Dragonhawk1066

WOW!! Outstanding job on the Shelby!

Nice looking Roadrunner!

Nice looking Road Runner!

Camaro looks great, nicely done!!

Nice work Mike! That's a sharp looking Chevelle and I bet the real one was a blast to drive!

I finished my version of the Revell 1969 Chevelle SS396 today. It's painted in a custom mix of craft paints to simulate Fathom Green, and was cleared with Createx UVLS 4050 Gloss Clear. The vinyl top was trimmed using .010" x .030" strip styrene and was also painted with a custom mix of craft paints. The interior is painted in Delta Black and Anita's Glossy Black. I used Bare Metal Foil for the trim and added valve stems, door locks, spark plug wires, and heater hoses for extra details. This is a fantastic kit and while it was tricky getting the body over the radiator support and firewall, everything fit great and it was a pleasure to build. Thanks for looking!

Having finished my build in July, I had completely forgotten about this build-off until I saw a post in Under Glass of a just finished entry. Once I found all of the posting and voting info, I posted my finished build not knowing I missed the "deadline" and my build will not be in the voting. I understand there are time frames and all, but we do have other things going in our lives and a simple reminder from the organizer, like via personal message, would have been nice. And to go back on the original build thread and see that time was taken to post pics of our builds that we forgot to post for voting, basically feeling like you're rubbing our noses in it, really adds a lot of insult to injury and in my opinion was in very poor taste. A little bit of consideration for those of us that lost track of things would have been very welcomed, and considering there were only 6 of us, it would have taken very minimal time and effort to send a reminder message, after all we were finished. I did not expect to win, but to have my efforts recognized and have at least a chance would have been nice. It's not like we had to be reminded to try to finish our builds. For a yearly contest that has sought more entrants, this situation certainly doesn't help in that respect.

Well done!

My birthyear build for the 2022 Cannonball Run. Monogram 1966? Shelby Cobra 427 S/C. It's painted in a custom mixed copper color using Chroma Molten Metals and Delta Creamcoat Black craft paints. The stripes are painted on using Delta Ceramcoat Black. It's cleared with Krylon Short Cuts Gloss Clear, wet-sanded, polished, and waxed. The wheels and tires are from the Revell Dom's GTX kit, the steering wheel from the Revell Ferrari Testarossa, gauge decals from Best Model Car Parts on ebay, and I added ignition wires. The chrome parts were stripped and painted with Anita's Glossy Black, and the interior is sprayed in Anita's Glossy Black craft paint as well.

Nice looking Coupe!

Nice job on the Nova, that's a real nice color!

Honestly not really interested in any of those subjects, especially for 13 bucks now. Hobby Lobby still has a few lower priced kits that 40% off to 14-16 dollars that I would rather have another copy of than the Ollie's Snap kits and the old tool '56 Chevy, but that's just me. I'm sure the ebay re-sellers will still clean out the shelves ASAP in the stores nearest them though.

Well done! That's a real nice color!

Very nicely done!

That looks incredible, just like all of your builds! If this is just a "practice" car, I can't wait to see the result of the one you go all out for!

Nice work!

Outstanding! Very well done!

Very well done! All three look great together!

I used to just paint and clear a bunch of bodies around September and October to get me through the winter months. I mostly use water-based paints through my airbrush now, so I can paint year round. I have one of those small portable booths in my spare bedroom and just crack the window for the vent tube whenever I paint. It gets a little chilly, like maybe down to 60 degrees if I paint a lot, especially if it's windy, but it's certainly doable for an hour or two.

Windshield washer fluid(plain blue) works fine, but I have discovered from a Facebook Group a thinner solution that is outstanding for craft paints. It is 3 parts distilled water, 1 part 91% isopropyl alcohol( I'm venturing a guess that the 70% will work fine too, I just haven't tried it yet) and 4-5 drops of glycerin as a flow improver per 8 ounce batch. The glycerin is super slick, so not much is needed. If flaws need to be sanded, it should be done lightly and carefully and will almost certainly need to be re-touched with paint. Adhesion is pretty good, and I do strongly suggest a primer coat first. I have had little to no problems with masking over craft paints. I have sprayed Testors Wet Look Clear, Tamiya TS-13, and Krylon Short Cuts Clear over craft paints with no problems at all. Just start with a light coat or two first before the heavier wetter coats. Practicing/testing any of these questions on a test body and/or parts will give you a really good indication of how craft paints will work/react to your building style. I mainly use craft paints and Createx anymore and love them, there's just a bit of a learning curve. They're cheap, easy to use and clean, have no odor, and are available in about a million colors, lol.

I put primer on everything that gets painted, no matter what paint I plan on using. I mostly use water-based acrylics like Createx, craft paints, and Tamiya Acrylics, but I do still use Tamiya and Testors spray paints from time to time.

Very nice!

Looks good!

It's a pretty nice kit that would look good in any color.

Looks pretty sharp!