#18) Here is a couple shots of the finished product! I am so impressed with Auto Air Sparklescents, they glitter so nice, they are easy to spray, I love the depth of color, the tequila and mango are two of my favorites. Scream’n paint in Calgary laid on the clear coating for me, they also donated their time to the Kidney Founda- tion. The auction was a success they raised lots of money and the helmet did very well and was the talk of the auction. Until next time keep on paintin Curtis Patchin (Wild Guns)
KICKASS TRUCK by Todd Malcolmson
Materials used: Mac Mask, Iwata airbrushes, PPG basecoat, One Shot striping enamel, Sata spray guns So here I go, a couple of people have asked for a how to on the truck we last did. I understand why as working on a truck is so much different than working on a panel or bike part, the first thing to consider is that it is a very large area, so it is going to take a lot longer to do and is also going to take a lot more paint. The first thing I did was talk to the client and work out what he was look- ing for. For this truck no matter what we designed he wasn’t happy, he had his own ideas so after a couple of weeks of designing we finally got his approval. The first step was to get measurements of the whole truck and the tow body as well, the reason for this is that a lot of this project is going to be cut out of mask, and as the truck was three hours away from my shop there can’t be any mistakes. The old rule applies - mea- sure twice cut once. I took a digital pic of the whole truck so I had reference. When I measured all the parts I made sure I took extra measurement i.e. every box for the tow unit was measured length and height. The reason for this is that if you make a mistake on one box you will have measurements of the others to make sure it is all to the right scale. Ok here we go. I take the pics and the photos I’ve taken and transferred them into Corel. Corel 12 is my pro- gram of choice and with a program called Sign Tools I am able to design and cut without having to export. Sign Tools is a bolt on cutting program created by an Aussie sign writer and trusts me it works.The first thing I do is import the images of the truck and scale it up with the measurements I took. Once it is to scale I superimpose the logo which I have already made up. Once sized to the scale of the truck I take the pic and the drawing I’ve done to the maximum window size in Corel. The reason for this is that it will make the curves
more uniform and when it is put back to the proper size it will have a nice flow. As a sharp edge on the stencil will look out of place The first hurdle with this project is that it is very large, but in saying that if you treat it like a small project just bigger and forget about the size it is exactly the same. Step 1: Take pics so you can size any templates that you will need. For most of this job I cut stencils out on the plotter and then I used a pounce wheel to run around the drawing, The thing you have to do after pouncing the paper is to run over the back of it with sandpaper, the reason for this is that it will open up the holes so the chalk can get though. When using chalk it is the same chalk that you would use in a chalk line, re- member to only use the blue one as all the others are permanent. The blue is the only one the can be wiped away not leaving any marks. I myself put the chalk into a white sock, the reason for this is the sock will let the chalk go though and also you can see when it is coming out, be careful if you use your wife’s/ husbands sock as when some peoples socks don’t match they get a little mad, best idea is to take the pair and use one latter in another project. In saying that a sock will last you for years. Step 2: For this project I needed to cut a lot of stencil. 60 meters to be exact. Understanding that most plot- ters cut 610mm wide as mine does I needed to double up on the templates for the truck logo and tassie devil. So the reason I cut the logos out of mask is that if I had just tried to airbrush them with no template I would have had a lot of overspray all over the whole truck and as the logos are to be outlined in striping enamel this was the easiest way to approach this project. If this project was just an airbrushed picture the approach would be different.
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