Jake-Off

Hey, I'm jake and im fairly new here, but i've got a question.... what do u use to wet sand and polish the model cars i can wet sand and buff a real 1:1 car but using the lacquer system im kinda scared to start sanding on it since the clear looks to lay down super thin even with 4 coats and my big buffer would melt the models in a second lol. i haven't really had to buff any of my models since i usually shoot them with car paint and i can get the clear to lay down pretty glassy, but since i haven't been able to use my automotive paint since lack of a shop now and air compressor, im stuck with the rattle cans again and my last model i brushed the paint on since it was all getting sanded down to look like it was just pulled from a junkyard lol and it was a fun build sinc i didnt have to worry about messing it up hahaha that charger looks great by the way.

thanks dude, but im prolly not gonna do anything too crazy with it.... this one im just building with what came in the box, but idk if im gonna use the big wheels tho. im not much of a fan for putting wheels bigger than 15 inch on any cars be them 1/24-5 or 1:1 but im working on two nostalgia hotrods at the moment and i needed a break from them i got quite a few projects right now, but since i dont have the cash or a place to start working on my 1:1 cars this winter the model cars will do, since i get alot of ideas for my 1:1 cars from the scale ones but i'll keep the photos coming just in case u or anyone else can get any ideas from my stuff

i have a bunch of 1/8th inch fine line, i put flames on alot of my buddies 1:1 cars and my own ratted out 51 chevy, but with the 1/16 fine line the edges r too tall which builds up alot. perfect for 1:1 cars but dont work well with the model cars this would be my 1:1 51 chevy rat, i did the flames after i put a green fender on it, after iola wi's swapmeet, and have done prolly about 10 flame jobs since july, everyone saw my car and wanted some flames... which i have a bunch of matrix system paint and clear that i got for free but thanks for looking man mucho appreciated

to be honest nothing really special, i picked up the fine line tape at my local hobby store. i belive its 1/16th in size and it rang up over 6 bucks for a tiny little roll. its meant for use on model cars, planes, trains etc... for paint i used the testors lacquer colors, which it really doesn't cover all that well. so i had to paint the whole model the green first, then i taped off the aera that i wanted to stay geen then painted the whole model orange, and then taped that off and so on. with each color i did a bunch of light mist coats so the build up along the edges wouldnt be too bad. but the best thing about doing a multi layer paint job like this is when it comes time to un wrap the whole thing after two days of work... and theres no clear on it yet.... not sure if im gonna add anything else to the paint i think that answers most of ur questions, i might have missed one or two, but i can try and find the package from the fine like masking tape and get back to u on that subject

well the start of the California wheels 66 wagon none of it has clear on it yet, since idk if i want to add anything else to the paint

i understand completely, i did the same thing with my junkyard gasser, and had the same problems. i was hoping that someone made real tiny rolls of different colored wire although i made mine too look messy but thanks anyways man, much appreciated

what did u use for the small loose wiring in the engine compartment awesome car tho but dont real baldwin motion novas have a white stripe on the hood, i cant recall if there was one on the reall motion car my step ma's cousin restored, i should know this since im a baldwin motion freak, and love the fact that they now make the motion models, now they just need to make nickey chevy's

thanks. well i took a potty break and well good old double ply toilet paper came to the rescue in more than one way i just split the plys and painted the one layer tan and the other that blue, and alot of the floor is cigarettes ashes, since i smoke alot while im trying to figure out cool ways of doing things

thanks man. i was looking at some of yours. i gotta say outta the bunch the mooneyes truck is one awesome car man, turned out nice. but my gasser was the first to go to the extremes i have with it, and im still not done. i was in kind of a hurry to get it done so soon after i finish my two hot rod builds i'll get back to the gasser. just a few things like making the throttle cable actually hook up to the pedal, make better brass blocks for brake lines and fuel lines, and i have to weather the dashboard and front door jambs. just a few odds and ends to tie up, but im really happy with how it turned out....and at the world of wheels when the models were judged it was me and three others going up for best paint, i only got interior and the basic thanks for entering ya kno. my brother asked why i didn't get the best paint and they said "they couldn't describe it, and many of the other cars have 8 layers of paint" he replied with "his model does as well, and u can see every ###### one" , but to be honest weathering a model is so much easier than doing a nice show paint job, cuz if u mess up it don't matter. unlike with a nice clear job. i've stripped models down plenty of times just for it to end up a parts car hahaha

11 grand for buy it now... wow my 51 and my daily wouldnt even pull that much.... he sniffed too much glue while building that... could u even get insurance for that...wow

Well this is my first post on this here site, and this is my only finished model from my entire 19 yrs of life. I always end up sacrificing models for other models well heres my 54 chevy gasser i built for world of wheels model contest this past January. figured id enter something different i have more which will be up in a lil bit