Ok I’m no artist and I’m no painter, but what I am is a guy who will have a go at something to say I did it. So please don’t criticize my bodgy home job. This is my very first attempt at doing flames so these will come off for bigger ones as I think these don’t suit the bus

Step 1 was to find some flames on the net I did and converted them to eps file format then made them larger so they fit onto an A3 size page, printed it on A4 paper then stuck them together and cut them out (this is my flame template). That solved my artistic problem I didn’t have to freehand draw flames on the bus.
Cost so far $0.00






I went to the paint shop got some thin blue tape the type you use for flaming, cost $10.00
Positioned the flame template on the car with double sided tape and masked around the flames. Removed the template this is what was left






After preparing the car for painting I masked around the flames and painted it with$2.95 cans of paint X3
Cost of paint $8.85











This is what I got






Total cost under $20.00

i think they look pretty cool......in fact i liked the look of the black bus with the blue and white flames (with the template and the masking in place)

Nick

exactly what i thought

I reckon that's brilliant. Good job.

Looks good for a home job Ron! My only suggestion now would be to put a thin pistripe on the edges.

A job well done:thumb

sweet as dont listen *IF* any one critisises i reckon they look sweet as

those are sweet! nice job!

yup, very sweet. couldn't have done it better myself!

but thats because I'm artistically retarded...

very nice job, looks pro. $20 well spent, did u have any problems with red and yellow spary hitting other parts of the bus?

Daniel

thanks for the nice word guys. i might try ice flames they might look better on the black(blue to white)

matt i was thinking i should border the flames but don't know what colour to use maybe blue or orange i got black around the tat on my back but black wont help here

Kroozin_Kikko, no i didn't have any overspray probs
cheers
wacked1

looking good :thumb

looks great really suits the bus well done

Very good.
Good on ya for giving it a go.
Even with our bus I had to get an artist friend to draw the flames.

[Edited on 14-9-2004 by Helbus]

Good effort for a man on a budget. Flames are a pain to do.

Congrats on a good job.

And at that price , who needs pro painters.

Cheers
Dave

a flamin' great job!

Looks good! Always satisfying when you do something yourself.

Here is my first effort for flames:

I looked through hot rod mags to get ideas for designs, then drew them on cardboard before transferring it onto the shroud to mask up. I started to do a pinstripe but was crap at it so quickly wiped it off. If I do flames on a car body, I'll pay someone to do the pinstriping as I found it quite tough!

wat brush did ya use for striping alan? mack brushes are the best imo

Definitley the masking up that takes the most time. It took me 6 hours to mask the flames on the Helbus, and 15 minutes to put the colour on. Then it took about 30 minutes to unmask. Then I had two hours of clearcoat to do over the whole bus.

What a top job Ron!! I'm impressed!! The bus looks excellent with the flames!!

thanks chickygirl! have you popped yet? you are the third preson i know due this week

Nope... haven't popped yet. Almost convinced the physician to enduce me yesterday but his second opinion said to wait... BUGGER!

I'd say wait too, but someone has to be in that situation to understand,
good luck

Thanks Ron. Say Hi to your better half for me. Will have to catch up after the baby arrives.

BTW Dasdubber thats a good flame job, not bad for a doityourselfer