Railfreak78 Posted September 26, 2010 Share Posted September 26, 2010 Hey guys and gals. I've been wanting to do this one for a long time. I didn't want to rush it like this but I was in the mood to build it and in a bad way. So It was molded in yellow and took a lot of primer for the parts. I did a fade on it and never masked the body. The box art is conflicting on the colors and the divided lines as well. I based my fade on the pic of the real car here. I also realise the green is lighter than the real car but is somewhat box art ish I hope you like it so far. ( real car picture via Google images ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highway Posted September 26, 2010 Share Posted September 26, 2010 Brian, looks like you nailed the fade perfectly! I do think it would be better to get a little greener green, but still good work. Wanna do mine!?!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Railfreak78 Posted September 28, 2010 Author Share Posted September 28, 2010 A quick update on this. Everything that could go wrong for a 24 hour build did. The camera did kind things for the fade as it does have a lot of over spray and the photos do not show it. I am going to slow down and take my time on this build now. Starting with a wet sand and re-paint with a better darker green. Thanks for looking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Railfreak78 Posted September 30, 2010 Author Share Posted September 30, 2010 Here is what it looks like sitting on an old Ernie Ivran Lumina frame for a mock up. I haven't touched it yet. I'm tempted to leave the fade the way it is and some other paint problems I found and try a race used look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danjohnson21 Posted October 18, 2010 Share Posted October 18, 2010 What is the secret to getting a good fade paint job? I have a 1:24 of the old Fireball 500 car that requires a red to white fade, but I have never been able to pull this off right, so I just haven't tackled it yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Coyote Posted October 18, 2010 Share Posted October 18, 2010 Just curious if you have made any progress on this build .......... it looked to be off to a great start Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Coyote Posted October 18, 2010 Share Posted October 18, 2010 (edited) What is the secret to getting a good fade paint job? I have a 1:24 of the old Fireball 500 car that requires a red to white fade, but I have never been able to pull this off right, so I just haven't tackled it yet. I don't want to hijack Brian's thread, but I have found the best advice to doing good fade jobs is to get a good airbrush and practice ......... not to say it can't be done with a rattle can, but you can control the spray so much better with an airbrush .......... here's some examples Edited October 18, 2010 by Old Coyote Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LUKE'57 Posted October 18, 2010 Share Posted October 18, 2010 (edited) Shoot the light color first and give a large area of coverage. Angle the spray for the second color away from the color you are painting over. If you don't have an airbrush then try holding a piece of stiff paper along where you want the color seperation line and shoot towards the edge, again angling away from the light color. Edited October 18, 2010 by LUKE'57 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Railfreak78 Posted October 22, 2010 Author Share Posted October 22, 2010 What is the secret to getting a good fade paint job? I have a 1:24 of the old Fireball 500 car that requires a red to white fade, but I have never been able to pull this off right, so I just haven't tackled it yet. I'd say these guys gave great ideas about fade. I don't have an airbrush and didn't even think about using paper and going at an angle. I just did the yellow first and then the green at an angle with nothing to divide it. The new Rustolium paint I found works well but if you look hard you can see specs of over spray. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Railfreak78 Posted October 22, 2010 Author Share Posted October 22, 2010 Just curious if you have made any progress on this build .......... it looked to be off to a great start I haven't yet but plan on getting back to it real soon. Also your fades are awesome so thanks for sharing them. Shoot the light color first and give a large area of coverage. Angle the spray for the second color away from the color you are painting over. If you don't have an airbrush then try holding a piece of stiff paper along where you want the color seperation line and shoot towards the edge, again angling away from the light color. Thanks for sharing this one as the advice will come in very handy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Coyote Posted October 22, 2010 Share Posted October 22, 2010 (edited) I haven't yet but plan on getting back to it real soon. If you're shooting with a light metallic (for instance, Sebring Silver Metallic) and a dark opposite color (like black), you will want to do one of thwo things. Either shoot the silver last, or shoot the silver first and cover it with a couple of light coats of clear ....... as the masking tape will tend to pull the metallic out of the paint when removed and ruin the light metallic color coat ............ learned this the hard way ......... over and over Looking forward to seeing your "City Chevrolet" Lumina ........ built mine nearly 20 years ago ....... and it shows it Edited October 22, 2010 by Old Coyote Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaughn Posted October 26, 2010 Share Posted October 26, 2010 Get back on this Brian. Think its gonna look great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkJ Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Looking forward to finished build. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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