Dragonhawk1066

Thanks guys! Thanks Mike! Sorry to hear about your stay in the Hospital, I hope your feeling better and it wasn't anything too serious.

I made my way out to the shed to spray the Bahama Blue, and that's where disaster struck, twice. First, after spraying the first light coat I noticed a spot on each side just behind the door that wasn't present after the primer stage. I gave it another light coat and it was still there, so after a few minutes to dry I brought the body in for a quick dry-sand. I sanded it with 1500 grit and it seemed smooth enough to try another coat. It seemed to cover better, so I gave it a medium coat, then a heavy coat which appeared to do the trick. I went out to check on it a half hour later and the spots were still pretty prevalent. Not only that, but the paint dried with an alligator skin-like texture to it. I brought it back in and gave it another dry-sand, this time with 600 grit. The texture did not want to go away, so I decided to put it into an LA's Totally Awesome bath to hopefully strip the paint so I can start over with a different paint/shade of blue.

It seems like everyone else has built at least one of these, so I figure it's finally my turn. The plan is for the body to be Duplicolor Bahama Blue with Silver, Charcoal, and Black flames using a flame mask from New York Speed Shop that I bought from Iceman Collections on ebay a few years ago. I also took the plunge and cut out the trunk to attempt making hinges for an opening trunk for the very first time. After all of the body and parts prep was done, I sprayed the Stynylrez Primer on.

Yes, one of my very early introductions to Ollie's. I've only managed to score a handful of kits there over the years though.

Thanks guys! Thanks! It was a lot more challenging than I expected. I also have the '31 Bugatti Royale that I planned on doing not long after this one, but after the fight it gave me I won't be subjecting myself to that kind of torture again anytime soon, lol.

I finished the Lindberg 1929 Mercedes Benz SSK a few days ago. It's painted in Apple Barrel Dark Granite Gray and Anita's Glossy Black. This one was a little out of my comfort zone of mainly 60's and 70's muscle cars and fought me every step of the way, but I managed to get it finished. I started working on this one while I was stalled on the 1969 Ford Torino Cobra and it didn't take too long to finish after that one was done. It's not my best work, but it will look just fine on my shelf when I finally get one. Thanks for looking!

Yeah, I do agree they're too glossy. I did spray them with a matte varnish, it's just not good enough of a matte look. When I get a different brand of matte, I'll probably re-visit these and give them another coat.

Nicely done!

That looks great! What a cool idea!

Looks pretty good. The Tamiya TS-58 is a great color and the vinyl top looks good as well.

Thanks guys!

Nicely done!

Nice looking Challenger!

Great looking Hudson!

Thanks everyone, much appreciated! Thanks! I have to say that's exactly what I'm using as a thinner, 3 parts distilled water, 1 part 91% isopropyl alcohol, and 4-5 drops of glycerin as a flow improver per 8 ounce batch. I started out using plain blue automotive windshield washer fluid until I found this mixture. I do find the craft paints very tricky to get thinned right sometimes, and I end up adjusting the thinner/paint ratio on the fly until it flows smoothly.

I assembled and painted a couple of Master Box figures to add to my Fujimi Mechanics set for a future "speed shop" diorama. I used all craft paints, except for Jackie's dress which is Testors acrylic Teal. These were pretty fun to assemble and paint, although I do admit I have a long ways to go with shading, shadowing, and highlighting to rival most of the figures I see. I am pretty happy with how these turned out and they should look pretty good in my diorama. Thanks for looking!!

Here's my version of AMT's 1969 Ford Torino Cobra Fastback, painted to resemble an old Aurora slot car from my youth. It's painted in a custom mix of craft paints, Apple Barrel Yellow and Decoart Honey Brown, with Createx UVLS 4050 Clear. Black craft paint was used for the interior, and I used some embossing powder to replicate carpeting. I used some assorted craft paints to give the chassis a weathered look. Thin copper wire was used for door locks and valve stems and I also added spark plug wires for extra detail. Bare Metal Foil was used for the window trim, 2 pieces of 1/8" styrene tubing were used for the exhaust tips and were painted with Molotow Chrome. This is actually a fairly basic kit with not a lot of parts for the factory stock version, although there are a lot of parts to also build a "stock car" version. Some areas of the assembly were rather tricky including the glass and rear bumper, with the trickiest part of the whole build being fitting the chassis to the body while maintaining a decent ride height. I ended up using some 1mm x 4mm styrene strip pieces and a couple of my insulin needle covers glued to the inside of the body and at the back of the chassis to hold the ride height. All in all though, I mostly enjoyed the build and am pretty happy with how it turned out.

Nicely done!

Very sharp Ford GT!

Looks great, well done!

That looks fantastic!

That looks amazing!! Excellent work getting that engine/trans in there and I love the color!

Very nice looking Cuda! The steelies and dog dish caps always look good on those cars.

Very cool and interesting story, and very impressive work for a then 13 year old!

Wow! That is one very well done MGB! Some of those pics could pass for the real thing!