Zippi
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First time wet sanding so looking for advise. I painted a couple spoons the other day with a couple coats of Rust-Oleum Flat Black, then 5 coats of Anita's Glossy Black Acrylic paint, then shot 5 coats of Rust-Oleum Cear Gloss over that. I wet sanded this morning using 2000, 4000, 8000, 12000 grit sand paper then rubbed it down with some Meguiar's Liquid wax. Does it look there is still some orange peel in the paint? Did I not wet sand enough?
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Always love the Gassers and your looks great. I'm looking at getting a 41 Willys to build really soon.
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I always like the Gassers since I grew up watching them race in the 60;s.
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Good lookin build. I like the color.
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Turned out pretty kewl looking.
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Welcome. From the look of your nice painting skills it looks like you've done this a time or two.
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11 hours ago, TransAmMike said:
Actually Bob, since it was one of my early builds after returning to the hobby, it was painted with Krylon rattle can gloss black and not even clear coated. I too use the Meguires Ultimate.
Mike, I'm going to try and paint my Chevelle this afternoon weather permitting and if my paint comes out close to yours I'd be satisfied at this stage of the game. I see your from middle Tennessee, My son lives in Franklin?
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Coming along pretty nice there Dennis.
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1 hour ago, John1955 said:
What I so much wish is that they'd make Willys kits with an option to build them stock and the same for Kaiser Henry J kits. I did finally find some stock Kaiser Henry J's in 1/25th scale, but they are original dealer promos that I bought on ebay and although the body is surprisingly accurate and no warp at all, no interiors and just metal plates for the chassis.
Yeah that option for the Willy's would be nice. The old gassers in kit or about like the real gassers.....just fading away. The Henry J gassers were pretty kewl. The Big John Mazmanian AUSTIN GASSER “FOOTBALL” would be a pretty nice kit for Revell to come out with.
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2 hours ago, Deuces ll said:
That one was based off a real car that HOTROD did an article on... I think I still have the magazine....🤔🙄
I think your right Guido. Use to love seeing Stone woods & Cook go up against Big Jon Mazmanian. Two of the best.
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Nice idea Bill.
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Thanks for the info guys. Always learning.
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4 minutes ago, TransAmMike said:
Sounds about right. It will polish out nicely. So far I have never sanded a finish. I just use a high quality medium polishing compound to level it then liquid finish polish, but that just me.
So that Black Willys of yours was not wet sanded??? Man it looks good for just a polish job. Can't see any orange peel. I have some NOVUS 2 I was going to try after wet sanding then polish is with Meguiar's Ultimate liquid wax.
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1 minute ago, TransAmMike said:
Bob, it's actually the '41 Willys Street Rod Revell kit. Has the red and black car on the box.
Yup. I think the one I'm shooting for is the 41 Drag Coupe "Big John Mazmanian" kit.
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6 minutes ago, TransAmMike said:
Looks good to me Bob. It's the same system I will be using on my '55 Sedan. How many clear coats tho??
I think I put 3 light coats and let it flash 2 or 3 min then the last 2 coats I sprayed one after the other pretty heavy. It looks pretty slick with not much orange peel.
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6 minutes ago, TransAmMike said:
Pretty sure it's the Revell kit, the box is packed away. It is an out of box build, no mods other than the plug wires.
Dang dude it looks sharp. Can't wait to get the 41 kit. I just don't think at this point I'm good enough and I don't want to do the kit any injustices. Still need to hone my craft. The painting is my nemesis but I'm working on it.
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I did the spoon test today on the Anita's Glossy Black Arcylic paint I bought the other day at HL. I primed a couple spoons with Rust-Oleum 2X Flat Black primer and let them set for about an hour. I first started out with a couple light coats of the Glossy Black letting the paint flash between coats and worked my way up to 6 coats with the last 2 coats being pretty heavy. I let the spoons set for an hour. I then sprayed the spoons with 5 coats of Rust-Oleum 2X Gloss Clear because I had it on hand and couldn't wait for the Pledge I ordered to come in. I see no reaction to the paint and I think it came out pretty good and it hasn't even been wet sanded yet. That's something else new to me so I'll give it a try tomorrow. I have some 1000 up to 12000 grit. Any tips on wet sanding for the first time?
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I did a search and came up empty. Is there anything that can be done with the clear plastic headlights? Anything you guys are doing to make them stand out?
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4 hours ago, NOBLNG said:
How do I tag posts? I can’t find it in the “how to use this board” section.
When you create a post you can see the "Tag" function below the Title box. Just click on Choose.
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Mike, is that 40 Willys (Revelle or amt) box stock or is that a different engine and wheels? If so, what is the engine out of?
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Yeah you have the tri 5 experience. So what color you thinking?
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Looking good Mike. I love the 55 Chevy. I had a 55 and 57. The 55 has a more aggressive looking front grill. What color you going with?
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This is the 49 Chevy 5 window pickup my wife and I cruise around in.
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1 hour ago, TransAmMike said:
Friend of mine sent this picture from the Rod Run in Gatlinberg.
A bit extreme for me:
That's nice looking. Looks like that took a #15 shoe horn to get that engine in the business end of that Willow.
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Mike you could be right. Didn't even know you had to sand the color coat. Guess that's why I'm asking.