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duuuude! this looks awesome, great concept! definitely following this thread, can't wait to see it done

i think gloss black would complement that green very well.. just my opinion tho. here are some ref pics, not quite the same green but you get the idea! http://www.dieselstation.com/wallpapers/albums/GiegerCars/Twin-Turbo-Corvette-Z06/Geiger-Cars-Twin-Turbo-Corvette-Z06-01.jpg http://www.thesupercars.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/2009-Geiger-Corvette-Z06-biTurbo-back-view.jpg http://images.thecarconnection.com/lrg/gieger-corvette-z06-006_100200801_l.jpg

very cool, that grey color is perfect for it. well done!

wow great effort on the tape work, nice designs too. keep it up

cool man, looking forward to seeing it finished!

tried to test fit again this morning before work and it wasn't any better. left it alone before i made it worse and instead just cleaned up a few details. Will have to spend more time with it and maybe make some cuts to get the body to slide over the chassis. oh boy..

very nice man, the engine does look good so far. What color do you plan to paint the body?

it was the RX-7 Type RZ, typical color was white or red but it looked BLAH_BLAH_BLAH_BLAH good in blue also. will try to find a decent pic of one

nice, i think the gold base is the better choice. Any thoughts on the wheels? gonna paint them to accent the green or leave chrome? keep it up!

nice work! and very cool mod, looking forward to the rest of the build

wow these are really great tips guys, thanks Justin for the recommendations! So here's an update, some good and bad news: So the Good news is that the paint job turned out alright. I lightly buffed the paint and the scuffs are hardly visible now. The light has to hit it just right and you really have to look for them to see them, so i'm ok with that for now. I also now see that you guys are right and those 'light coats' ran a little thicker than it seemed. It's so heavy in some places they've completely covered some details and body seams. I'll have to think it out. At least the orange peel is gone.. Who knew painting was so tricky? Now for the bad news. After a quick polish, i wanted to test fit the body over the chassis to make sure it all fit correctly. Well, it didn't. Im not sure if all that paint 'shrunk' the body or what but it just will NOT go over the chassis and interior tub like it did before. I test fit it a few times before pint to make sure everything lined up and it fit like a glove. Now it just wont budge! So i put a little extra elbow grease into it and tried to be as careful as possible but it popped out of my hands and onto the table and it knocked a wheel + spindle off, scraping the paint on the rocker panel in the process.. d'oh!! So im pretty steamed about it but it's my own fault, and im too tired to deal with it tonight. Gonna get to it tomorrow with fresh eyes. i can touch up the paint, and hopefully re-glue that wheel but now i'm afraid it wont sit correctly. Im going to inspect it thoroughly to make sure nothing else broke or relocated during the drop. To end the night on a positive note, i thought the wheels looked a little bland so i painted the spokes just to change it up a bit. Hopefully they'll look alright with the red body. i'm going to add all the glass and trim before i place the body again, just in case it doesn't come back off we'll try again tomorrow, peace

Jim - thanks for the tip on sanding the clear coats, i'll experiment with that one. And i did end up using an old spray can as a stand ha! it worked like a charm Glenn - that teal is closer to the satin finish i was going for. The camera is a 'flat red' color, but it has a satin finish, i dunno how else to describe it haha. It has an almost 'pearl effect' shimmer to it, but if no light hits it it looks like 'flat red'. Canon must have just molded the plastic that way i dunno. i must have spent hours searching for colors that might be a close match but there is nothing in that color in a satin finish that i could find anywhere. I figured i'd have to 'create' the effect myself using a close color and then applying the satin finish. the color of the red metal flake is spot on i think, but the metal flake does add more sparkle than i was looking for. so i figured a dull coat or a satin spray might be what i need but im afraid i'll end up with dull sparkles rather than a satin red?? we'll see, if it's a disaster i'll strip the whole thing and just get a red and a dullcoat.

