Dragonhawk1066

I have been guilty of doing just that a number of times, no matter what kind of paint I am using. I tend get a little heavy with the blade and cut a little deeper than need be all too often. Luckily it's pretty easy to touch-up when that happens, in fact there's a few spots on this one where I did just that.

Thanks Mike! I usually do, I'm of the mindset that it helps seal the foil in and keeps it in place when handling, especially around the driprails on the roof. A lot of the time I will spray on a couple of layers of clear, foil and decal, then add more clear.

I added the white stripe decals this morning. Now I just have to wait for a nice low humidity day to spray on the Tamiya TS-13 Clear. Then I'll net it gas out before wet-sanding and polishing.

Those little parts like that can be real tricky pains in the butt. I have that AMT Nova Pro-Stocker kit too, but it's not currently on this year's build list for me. I have heard the front fender placement can give one fits though. hopefully you can get back to the Chevelle and get it finished, it seems like a really nice kit so far.

I spent the better part of the day applying the BMF to the trim. I hope to get the decals on tomorrow, then let them set for a couple of days before spraying the clear.

Looks great!

Very nice! Despite what it may have looked like before, it sure looks great now!! I loved those old 1/8 scale kits (still do), but they're so doggone big. Back in the mid-late 80's, my brother and I had about 5 of them between us, but we didn't have a place to put them and they wouldn't fit back in the box when completed, so only one ever got built, lol. my

I could see this one selling pretty well, especially if the extra diorama goodies were included!

Looking good, Mike! I can't wait to see it after foiling and some clear.

I almost forgot to paint the lower body panels black before I laid down the decals and foil, lol. I also sprayed on some Pledge and some Matte Varnish on the interior and chassis parts.

That's a great looking color! Might I suggest taking in a youtube tutorial or two on the bare metal foil. There are quite a few to choose from and most are quite informative. I found myself combining a few different techniques into my foiling adventures.

Looks great Snake! Nice job!

That turned out extremely well! I love the color!

Thanks! I'm pretty happy with them. Now the biggest challenge is to keep them out of harm's way for about a week, lol. I'll handle them with gloves on, too, and thankfully they fit nicely inside the tires, so no pushing down hard to get them in.

Thanks! It's pretty easy actually. Straight into the airbrush, no thinning. You don't need a lot of it either. Cleans up with any acrylic airbrush cleaner, I used Vallejo. 91% rubbing alcohol works too.

I tried my hand at spraying Molotow Chrome through my airbrush this morning and came away extremely impressed! I sprayed a test wheel first to get a feel for it and then the wheels for the Chevelle. The test wheel was bare plastic, possibly resin, and the Chevelle wheels were in gray primer. I used a generic dual-action at around 20 psi. I dropped 15 drops from the refill bottle right into the airbrush cup and did all 5 wheels, although I probably could've/should've used a little more and gone a bit heavier. I'll use the test wheel to check the drying progress before I dare touch the Chevelle's wheels, lol.

Thanks Mike! I love the Stynylrez primer. It goes on very well, is wet-sandable after a few days and I can use it in the house, lol. I will say that after some time they have a tendency to clump a bit on me, but when that happens I just use a strainer. During the summer though, I try to use aerosols like Rustoleum and Brite Touch because I can spray them in the shed. I sprayed the Chevelle with Tamiya TS-11 Maroon. I may or may not wet-sand the paint, then I'll put on a couple of coats of Tamiya TS-13 Clear, apply the foil and decals, and then some more TS-13 Clear. I primed the body with Brite Touch primer at the end of summer last year, but you can use just about any paint over the Stynylrez primer.

I got the body painted yesterday as well as the chassis and interior parts. I'll decide in a couple of days if I want to wet-sand the body before clear or just go right to the clear. I hope to get the wheels airbrushed with Molotow Chrome, and the engine and rest of the parts painted tomorrow. Then I'll start detail painting and mixing blacks and clears for shading the interior and suspension parts.

Well, I believe that technically a historical vehicle is any vehicle over 25 years old. There are some restrictions on usage, like limited miles or seasonal usage, but I'm not sure what they are. That being said, not so sure I would go through the process for this one, lol.

Both of these look phenomenal! Maybe someday I'll have the patience and guts to try something like that!

I managed to get the rest of the parts primed today. I used the rest of my Brite Touch gray primer, and then switched to my Rustoleum white primer and used up the rest of that can too, lol. I hope to get the color on the body tomorrow and maybe paint some of the other parts too.

Thanks for the heads up on the front end parts! Unfortunately I don't have the big block Camaro kit, but my test fit on the '67 Chevelle headers showed a pretty decent fit. I did file away on the frame where there might be an issue, but I'm pretty confident of the fit. I plan on cutting off the Supertrapp mufflers and adding my own 3" exhaust made from styrene tubing if I can get the bending done good enough.

Thanks! Yeah, I think the Ferrari is pretty much the same as the Miami Vice kit, with both having the Chevy engine and funky exhaust with the cat converter. The Mach 5 is a snap kit, so it's not really difficult at all, and I do not recall ever seeing a Racer X kit of any kind, although it would be a must have to pair with the Mach.

Well I think I'm about the last one to build one of these, at least it seems that way, lol. Going for a Day 2 Street/Strip look and feel with this one. I will be painting it Tamiya TS-11 Maroon with the white body stripe. I will be using a set of M/T Drag Radials and a Holley Carb from Fireball Modelworks, a machined aluminum air cleaner from Off The Sprue, and a set of Radir style 5-spoke wheels from the good ole parts box to help pull off the look. I am having a surprisingly hard time trying to find a set of headers for it, though. I may have to rob them from the AMT Pro Street '67 Chevelle as I don't seem to really have anything of the sort in said parts box.

A couple of quick builds I've been working on over the past couple of weeks. Not my best work, but they still look ok. Speed's ride is painted Tamiya TS-26 Pure White, while Franco and Smitty's Gumball entry is done in Tamiya TS-8 Italian Red, of course. I didn't go too heavy on the details on either, especially the Ferrari. Since the kit is based on a "kit car" and includes a Chevy powerplant that I already took some parts off of and the exhaust is funky looking, I didn't build it complete, so it's pretty much a curbside. I did drill out the holes on the wheels for the Mach 5 and printed out a random gauge cluster that would fit in the dash. I wish they would have included water slide decals with the stickers as the M was pretty tricky to place seeing as how you really get only one shot at it, lol. I was on the fence about posting these, but then I figured "what the heck", lol. Anyways, thanks for looking!