How would you paint this??

[Too Bo Coo]

I stalled out on my Mad Mad project, mostly from overintimidation from the paint scheme....

So, how would you paint this?  Lets say with an airbrish...

[Gunbird]

I can't see this done any other way then with a good airbrush, but boy, masking tape is your friend on this one.

[Etranger]

Masking tape, a light coloured primer & do the yellow first! Much easier to cover the yellow with blue than the other way around.

[Too Bo Coo]

You guys are confirming my thoughts, cheers! I've been trying to figure this out, but I think to spray the entire thing in yellow.  Tape off the top, spray in red.  Tape off to paint blue, then tape to paint white.  It seems to only reasonable way to my mind, tape is a must!  I have a bunch of different thicknesses from taymia, so I'm good there.

[zizi666]

You forgot the white lines...
I'd start in white, tape, yellow, tape, red, tape, blue.

[Too Bo Coo]

You forgot the white lines...
I'd start in white, tape, yellow, tape, red, tape, blue.

I mentioned the white last.  I've been thinking about the white first, but it's a very thin line and would have to be kept clean from the very beginning.  But if I do it last, I can use it to fix any problems where the red and blue meet.  Does that make sense?  But I will spray the yellow on a white basecoat.

[FramFramson]

You forgot the white lines...

Well, they do have a tendency to blow away.

[Too Bo Coo]

Well, they do have a tendency to blow away.

[Too Bo Coo]

[Vanvlak]

Cheat.
Paint the yellow, then the blue.
Then use transfers for the red and white.
Which would work if it were a perfectly flat surface..... 

White last would probably create difficulties in covering blue and red, unless applied thickly, which would  nt do for these thin lines.
What I'd have no idea about are the curved lines on the front sides - not easy to mask at all.
Dare I ask what scale?

[von Lucky]

I would say decals on a yellow base. Depends how clean you want it.

[tin shed gamer]

If your building this no Bigger than 28mm,then your over thinking it.
It can be done in simple hand painted method where your never painting more than one edging line at a time.
Start with a white undercoat.Then paint the red down the centre of the car.Then edge the centre red with blue to create a straight edge to the red.Then on the other side to form the width of the red line.Then edge the blue with white to the correct width of the blue,on both sides.Then edge the white with red to form the white line.Then use white agian to form the outer edge of the roofs red line.
Paint your yellow in when you get down to the lines on the side you can edge the yellow with red or re white then red over the top,The do the lower edge of the red with white,the the lower edge of the white with blue.
At no point are you trying to paint two straight edges to one thin line of colour.Only ever painting one straight edge to bring the previous colour to a straight edge.a much easier way to paint a straight edge.
Its a lot faster than masking and remasking.
These day's my airbrush gather's more dust than use as I tend only to use it to cover large area's or to paint horse's.
Mark.

[Too Bo Coo]

The car is 1:64 scale hot wheels, so lets call it 20mm. 

I think the striping via masking, while tedious, will turn out the best results and help insure symmetry for the lines.  Also, I want it as smooth as possible, and any 'ease' I would have via a brush would be lost quickly trying to keep the finish smooth.  I think white will go down fine, but I may lay down some silver first to cover the red and blue...

[tin shed gamer]

At that scale I would paint rather than airbrush.As the length of the lines are quiet short,ie bonnet,roor,and boot.But I do it for a living,for me it's more about time costs vs method.As masking and re masking eat time and will cost more.
What ever method or combo you use Im looking forward to seeing the end product.Good luck.( you could just paint it black  )

[zizi666]

Well, they do have a tendency to blow away.