Michael J Corcoran

Started decal work last night, still a few to go before clear.

Candy applied

Silver applied and blotted

Base color

I first applied darker shade of green (most people use black) for a base color. After it was cured, I shot the whole car with silver and immediately, with the silver still wet, I blotted it with a loosely wrinkled up ball of seran wrap to lift the silver off the base. Once the silver was cured, I sprayed with candy green. I can be done with any combination of colors, it just needs to be a candy color for the top coat.

My first ever curbside kit build. Tried a new paint technique, and its going to be a tribute theme build.

I was going to say the same as the first part, warm water and Dawn Original blue dish soap witha soft tooth brush. I specify Dawn Original because it has no lotions in it.

Finished my wifes Viper yesterday. Hope you like it.

Last mock-up. Should be finished and under glass by the end of tomorrow. I decided to smoke the wheels to darken them, thought it would look good with the colors and the fact that there is zero chrome on this car other than the headlight bezels.

Beatiful. Love it in white. I never would have thought of doing a highboy that color.

Thanks guys. I painted the hood like that to try resembling snake skin. Solid florescent pink, fine knit onion bag over the pink then a light coat of graphite gray. finished off with pearl clear.

The wheels are from a 62 Corvette convertible snap kit that my son built when he was about 6. Unfortunately the car didnt survive too many years, but he is still building, and better at it than I was at his age.

Thank you all for the kind words. I'm a total newby with chopping, customizing and scratch building. I had a vision going into this first attempt, and tried my best to hold true to the form I had in my head.

My wife wanted me to build a pink convertible for her. Of the 'vert kits I had, she chose a thrift store find. A Dodge Viper, the kit was mostly all there and unbuilt with instructions missing. The windshield frame was broken and missing 1/2" from the center above the glass. After rebuilding it from styrene stock and a lot of massaging this is where its at. Im building it box stock, despite no instructions.

the paint is Testors one coat laquer, purple licious over diamond dust.

My first (and only, so far) full custom build. Started out as a parts box shell that had been previously built and rebuilt. I used a few parts from a new kit, a bunch from the parts boxes, and a lot of scratch made parts. Chopped, channeled & stretched. Most of the interior is scratch made, including the door cards, wired and plumbed the engine. Hope you like it.

Love it. One of my favorite Mopars, and my prefered color for the Demon. Nice build.

Box stock build I did for a build off contest. My first truly box stock build in a very, very long time. Hope you all like it. Im not a huge fan of the kit design, but Im satisfied with the finished product.

Hi all, First, thanks for having me. My name is Michael (or Mike if you prefer), and I am a plastiholic. This is my first forum for modeling. Ive been building cars and trucks off and on for 40+ years, mostly 1:25 & 1:24 scale. My first glue bomb was when I was 7 or 8. I most recently got back into it about 2 years ago, and have been at it every chance I get. This is my therapy to leave the stress of work and life behind. I have learned more in the past 2 years than I did in all the years prior, thanks to groups on facebook. I imagine and expect the same sort of comradery here or in any other forum I may join in the future. I'm looking forward to enjoying this group for years to come. Happy modeling.