Speedfreak

Looks good!

Thanks Harry, I wasn't sure if this was in the right catagory.

Cool, will do Ken, Thanks.

Friend of mine has this kit that he started but never finished, I'm thinking of finishing it for him. Is it a good kit? He said he got it back in the 80's. Just a general inquiry about it. Thanks.

Bill thanks for the photos! Yes! That is exactly what I've been getting. And as I stated earlier, the paint appears to be flawless for the first few minutes and then the 'crazing' sets in. It's nice to know what is going wrong. Thanks again Bill for posting the pics, I'm sure I'm not the only one that will benefit from these examples. I did a search (your suggested method) on Goggle and there were several links but none that i saw contained photo's of 'crazing.

Mike, what I've experienced with Fusion is that after a few minutes, (at first it looks like a flawless paint job), there starts to appear these little 'ripples/bumps' in the paint that just continue to grow, so you can watch your paint job destroy itself in slow motion. Bill, do you have an example of 'Crazeing' that you could post? 'Cause I'm not sure if what I'm getting is standard 'orange peel' or 'Crazeing.

Thanks you guys, the tips are invaluble to me right now. I guess I will stop using 'Fusion. Ok, so lacuqer it will be. And I have a test body I can use. Is Dupli-Color Lacquer? Two more things: Yesterday I painted the hood of a Willy's with Testors Semi-gloss gray primer and then shot it with some Fusion. The results were better but I only waited like 5 minutes after the primer coat, should I have waited 15, or, 30 minutes? Last one: When using brush enamel should i be thinning it with Testors thinner/cleaner or Lacquer thinner?

Nice job, great colors!

Nice job!

Beautiful car D.W., that red just jumps off that thing! Good observation Lee, I can see the similarities.

You can put whatever you want in the signature space. It's just something Bill said in one of the threads about rattle can paints.

Hey Oscar, (green!) Funny, I went out side last night and sprayed a spoon. It was dark, humid and a little windy, spoon came out perfect, go figure. I'll do some more searching on this site, but, so far haven't come up with much for rattle cans. Too heavy may be a big part of the problem, which gets into 'how fast, how close' with the can. I'll get there, practice, practice........, Oh, and practice. Thanks for the post man.

Hey Mike! did some looking around on the net and found a couple of links; The first one (post in the thread) suggests a color from Advance Auto Parts (spray) called 'Arizona Beige' Chevy calls it Fawn. And the other link actually shows the color. Hope that helps. http://chevytalk.org/fusionbb/showtopic.php?tid/167413/ http://www.racingjunk.com/Other/181736615/62-BISCAYNE-409-425-hp-2-4-S-4-speed.html

Oscar, I think there is a consensus forming here because the color that jumped out at me is the green. I like all the colors, (I just love colors), but that green is special. Cool kit btw, that I've never seen before. How old is that kit?

Thanks you guys, Mike I think part of it is impatience. I'm laughing now because evey time I start to paint I've got all this BLAH_BLAH_BLAH_BLAH going through my head; "How much is the wind blowing?, How long has the can been in the water? How far away from the body/part do I need to be when spraying? How fast/slow should I move across the surface? How long do I need to wait between coats? And when I do wait 10-15 minutes it doesn't seem to help. (I'm still laughing) etc,.etc,. then I get stressed out and for a few minutes it will appear to look ok and then the trouble starts to appear Anyway Mike, I have that book from the 'old' days and have re-read it. It's just too much info, I think I just need more practical hands on experience, so I think I might try shooting some of the spoons I bought, (I have a whole box of them). I also painted in my garage today (no temp control either) and things where a little better. I've been using Krylon 'Fusion' for plastic lately although I did have a can of Tamiya which seemed good, I just can't afford the stuff right now. Is there a paint school somewhere? I love this hobby so, practice, practice, practice, right? Your posts have given me hope, thanks.

Hello everyone, I need help getting a decent paint job with rattle cans. I've been working at this for two months now! LOL yes! two months! And I've modeled off and on all my life, 59 years. Admittedly it's been 14yrs since my last build, but, at that point I was laying down really good paint jobs with rattle cans, one after another, enamel. No orange peel, no runs nothing, just good clean, smooth, shiney paint jobs. I still have a car I painted from that period that I will be working on next but I thought I'd try an 'easy' build to get back into it, ya right. Ok the other variable here is the fact that I paint outside. I'm aware of all the usual demons; humidity; wind; etc,.. and I've compensated for those but I still come up with less than good paint jobs. Orange peel, (little bumps distributed evenly) seems to be the biggest issue. Then comes the bubble/pit thing. I think I'm making progress but it's getting annoying. Another thing that I think (know) I've been doing wrong is that i have been painting from the bottom/side of the body and working up and i should be doing it the other way round, right? I guess I need to humble myself and start working with spoons? Are there any good videos of someone painting outside that results in a good paint job? Or, any suggestions would be gratefully excepted. I'm not going to give up, it's just taking a lot longer than I thought it would to get back in the swing of things.

Amazing stuff Richard, thanks for sharing. Makes coming to this website a real pleasure.

That looks REALLY good, how long have you been modeling?

Pledge: There is no future with future shine. Repeat three times.

Very nice Jason! Keep'em coming!

Nice car! Great colors.

Looking great man!

Really looking great Mike, that is one beautiful body design. Believe it or not the Ford's out sold the Chevy's in '57 by quite a bit. You won't think so considering how popular the '57 Chevy's have become over time.

Love your builds Niko, you have good taste with the subjects you choose. Will be watching!

Nice build Bruce!