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Shambles, That's really cool to know about a fellow designer on the board. I could tell you knew what you were doing when I saw how well your logos were organized on the sheet. -Seann
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To answer all of your questions. I'm going on 18 years now as a professional graphic designer. Several of those years I've focused solely on motorsports design/marketing, so this is all natural to me. I've attached a small handful of the dirt super late models I've done recently. I designed all of the sheets myself in Adobe Illustrator, 99% are vector assets. All of them were easy to put together, it just took some time. Kenny Irwin's Joker car was the most time consuming. I had to scan in the packaging of the die-cast car for the face. After some editing in Photoshop, it was up to my standards. I'm a huge Joker fan, (my left arm has a joker themed tattoo sleeve), so I'm pretty excited to start building the car. My printing vendor is Phase 2 Sign Supply (1-800-352-3409) from Pine Level, NC. I've done business for nearly as long as I've been a designer. It's printed on a 3mil 3M wrap vinyl, non-laminated. It can be a little thick, but home printed decals has its limitations. Especially when it comes to fluorescents. Shambles, those look fine. It reads well and looks great on the cars. I've found that home printed decals look outstanding on white cars, but other colors are a toss-up. I attached the Dallenbach and the Irwin cars. I made the cut-lines on the Dallenbach car red so you can see how I tell the printer what needs to be cut. I hope this answers your questions? -Seann
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I want to preface this post that these decals are the highest of quality. As a career graphic designer who specializes in the motorsports side of things, this is what I would hope a set of decals would be. We all know that Powerslide decals are the tops, but this particular set is pretty BLAH_BLAH_BLAH_BLAH amazing. This set intimidated me at first, but once I started it...it wasn't bad at all. Everything fit well, but the front fenders by nose. Due to no overlap, I had no choice but to patch it together. The front fender contingency decals covered it up well, so it's all good. There were areas where I used too much decal solvent and caused it to tear like a wet tissue, modelers with experience can see the places. I ended up using the pieces for roof rails to help patch up areas around the A, B and C posts. They've since sucked to the car, and don't look bad. My only criticism is that I wish it had overlap between the tie-dye body decals. It would make the application much easier. Especially on the nose. You can see in the photos how it worked out. At this point in my return to modeling, I am quite proud of this car. Once I clear coat it and install the window, it'll be done.
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As a graphic design professional that specializes in motorsports design, I like to do my own decals when I can't find a particular set. As you can tell, I'm a big Geoff Bodine fan. I started out as a big Alan Kulwicki fan, then when he passed away, I cheered for Geoff (who bought the team) until he retired from racing. I've also included some cars that I liked quite a bit. I have a joker tattoo sleeve on my left arm, so creating a Kenny Irwin "Showdown at Charlotte" Joker car from, 98 or 99 was a must. I had a friend who REALLY liked Wally Dallenbach, so as you can see, I've got his Bud Moore Hayes Modems car along with the #75 Galaxy Motorsports (Powerslide) cars to do. The Red Dog car will also be a fun build.
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what is your paint finishing/polishing process on the car? It's gorgeous.
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I learned a ton watching this video, thanks for sharing.
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While the actual car isn't one of my favorites, your build is super sexy.
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I always love the cars you share. What is the total count in your nascar collection?
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HOOTERS #24 NASCAR Chase Elliott build
Seann Anderson replied to sure rock co models's topic in WIP: NASCAR
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Mark, thank you for taking the time to send the reply. It seems like the sanding block is the big thing I'm missing.
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I have a ways to go, but this is one of my first attempts using putty to fill in the voids, etc. For those of you who have done this before, I think I may have gone too thick with the material used to create the slab-side? Or should I just continue to sand until the body and slab-side addition are flush with each other?
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That thing is super sexy. Excellent job!
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2015 Kyle Larson Axe White Label WIP
Seann Anderson replied to Seann Anderson's topic in WIP: NASCAR
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I posted previously about Kodiak Supply decal paper here. It's pretty amazing stuff. I'm a career graphic designer who specializes in motorsports design. Specifically dirt oval. That being said, Kyle Larson is my guy. With this being one of my first cars of making my own decals, I wanted it to be fairly simple so I can working out the kinks of the process. You'll be seeing quite a few more of his more specialized cars. I want to tackle the AXE Peace car next. I'll keep you posted on how the build progresses.
