Dragonhawk1066

Thanks everyone!

This is one of the five bodies I painted last month for cold weather building. The paint is Tamiya TS-53 Deep Metallic Blue and cleared with Tamiya TS-13 Clear Gloss. My original plan was to use the 5-spoke Weld Pro-Star type wheel, but after airbrushing a few other sets of wheels I wanted to compare them to the Weld Draglite style. I still prefer the Pro-Star's, but the Draglites look pretty good too. I'll definitely find something to put them on later. I got the wheels from Morgan Automotive Detail and airbrushed them straight over the washed and dried resin with Molotow Chrome from my refill bottle. In hindsight, I should have primed them and blew any dust off before painting to avoid any imperfections. I still have another set of each, so I may try to get the other set of Pro-Star's done to see if they'll come out better. I took this morning to wet-sand and polish the clear. I used 4000 and 6000 sandpaper, and switched to Micro Mesh Polishing Pads for the 8000 1nd 12000, followed by a polishing with Novus #2. Next will be bare Metal Foil for the trim.

Outstanding craftmanship and workmanship on both!! Just a couple of incredible builds!!

Very nicely done!

For being a notoriously bad kit, you sure did good with it! Well done!

Sweet looking build! I love the paint scheme!

Very sharp and very well done!! Nice smooth paint job too!

Looks great!

Very nice!!

Both are very nice!

Thanks everyone! Thanks Doug! This one was almost done in a non-factory Metallic Gray, but I was able to, at least in my opinion, mimic Calypso Coral close enough to go with it. I may buy another real soon to do either in that Metallic Gray, or another non-factory color such as a Dark Bronze.

The body work to add the Gremlin back to the Daytona is excellent. As is the interior grafting, and the whole interior looks fantastic. The metallic blue is absolutely beautiful, especially after the cut and buff. This is going to look amazing when done!!

Just finished Revell's 1969 Boss 302 Mustang. I used a custom mixture of Decoart Jack O' Lantern Orange and Folkart Lipstick Red for the color ( I was going for Calypso Coral, I think I got pretty close) and cleared it with Tamiya TS-13 Clear Gloss. The same colors, but with a slightly different mixture, were used for the chassis. The interior is just Apple Barrel Black with Pledge brushed on the seats, dash, and door panels for the sheen, while the woodgrain is all kit decals. The hood was painted with Krylon Short Shots Flat Black with a quick polish of Novus #2. I used BMF for the window trim, brushed on Molotow for the grille trim, and added heater hoses, ignition wires, door locks , and valve stems for extra detail. This is a great kit, although I wish the interior were a little more detailed, and everything fit together very well. I may have to buy and build another, lol. Thanks for looking!!

I finished the grille and taillight panel today, and got the grille installed into the front end. For the Mustang emblem, I painted it silver, then used a thin brush to do the clear red and clear blue. After those dried, I then painted the white in the middle and used a toothpick to clean up any excess. For the grille trim, I dropped a couple of drops of Molotow Chrome into a bottle cap and carefully brush painted around the grille, and also the Running Mustang on the emblem. Tamiya Black Panel Line Accent was dabbed onto the gas cap for that effect.

Excellent replica of the real thing, well done!!

Very nicely done! Great color and paint!

Very nice!

Well done and great color choice!

Got a little more work done on this fine Labor Day. I wet-sanded the clear starting with 2000, 4000, and 6000 grit wet/dry sandpaper. Then I switched to Micro Mesh polishing pads for 8000 and 12000. After that was some Novus #2 scratch remover followed by a coat of Meguiar's Cleaner Wax. I got the decklid decal on, too. I also dripped some Molotow Chrome into the airbrush and sprayed the air cleaner lid.

The final result looks pretty darn good to me!

Final clear coats went on yesterday, and the Krylon Short Cuts Flat Black for the hood and vent panel were sprayed on today.

Very cool looking! I personally, severely lack the imagination to do anything remotely like that, lol, so I tip my cap to those of you who can!

Well done, that's a beauty!!

Thanks for the info, I had considered that possibility, but price and availability at the moment make that particular kit out of the question with the cheapest one being $80 for me. I'm not really worried about 100% accuracy, so the Revell kit with a few tweaks and touches will be plenty close enough for what I have in mind. If Fujimi happens to re-release that kit and I can I can obtain it for around 30-40 dollars American in the next year or so, I would probably be inclined to go that route, so I will definitely keep an eye out.

I use rattle cans, mostly Tamiya and some Model Master Lacquers strictly during the warm months as I spray them in my shed and live in Michigan where it gets too cold to paint outside for months at a time. I strictly spray acrylics inside through my airbrush. If there are any kits I want to paint using colors available from Tamiya (no more Model Master) or Testors Extreme Lacquers, I hold off until spring to start them, or at the end of summer I paint multiple bodies ahead of time. During the cold months, I use craft paints and have just started using Createx for bodies. I do use the airbrush on every kit anyways for small parts, engines, chassis', and interiors.