Painting a Wild Willy 2

[pauljmuk]

Got one of these on the way, and some questions about painting.

I understand this is a hard body car, but do you guys use spray paints for the body? Surely the amount of fiddly parts that should be painted olive makes that difficult?

Alternatively, do you use brush paint, and if so, which type of paint?

Not sure I'll be painting it in the olive green, but might prefer to do a desert sand colour.

I've spray painted three hard bodies to date (2 pumpkins and one blackfoot), and no problems, principally as you can just sit it there and spray it.

With the Willy though, there are all sorts of nooks and crannies

Secondly, for detail painting, do you use Tamiya acrylics in the little pots?

Finally, when all done, do you lacquer or leave it alone (I lacquered my models, partly for the shine, partly for a touch of added protection, and partly cos it helps blend the decals nicely

All help gratefully received!

[BiggusDitchus]

Painting my wild willy 2 (and 1) i used humbrol dark olive in an aerosol, gets into the nooks and crannies fine. All the detailing i did with tamiya paints in the little pots

Dont think lacquering the willy will be good idea personally i think it looks better matt, and lacquer will give it a shine.

[pauljmuk]

Was concerned about the smaller bits that should be green, like window frame? Petrol can? - or do you paint them differently.

In other words, if the only bit that needs to be green is the main body, then fine

[BiggusDitchus]

dont really understand what you mean, before i put it together I sprayed all the bits seperately, body, windscreen surround, petrol can.

I used long screws so i could hold the can and screen whilst i painted it then could clip it up to shelf whilst drying. It is a little more fiddly than spraying a whole shell, but nothing too bad

[pauljmuk]

Think that was my point - holding up the fiddly bits while painting, and then what to do with them when wet... mind you, I've managed before with roll bar lights and the like.

Sorry, should have also put in my reply - what colour primer do you use for the Olive drab spray (or dont you bother)

[BiggusDitchus]

I didnt bother with any form of primer.

For holding fiddly bits i have one of those helping hand things basically its 2 poseable arms with crocodile clips at ends with a magnifying glass in middle, now mine has a broken magnifying glass so i use it to hold fiddly bits whilst im spraying. Will post a pic shortly.

[Onetenth]

Hi Pauljmuk. I don't have too much experience in painting but I did finish a WW2 recently. I used Tamiya grey surface primer and olive drab 2 (TS-28) as base colour, then scattered some TS1(red brown)and TS46 (light sand) on it. Didn't use any surface coat as I too agreed it looked better matt..

Also this is not too related, but I guess it is worthwhile mentioning. My Willy recenlty lost one of his boots (the rear part) due to rigorous wheelies. Perhaps you may wish to add a plate underneath Willy's seats to avoid missing parts or legs... Also not a bad idea to wrap the corners of the rollbars with some soft materials so that it won't get scartched when it rolls over.. Hope you don't mind this may not be what you are looking for...[xx(]

Gary

[pauljmuk]

Just seen yours in showroom - that is fantastic camo paint job - you did that with Tamiya tins not airbrush?

Would love to hear tips how you did it. Sort of thing I would *** up given a chance.

Mind you suppose I could also spray over with more olive drab!

[DJTheo]

Wouldn't prime a WW if I plan to paint it olive drab, as scratches won't stand out so much after a drive [], btw there are many topics about painting if you use the search function.

[BiggusDitchus]

THis is what i use for holding small items when painting (like windshield surround and petrol can, clips hold a screw i have attached to the item)

http://www.tamiyaclub.com/tc_userimages/28...12400_6_350.jpg

[Onetenth]

I used Tamiya can sprays on my WW2. I primed every part that I intended to paint on, so that the paint would "stick on" the shell better. Then sanded it with the finest wet sand paper to remove any tiny paint threads that has "solidified" onto the shell (problem with using spray cans?) Next I sprayed it all over with olive drab. After it's dried, scattered the read brown and light sand to make it look like camo.. Had to control the distance and the amount of spray carefully so that the different colours has "fading" edges like the real camo..Always start or end each spray "outside" the parts to be sprayed for the same reason..Not much technique really as I am newbie to painting hard plastics.. The Willy hismself is a another story. I primed it also, then painted every detail with a tiny brush (similarly for the oil tank, NO2 gas tank, etc...) I also used metallic blue for some tiny parts and it's really cool...[]

PS: pardon me for choice of words as it's easy for a non-native speaker of English [8)]

[pauljmuk]

Some people suggest no primer - what colour primer did you use?

[Onetenth]

Hi there. I used Tamiya Grey surface primer. I guess this is the same as what fellow member Lemansrc.com used for his WW1 (check out his WW1 in showroom) []

[simensays]

I've painted a few Wild Willys and here's pretty much how i do it:

I paint all parts separeted, part from the (note parts ref is to the WW2 not WW1)id="size1">:

H5/H6 (which are the inner panels of the front fenders - those I glue and screw on, wait until the glue dries, and then remove the screws prior to applying bodypaint and body assembly in order not to paint over any screws, you wanna keep those small details [])

L7/L5 (steering wheel and post) which I glue prior to painting, although not attaching to body until after everything is painted.

