights. They appear on the front passenger-side corner of the hood, and bumper area just below that.
Next I addressed the carbon fiber treatment. I removed the liquid masking from these areas, and then cut the toolbox matting so that it fit the area I wished to paint. I started by spraying several coats of Faspearl Charcoal. Then I removed the matting and sprayed a light coat of Faspearl silver over the unpainted squares, followed by Fasblack as a backing. I also sprayed Fasblack over the front bumper area at this time.
The last thing to need addressing, was the main body color itself. I decided to give the same color change treatment to the main body as well. So I started by spraying several light coats of Faschange blue on the body. Then I used Faspearl Green around the top of the doors and a-pillars of the body. Next I used Fasescent Purple to add some darker areas around the flames and throughout the rest of the body. Finally, I filled in the whole body with Fasescent Blue followed by several coats of Faswhite as a backing for the whole truck. The result, due to the darker colors behind the Faschange Blue, is even more of a subtitle color highlight than the flames were. However it is there, and adds quite a bit of depth to the main color overall.
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