Tamiya Dyna Storm Project
Page 2: Painting the Body
This is one of the only polycarbonate bodies I've seen come in the box
without a protective overspray film. That means it looks nice and
shiny, but it also means that I'll have to mask the outside. Here
you can see the body and wing both before and after I've trimmed away
the scrap.
These photos show a test fit of the body to the chassis. This is a
very low body with very little space underneath. If you've ever
wondered what that blister is for ahead of the windshield, the photo on
the right shows that the space is needed to provide clearance for the
steering servo horn.
Here I've masked the entire exterior of the body. Less obvious is
the fact that I've also masked the windows from the inside. No
window masks were included so I had to do it manually. I've also
masked off the lower area which will be black. In the background
you can see that I've cut out the stickers and have them ready to go.
I decided to use dark metallic blue instead of the lighter
version. This resulted in less contrast, but also in a model more
distinct from the rest of my collection. On the left I've applied
the black and blue. I applied a layer of silver behind the blue to
make the metallic pop, and then backed the whole thing in black.
On the right I've added smoke to the windows and applied the stickers.
Here is the completed model! This is a very sleek buggy. For
the wing, I painted it blue from beneath, added a layer of silver, then
another layer of blue so it would appear blue from both exposed sides.
©2021 Eric Albrecht
