FASTBACK340 Posted May 21, 2006 Share Posted May 21, 2006 I'm refinishing a Highway 61 1/18th. `68 Barracuda. I started with the White version since it had my car's steel wheels & dog dish hub caps. Being I had to strip a metal body I used a bench grinder/wire wheel in my shop and carefully removed the original paint with the wire wheel. All the chrome trim are seperate piece's and emblems are photo-etched, so re-installing them should be a breeze. I also located a 1/18th. 340-6bbl. like I have in my car. I primed it with DupliColor white, hit it with about 5 thin coats of Model Car World #2654 bright turquoise metallic, then several coats of DupliColor clear. I polished it out and decided another trip to the wire wheel is necessary.... I have a run in the r/r quarter, a BAD splotch on the roof, and I chipped the hood/cowl like a hack. Here's where I'm at so far: The original White paint w/ side stripe. After visit #1 to the wire wheel. After paint job #1. The factory color is LL1. My car has a Black bench seat interior w/ a 4 spd. Hopefully I'll have this one done soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MonoPed Posted May 21, 2006 Share Posted May 21, 2006 Looks like a cool project - keep us posted! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FASTBACK340 Posted May 21, 2006 Author Share Posted May 21, 2006 I'm looking forward to finishing this one more than the bigger one. A lot less wet sanding involved..... :wink: I'll post as I go along. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dag Posted May 23, 2006 Share Posted May 23, 2006 A little aricraft stripper will do the job without all the grinding Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FASTBACK340 Posted May 24, 2006 Author Share Posted May 24, 2006 A little aricraft stripper will do the job without all the grinding I wouldn't call it "grinding". It's more like aggressive buffing :wink: I've used that stripper in the past: too toxic for my tastes. I can strip the entire body with a wire wheel in about 15 minutes. It'll take that long (maybe longer....) for the aircraft strip to do it. Plus I don't have to deal with chemicals or the glop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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