Zippi
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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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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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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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*Making Headlights Look Better*
Zippi replied to Zippi's topic in Model Building Questions and Answers
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*Making Headlights Look Better*
Zippi replied to Zippi's topic in Model Building Questions and Answers
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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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Yup. I think the one I'm shooting for is the 41 Drag Coupe "Big John Mazmanian" kit.
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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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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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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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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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I brought this home with me from work after retiring last Fall and I use to use it to scribe plactic parts at work. I was a CMM programmer in the Quality department for an Automotive company. It now gets used to scribe panel lines.
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No biggy to me either. Just wondering if all three are in cahoots with one another.
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Mike.....what do you think of that Rust-Oleum/Testors logo?
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Out shopping with the wife most of the day but got a little detail work done on the front and rear suspenion. Went to a new flea market that just opened up called "Cowboy Jim's" and bought a new sign for the garage. Wife says I already have to many. What ever. Also went to my favorte store HL and picked up a couple bottles of Anits's Craft Paint. I noticed a lablel on the back of the bottles and I'm not sure what this means. Anyone know??? One of these could be going on the Chevelle. I'll do some spoon testing tomorrow. While at HL I now notice they have the Molotow Liquid Chrome Markers and in two different location in the store. I was just there the other day and they told me they don't carry that brand. HL needs to train the employees a little better.
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Maybe you fellows can help me out. I used the Tamiya black panel line accent to black wash the intake and transmission. I used it sparingly but it seemed to pool at the bottom of the intake. What's the trick to using the Tamiya as a black wash? I've been seeing some fellows on this forum using the aluminum metalizer spray paint and I really like the looks of it. It has a more realistic look vs doing a black wash. Anyone using the metalizer spray paint vs black wash? Pro's & Con's?
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Thanks fellows.
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Nice. Was that Testor or Model Master paint?
