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Parts chromed, they turned out beautiful.

Parts ready to be chromed. Base coat will be scale finishes black followed by clear Tamiya TS-13 decanted and applied in light mist coats, followed by alclad2 chrome, and sealed in with Tamiya TS-13 applying light mist coats to seal it all in.

Thank you Jim. Here are a few more pics from this afternoon.

Thank you Monty. Steve

A few more pics from last night.

Thank you Carl.

Thank you David, I had fun doing the masking job, it gave me something to do. I'm also glad that I sealed in all the trim in with TS-13, because I know from previous experience it would have rubbed off. I'm just happy to get a halfway decent finish overall. I'm going to get the engine detail set and the interior detail set to make it look a little more interesting. I see modelers here making all the custom parts and cutting up bodies etc.. and that really is awesome. I would like to make stuff like that too and I think this is the best place to learn that kind of thing. Thank you again David for the feedback, I really do appreciate it. Best regards, Steve

Beauty trim applied and sealed.

Flat coat on roof and burnished down with finger oil and Alclad2 chrome trim applied.I cleared over the chrome trim with decanted TS-13 to seal it in from accidental finger rubbing. Steve

Wow!! That is very excellent fine tuning. Its amazing your making all the real parts down to a smaller scale. All I can say is Ill be watching and learning. Great work Sir, Steve

3rd clear coat applied and wet sanded. I think at this point I'm going to lay down the decal and then hide it under a few more light mist coats. Hopefully I wont destroy the decal. I think I will be safe because Ill mist coat over it with the decanted Tamiya TS-13 which is thinned with the Tamiya lacquer thinner.

Hi Steve, thank you for the tip. I shot the whole thing clear because I want to do all the trim in Alclad2 chrome, but buy doing so, I would shoot the clear onto the roof anyway. After the body is finished Ill mask off all the trim, shoot the Alclad2 chrome, re-clear-coat the Alclad2 chrome, mask the chrome and them tone down the roof, with a flat like you said, the finger oil burnish is a great idea and I agree will look perfect. I could do the bare metal foil also. Pretty much the same way I did this one..... Steve

Thank you Shaw. Im gonna try. Steve

Hi Cliff, just bought one of those 3" bench grinders with the flex shaft. I also bought some cotton bits which are safer, the dence pads will burn right through everything.

Roof will not be wet sanded.

A few more pics for today. I will very lightly wet sand the first clear coat with 6000 grit micro-mesh wash up and apply the second coat until I have 3 nice clear coats applied. The third coat being buffed but not polished to a medium shine, then I will apply the decal over the deck lid and applying very light mist (decanted into airbrush) coats over it, wet sanding each subsequent coat until the decals has blended in. I filled in the firewall key holes so they are not visible. Steve

Very nice detail work Mike. I'm watching and learning. Steve

Thank you Sir I'll try to make it my best. Steve

Thank you Sir. I think I put at least 4 hours on the hood just wet sanding and buffing. I can see after a real close inspection that I have more to do near the directionals on the hood and a small white spot near the passengers side back edge of the hood. I'm still learning.and I haven't done that many cars but following the advice of the top modelers helps to progress a little faster. I'm my own worst critic. Which I don't know if that's a good or bad thing. It seems I'm. always trying to find a better way to make it look real in scale as possible, but not so easy most of the time. I have to conclude that doing your best and accepting the fact that there is always going to be someone who does it better is just a fact, but learn from them to improve your skills. Steve

That's cool, I just love learning what ever I can. Beautiful color and a super build Jim. She is going to look fabulous!!!

That looks excellent!! What car is that for?

Thank you Jim. I watched Many videos, a few of my favorites are Doctor Cranky's Lab-RAT-ory , Donn Yost, to mention a few... have helped me to understand major principals of finishing. With some basic knowledge you can really enjoy the models you put so much time into. Steve

Hi, I've been learning how to get a nice finish. Here are a few pics so far. I started by washing the kit with dish soap and let dry. My next step was to remove any mold seams, flash, and sanding out minor imperfections with 3m micro-fine sanding pads, washed again and applied Tamiya fine white primer decanted into a paint jar for use in my airbrush to be thinned with Tamiya Lacquer thinner. After applying several medium coats I wet sanded with Micro mesh 4000 grit to a medium shine and smooth finish. I then used scale finishes Red Bull blue as my base coat spraying at 15-20 psi light mist coats until a nice even layer was achieved. After I was satisfied with the evenness I buffed the base-coat carefully with 4000 micro-mesh dry to remove any texture, then wash, rinse and let air dry. Re-checked for flaws or missed areas I was satisfied with the results. My next step was to apply a clear coat of Tamiya TS-13...3 times carefully, wet sanding each layer 6000 Micro-mesh. The last layer was wet sanded first with micro-mesh 6000 for a few hours, washed and then wet sanded with 8000 grit micro-mesh, at this point I started buffing down the clear with Novis#2 and finishing with Novis#1 and Tamiya finishing compound. The time that is spent on buffing and waxing, more so buffing to achieve a decent finish was critical for me. It did pay off on the hood. Any suggestions would be awesome. Best regards, Steve

One of the coolest looking Chevelles I have seen in a very long time! That is really awesome Tim !!!