Jerry, I have a clear revo body calling your name! seriously, I'd love to pimp one of your schemes

You just don't want to look like you are screwing people..... be honest.

chit dan im giving it away believe me

Yeah jerry otherwise there is going to be a bunch of airbrush guys waiting for you after you get off work.....

Really nice. Look awesome.

Can I comment here...kinda parallel topic..could be a new thread maybe, but here goes.

Painting car bodies is a funny deal. Everybody wants a cool looking custom shell. They see Mike's works and fall in love with the detailed pinstriping and CF look, multi-colors, etc... Then they ask for a quote...well, it's a six color scheme, with miles of flames and pinstripes, and it takes (how long, Mike?) hours to mask and cut, and spray, and clean the airbrush between colors, etc.
and then they are shocked when a painter asks $75 for his work. Well, coming from a newb painter, I can tell you that the materials and your time add up to a whole lot more than you can get people to pay. I do see some guys who do decent jobs getting $70-90 for bodies on eBay, but face it, eBay business is a bit a hassle within itself.

Mike's work is right up there with the guys we see in the mags, and we know it because he's been in the mags. He's on the top racers. Jerry's work is fantastic also, he custom mixes and multilayers colors to achieve unique results (how many colors make up that "orange" again, Jerry?).

For anyone who thinks a multicolor, detailed body for $40 is too low, you're right! For anyone who thinks $125 for a wicked Czech maxxed out body is too high, you are wrong!

Again, speaking for my own experience, getting results like Mike and Jerry (and others) is not easy. The time it takes to learn it and do it right are valuable. Don't believe me, go out and drop $100 on your own airbrush, another $80 for 15-20 colors and liquid mask film, $50 for a compressor, and get to work painting your own shells. In about a week you will start appreciating the value of either Jerry or Mike.

That is really true, Dave.

Having only airbrushed two bodies and having the results come no where near Jerries or Mikes work, they are way under payed. It does take a lot of time and effort.

Yep, it kills me that RC'ers will drop $100 a set on tires that might work on a a given track, they'll swap motors at $300 a pop, they upgrade radios, they buy tools, they add KHZ upgrade parts like they're free, but ask them to part with a fair price for a custom paint job and immediately the price negotiations start. "gee, that much? I thought it would be like $40 max!". How many times have we heard that? Well, from now on I'm telling people that if they want cheap prices they can pick any single solid color they want for $15. If you want a design masked, cut and painted, is gonna be more. If they cannot afford a better looking shell, they can always just cover their old stock one with duct or electrical tape and hit the track stylin' !

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LOL!!! +2

Oh and im glad you corrected your simpsons quote in your sig line!

Matt (R2K) pointed out the error in my sig. I changed that sig the other night when I was on the computer and heard the Simpsons on, and I didn't actually see who said the line... Matt straightened me out.

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that why i couldnt bring myself to sell the revo shell i had mike do, even though i don't own a revo anymore, people on ebay were whining that i wanted $100 for it , i told them to mind thier own and get to steppin lol so now it sits as a peice of art work on my rc room wall

It's other "proper use" !!! That is also my plan for my Czech shell once it's done. Artwork, for sure.

Sorry to clutter your thread Jerry. And I also admire your paint work very much, as well. I'd hate to mount and smash a body done by either of you guys.