LL3 Model Worx

Folks it's probably been mentioned a billion times before... but here goes. The majority of spray paint found outside of an auto parts store is enamel based... rustoleum, Krylon etc...its cheaper to produce and comply with regulations than lacquers or urethanes. however with any oil paint the solvent used can vary wildly. It could be as simple and natural as linseed oil, mineral spirits or as harsh as acetone, lacquer thinner etc... Putting a hotter solvent paint over a colder solvent paint or primer will usually result in a bad time. You CAN spray lacquers over enamels and vice versa but it can be tricky and you have to know your products. And make sure things are cured and coats are light. Most hardware store paints have fairly hot solvents to speed dry time and help etch/adhere to various materials. These days I personally use duplicolor for rattle can primer on non body parts... and then I'll use automotive 1k lacquer primer for body's if I'm not shooting enamel. Buying a gallon of automotive 1k primer for $50-70 and then straining and thinning it with "cheap" Klean strip lacquer thinner produces a great spraying/covering/sanding primer and in an amount that most would have for the rest of their life. We are talking more than 2 gallons sprayable.. Tamiya acrylics are also alcohol based and alcohol will activate/strip enamel.

I'd like to add to the great advice above... I many times have used the original paint color or clear that is on the surface to adhere small parts. Like mirrors... say I used an enamel clear coat then I'll take a small amount of that enamel clear and put it on pallet or bottle cap or something and let it tack up then apply to the part and stick it to the model while it's tacky. Same if it's an enamel or lacquer I haven't cleared... I just take the base color paint and do the same thing. It will bond fairly decent and it won't leave any noticeable marks.

G- body Malibu wagon...

It's probably weird but the 56's have grown on me to the point its my favorite of the 3... and this one just looks plain mean!

Sorry Dave, I know better. won't happen again.

I must say, I'm excited... but indecisive. There's what I want to build... and then there is what "should be" built for a Cannonball race. Hoping to have a decision this evening.

That was awsome! ?

I have so much respect for these little trucks... they are absolutely the toughest things on 4 wheels. I've saw them used for almost everything from campers like this, to box trucks, to tow trucks, and even "light tanks" in some of the less stable areas of the world. My buddies granddad owned one that was a blood red box truck we called "the red barron" it has over 700k on the odometer and still keeps going somehow. It's been hit, caught on fire and partially submerged and still goes. So every time I see one in their various regalia it makes me smile and laugh ?

Nice place. Looks alot like my neck of the woods.

That sounds like 4 fatalities... thats a damn shame. People don't realize that it doesn't take a "fast" car to kill you... cars are kinda like guns... any of them can kill you all the same. Had a similar thing happen here about 4yrs ago... kids doing about 90 on a small backroad by my house. One had taken his dad's old foxbody without permission... alcohol was involved. Needless to say out of the 3 only 1 lived. Trees stop cars folks.

Day before yesterday I came home from work to find this little guy in the tree line at the bottom of my driveway. It obviously didn't quite make the sharp turn in the rain. It was left unoccupied. So, naturally I called the county dispatch to inform them that someone may be hurt in the area. It seemed unlikely but I've seen it before where someone gets out walks and collapses later from internal or head injuries. I live on a small rural road. So, as I'm setting cones around the corner to alert any traffic to my and the vehicles presence a car pulls up and a mangy looking old man comes out of the driver side and says it's his car and that he was ran off the road in the turn. I ask him if he is ok as my neighbor who is a retired Fireman/EMT comes walking down with his kit. The man says he is fine... so we offer to help him pull the car out to avoid a tow bill. So as I'm accessing the damage and best way to pull the car, I start clearing broken T post's/ barb wire and branches while my neighbor positions his truck and gets his chain ready. The police finally arrive, and start questioning us about the situation and help in directing traffic. These little fiats suck for tow hook placement in the rear... there is one crossemeber that is way under there. So I lay on the wet ground and hook it up, we finally get it pulled out without any more damage and he starts it up to drive away as I notice the passenger wheel is knocked back and rubbing the fender well too much to be driven any distance. Then I notice the pile of beer cans right under where the driver door was. The Officer smelled the alcohol already but hadn't said anything... he let the guy get in the car and start to drive away before pulling him over for DUI... he was arrested. He didn't get ran off the road, he was drunk, on bald tires in the rain. I felt like a jackass for pulling him out, and now my entire left arm is eaten up with poison oak! I'm pissed! ? I can't work on models because my left (dominant) hand is a fiery/itching balloon! Trying to be a nice guy did not pay off this time!

I'll have to locate a body for one of my old ones seeing as how the paint basically ate the body. Never had duplicolor do that before, but it happened.

Exotic for the sake of exotic I reckon...

That's usually the case ?

Hadn't really thought about that, but it sounds reasonable considering it is pretty deep.

Probably the last update on this one... I've not set my photo booth up yet, so pics are still lame... I've got a few things left to do.. like mounting the wing, and mirrors and a few other odds and ends. It's basically finished though. Gotta put it away for another project. Thanks for looking. I doubt I'll post it in the complete section...

Makes sense... I own a 1980 1:1... those bumper cars just look bad to me for some reason.. I think it's the nice round body lines and then the square/angular bumpers that look like they were just slapped on.

That's all cool and everything, but why is everyone so hot on one of the ugliest camaros ever? 74-77 are hideous with the after thought bumpers... I have no doubt it's rare (I mean who would have wanted it?) For historical purposes etc I understand it, but definitely not for style points. What's the big secret?

Thanks. I was just having trouble getting their site to work... I can't get the checkout page to load. But no worries I can get around that when the time comes.

I think I voted 2 times by accident in the runoff poll... The actual tally should read 9 for RWYB 10 for wagons

I would be up for this build for sure. The irony is, my wife suggested this idea to me a few days ago when we were thinking of ideas for the CBR... So she was happy to see this and that's always nice. When can we get the particulars?

What brand of paint are you looking for? I'm gonna guess Tamiya?

Got this awsome Golden Commando and correct trans for my Christine project... from my66s55. Very nice piece. Also picked these up today while Christmas shopping.

70% isopropyl alcohol... guranteed.

I've only got a little bit of it left... and now I can't get the website to work for me. So I've gotta conserve. But yes I have found it to be much more durable for sure.