diymirage

there is a thread on painting in the tricks forum one of the guys in there says all he uses is HOK m suggestion would be to PM him

compressor and airbrush are great tools but you can do a good (good not per definition great) job with rattle cans i used to have a badger airbrush which back then was well over 150 bucks but i gave that to my cousin when i moved (long story) when i picked the hobby back up i bought a cheap airbrush at menards, not persay build for model kits but it gets the job done i think it might have been only 25 bucks it is a single action, so nothing fancy but i would suggest it as a good starter gun as for my aircompressor, i use my garage compressor i also run my 1:1 airtools on just make sure it has a watertrap but i would suggest starting wiht rattle cans, get the hang of it and just work your way up

i am so ready to get this puppy going i have a kit picked (not purchased) weapons thought out (nothing build yet) paintsceme thought of (honoust how hard is "flat black") choosen a name "project hazmat" bored the wife to tears with talk of how it will be so im ready only a few more ideas/suggestions as far as rules go first of, i think this is something that requires pics maybe at least one from the unbuild kit and a preset number of WIP pics ? specially for those who decide to build armoury from scratch this would be interesting for the rest of us i think it would also be a good idea to give a detailed list of modifications once the build is submitted that way no one will have to guess that those tail pipes are machine guns and finally, no military vehicles that means no on the HUMVEE yes on the H1-3 ?

why not try to combime the two bodies (or whats left of them)

depending on the paint i would say yes and yes you want a nice shine (sheen, whatever) and the best pay to achieve that is by getting a smooth surface so you want to wetsand before primer (not per se needed depending on how good the body is) after primer after base coat and finally, after clearcoat specially when you use metallic paints it will look a lot better if you wetsand it before aplying the clearcoat make sure you give the paint a few days to cure before you sand it. i always do my sanding in the shower, plenty of nice hot water and im there 2 times a week anyway (im totally kidding, i shower daily ) other then that, it has all been said before duplicolor is definatly my favorite paint im building a 74 plymouth which got a duplicolor gunmetal job i still need to detail paint it and clearcoat it but so far im loving the way it looks and practice if i were to ask my wife to arange my cars in order from lousy to good i can garantue you she will put them in order from oldest to newest you just get better at it every time you do it

i like to put a little steel brush on the dremel and hit the kit with that a little bit to rough it up with a little practice you can use this tecnique to make it look like the part you hit is rusting out then when it comes down to painting it on i like to use a round tipped brush and testors rust colored paint. i basically drybrush it on in a pattern i think looks good this ford coupe is probably my best example, this is all just painted on.

looks nice i really like the paint job on it is that that stock air intake? also, did those rims come with the kit or are they custom ? they look good

would this be something you are temtped to use in a airbrush ? because as much as i like the idea i dont think i would be willing to shoot steelshavings through mine maybe of you can brush on the clear/shavings your on to something

i thought it was more a mather of creativity that we were to make our own weapons? im sure i could steal some of my lil nepews gi joe guns otherwise

we need to get some rules laid donw here if we are going through with this i have a general idea for what i would like to build if it is open entry/anything goes i know what kit/car i will use as a my start point not saying anything other then the name of my car: project: hazmat

rattle cans is always a place to start i personally aply primer and clearcoat by rattle can , but the base by airbrush but if you do not want to spend the money (yet) on a compressor and airbrush rattlecans will make a decent start but even with a rattle can i would suggest finding an area to paint where overspray wont hurt anything (i use my garage or basement)

it seems to me that people biulding on a 1:12 scale will have a advantage over people building on a 1:64 scale (since it might be easyer to make stuff) also, will this be open mike night ? (it doesnt have to be the car featured in the movie) because if so, someone should come up with a brief description of what our vehicle is build to do and...erm...what is curbside, are we making the applebees version?

wasnt planning on building this one just yet but i want to polish the paint very nicely before i put her together so i decided to lay down some spray the paint is duplicolor gunmetal which has crazy much flake in it (it will be a week or two before i am ready to actually build this car so that will be plenty of time for the paint to cure before i polish it) i want this car to look like a modern rebuild of a classic car some of my options will include lowered front suspension (maybe with donor parts) street radials and a slightly modified engine that will still allow the hood to close in the detail painting i am planning on blacking out some lights, the sidemarkers for sure, maybe the heads and tails window trim will be black let me know what you think or if you have any suggestions

i would try to remove a little bit form the inside of the tire , make it look more like a low pro tire also, warm the tires up in water so the give more, if you just cant get them on

looking good i was looking at one of those modified stocker kits just the other day, are they any good ? i was thinking of buying one but i was a lil sceptic since there was only a drawing on the box, no picture

i might be interested in a build off if this is something we want to do someone should put up a list of cars that are allowed (im too new to the site to initiate this)

thats kewl i know how she feels with the plain stuff i always like a lilte bit of bling bling i just picked up a AMT muscle 1974 plymouth GTX for 7 bucks it didnt say it was pimped but i was so excited to see the street radials and specially the highrise wing (think joe dirts duster) caint wait to build that one, its gonna be gunmetal

the dresses misses bucket (pronounce boquet) wore in "keeping up apearances"

looking good me likey any chance we could see the 1:1 for reference ?

to be honoust, i have no idea

very nice , im impressed the only thing i would suggest is next time have her match the fire wall to the rest of the engine bay but thats a minor detail any change we can get a shot of her modeling the car ?

rolling the fenders is a trick people use on real cars to make larger wheels fit in the wheel wells on a scale model it gives the cars a beefier look because the rear end gets wider

welcome aboard ! sounds to me like that mustang is ready for some body work maybe roll the fenders , give it some more shoulder ? keep us posted on the build

i always run mine at 40-50 PSI maybe you dont have enough presure ?

i build a ford coupe out of a lindberg kit once and it had the option of being build as a street rod one of the street rod parts was a second front axle which lay closer to the frame so this might be something to keep in mind when shopping for a kit, if you are not hellbent n building a costum piece