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[Cheater]

For the second R4 in a row, Parma's master painter Steve Keopp put on a Lexan body painting seminar.
 
This year, Steve invited thirty racers to select from a small list of Parma Retro bodies and to indicate the colors they wanted. Cost for the body and paint was $10, a true steal. Steve masked each body prior to coming to the R4, simply to save some time. I believe Steve did bring one clear body so he could show his masking techniques.
 
Then he fired up the airbrush and painted each body to demonstrate his process for the seminar attendees.
 
This painting seminar was video'd and when Mike McMasters can find the time, he'll edit it down and post the video to YouTube and I'll link it to this thread.
 

 

 

 

 

 

[Earl]

Steve is one of the best slot car and R/C painters around and a great person!

[wicked01]

I have to agree with Earl. Thanks so much for getting me in at last minute and the body was absolutely awesome.

 

Thanks so much and it was a pleasure to finally meet the man behind those awesome painted bodies... thanks, Steve!!!

[The Number of]

I believe Steve did bring one clear body so he could show his masking techniques.

 
Yes, he did and the one he painted was for me, so I got the full treatment on mine. As per usual it was perfect.

[rodslot53]

On the last photo shown, the single body, no. 5, sitting on its own on the left of the picture, is the wavy effect done using a mask, and if so, do Parma produce this mask?

Rod.

[Cap Henry]

It's a Parma mask, though it's no longer listed on the website.

[rodslot53]

Thanks, Cap. Anyone else doing this other than Parma?

[Cap Henry]

My dist shows a company called Taylo Racing selling an identical mask, though googling Taylo Racing yielded no results.

[Bill from NH]

I don't know that mask's proper name, but I'd refer to it as "drips."  

 

Before the Parma masks were marketed, one local racer used to freehand his drips on wide masking tape with a marker, then cut them out using an X-Acto knife. You might have to redraw them two or three times before you got a size pleasing to your eyes.

 

Vinyl contact paper is also good for making your own masks.

[BillyBob]

What I did years ago and if I can do it, anybody should be able with no problem.
 
The Steve Koepp seminar would be worth the trip for me. Hope he puts it on again next year.