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Thanks for all the info fellows. Since I'm just painting it looks like I won't need to remove the chrome.

Bainford, Thanks for the info. Yup....I just wanted to prime and paint. Wasn't sure if the paint would stick to the chrome.

I have some Dawn Power Dissolver on hand. Anyone ever use this? I don't want to take the chance of screwing my parts up?

Got a little touch up painting in this morning. I saw someone online had drilled out the ends of the exhaust pipes so I thought I would do the same. I painted the inside semi gloss back. I'm cheap so I have my poor mans magnifying glass for the small detail work.

I've started on my second kit and I choose the Foose Ford FD-100 pickup. This is my second built in 50+ years and the first kit (amt 1950 Chevy 3100 Pickup) went ok but I have leaned from my mistakes and hopefully can do better on this one. This time around instead of using rattle cans which the paint comes out way to thick I bought a Paasche H airbrush. I've practiced a little with it but need more time with it. I have the engine put together to the point were I'm waiting on my pre-wired distributor from Model Roundup to come in.

Well Dave....I'm not trying to pick hard colors believe me ☺ The second pic was really for the truck as it just looks pretty kewl. I think I'm going to stick with the midnight blue and a little black when it comes time to paint. I bought some Tamiya X-22 clear gloss I'm going to shoot over it. This will be my first time spraying a body with my new Paasche H airbrush. Kinda got me a little nerves.

Thanks for the info. I put a BB in my 50 and built the 216 and just sat it in the bed.

Just to clarify fellows. I am not really wanting Midnight Blue, It's just what I picked up at Hobby Lobby since they didn't really have the color I wanted. Just thought I would mix the black with the Midnight Blue to see how it turned out. I'm just playing around with some colors and my new airbrush. If anyone knows what craft paint would be closer to what I'm looking for please give me your thoughts. On a side note....while looking for colors I came across this pic. Nice looking color and REALLY nice looking truck. Still not really sure if this is a model or full size???

Thanks for the heads up. This pic shows the color I was really wanting. Very good looking color.

Thanks for the tip Dave.

Well....I didn't have any windshield washer fluid so I tried Windex to thin the Ceramcoat. Seem to spray just like the Lacquer thinner did. I mixed a little black with the midnight blue hoping to darken it up a little. I sprayed this on wood so I know it's going to be different on the plastic body. It did come out a little darker but just not sure if this is what I want for my Foose 56 Ford. Still playing around with my new Paasche H. Not really planning on spraying the body any time soon. I'm going to stick with this thread since it's the one I started.

Yeah....it may not. I know that the lacquer thinner works well but I want to try the windshield washer fluid. It's raining today so I'll try tomorrow.

Haven't heard anything. Just got back from Hobby Lobby. Their Ceramcoat was on sale 40% off. I bought some greens, blue, and black. I'm going to mix a little black with the blue and greens to see if I can come up with a color for my Foose pickup.

Gotya. I'm cleaning my Paasche H with Lacquar thinner. I did buy some little Proxa Brushes that slip down the little hole pretty good.

Thanks. Does that have to be thinned to airbrush?

Charlie, Is that the Revell Aqua craft paint your referring to?

I'm in the same boat as far as getting away from rattle cans. I'm going to spray my next build with some Ceramcoat Acrylic paint which drys flat so I'll need to clear coat it and I want to use my new Paasche H airbrush that I just purchased. I'll be watching this thread.

I'll thin it with windshield washer fluid next time and see how it works. I need to make a trip to the hobby shop and pick up some eye droppers.

I thinned it with Lacquer thinner.

I'm calling it finished even though I still need to paint the metal strips in the bed.

Got my Paasche H airbrush last night. Hooked it up this morning to give it a try. I had some Ceramcoat paint so I thinned it with thinner. Took a few try's to get it spraying correctly but I think I finally have it close. I have my air pressure set to 25 PSI. I never change the PSI, I just worked on thinning the paint more. It sprayed the best when it was almost like water. I'll probably practice a lot before I attempt to spray my first kit.

Finally got my Paasche H airbrush in. I had an adapter so I could connect it to my shop compressor. I got it all hooked up and set the air pressure at 25 PSI, mixed up some Ceramcoat paint, and thinned it with Lacquer thinner. I was using the #3 tip that was already installed. I started out with the airbrush spitting out the paint so I figured it was to thick. Thinned it down a couple more time until it seem to start laying down a good pattern of paint. I had to thin the paint until it was almost like water. I assume that's how it needs to be since it was spraying pretty good. I'm going to practice with it a lot before I try and spray my next truck which it the 1956 Foose truck.

Once I got the suspenion dropped to look like my full side 49 the tires and wheels looked better. Since this was my first build in 50+ years I have made my fair share of mistakes. I guess it's a good thing as I know what not to do on the next build. I should have started off with a straight build and not so many modifications. I had to ditch the suspension and use straight steel axles to get it to really drop down. I also could not get the corner windows to fit at all so glued them in the best I could but I don't line them. The windsheld was going great until I touched it with some glue. Well....like I said, this is a learning cure for me. I also swapped the straight 6 for a V8 and I'm trying to shoe horn it in but I think I have it. I'll have to leave the fan blade off though. Here's what I have so far. Done beat me up to bad fellows.