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Chrome Plating Resin Parts?
SfanGoch replied to crowe-t's topic in Car Aftermarket / Resin / 3D Printed
No can do. That photo is almost three years old. I haven't been able to d/l photos from my Canon EOS since the middle of last year following a Win 10 update and have been looking for a solution to correct this. I don't use a cell; so, I can't go that route for pics. The EOS Utility program which came with the camera is no longer compatible with Win 10, it seems. I did use the Desoto bumpers (front and rear) and Easy Chromed wheelcovers on one I completed, though. -
Chrome Plating Resin Parts?
SfanGoch replied to crowe-t's topic in Car Aftermarket / Resin / 3D Printed
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Chrome Plating Resin Parts?
SfanGoch replied to crowe-t's topic in Car Aftermarket / Resin / 3D Printed
Actually, for better or worse, I'm a lot closer. I've been in the desolate wasteland known as Rockaway Park for almost three years. The pizza here sucks big time. Spray light mist coats. Stop as soon as it takes on a bright chrome finish. If you apply too much, or heavy coats, it'll have a dull appearance. -
Chrome Plating Resin Parts?
SfanGoch replied to crowe-t's topic in Car Aftermarket / Resin / 3D Printed
I'm not into using spray cans to paint/apply a finish on relatively small parts. Most of what one sprays is is waste because, contrary to what some spray bomb proponents claim, there is no precise control of the pattern or volume of the material being sprayed. Also, a fairly large percentage of the indicated weight is propellant, not product. You can use any decent (excluding c_rap "craft" paints ) gloss black. You can even use semigloss or flat black and spray the included basecoat over either to achieve a smooth, high gloss surface. The urethane basecoat is a single stage, water-based product. You can thin it with tap or distilled water to improve flow. Fortunately, NYC has the best tap water and we don't have to worry about stalagmites forming in our kitchen sinks. -
Chrome Plating Resin Parts?
SfanGoch replied to crowe-t's topic in Car Aftermarket / Resin / 3D Printed
1. Yes, I've used it. The Maverick bumper was given a single light coat over a gloss black acrylic base. The Desoto bumper was completely stripped and coated with the clear urethane basecoat included in the kit. Using different colored basecoats will result in varying shades from stainless to chrome. 2. It's very durable. It isn't a metallic paint in the normal sense. It can be handled and doesn't rub off or dull like Molotow, which is an ink. Fingerprints can be wiped off with a soft cloth. 3. For modeling use, it doesn't require a clear coat. Miracle Clear is available for use on items which will be used outdoors, like MC helmets, bumpers and rims. 4. It can be ordered HERE. Click on "Hobby Kit" in the lower right. If the price scares you, a little goes a very long way. The 2 0z. hobby kit is enough to re-chrome a whole lot of parts. It's far more economical than paying out the wazoo to achieve the same result from chroming services. Additionally, you don't have to waste time mounting the parts before you send them out and there is no weeks-long turnaround. -
Pray tell, citizen, who be they?
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Chrome Plating Resin Parts?
SfanGoch replied to crowe-t's topic in Car Aftermarket / Resin / 3D Printed
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Why should such an unrealistic and artificial standard be set? Purely intellectual and civil conversations don't exist in real life between friends when discussing everything from sports to politics. Attempting to restrict a discussion in the style of the circa 1790s London Debating Society gets stale really fast. Occasionally referring to someone as "a rat-faced swindler", "an imbecile lump of mere organized animal matter" or "sneaking, pimping red haired idiot" should be encouraged to keep the discourse interesting and maintain high entertainment value.
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Dipping it in Future/Pledge Floor Care/whateverthehellitscallednow is better than spraying any kind of clear gloss. It will fill in any small scratches which might be left.
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Mopar B-Body Factory Undercoating?
SfanGoch replied to StevenGuthmiller's topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
Article on Mopar factory undercoating. It wasn't neat. According to the article, the photos show it was porous and thick. -
Dodge L700 garbage truck?
SfanGoch replied to Oldcarfan27's topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
The 413 RB Block V8 was used in both cars and trucks (the 361 in trucks only through 1978 w/2 4bbl carbs). You can use the 413 from the Lindberg '64 Mopars with a different manifold cover. The Cummins V8 was a typo. You can use a straight 6. You can check out what's available HERE. -
Dodge L700 garbage truck?
SfanGoch replied to Oldcarfan27's topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
Cummins V8, 361 and 413 gasoline V8s. -
Dodge L700 garbage truck?
SfanGoch replied to Oldcarfan27's topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
Patrick, measure the frame rails and get some Evergreen Polystyrene Channel in the corresponding size to fabricate an extended length frame by adding existing kit parts. That way, you'd even be able to make a tandem axle flatbed/box truck/whatever. If you want to go all out, get brass channel and solder a frame. It takes a bit of practice; but, it isn't difficult. You can check Google for for ideas on different lengthened frame L700 trucks. How-to on frame stretch. You could either scratch the entire frame; or, graft the styrene channel to accomplish the stretch. -
I should have recognized the view of Greenpoint and L.I.C.
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Welcome to the forum, Ryan. Outstanding model. BTW, did you take the pics in Queens?
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To err is human? Some are uncorrectable.
SfanGoch replied to bonehead23's topic in How To Use This Board
I'm not puritanical when it comes to salting up the conversation. A lot of elementary school (including parochial school students) kids' language can make a longshoreman cringe. Girls were, and still are, very good at it. It was like that when I was a kid in the '60s, it was like that in prior decades and it remains the same today.