I like the idea of both separately, but not sure about combining them on a car. Think its one or the other. Staying with my 50's look. What do you all think? Thanks!
Really depends on the car, the flames, and the striping you are thinking about. A good flame job with a mostly solid front end, and laying a nice piece in the middle of the leading edge of the hood isnt bad at all.. Trunk is free game 100%, just be tasteful is my idea. Interior dash for sure stripe it up unless your roof is full panel painted etc, then it needs to match. I am not a flame guy, there are very few flame cars that peak my interest. But scallops are more traditional honestly, and I have had a vehicle done that way, but the clean classy look of true 50s is striping only in my book.
Agreed that it completely depends on the style of everything involved. I love flames and traditional pinstripes. They can be done together well or can be great separate too.
Years ago I painted flames on my '65 Ford pickup and it, the yellow/orange & red on a black truck just lacked something, the flames needed something, a local pinstriper suggested I outline the flames with one shot light blue, man what a difference, he went on to do some line work on the tailgate. HRP
While We talk about flames, I'll point out that flames should attempt to look or mimic flames. If they do not then they aren't necessarily H.A.M.B. speciffic. Lazy flames that wander the whole car in an un-hot color don't fit our need. Pin stripes ( my opinion ) can work just about any where, any how. Ask von Dutch
As Danny found out, flames don't look complete unless they're outlined with a pinstripe. One of the nicest flame jobs I ever saw was pinstriped in multiple colors. Blue, purple, pink... It wasn't obnoxious at all. Not even immediately noticeable. In fact, I was surprised to finally realize what I was seeing. I don't think that I would have additional pinstriping in the front of the car where the flames are. Maybe in a separate area. Completely divorced from the flames.
Hello, Having an inkling for scallops at first, then when that turned into wavy scallops to wavy scallops with curved ends, then finally the crab claws at the ends, we thought that was it. But, the crab claws turned into lengthened curved claws. Then those lengthened claws started the wavy pointed ends to boot. Now, the modern flames took over most of my art. Old backyard custom made smoker cooker. By this time we tried to draw them on bicycles, red wagons and our mom’s lawnmower. From 10 feet away, it did not look too bad. But upon trying the pinstriped only flames, the pattern should have looked as good on paper as on a car hood. It did not. All applications on cars were in our opinion, failures. Our teenage cars were ripe for flames, but our one attempt looked good in the taped up areas, but the final peel off did not look good. So, a remover and detail wax application was used to bring the sheen back. Since then, art flames on paper or computer is a lot more intense, but was as close to real as possible. Every time we see artists do a complete hood + fenders and door, it is amazing at the talent involved. In another life, I would be a jet pilot, a pro surfer, photographer/journalist, and a flame painter/pinstriper. Jnaki This latest photo array I took, the flames were outstanding, but had to focus the eyes to pick up on the custom pinstriping/flames. Knowing that flames add to the overall styling and yet not be noticeable to all those passerby folks. It is the low key style that is the cool factor, not the garish bright yellow-red/orange flames on the hood, pinstriping added or not. If we had time, these pinstriping, shaded flames would have been on our 327 powered 1940 Ford Sedan Delivery.
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