Dragonhawk1066

Very nice!!

Thanks guys, I'm practicing on cutting and sanding them to get them even in the next couple of weeks.

Thanks, good to know! I actually buy the NASCAR kits because I like to build NASCAR, but having extra ones around might not hurt.

Very nice! Excellent job!

These paint jobs are absolutely stunning!!!

That body is hideous! Thanks for the heads up!

Outstanding in every way!!

Looks good! Great color!

Very cool! Turned out excellent! Well done!

Looks great!!

Looks sharp!! Very well done!

Sounds like something I might be able to do, lol. Thank you for the help, I appreciate it ??.

Sounds like a simple enough method. I'll get to working on the rims again real soon. Thank you, I appreciate all of our help ??.

Thanks, I actually did this and managed to, as far as I can tell, cut both the rally and deeper rim straight. Unfortunately, it came out much deeper than needed. I have a different set that looks like would be perfect, but it won't be as easy as the first rim because there is no line or groove on the outside of the rim to distinguish where to cut. Not being a handyman and not very good with tools nor having very many, I can't quite figure out how to measure and cut the rim straight and evenly.

Looks fantastic and that's some nice detailing! My favorite driver, I haven't watched a race since he retired.

I don't think you are being confrontational at all. I do have two identical paint booths, one in the shed for spray cans and one in the spare room for craft paints mostly to keep any overspray off the books and other stuff we keep in there. I'm glad that you can spray those paints in your house, it's just not happening in my house, at least if I want to stay married, LOL. Here's the booth I use. Not the greatest, but it does work pretty good for me. They only cost me 75 bucks each.

Yup, that's the series I saw. I'm looking more for ready to spray out of the bottle so unless they changed their product I think Createx is out for me. Yeah, wouldn't that be nice. Donn is a master painter for sure, unfortunately I can't use his system, at least for now, because I don't have a basement or even a garage. I might possibly be able to bring my compressor(since it's a light portable one) back and forth to my shed in the summer, but no smelly stuff in the colder months, lol. I do like the idea of not having to use primer, but I'm still unsure on their line as I would prefer a ready to spray product.

Thanks for all of the responses guys. I probably should have noted that, like djflyer's situation, I am mainly looking for acrylics due to my wife and son having a high sensitivity to the smells of the lacquers and enamels. I am using the airbrush inside in our spare bedroom with a spray booth and I open the window to vent outside when spraying. I do use the Tamiya and Model Master cans also and love them, but I spray those in our shed during the warm months with a spray booth out there. This does seem to be the preferred primer for acrylics that I have seen so far. Thanks for all the info, it's very helpful. I certainly agree there, as I have gathered a lot of information so far. In fact I recently watched a video on Createx that kind of turned me off form their products due to the difficulty getting the right consistency to spray, which is why I prefer to find ready to spray out of the bottle. I had not heard of Mission and will certainly look them up. Thanks for the info, everything helps.

Ok, so I know I will probably get 10 different answers, but what is the best (preferably) pre-thinned airbrush paint. I've seen and heard both good and bad about a lot of them. I am seriously considering a few brands including Testors Aztek, Createx, Wicked, and Gravity. I am just learning the airbrush and am currently working with craft paint as far as getting the right consistency and pressures and spraying distances.

Thanks for the info, Bill. I don't have access to a lathe or a mitre box so that pretty much exceeds my skill set, although I know there are many that can do this. I'm sure this process turns out some fantastic looking rims though.

Thanks for the info, Steven. Those Torque Thrusts look fantastic, but I currently don't have any kits that include any extra wheel sleeves.

Good job on a nice looking scheme!

I have the Flintstones car that I will get to after the first of the year, and bought a Benson Cheerios kit as a donor for the Zombie Island car. I bought the Zombie decals on ebay and am not impressed with them as they look homemade and are not the clearest print job and I fear they are on a white backing which will be hard to trim around. I hope they are usable, but I'm afraid they may not be. I did the Scooby car back in I think '97, but I painted it black with the kit decals and unfortunately I pitched my model collection a few years after that?. I also had most of those cars in 1/24 scale die-cast until I sold that collection around the same time I pitched my models??. I really want to slap my 15-20 years younger self, lol.

Nicely done and detailed! Has held up well for an almost 25 year old build. The fact that the plug wires are yellow thread is barely noticeable.

I agree, that first pic could pass for the real one!