El Caballo

These were all taken at the museum in Midland, TX.

I think what you are referring to is marbling, which was quite popular in the early 2000's. I actually did the tri-power setup on this one as I was going for a period-correct style of car you'd see in Bellflower in the late-60's to early-70's.

This was mine... Like a dope, I sold it.

I have the same model and was going to paint it the same color as an homage to one of my favorite films from the 70's, White Lightning with Burt Reynolds. Maybe I'll do the Las Vegas cop car from Diamonds are Forever instead.

The moss on an Oregon car is realistic, way to go, lol.

Gents, here is what I did to get the effect: I took an extra brush with long, soft bristles I have and literally cut off almost all of them, leaving a few strands together. I dipped the brush into the paint bottle and moved the paint brush rapidly in a circular motion as you would when veiling with a paint gun like they did back in the day. Simple as that. The good thing about cutting the brush is that I now have a brush I can use on things like dash gauges and trim, etc. Stand by for my next custom, I'm doing the '71 Thunderbird and the paint for that is going in another direction, way kool. First I have to finish the '66 Galaxie I have now which is being done as a street/strip car.

I like the color combination, looks great.

Thank you Don. I wanted to do a lace job on the top but the contrast I had with the two greens just wasn't enough, so I did the veiling.

This is the first model I have made since 1985, and I am happy it came out so well and not like Ray Charles put it together after three pots of coffee. The roof is a cobwebbed/veiled panel job.

This is Jim Doss' Impala, restyled and dechromed by Watson. A marked improvement over stock.The '59 Pontiac Catalina tail lights are a nice touch. doss.htm

Easy Off will take the paint off without destroying the plastic? Do you then rinse with just water or would acetone be advisable?

Thanks Rich.

I'd like to subscribe, but it sounds like it would be a better idea to wait until the dust settles.

I just received from Autoworld, four AMT models; 1966 Galaxie, 1970 Galaxie police car, 1971 Thunderbird, and a 1973 Mustang Mach 1. That ought to keep me busy for a while.

Very nice, but I'm biased...

I started modeling back in the late '70s, primarily WW2 aircraft and leaving them unpainted. My allowance only went so far. As time went on I was patient enough to save some more money and buy paints and I would seek out color pictures in magazines and at the library (no such thing as the internet then) to work on my detailing. I started really getting into cars about that time too because I was approaching driving age, so on came Hot Rod and Super Chevy and Hemmings Motor News and pretty soon I was building nothing but cars. Of course, many of the classic cars that I was building were still on the road in enough numbers that you could still look at them on the street to see what you needed to see. I was crazy into it and tried to get into details that nobody would see, yet I knew they were there. I'd take an eyebrow hair in a pair of tweezers and paint the dial faces on gauges on the model I was working on. But as time moved on I got more interested in girls and partying and models faded into the background. By the time that happened I had quite the collection, but sadly, there was a flood in my parent's basement and all my stuff got tossed. Fast forward 30-ish years later and I have picked up the habit again. I'm in TN on a project living away from my family and I was looking for something to do that would not get me in trouble , stopped at the Hobby Lobby and picked out a model along with paints and supplies and got right back into it. I'm amazed at how I was able to pick this back up. I was worried that my work would look like something Helen Keller did after three pots of coffee, but no, so far I fell right back in line to where I was as a very enthusiastic kid, amazing. Right now I'm working on the AMT 1965 Grand Prix "Grand Slam", but I'm putting a bit of my own flair into it, making it more like something you'd see in Bellflower. Right now I'm kind of on the fence about using the scrollwork and lace decals. Anyway, I'll post up some pics when I get the chance and let you see how it is going so far.