Dragonhawk1066

Smooth as glass!! Outstanding! I'm glad it came out nice for ya!

Good job! I have this one as well, but won't build it until I have a place to display it. I'm curious if it fits back in the box when done?

Looks good and a great color choice! I picked one of these up a couple of months ago, but my brain's on complete lockdown over a color, lol.

I'm curious if you followed the same process on both builds if that's the case? I noticed you used a hair dryer in-between clear coats, might that actually be the culprit? When I use a hair dryer between coats with craft paints, I change the setting to cool. It would be a shame if the roof didn't turn out as that's a pretty striking color combo!

I'll be following this one as well. I had this kit and the '85 IROC kit back in the late 80's too, but never fully built either as they were too big to display and wouldn't fit back in the box when finished. My older brother did finish the '79 Trans Am in that scale, but leaving it on his dresser after finishing it only led to many disastrous nose-dives to the floor, lol.

Looking good Dan! I have to say that's my favorite color for the new Challenger's. I knew a guy near me that had one the same color and it was quite the eye-catcher.

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.