Hawk312

Thanks High Octane. Do you happen to have any experience with them and resin parts? Thanks!

I know this has been discussed to some detail before, but I getting requests and need to get a reliable process and vendor. Anyone been able to get this down and have reliable consistent results? Who are you using as a plating vendor for your resin parts. Same question for the kind of resin you are using.

Here is my take on it: It went together pretty well. I made no major adjustments on it. To back date it to a `87, the front and rear bumper as well as the rear spoiler will need to be changed. If you need the older style wheels, you can get them from the `85 Trans Am kit. I have been planning to do an older formula, but never got around to it.

Thanks everyone! Hope everyone else keeps posting their 2016 builds. I am loving those threads.

Thanks everyone! Actually, I clear coat before the decals. If the decals look dull/flat, sometimes I will brush Future over top of them, and sometimes I will apply a liquid wax. I have had really bad experiences clear coating over decals.

Very nice! Please post more pics. Is that the AMT kit?

X3! That`s about as perfect as they come. Your finishes are spectacular!

Since the year is about to wrap up and I am seeing the year end threads again, I thought I would post mine. All Nascar this year for some reason. I may have a completion or two to add soon if I have time.

Excellent work! I really like the Camaro. I don`t remember seeing a thread on it. Which kit is it? Can you tell us more about it?

1. Proportion issues, especially when it comes to tires and wheels. / 2. Not a "design" issue, but there are some subjects I`d really like to see that seem to largely ignored, and have been for quite a while.Subjects from the 70`s and 80`s are few and far between. I mean, why can`t we have a convincing and very nicely detailed `70-`73 Camaro, or `71-`72 Chevelle? Or a whole host of mid 70`s - early 80`s Camaros and Trans Ams? Yes, the real 1:1 were pretty weak at the time, but the `79 Camaro outsold every other year Camaro. Same goes for the Trans am, which to my knowledge, had it`s best sale year in `79. I`d also like to see some Mustangs from that time period as well. And we still don`t have a Firehawk.

Very nice, clean restoration. That engine looks flawless. Nice work on molding the part as well! I had to do something similar, but much simpler that what you had to do on yours. While I was restoring my `85, I lost one of the fender moldings. I took the one from the other side, made a mold, and cast the other one and even made a few spares.

WHOOOOAAA! That is a cool little truck. I know the 1:! is black, but that would look really good in any color. I will have to get a few of those!

I`ve had trouble in the past getting my resin parts chromed. Usually, they come out badly "pitted" and discolored, though I have had a couple come out nearly perfect. I am using the cheap Alumilite kit, so I am not sure if that is an issue. I don`t use any mold release agents. Has anyone been able to get consistent results from any plater? Thanks!

All done with spray cans. The blue stock car was done with Lowes Valspar and Rustoleum:

Excellent work! I really like the color. I posted it`s twin in the In Progress section.

VERY nice work!! I obviously love the color too. Hey look, it has a twin!! I think I used Model Master Custom Lacquer Dark Bronze Metallic for mine.

Very nice! I built one almost just like that one a while back. It could almost be it`s twin.

The green one above looks great!! Have you looked at Rustoleum Meadow Green? The color reminds me of the older Turtle Wax cans. Valspar Luscious Green also looks close to me, but maybe a little light. I have used both (Valspar and Rustoleum) on my Lowes Skinner and Wheaties Earnhardts cars with success.

I do a little with RC. I have several Sandhornets (Sand Scorcher body with Hornet chassis) and a Midnight Pumpkin or two. One of them has a 4800KV brushless setup, and I was running it with a 3s lipo. It pretty much just careened out of control until it hit something...not much steering. Anyway, try this one: http://www.rctech.net/forum/ It`s a pretty busy forum, especially the for sale section. I also like the Tamiya forum: http://www.tamiyaclub.com/forum/index.php?/ Hope this helps!

Thanks everyone! Lol yeah...and it only took me about 35 years.

Thanks!

Revell kit, Slixx (body) decals and again the awesome Power Slide tire decals. LOTS of artistic liberties taken again. As you can see the decals gave me a little bit of trouble, not because they were brittle this time, but because they were large and covered alot of area and bends. If I am going to keep building these, I need to get some setting solution. The kit itself went together very well this time, unlike the Lowes build. I used Duplicolor "Flash Red." I really like this color because it is a very deep "red" red...that is, it doesn`t seem to shift to Orange as much as other reds. But what do I know. Like an idiot, I put one front wheel on the back and vice versa. :idunno: Let me know what you think.

Has anyone found a consistent way to chrome resin cast parts?

Lots of great stuff here. I thought I already replied, but this is one of my favorites. I forget the underlying blue pearl color, but it was topped with 3 coats of red clear and lots of clear on top of that.

Thanks everyone! Here are the paints I used: