Coloring the instruction sheet

[Nick Notarangelo]

How many of you use  and color in the car or truck body on the instruction sheet to help you figure out how your going to paint it?

[SCRWDRVR]

I’ve never had an issue just picturing it in my head but that is a creative way to handle it, never thought of doing that though...

[cobraman]

I did it a couple of times to work out a graphic design.

[espo]

I'll use a plastic picnic spoon for testing. This way you know what the color will look like and the rounded shape lets you see how it looks at different angles. 

[Exotics_Builder]

I scan mine (or pull down a PDF copy) and try options on my computer if I am trying graphics, unsure of body color or deciding on multitone paint jobs.  Usually, though, I find photos of the 1:1 in different color combinations and select from that

[Shardik]

I've never done this for body color or graphics, but I will often go through the instructions and color code all the parts that get a particular paint treatment, such as; all steel parts, all aluminum parts etc...  This helps ensure that I don't have to go back and set the airbrush back up for that color.