StevenGuthmiller

Thanks everyone! This color screams to be in natural light & I don't think I can wait until spring to get some outdoor shots. So I figure that I'll just toss a piece of plywood or something out onto a snow bank sometime over the next few days & "rough it" a little to get some pics. I've already had a comment on another forum that it looked good in black & white! We can't have that!! Steve

Hi guys. I'm sure that by now, most of you know that I have been sweating over this old MPC built-up for many months. Finally finished it today! I won't bore you with all of the modifications & up-grades. You've probably seen all of those on the WIP thread. Anyway, here it is in all of it's "Plum Mist" glory. I can't wait to get some outside shots! I'm sure that will do a lot to highlight the beautiful color. The inside shots do it no justice. But, being February in Minnesota, it will have to wait. Hope you enjoy it. Any comments at all are welcome Steve

Great looking interior! A vast improvement over the original!! Steve

Well, Hallelujah!! This project is finally done after messing around with it since the end of July, 2017! Almost 7 months is way off of my target time for a build completion, but I'm already looking forward to the next one! I'll leave this thread with a few shots of the finished engine. I still have to install the antenna & rear view mirror & then I'll get busy shooting a few photos for the "Under Glass" section. You can see it there in the near future. Don't expect any outdoor shots just yet. You know, February in Northern Minnesota & all. Whew!.......Glad that's over! Steve

Why not spray the engine & other small parts with a rattle can? It will give you better coverage, plus a much nicer job than brush painting. save the brushes for the small details. Steve

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A lot of it depends on what you are trying to replicate. A showroom stock build should have some gloss to a good portion of the engine parts. Steve

Very nice! Steve

Depending on the type of paint you use for the engine color, gloss clear can be ok as well. I use flat colors for engines, so a coat or 2 of gloss will dry in a less than high gloss finish. Plus, if you use a wash to replicate light grime, that will eliminate some of the gloss also. I like the parts like the air cleaner to be a little shinier than the rest of the engine too. Steve

Now we're talking! Now that I can see the larger pics, I can say I'm pretty impressed! The detail is great! Thanks for the bigger pics! I will almost never click on a link to view photos, & I'm sure I'm not alone. If the photo is not in the post, I probably won't take the time to go looking for it. Steve

Testors used to have a pale yellow in their lacquer line called "Phoenician Yellow". It was a 1964 Ford color, but it looks very close to the color you're looking for. Not sure if they still make it, but it is available if you look at places like ebay. Steve

Clear coat & polishing will give you a beautiful shiny paint job if done correctly. In my opinion, it will give you a much better & more durable finish than just putting a coat of acrylic over the top & leaving it. I believe that there are few alternatives to polishing if you want a truly great finish. Steve

A good thing to do is to do your spraying of the engine, transmission, etc, & then come back & do your detail painting. After the details are all picked out, a shot of clear lacquer over the top of the entire engine will ensure that the details that you added will not be rubbed off from handling. Just be sure to use a clear that is compatible with the paint that you used for the engine & the details. Testors clear lacquers are a good choice & will play well with nearly any kind of paint. Steve

I see it all of the time. It usually will manifest it's self as a line running across a large panel area like a hood or roof. Just as an example, this Revell '64 T-Bolt has several of them Molded in non-metallic maroon, there is a large "Y" shaped one running through the center of the roof, another diagonally through the drivers side c-pillar, & one running the entire width of the trailing edge of the trunk lid. There's also a small one running through the rear of the drivers side door. Some of these might polish out, but I wouldn't bet on it. This is the first kit that I checked for this anomaly. Steve

I used to set parts on the hearth in front of my gas fireplace for this purpose. Worked pretty well. Steve

This was one of the reasons that I decided to just polish the '61 Plymouth. Not a single swirl anywhere! Although it is a solid color. Seems as if metallic plastic is usually much worse. Steve

I used to use a lot of Testors enamels & I can tell you from experience that yes, it does dry, albeit very slowly, but I would usually put a freshly painted body away & forget about it for about 3 months. This may be a little extreme, but it insured that the paint was absolutely cured before doing any polishing or the like. Steve

Just a word of warning. Before you attempt to polish bare plastic on a particular kit, check it over well to be sure that there are no "swirls" in the color that can very often occur during the molding process. These will not come out no matter how much you polish. Steve

I think that I agree with Carl. I'm sure that you have more information on this then you're disclosing here Greg, but if someone is truly selling off this individuals possessions without his knowledge, it is truly theft & the authorities should be notified. It would be no different than if someone were using his credit cards. As far as letting the person know what's happening with his collection, I absolutely would, especially if he were a good friend. I would hope that someone would inform me if anything shady was going on with my possessions if I were incapacitated. Steve

I decided to polish the bare plastic on this Johan '61 Plymouth Fury just because it was so darn nice. No magic here. Just polished with Micro-Mesh pads & Novus polish. Steve

Sure, but a Johan '61 Dodge Dart is a bit rarer animal than an AMT '40 Ford. It's a little like comparing a Bengal Tiger to a Barn Swallow. Steve

I see the photos, but it would be helpful if they were a little larger. Steve

I would have thrown it directly into the trash where it belonged! Especially for a kit as readily available as this. Why waste the time? Steve

No Bill, I was not addressing you in particular. Just a general statement to anyone who lost all of their sharing capabilities because of Puke Bucket. I'd like to share a quick story that just happened moments ago concerning PB. I was on line looking for information for this springs NNL North show & just happened across an individual who had photos from last years NNL North show, so I thought I'd check them out. Big mistake! Unfortunately, that individual had them stored on Photo Bucket! 17 pages of photos & after wasting about 15 minutes "TRYING" to view them, I gave up before I could even get page three to load completely! No problem with pop-ups appearing though! I see that they're still offering the same horrible service at hugely inflated prices, & then they still have the guts to send me emails occasionally asking me to come back!! Yeah, it'll be when hell freezes over! Adios PB........it wasn't really all that nice knowing you! Steve

I kind of agree. Every junkyard in the country looked like this not too many years ago. Granted, a lot of these old cars have been crushed over the years, but there are still yards like this around. Steve