I vinly wrapped an rc car
I know it isn't a real car so the level of difficulty is probably a lot different, but i have been inspired by this subreddit and wanted to try my hand at wrapping something and my car didn't need one. So i wrapped my RC Car, the car is a WPL D12, a mini 1:10 version of the Suzuki Carry.
I have been reading here how hard some bumpers can be because of their small detals and curves etc so i went into this project with the expectation that this would be a nightmare and wouldn't be anything that would yield any result worth keeping, but i'm surprised about the result and also how much fun it was to do. Since the vinyl is cheap it isn't sticking very well so the lines on the roof get more pronounced since it doesn't want to stick to them, but with some heat it is fairly okay. I used a normal hairdryer on highest heat and lowest fan setting which seems to worked fine for the most part.
I spent an hour or so every evening for about two weeks to get this done and its fair to say that i enjoyed almost ever minute of it, so i will definitely be attempting something similair again, however, i did learn a couple of things during the process.
Learnings:
Buy a proper vinyl, they are more flexible. This one was the cheapest one i could find anywhere since i was so sure that i would just try this out for fun and have to rip it off i just wanted to try with something cheap. I have since got a few test pieces of better real car vinyls and they work A LOT better on the small pieces i have trid.
The knife is your best friend! Always keep your knife sharp and steady and the results can be amazing, in this scale and with this cheap vinyl it seems that stretching doesn't do a whole lot so being very good at cutting along lines makes the result so much better.
Patience is key. It takes a while and is very fiddly.
Remove anything from the body that can be removed.
Use large chunks where possible and patch with smaller pieces when necessary.
This is at least how i did it, first try with anything like this so next time will probably get better.
Would i recommend this for making a sweet looking little rc car? Nope! Painting is a lot easier, faster and costs probably a third and yields a much better result. But the process is fun and i am not afraid of doing wraps on other stuff after this!
Any of you more experienced people who can give some more tips and tricks on doing these small things?
If anyone is interested in seeing a bit more of this build i have a youtube video up.