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[Psychographic]

I started painting tonight. I've got the base acrylic down on the inside of the wheelweels and under hood area, along with the underside of the hood. I use a hairdryer to set and dry the acrylic, once it sets a couple of hours, I'll paint the top. Tomorrow I'll throw the nail polish on it and probably clear it tomorrow night.

[bryan_m]

oh cool! i cant wait to see this thing with some color on it.........its gonna look great man!

keep er goin
bryan

[Psychographic]

OK, so I only gave it an hour. The base is on and as expected, I did miss a spot. I'll fix it tomorrow.

My camera sure doesn't like this color, it refuses to get it right.

[bryan_m]

cool color, i cant wait till you get started on the wood......

lookin good!
cheers
bryan

[crazyrichard]

looks great , its now really looking a bit more old with this base color on it

[Psychographic]

I almost forgot to make a hood hinge!





Almost done, I drilled some holes in the hinge to dress it up a bit and added a stop to the radiator support. I've also started to remove the stock hinge locators from the underside of the hood.






I haven't broken the body in four days!!!!!!

Edited by Psychographic, 17 November 2012 - 06:33 AM.

[Bartster]

Far out, David!! lt's looking fantastic! Nice hinge.

[Foxer]

I haven't broken the body in four days!!!!!!

haha .. a true body guy! That's a neat hinge on the hood.

.. and .. that fastback looks REALLY good! Hope we see that one coming together!

[Psychographic]

I had a little mishap and a bit of learning with the acrylic base. I know some people don't like them but these craft store acrylics work pretty well, once you start to get the hang of them.

After a little wet sanding and touching up a couple of spots, I redid the nail polish and although it won't be my best paintjob, it should look pretty good.The pearl really brings it to life.

I'll probably clear it later tonight.

[bryan_m]

looks great david! nice work.......

cheers
bryan

[cobraman]

I love this car !

[Dr. Cranky]

Great color, wonderful details. This builds has been pure eye candy.

[crazyrichard]

very very cool this color really pops already , imagine when there is clear coat on it

[Psychographic]

She's cleared!

The theme for the color choices on this was the ocean, aqua (body and interior) for the shallow reefs, deep blue ( chassis ) for the deep water and the tan/beige (body and interior) for the foam that builds up on the water (BTW, you don't want to know what that foam actually is). I had a major debate going on in my head to do a slight fade along the bottom of the body with the chassis color. I finally decided the body looked good as is, if I added the fade it might have been too much as the wood and roof would be bringing more colors in to clutter up the body.






On another note, I think my woodgrain decals are heading to the wrong address.

[jamesG]

an ocean theme for a woody. no, say it ain't so.
looks good, woodwork should realy set it off.

Edited by jamesG, 18 November 2012 - 06:02 AM.

[Ira]

GREAT COLORS DAVID!!!


Looking Real Nice....

[Draggon]

Coming along quite excellently! Oughta look great when the woodgrain is done.

[Psychographic]

Still no decals. I think they shipped to the billing address, if so I should have them tomorrow night. Until then I looked at the progress pics from the Uschi site, combined that with some advice given by other members and got started with the background paint.

This pics shows the two steps to the airbrush work for the base of the decals. The base is a wood brown, the first step is a light fade using a darker brown, followed by a tighter fade of the same color with some flat black and a lot more thinner to make it spray much more transparent.



The doors on the body.





I need to do some work on the inside of the doors before I can paint the frames, which will be done in a lighter wood.

I've got the back side windows cut to fit and the base coat is on the headliner, although I'm not sure how to handle the interior wood.

Edited by Psychographic, 21 November 2012 - 05:56 PM.

[ll Brandon ll]

This thing is amazing. Not trying to push my build, but your work inspired my latest chassis, so you should check it out. As for the wood, as good as that looks a little detailing and you wouldnt need decals.

[Psychographic]

This thing is amazing. Not trying to push my build, but your work inspired my latest chassis, so you should check it out. As for the wood, as good as that looks a little detailing and you wouldnt need decals.

Thank's, I'll look for it.