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    red plastic Thunderbolt body - paint or decal it

    in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)

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    Sometimes I do not paint the outside, just polish

    if the plastic is of good finish,

    no sink marks or "weld lines" from the material flow.

    This to avoid problems with dust and brushmarks 

    In those cases I paint the inside in the approximately same colour as the outside ,

    this to avoid the "shine through" discusses above.

    Particularlily  neccessary on bonnets with thin sections for making cut outs for hood scoops.

    Also the bonnets can have major variations in material thickness

    due to the inner structure.

    If one paints the inside dark grey or black to emulate either painting or sound dampening

    that will be visible from the outside

    if not painted as example white if the exterior is planned to be white.

    The same goes for the roof:

    if the inner headliner is supposed to be dark ,

    first paint a couple of layers of the exterior color

    before applying the dark colour.

    What is then  gained by this:

    You get a tidy model exteriorwise,

    with a not as high gloss as with paint but which can be of quite realistic gloss,

    i.e for older cars , especially race cars.

    The painting of the inside does not require the same wotk on the finish

    as on the exterior = is simpler.

    Laziness ? Perhaps ....

    On cars with decals on I put a layer of clear.

     

     

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    Stutz Bearcat 1914

    in Model Cars

    Posted

    Re wkipedia: in 1915 Erwin "Cannon ball" Baker drove from NYC to the West Coast in or perhaps rather "on"  a Bearcat in 11 days   7 hrs and 15 min

    Imagine driving across the continent sitting w/o practically any protection and on the roads as they were at that time.

    Required some determination.

    Stutz Bearcat 1914

    in Model Cars

    Posted · Edited by kjohan
    attachment problems

    The MPC model, an old one

    The decals of the pinstriping wwere  not possible to use, so it is plain yellow,
    the left front wheel somewhat distorted including one of the spokes broken,
    but managed to push backto position. Almost.
    The right front fender was also distorted downward/inwards.
    Again some determined pressure etc....  Almost

    Anyway a nice kit to build

     

    EDIT : apparently something strange in the first post, despite looking ok in my computer when posting

    The photos apparently were transferred to some long text files /"links"afterwards,
    though i found it was actually possible to see the photos by clicking on a small symbol which appeared after clicking on the long text files.
    Did it in another way now, hopefully it works now but the first photo is small for some reason / can´t enlarge it

    Anyway...
     

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    1414600111_20231119_115638stutz1914leftengine.jpg.d63ec457415f18c26d286fd0ff0e0ec5.jpg

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    1970 Pontiac Firebird in Lucerne blue (1/24 Monogram/Revell)

    in Model Cars

    Posted

    Agree with all the comments above:

    Superb

    Question : in the engine bay there are two rerservoirs (light coloured)

    One on the left side near the battery 

    One in the front right corner 

    One of them is the for the windshield wash system (assume the one to right)

    If so, what is the other one ?

    Reason for question: am now building the same kit , but white (And on a different level)

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