mchook Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 Calling it finished. Nothing great, just a rebuild of an old kit. I built the wrecker boom, added a newer engine & some other goodies from a 96 Firebird kit that was laying around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeakDoc Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 Awesome! Very convincing weathering. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redneckrigger Posted May 12, 2019 Share Posted May 12, 2019 Excellent weathering on the paint...............................looks perfect! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveP Posted May 12, 2019 Share Posted May 12, 2019 I quite like the wrecker boom and its weathering, looks authentic to me, well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the goon Posted May 12, 2019 Share Posted May 12, 2019 Cool. Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisR Posted May 12, 2019 Share Posted May 12, 2019 Neat! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PappyD340 Posted May 12, 2019 Share Posted May 12, 2019 Very nice!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misterNNL Posted May 12, 2019 Share Posted May 12, 2019 Outstanding realism and details. Thanks for sharing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted May 16, 2019 Share Posted May 16, 2019 Great build! Love it!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewetwo Posted May 16, 2019 Share Posted May 16, 2019 Nice build. Love the patina. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scalper Posted May 16, 2019 Share Posted May 16, 2019 Great weathering on your wrecker looks great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOBLNG Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 What they all said! One of the nicest weathering jobs I've ever seen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatz4u Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 what they ^^^^all said x2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Geiger Posted May 19, 2019 Share Posted May 19, 2019 Great build! Right in my zone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty92 Posted May 20, 2019 Share Posted May 20, 2019 I think the wheels work surprisingly well. The whole build is cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRIPTROIT 71 Posted May 24, 2019 Share Posted May 24, 2019 I'm going to have to get you to give me a class on weathering. Great work as usual!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mchook Posted May 25, 2019 Author Share Posted May 25, 2019 On 5/23/2019 at 10:06 PM, DRIPTROIT 71 said: I'm going to have to get you to give me a class on weathering. Great work as usual!! Thanks guys for all the great comments. My way of weathering is really more laziness than technique. I usually rebuild old buildups I get from ebay or swap meets. The good part about that is sometimes they're painted & I don't strip them. I never know what kind of paint someone used before me so I just lightly layer some red oxide primer, flat black & new paint color right over top. I always get cracked paint or it wont stick well in spots so I end up with a crappy paint job and that's just what I'm looking for. I don't even wait for the paint to harden that good, I use an old foam sanding block (dollar store nail fine) to get through the layers and chip and scratch the paint with a toothpick. If I sand too deep & hit the plastic or find a spot that the paint wont stick well I use "sophisticated finishes rust". I wish I had taken a picture of this before I redid it. It was blue, red, green, purple candy with spear style scallops on the nose and the chrome painted yellow. It looked like a clown & unicorn puked on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominik Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 sure..."nothing great..." you're kidding! On 12.05.2019 at 3:02 AM, redneckrigger said: Excellent weathering on the paint...............................looks perfect! agreed! it Looks awesome and so real! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerald Haney Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 Looks awesome as usual. Well done my friend! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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