| For the purpose of this article I have selected an old | | | | |
| favorite of mine, the flames. The techniques can be | | | | 1. It's easy to line up the wheels and body posts to the |
| applied to any design you can dream up, all you need | | | | chassis |
| is a little imagination. | | | | 2. After it's painted you will scratch the paint while you |
| First things first. | | | | cut out the shell |
| The first thing you need to do is clean the shell, use | | | | Imagination is key |
| warm water and soap, be sure to rinse all the soap | | | | Now that we have the body cleaned and cut out we |
| off and let it dry before your continue, it's critical that | | | | need to look for natural lines on the body that we can |
| the lexan shell is clean or your paint job won't hold, or | | | | use to keep our design perfectly symmetrical, it's often |
| will have blemishes once your done. | | | | difficult to paint over vents and other highly detailed |
| The second thing you need to do is cut the shell out, | | | | parts of the car so pick your locations wisely. |
| we do this first for two reasons: | | | | |