You should try to get a few A4 sheets of car vinyl wrap foil, e.g. Avery Supreme, 3M 1080, 3M 2080,... These foils are available in amazing colors and in matte but also glossy. These will give you even a better result. I got myself a few sheets - totally loving these orange and red metallic colors from 3M, e.g. Gloss Dragon Fire Red. Yet I haven't tried it but I'll probably even try to fully wrap a Hot Wheels model that I bought accidently twice. Won't work if the model is too much worn because the dents of missing paint will be also visible through the thin foil. To wrap the entire model you'll need to work with a hair dryer to get the foil in shape. But for racing stripes it should work the same way as you did with the electrical tape.
I will definitely look into it! I had the electrical tape lying around so this was essentially “free” mod. How much do those sheets run for? I’d imagine they’re also a bit thinner than the electrical tape? The nice thing about the Vipers is that the stripes they use are pretty straightforward colours. I will have to check out those colours for some of my other models thought. Cheers for that!
@@ludelvr Just took a look on ebay. Here I can find e.g. 3M 1080 G227 Gloss Metallic Blue a sheet of 19.7 inch x 60 inch (50 cm x 152.4 cm) for 20 Euros including VAT. The A4 sheets go for around 5 Euros plus shipping. But it all depends on the foil type. Yesterday I've also seen someone wrapping complete model cars. It seems to be like it has to be done like with the real ones with all body parts separately for best results.
You should try to get a few A4 sheets of car vinyl wrap foil, e.g. Avery Supreme, 3M 1080, 3M 2080,... These foils are available in amazing colors and in matte but also glossy. These will give you even a better result. I got myself a few sheets - totally loving these orange and red metallic colors from 3M, e.g. Gloss Dragon Fire Red. Yet I haven't tried it but I'll probably even try to fully wrap a Hot Wheels model that I bought accidently twice. Won't work if the model is too much worn because the dents of missing paint will be also visible through the thin foil. To wrap the entire model you'll need to work with a hair dryer to get the foil in shape. But for racing stripes it should work the same way as you did with the electrical tape.
I will definitely look into it! I had the electrical tape lying around so this was essentially “free” mod. How much do those sheets run for? I’d imagine they’re also a bit thinner than the electrical tape? The nice thing about the Vipers is that the stripes they use are pretty straightforward colours. I will have to check out those colours for some of my other models thought. Cheers for that!
@@ludelvr Just took a look on ebay. Here I can find e.g. 3M 1080 G227 Gloss Metallic Blue a sheet of 19.7 inch x 60 inch (50 cm x 152.4 cm) for 20 Euros including VAT. The A4 sheets go for around 5 Euros plus shipping. But it all depends on the foil type.
Yesterday I've also seen someone wrapping complete model cars. It seems to be like it has to be done like with the real ones with all body parts separately for best results.