doorsovdoon

Thanks, John, I'll clean out the panel lines before paint.

Not sure to be honest. Maybe for beginners to make a quick build? I don't think the plastic was the issue with this, I'd say it was the black primer.

Paint is off and I've scuffed the body up with a brillo pad, so hopefully the paint will stick this time! The grey primer isn't budging and that's on un-scuffed plastic, so I'm betting it was the black primer that was the issue here.

Yep, did it again when I wanted to primer the door! I'm just chasing the damage. I'm going to have to strip the paint off this. Easy enough, all I have to do is cover it in masking tape, Lol!

No, the same primer I always use from the local motor factors, Halfords. EDIT: I used a red primer from Halfords which I've used before with no issues, but I did use a black primer by Motip which I've never used before. Might be that, but I've never had issues with that brand when it comes to paint.

That's pretty cool!

Very nice. I love these 40's Fords.

Every time I touch this car with masking tape the paint keeps coming off, the whole front wing stripped itself clean. Seeing as this is going to be a weathered car, I painted the wing in grey primer but on removing the masking tape the paint again peeled off the door and windscreen panel. I've never had this trouble with paint not sticking. There is so little bond to the plastic that if I hold it for too long the paint actually comes off from my fingerprints alone. Is it something to do with black plastic that this kit is moulded from? The kit was washed of all mould release before paint. Maybe I need to scuff up the plastic with wire wool, like on a real car! Lol

I like the AMT emergency vehicles. They pop up for sale here from time to time and I've been meaning to get one.

That looks good. I like the vinyl roof!

An air brush with compressor would be ideal as they have a light trigger and don't weigh anything, but can get expensive. Most aerosols will be difficult to use if you have a weak hand, but there are trigger adaptors available now that can clip on the top. Aerosol brands I highly recommend are- Plastikote, Motip, 'Colour it' by Paint Factory, and Hycote.

Beautiful! I really like the Cutlass, my first ever kit build when I was a teen, it was a two in one if remember right.

Very classy, a gentleman's hotrod. If Cab Calloway drove a hotrod, this would be it!

Nice find. Love these old kits.

Looks great, like it was laid up years ago and recently pulled out of the barn. I see these quite often here in the summer.

Thanks, Tom. The lighter green I'm hoping will look like exposed top coat on a 1-1 where the lacquer has peeled over the years.

Yep, I'm going with Jade green. Looks so much better, almost a shame to scuff it all up for weathering!

Looks good. What flame decals are you looking for? I have some blue flame decals from the AMT Buick and Mercury custom option if you want them.

Yeah, a little bit. Looks a lot paler on the real car. A vinyl roof might work, it would take the eye away from all that green maybe. I'll have to have a think on this. If I go with this green I'll do a vinyl roof, if not, I'll paint the whole car Jade Green, a colour I nearly went for earlier.

hmm, I'm not really digging this colour. Looks more suited for a military vehicle?

Very nice, I love the old Landys. My dads uncle ran a farm and he had many different variations of these. Good memories.

One of the nicest paint jobs I've seen on this forum, I love that colour! The car just looks amazing, very well done.

Got the primer coats on, black first then this red oxide colour. I'm going with this green I picked up on offer. If it doesn't look right, I'll paint it some other colour over the top of it and say it was repainted at one time which will show through when I do the weathering. I'll either do a black interior or white.

It's possible they made a whole new mould for the two door and repurposed the old one for this.

Wouldn't be the first time! xD