70 Sting

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Thank you Mario… from one photo guy to another. ?

Thanks Ryan! Here is a photo of my setup: There's more equipment above than average hobbyist might have, however, the same effect can be achieved with items from around the house or a trip to Michaels. The soft box can be replaced with a desk lamp placed above a couple sheets of tracing paper, a white pillowcase, shower curtain etc. to soften/diffuse the light. The key is to place the diffusion material relatively close to the model. Experiment by moving the lamp closer and farther away from the diffusion material to see the effect on the car. You will likely have to block light from the lamp from hitting the background - try placing some black construction paper behind the light (opposite the camera). Also try rolling out more paper (moving the background farther away) to get a nice gradient effect. A more basic point-and-shoot camera will work nicely, too. Just put the camera in Manual mode and adjust the shutter speed, aperture, ISO until it looks good on the screen. Bracket your exposures - try a few that look brighter and few that look darker as they may look different on a computer screen. You can use a cellphone camera but it would be best if you can manually adjust the exposure. There are apps that allow manual control of the camera but you should be able to adjust it by tapping on the screen and adjusting the slider controls. Hope this helps :^)

Thanks Jim. Someone has been digging through older post here. There have been a few I've missed as well. 8^)

Thanks Steve. ? Pretty sure Aqua Gloss is acrylic based. Bottle instructions say to rinse immediately after use with warm water. The product is designed to coat/protect/enhance their lacquer chrome paint - I assume it is water based so it will not react/tarnish their lacquer. It also states that Aqua Gloss can be used to coat airplane canopies - something Pledge/Future is used for. The rims were sprayed with a couple coats of Tamiya Smoke X-19.

Nice looking machine. 2 tone paint is great.?

Clean build, paint looks great. ?

Looks really nice to me. Your issues don’t show and that was a nice save with the wheels.

Appreciate it Dan. ?

Thanks Dan. When I first saw that colour being tested by a YouTuber I knew I had to try it on something. Looking back on this build, I kinda wish I’d done something different with the wheels.

Well now, that looks very nice! I’ve heard of fit/ride height issues with these kits… certainly not seeing it here. Nice to see it other than white.?

Gorgeous car. Great mods. Very fine work on the trim.?

Very nice build sir.

That makes 100% sense. I did place the car in the dehydrator after each wet coat for about an hour... in hindsight that probably made zero difference. I have used their clear once before but thinned with Tamiya X-20A. As I recall it was also very slow drying.

Thanks Bainford. I usually remove tape within a half hour after painting. It did take a long time to mask around the door handles, wipers, rear emblem and trim. I'd say the tape was easily on for 10 to 12 hours. I can tell you the damage it caused happened well within that time as I had to remove a piece that had only been in place for a couple hours! I did not put the masked car in the dehydrator... I made that mistake once in the past.

Wow that's sharp!

One of best builds of that kit that I've seen. Great colour and choice of wheels/ride height.?

Very much like what you did with this build. The finish looks top notch! ??

Good evening, Completed and photographed AMT's '63 split window Corvette. I understand it's a bit of a cliché kit, however it was the first go at it for me. :^) This version was moulded in white, had plenty of flash, but went together relatively well. The main issue was the glass - it's one solid piece and I found I had to compromise a little with front-rear fit. With this build my intention was to focus on a decent candy paint job, forego the engine and build it as a curb side. Paint is Tamiya X-27 Clear Red over Tamiya LP-62 Titanium Gold then clear coated with Tamiya X-22. I replaced the kit wheels with Pegasus Daggar's Chrome. What I learned 1. Tamiya tape may not play well with X-22 Clear. I know X-22 has the reputation of taking a long time to dry, but I thought 10 days, including many hours in a dehydrator would have been enough. Not the case as you can see in the photo below. At first I thought it was glue residue left behind but the tape actually crazed/reacted with the paint. There were so many layers of X-27 that I wasn't too concerned with burning through so I sanded it down with a 3000 grit sanding sponge and recoated with X-22. 2. Applying too many layers of paint made it difficult, impossible to dry brush the raised script and use panel liner to fill in the recesses in the 2 hood grills. Enjoy the rest of the weekend!

Exceptional work. ?

Very clean build.?

That looks great. You made excellent choices with your mods. ?

Yes it was the 1K Clear. I have not tried their 2K system - I understand this dries rock hard and is easier to polish? I do like Mr. Color GX 100. For acrylic paint, Tamiya X-22 is really nice as well, however you have to leave it for like a month to fully harden.? The body does look a little plain without the stripes. I didn’t care for the Italian stripes as they seem a little out of place to my eye. The red ones would definitely have added interest and I planned on including them at the start of the build. After my disappointment with the fit issues I wasn’t prepared to battle all those tiny red stripes on the tires and the edges of the splitter fins. I knew the way things were going I’d get halfway through and tear or wreck some of them.

100% agree. I feel I’m still in the early stages of this hobby and trying to narrow down my favourite tools, paints, supplies and perhaps more importantly, techniques.

Beautiful ?