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Thanks guys! As you can see the light really turns the color from different angles. I can't wait to get this one underglass.

Well I finally got the body sprayed in the clear orange. It was a battle to the end though. Ran out of the ts 73 spray. So I had to try my hand at spraying the clear orange on with my new airbrush. After screwing up my hood, I figured out how to do it. All is done minus the hood now. It has to be stripped and redone with a base then top color coat.

Thanks! I got the body sprayed orange over the weekend.

Thanks Bill. Not bad for my first airbrush job huh? That TS76 is awesome. Only silver metallic that seems to be correctly scaled with the metallic. Here it is on my RX-7 that I did as well for reference.

Thanks Richard!

Thanks Bruce! Tommy, Yes the base was also a TS Spray, TS76 Mica Silver. The metallic under the clear orange is what gives it its depth. I would assume it would work just as well with clear blue too. This color is for my next project. I laid a Mica Silver base for a TS51 Racing Blue, not a transparent color, and it made even it have more depth. Sorry for the bad pic, but you get the idea....left one is just TS51 over Tamiya White primer. Right one is TS51 over TS76 mica silver. Way more pop to the color.

Thanks guys! Glad to have some color on it. Give it a little time to cure out then I'll clear it and polish it.

Well I finally got the body sprayed in the clear orange. It was a battle to the end though. Ran out of the ts 73 spray. So I had to try my hand at spraying the clear orange on with my new airbrush. After screwing up my hood, I figured out how to do it. All is done minus the hood now. It has to be stripped and redone with a base then top color coat. As you can tell, the light really has an effect on the color from all different angles.

thanks a lot guys!! Finally got the body done this weekend!

Love the build! Patina is perfect on this truck. What method did you use to sand off the paint after you shot your primer, then color? What was your base color? How did you get the decals to be worn in areas as well? Also where'd you get the decals from? I have a 50 5 window Chevy truck that I'd like to do as a patina'd GM High Performance shop truck.

Looks awesome finally put together. I've been following your build. Turned out great!

Got all the body parts painted with the Mica Silver basecoat tonight, and the rolling chassis complete. Just have to install my rear shocks and paint my oil filter. Tomorrow I'll lay down the clear orange color and get it ready for clear coat.

Not much of an update, didn't really have much time today to work on the truck. Did use my airbrush for the second time tonight. Got the front wheels nounted. Sprayed the exhaust and manifolds in Tamiya chrome silver then shot some bronze over them to make them look rusty from heat cycles.

Got time tonight to finish the exhaust, with the exception of painting it. 1/8 " styrene tubing, mufflers from the parts box which I filed notches in them to slip over the styrene tubing, and the cats are from the ssr kit.

No problem. He's an awesome guy, and I will be getting more sets in the future as well.

Thanks man. I got them from Steven Zimmerman here on the forums.

Got all the body parts painted with the Mica Silver basecoat tonight, and the rolling chassis complete. Just have to install my rear shocks and paint my oil filter. Tomorrow I'll lay down the clear orange color and get it ready for clear coat.

I did figure it would have a longer off period, but this being my first airbrush I'm happy with it. Still learning how to use it though.

Not much of an update, didn't really have much time today to work on the truck. Did use my airbrush for the second time tonight. Got the front wheels nounted. Sprayed the exhaust and manifolds in Tamiya chrome silver then shot some bronze over them to make them look rusty from heat cycles.