Good tips on prepping the body, will certainly do that next time. I inspected the latest coats of paint and it turned out alright. I say 'alright' because even tho the paint is even and sparkly, you can vaguely see the suff marks from where i sanded it :/ it's very faint but i can see it, maybe because i know it's therebut either way lesson learned: DON'T sand metal flake paint! Will post pics tonight. Thanks guys

Man it's looking great, i thin trhe dark blue and gunmetal wheels are a nice combo. Reminds me of the rx7 model from Gran Turismo. Keep it up man, great work so far

I like it ready. Low and tight is the way to go man, keep us posted

i've worked on cars all my life, can't get enough of it. But building real cars in real life is really freaking expensive. I started the hobby so i could 'build my dream garage' in scale. and then maybe pick the best one and build it in reality so, i guess you could say "i'm building for my collection"... YEEEAAAHHHHHH!!

looks like a blend of the lotus esprit concept, the koeniggsegg agera and the back of a ferrari 458. not bad though..

Hi John thanks for the response. To answer your questions: 1. I DID wash the body prior to painting, but i dont think i did a good job of it. I noticed that after washing some parts felt smoother and others grittier [if that makes sense] but i wasn't sure what to make of that. One of the threads i read on here suggested washing in soap and water then scrubbing with a toothbrush. I didn't see that though til after i sprayed the paint. Guess i got ahead of myself. 2. The first coats i sprayed on a flat surface, and i see now that was a bad idea as the underside is scored and gunky. For the two re-sprays i did last night i put it on a stand. It's a great tip you gave on not sanding metal flake, i didn't even think of that, so good to know! i'll be more careful about it in the future, but then how would you get rid of orange peel in a metal flake paint?? I did buy a can of Dullcoat, but was weary of spraying it and ruining the whole paint job. Good idea with using plastic spoons, seems so obvious now haha! Will give that a shot as well, thanks for the tips, keep 'em coming!

my 2 cents: i saw those wheels you showed and an image of a low slung 1972 'top banana yellow' Plymouth roadrunner popped in my head. what does this mean?? image upload no limit

Right up front i noticed the red metal flake has a glossy finish and doesn't quite give me that satin look i was going for. Any of you paint experts out there have any suggestions for a satin finish? I saw a can of Krylon spray 'Satin Finish' that supposedly works on plastic but i dunno how good that would work on this. Anyone used it before? looking over the body i noticed some orange peel and some rough spots so i wet sanded it with 200 - 600 grit and sprayed another 2 coats of red metal flake. Waiting on it to dry now before final inspection and assembly on the chassis. More pics to come! In the mean time, all comments and tips are welcome, thanks for looking. upload images free

Hi all! New member on the forums here, but been lurking for a couple of weeks checking out all the great work I did an intro thread already, but to summarize, this is the first model i've built since i was 10. Learned a lot from the posts here and decided it to give it a full go with the AMT 1970 Baldwin Motion Camaro! I've always loved the look of this car, but not a huge fan of the green color. So i plan to build it OOB and try a different direction with the paint job. I bought this just after Christmas and got straight to work, but i didnt realize how much time it takes to have everything prepped and have all your supplies ready. After some obvious delays, i finally got started. Didnt take any before pics but it was straight out of the box anyway, typical white mold and some chrome pieces. I didn't want any chrome on this biuld so i stripped it all and then got onto the engine assembly. The engine build was pretty straight forward, then i moved onto the chassis and interior. At this point, i wasn't sure what color i was going to paint the body, so i played it safe and went with a gloss black interior, i figured that would look fine with any color of paint. Chassis was painted flat black. Boring i know, but had to start somewhere We're about a week into the build here, working only an hour or so a night. Finally got the chassis set up and moved onto the body. AFter banging my head against the wall to find just the right color, i had a revelation. My wife's digital camera is this fantastic 'satin red' that shimmers just right in the light and is a deep red otherwsie. I thought that would look cool on the sleek body and decided to paint the trim [bumpers, etc] flat black to contrast it. I must have gone to 4 different hobby shops in my area with the camera in hand trying to compare but it was extremely difficult to tell how the color would look paint on plastic. After some research online of different colors, i found some pics that look like what i wanted and traced it back to Testors Red Metal Flake laquer (spray)! So i got a can and went to work, sprayed 2 light coats of the Red Metal Flake and did a side by side comparison of the car and the camera. What do you guys think?

fantastic. always been a fan of the 70 chevelle and this weather strangely brings out its true form. still looks tough even rusty and faded, well done!

looks fantastic, i agree the best way to make these cars look good is to keep things simple

man VERY cool work! spot on and excellent display of skills.

Cheers guys. Been working on my first adult attempt at a 1/24 model. Will be posting it up soon