Iron Grenadiers Mako Shark continued from yesterday.........

After the metallic gold spray paint dried, I used flat black paint to add detail to the rudders, cannons, cannon doors, torpedos, engine cover, engine intake and exhaust pieces.

To get the Iron Grenadier look even closer to the original style from the 1980's vehicles, I used clear red paint and applied multiple layers to the inside of the canopy. By doing this it "tinted" the canopy red and is still see through just like the original Iron Grenadier vehicles. This clear paint is thicker than regular acrylic paints though and is sticky as well. Since it's a tinted clear paint, it took multiple coats to cover evenly.

After the clear red had dried, I applied flat black to the outter edges and trim of the canopy to finish it off.

After re-assembling the vehicle, stickers were applied. I printed some of them out and the others came from Hasbro sets from the Sharc Tooth and Night Specter. I also added gold Destro Iron Grenadiers logos from cobrastickers.com (not pictured).

Custom Iron Grenadiers Mako Shark "recipe"

Entire Vehicle - G.I.Joe Sharc Tooth (2008 25th Anniversary Vehicle Set, Wave 2)

Paints used:

Krylon Fusion Satin Black Spray Paint

Rustoleum Metallic Gold Spray Paint

Tamiya XF-1 (Flat Black)

Tamiya X-12 (Gold Leaf)

Tamiya X-27 (Clear Red)