J1/J2 (sparewheel) I usually assemble it before painting, sand the edges where the two parts come together, same glue/screw prosedure as first mentioned parts

L17/L18 (Willys head) - glue (and remember the MD8 nut in his neck) and sand down edges where parts come together

L10/L15/L14/L3/L2/L9/L16 (Willys body) glue it all together, do a test fit with steeringwheel/shifterknop fitted before glueing on his arms though, so they're fitted in the right angle

Then starts the body work - like Theo said, I never use primer for Olive drap color (see his explaination why) - I rather sand the body a bit to get better "grip" for the later to come paint

spray various body parts seperate

then do the detailing with a brush

a good tip for handeling the small parts (like gas tank, driver head, winch etc) while painting is to put a matchstick in the various mounting holes in the back of the parts, it will be like a TamiyaLollipop all ready for painting - if you make some sort of base, like a matchbox and poke some holes in it, you can then place the lollipop in there and the part you've painted will not touch anything...

Personally I like to paint the floor black to differ from the rest of the out body, which I think makes it look a bit more realistic or at least better anyways...

let it all dry and put it all together!

here are some of the Willys I've done:

Wild Willy M38 :: Olive Drap :: Box Art

Wild Willy M38 :: Light Sand :: Desert Look with Hood

Wild Willy M38 :: Italian Red:: Runner, so a bit bashed

Wild Willy 2 with older brother :: Olive Drap:: Box Art

[Shodog]

I haven't had very good luck in trying to spray camo from cans. I find that i couldn't get the detail I wanted. so on my Fast attack, Hummer and XR311 I used a pactra airbrush. i held off a long time on painting them until I got the airbrush as I knew I would be satisfied it a paint brush or spray can camo job.

[DJTheo]

Same here, cans spray too large areas for me, so I airbrushed my camos http://www.tamiyaclub.com/showroom_model.asp?cid=446&id=16

http://www.tamiyaclub.com/getuserimage.asp...002182235_2.jpg

Cheers

[Onetenth]

Nice camo. job there Shodog and DJTheo! [^] Would you share some tips on painting a FAV? Did you assemble the body parts (to be painted) prior to or after painting? Did you prime them? Thanks, Gary

[DerAlex]

Hi Guys,

I am back , and I finally got my Wild Willy 2 []

As there are so many WW2 in army style I would like something different.

Maybe "camel yellow" but I don't know the exact colour code.

BTW:

What are these metal braclets that I can see on "Simensays" Willys (between hood and window frame) ?

I am not sure if this colour on the fotos came from a tamiya spraq can

http://www.tamiyaclub.com/showroom_model.a...id=12538&id=393

I have got 2 cans of Tamiya TS47 (chrome yellow) , i think that this may be the colour of yuckydogs former Willy (see linke above).

Anybody got a pic of a car painted in TS47 chrome yellow ? I think it is too bright for my WW2.

[DJTheo]

quote:Anybody got a pic of a car painted in TS47 chrome yellow ? I think it is too bright for my WW2.

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I painted a Brat body with it, it ain't as bright as the other TS yellow:

http://www.tamiyaclub.com/showroom_model.asp?cid=20328&id=16

quote:Nice camo. job there Shodog and DJTheo! Would you share some tips on painting a FAV? Did you assemble the body parts (to be painted) prior to or after painting? Did you prime them? Thanks, Gary

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Sorry that I somehow missed that question, personally I prime only in rare cases and painted the FAV assembled together to get the same colours at close parts.

Cheers

[Shodog]

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Originally posted by Onetenth

Nice camo. job there Shodog and DJTheo! [^] Would you share some tips on painting a FAV? Did you assemble the body parts (to be painted) prior to or after painting? Did you prime them? Thanks, Gary

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On my fav I painted the chassis and roll cage separatly. then I assembled the chassis part way and sprayed the camo. then I assembled the rest of the way. I wanted to keep some of the parts black to give it a contrast.

Jim

[The Slayer]

very nice camos guys [^][][] wish i could paint like that.... [] I always prime in grey!! except for light colours.... got to paint my WW2 now, feel all inspired now [:I]

[Onetenth]

Thanks for the camo. tips. I just wish I could do it half as nice as yours [:I] But first of all, I'll have to get an airbrush and probably use some wrecked piece of plastic for practice. [:I]

[DerAlex]

@DjTheo

Thanks for the example of TS47 [^] I looks very nice to me, it is strangly to me but i think most of my cars ar yewllow - no matter what the box art cover is - I just like yellow

Now I am wondering what colour I will get if I paint my WW2 without using primer (whichs is white or light grey). [?]

As the body is olive I might get a result that is a little darker than your Subaru Brat. Or am I wrong [?]

By the way, does anybody know what colour was used to paint this WW2 ? http://www.tamiyaclub.com/showroom_model.a...d=11438&id=1200

http://www.tamiyaclub.com/getuserimage.asp...003021020_4.jpg

Thank you.

[DJTheo]

quote:Now I am wondering what colour I will get if I paint my WW2 without using primer (whichs is white or light grey).

As the body is olive I might get a result that is a little darker than your Subaru Brat. Or am I wrong

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No, you are right, but still I wouldn't paint a light colour over a dark body, as it won't be equally bright in different sections as noone can apply the same exact amount of paint everywhere.

[Shodog]

I recomend Tamiya's primers as the spray well and very thin. thet don't muck up any details. if your going to spray a WW2 yellow, I would definetly prime with a white or light grey primer.

Jim