Dave72

Very cool so far! Great wheel choice. They look perfect.

Beautiful! Man I love those 356’s. Now I just have to build one!

Wow! Very nice looking build! I would assume the great Mr. Gibbons would be proud to drive this beautiful creation. Great job on blending all of your mods! It flows very nicely.

Forgot to post my rig for installing that tiny hood ornament!

Oops. Accidentally posted twice. Please delete.

This is Revell’s Motorworks 32 Ford. Not one of my favorite kits but one of my favorite finished builds now! A little bit of a challenge with parts not fitting but the challenge is the fun part. I ended up scrapping the kit small block. I went with a motor from a 62? Impala. Wheels are from Revell’s 48 Ford. Wired and plumbed. Paint is Rustolium Camouflage with Duplicolor clear. I set out to build this only doing mods from the parts box. Only thing bought was plug wire and paint! Enjoy!

This is Revell’s Motorworks 32 Ford. Not one of my favorite kits but one of my favorite finished builds now! A little bit of a challenge with parts not fitting but the challenge is the fun part. I ended up scrapping the kit small block. I went with a motor from a 62? Impala. Wheels are from Revell’s 48 Ford. Wired and plumbed. Paint is Rustolium Camouflage with Duplicolor clear. I set out to build this only doing mods from the parts box. Only thing bought was plug wire and paint! Enjoy!

The little 32 roadster is all done! For a kit that I did not like very much, I really like the way it tuned out! I’ll post more pics in the under glass section. Dug out my digital SLR camera for this one. Thought I would play around with taking pics with that. Gotta practice a bit!

Finally the Artesian Turquoise has been applied! Received the clear styrene for the rear and side windows, then onto foiling. Gotta paint the inner fenders first though.

That is one cool looking roadster! Super nice, clean build! Not overly done. Perfect! My kinda hot rod.

Beautiful looking build! I’ve been thinking about trying those pads. I’m interested as well as to where you got them.

Very nicely done!

Very cool! I like to build 1:1 cafe bikes in the little spare time I find! I’ve always thought about building something like this in scale. Great inspiration!

Very nice bikes!

Very nice looking Porsche! The 356 has been on my list of wants for quite some time now. Great job!

You got that right Claude! Never satisfied! LOL!

I just ran across this thread and thought I would throw my two cents in. I have used Krylon Industrial sandable grey primer for years. I order it from Fastenal. Best primer I have ever used other than Plastikote. Never hurts bare plastic and sands great. I’ve tried the Duplicolor, no good in my opinion.

Very nice! I have heard of the Testors Wet Look Clear. Seems like quite a few people like it. That’s a lacquer correct? The Duplicolor does go on a little dry if the coats are light. Ugh orange peel. It does take some practice to spray on a nice wet coat without the dreaded run. My next go to for paint is House of Kolor but that gets expensive! I do like the Duplicolor because it seams to agree with a lot of other paint. I’ve used it over everything from Tamiya to Rustolium Camo green! And it is easy to get. Most auto parts stores have it. Bad thing is it takes just the right thickness of coats and a fair amount of polishing work. I wish it looked as good as the Testers. I have been thinking of looking for a different clear though.

Thank you Andre and Paul. Comments are very much appreciated!

Hi Claude, thank you for the compliment! I normally use Duplicolor clear, 3 light coats followed by a heavy final coat. Let it sit for a day or two, then start wet sanding with 1200 very carefully, then 1500. Do this in sections making sure the surface is completely wet sanded. No orange peel left, then move on to the next section. After that, follow the same statagy of sections and polish with Meguires Miracle Glaze rubbing compound with two pieces of old t-shirt. One to do the polishing, one to wipe clean. Once done, hours later, LOL, soap and water scrub. Hope this helps. Please let me know if I can help with any further questions you might have. Best advice I can give ya, take your time! I normally don’t wet sand and polish in ove sitting. Sometimes it can take up to a week. Bad thing is, the longer you wait, the harder the clear gets and the polishing takes longer. It is rewarding though when your done!

Thanks a lot Rusty! I do agree, those colors would look good on the Impala. Looking back now, I wish I would’ve painted that car a different color.

Thank you very much guys! Very much appreciated!

Great looking build!

This is a cool little project! The rack looks awesome!

Looks great John. I just put four coats of primer on a MPC Mustang II molded in red! Ugh! I hate red plastic. It has to be the worst. It does help to coat the inside of the body as well.