Gentlemen, a d ladies, rev your airbrushed Deborcth Mahan's Pin-Ub Gid;~shi not only Wrgeouh it'r uniq* in b t that

it.is k t id## il system that can be used to create differed s. These s W l s are also a bit longer than th tencil to achieve a better fit along the length of a tank. an, an esteemed Airbrush Getaway instruder for a of years, wmks with me at Kal Konce~ts/BirSyndicate.

After seeing her kick out some killer pin-ups for a aumber of h chopper clients, I had to insist she develop a pirtv+a;tencil. She titled them Pin-Up~Gklies, and hit a homerun on drai k s t pitch. This demo WM done on top of a fibwglass tank +nk, prepped with a 220' DA. Deb used b r stencils ta m b i c the nose art found on World War 11 bombers. After primi%,cxnd sanding, the tank was based in black. The basecocrt black h s Scotchbrite sandedpadded before paint was applied to give th& &&he f a bomber nose. Then we applied d @ht coat of worn look e Alsa's Ghost Chmm aluminum paint.
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m layout is the bas~c outline of Big Girl stenc~l. This i s the basic positive outline of the age. It has the s m , k Liftle Girl pose on the same sheet. good stencil sysbm, Deb has created multiple uses and

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Digging out one of the original Skullmaster Frontal stencils, Deb sprays in the riwts along the aluminum pandsto create "bomber skin." You can use any circle stencil for this step, but be sure it is solvent-proof, or you'll end up with a potato chip for a stencil.

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detail outlines with basecoat black. She al ghss option located on the lower right hand p0rtim o There are a number of little goodies that Deb included stencils to allow you to individualize any o

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Yu,, an see in this step how the image is slowly coming together, and there is little, if any, freehand at this point. Deb concocts some flesh-tone pink to fog over the body. Any overspray in this step will mute the design, which will actually produce an aaed look-iust like the original bomber art.

Mixing up some opaque red, Deb sprays in the pin-up girlies top using the Hot Rod Girlie stencil. This stencil also has tattoos and a big dice you can lean her against. Deborah also designed the F ' - - p girlies to use with other stencils; ie, you can against a skull if vou want to. lean your airlif

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Deborah decides m e wants to push the nose-art realism. brings the tape back in and adds the seam line and rivets the artwork. Using Alsa's kandy black, the underlying colors till visible in the rivets, adding to the realism of the worn

n I SteF le ar bttering. Deb nted in ,rour., J , to b . . , ,,,at old schoc, , a k , and the red c I lettered the Martini Time logo. It's amazing what a little red outline and lettering can do to an image.

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Deborah Mahan has been an airbrush instructor for the esteemed Airbrush Getaway program for the past four years. With clients such as DeBerti Designs, Disney, General Motors, and Discovery Channel, she is becoming one of the more soughtclfter automotive artists. She currently works at Kal Koncepts/Air Syndicate. Craig Fraser, author of Autamotive CheQp Tricks and Spec airbrushing for nearly two decades. The owner and operator ",ndicote, Fraser has alsa been the inhouse airbrush artist a (a1 Koncepts since 1992. Located in Bakersfield, Calif., Kal Syndicate specializes in custom graphics, automotive airbrus art of the custom c u k e . Gaia diides his time between shop, writing magazine articles, and instructing. He has also a number of instructional videos, and is credited with pioneer in^

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years ago. Craig works directly with a number of manufocGrers ~c new and innovative custom paint products. You can check out &MI www.gotpaint.com. & d d 4 d b