How to paint wheel wells

I paint my wheel wells first,then I stuff them with wet facial tissue to mask them,that's the only way I have done them.

I airbrush the wheel wells first (covering any gear or door mounting holes / tabs to save scraping later), then cut a lump of sponge to fill & mask them with before putting down the main colour coat.

I am the same as the other guys, using tissue to mask, held in but small strips of masking tape if needed.

I normally airbrush them and defiantly would for white one. hand brushing white is a real pain.

I do the same as Tojo72, but will add that I line the well tape first along the vertical sides of the well before stuffing with tissue.

Other times, if its a really tedious shape, I'll use Humbrol Maskol, applied with a toothpick.

Paint first, and I've become a fan of using silly putty to mask them off when painting the body.

I would like to add,  wheel well first,  then mask.  Then I roll the masking tape, sticky side out, and put the gear covers in place.  This helps the masking and you get the doors matching.

Paint the well first and mask with silly putty or blue tac.

I do a lot of kits in multiples, so I have cut out foam masks for each kit to fit into the wheel wells.

You just spray the wheel wells, pop in the foam masks with tweezers, they expand out to the well edges, and you spray the underside color,,,,,,,picking the masks out and saving them for next time.

You can get the foam in small sheets at Wal-Mart and Hobby Lobby, they are 5 by 7 inches or so, and come in a stack of 50 or more different colored sheets of "Sticky backed foam". I used to peel off the backing and stick them in place,,,,,,,but, I have found they work just as well leaving the backing on.

Rex