rv1963

Time to get this beater looking more like a beater, the entire body was first base coated with the same enamel red oxide primer as the hood, after it was dry I added blue to the hatch and white for the drivers door. The last 2 pics show close ups of the paint chips and scratches the large chips were made with a crappy stiff brush and water which I use to lightly scrub the surface, all the small chips were made by lightly scrubbing the surface with some 600 grit sand paper. The rest of the body still needs it's color coat and a lot more weathering to go, so far I am pleased with the results. All comments welcome.

Your build is really looking good.

Thanks Jim.

Thanks David, the best part of these beaters cars is that they are a lot of fun for me to work on.

Looking good Michael, I like the textured paint idea.

I am glad to hear it will be out in a few days, I have the digital subscription can wait to try it out.

Great work on the paint and engine details, I really like the way your doors open very interesting.

Time for a small update, did some weathering on the hood, in the first pic the hood has been given a coat of red oxide enamel primer after it dried I applied two coats of hair spray, in the second pic two very light coats of Vallejo Greyish blue and white were applied, in the last pic I used water and an old beat up paint brush to lightly scrub the surface to get the larger rusty paint chips to show, after that I used a very small piece of ripped foam to lightly apply 2 different enamel rust tones and the paint should almost be dry. I think so far I am pleased with the look. All comments welcome.

Thanks David, Working the body now.

Thanks Carl.

Outstanding work on all of those decals they look great.

Nice work on your Trans Am, paint and interior look great.

Past time for an update, couple of pics show the weathered engine, I did a black wash, some rust stains and added some texture and heavy rust to the exhaust manifolds than the entire engine was given a flat coat, I think it needs a good dusting still, next pic shows some mods to the the engine compartment, I modified the master cylinder for better detail and scratch built the rad support and hood latch area. All comments welcome.

I really like your build, it has a real sport truck feel with the painted trim and the turbo 6, well done.

Great work on your build, it's not easy getting all those carbon fiber decals to look that good.

I really hope you can fix that body, so far I really like your build, good luck.

Thanks Carl, next update will be weathering the engine.

Time for an update, got some engine work done. Lots of scratch built parts like the power steering pump and all the pullies, ignition coil, belts I didn't have what I needed so I made them. The engine is painted my version of GM blue its 3 parts Testors white 1 part Testors Ford & Gm light blue and a few drops of green. I have started to weather the engine will have an update on that soon. All comments welcome.

Thanks Alan, should be an update soon.

Wow that paint and those decals are amazing.

Nice clean build, very well done.

Two great builds nice neat and clean.

I agree your ride height looks much better now.

Stunning bit of model building you have there, there is nothing I don't like about your build.

Your engine details look good.