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As I've said in a few other posts, after 18 years, I've finally got back into building racing models. This is my fourth kit back and I really do need to post my other cars to show and track my progress. I'm a recovering addict and this community immediately welcomed me in . The amount of kindness and knowledge in this forum is amazing and invaluable. For example, I posted a "wanted" ad and was immediately contacted by some great folks who helped me out with no questions asked. Without naming them, they were generous and went out of their way to help me. It means the earth to me and can't wait to pass it on. This is a build that I wanted to get started for a while now. I never built a NASCAR Truck in my teens, so I'm excited to for this. I was a huge fan of Alan Kulwicki, and course I was crushed when he was killed. I had no idea who I wanted to root for post-Kuliwicki, then Bodine purchased the team and that locked me in. I purchased a Slixx set of decals for this kit. It's an outstanding designed sheet, but even after three coats of Microscale decal restorer, they still broke apart pretty easily. That pushed me over the edge to buy some waterslide paper to start creating my own decals. I'm a professional graphic designer who specializes in motorsports design, so all of the design comes aspects of decals comes pretty easy to me. Once a certain amount of decals broke apart, I decided to scrap all of the stripes/sponsors on the truck and create my own. That roached out the truck, I'm glad the new decals helped cover up the bigger blemishes. I was skeptical coming in, but the Kodiak Supply waterslide paper is quite amazing. I used Krylon crystal clear acrylic for the top coat on it and was surprised with every aspect of the paper. I did learn that that I need to add multiple coats of clear to the decals that are thin and long, like the door stripes on this truck. I trashed a set of door stripes because it started to stretch. It's a quite conformable, easy application and has VERY strong adhesive. You'll notice that a Kyle Larson car is on the sheet too. I'll post it next. Sorry for the long winded post, it's a privilege to be part of this community, thank you.
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Here’s the start of the chassis/engine for the Biffle Post-It notes car. I’ve just really got back into building models again after 18 years away. After building a couple cars and now that the rust is knocked off, I’m taking my time with this one.
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Awesome. I'm going to post photos of this current build. Thank you for the inspiration.
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Outstanding. I've seen some tutorials on how to lower the car, but I'm still struggling a bit with it. Are there specific parts or locations you can reference on the car to know that you've lowered it properly and sucked the wheels in enough?
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That was the answer I was looking for. I'm getting back into the hobby after 18 years or so and I always cleared the cars when I was younger. It appears now that it's just personal preference on the finish you're after. I'll tinker with things and see what the best solution is for me. Thank you for taking the time to reply.
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What is the general consensus on clear coat over decals? I've always done it, but it seems as if most of the more established builders do not?
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Harry Gant was my late uncle’s favorite driver. That’s what inspired this build. I’ve learned quite a bit on this one. This was my first all airbrush car too. I couldn’t believe how easy it was. I’ll continue to post progress pics.
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Revell Snap Chevy SS body on Harvick Ford Chassis?
Seann Anderson replied to Seann Anderson's topic in WIP: NASCAR
Good to know, thank you both for the feedback. I'll pick up the Elliott model to start my Larson car. -
Beginning poster here. I've been lurking for quite a while. Wow, this is an amazing resource for tips and wisdom. After sitting on the sidelines for 18 years or so and $500+ on supplies (LOL), I've decided to get back into things. I'll be posting my progress of 92 Harry Gant Skoal car next week. With that said, Ollie's was a great resource to pick up three Harvick Jimmy Johns cars. They also have a large supply of the Earnhardt SS snaptite cars. Will the SS body of those kits fit the Harvick Ford chassis?
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monster truck collection
Seann Anderson replied to lvnlwd's topic in WIP: Model Trucks: Pickups, Vans, SUVs, Light Commercial
lvnlwd, Where did your Grave Digger kit come from?