Dr. Cranky

Well, how did you do the paint? Did you use templates? Very cool.

I like that, instead of dog years we get clocked with styrene years!

Thanks for the eye candy, Leonard. It looks like it's held up all these years . . . it's still a nice looking model. Great color too. Welcome and we hope you stick around and share more of your work.

Or you can do something interesting by filling up the space where the tire goes and I don't know, just make it smooth . . .

The other thing I've been looking into are these nail airbrush artists who work with lacquers too and they paint some amazing stuff on ladies' plastic nails. I've seen them buff the raw plastic to a shine, then paint, and clear without any problems . . . so there's something to be said about working with naked styrene . . .

Thanks, Donn. Yes, I've been adding a little extra thinner just to make it flow better. Even though I am loving all this shiny paint, I still have RUST running in my blood. I just can't help it!

Thanks, David. I heard it too while I was working on it!

Steve, what color (s) are you thinking of painting this one in?

Oh boy, here comes more eye candy. Another great project in the works, John. Looking forward to the Step-By-Step. Take your vitamins.

Greg, I have already seen it about a dozen times. I confess I have short term memory (not to mention I am also OCC) and I watch it before I do a paint job every time. LOL, I meant, OCD . . . I guess OCC is OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVELY CORRODED!

Sorry, cousin it is. He should buy you some new paints.

What Donn said, 2 to 1. Sometimes I confess I add a little extra if it still looks a little thick. Most of the time it works like magic. The other thing I will say is to keep your airbrushes super clean and ready. Which is why I bathe them between paint jobs in my sonic cleaning machine.

I guess the older we get the more patient we become! Something like that, then again, I tend to paint 4-6 bodies at a time, so there's always something already done I can start building.

I have to confess, Donn is braver than I am. He uses metallizer paint as a primer. I tried one of the 32s and it works just fine. But I use Plastikote out of habit just to be sure. I have a dehydrator but I've learned to be patient and wait the 3 days it takes for the paint to totally gas out.

Nice going, hope you will keep sharing your work with us.

That's what I've been trying to say, the thing works beautifully.

Looking good, can't wait to see more.

LOL, and by that you mean . . . .?

All right, chaps. You know I've been using HOK and AUTO AIR COLORS for quite some time, then I clear coat with DuPont Acrylic Clear (right out of the can) and for years I've gotten consistent good to excellent results. Well, you know the story, I got Donn Yost's videos and he got me hooked on using Testor's enamels thinned with cheap (cold) lacquer thinner and today I had an epiphany when I went to sand and buff two of the four 32 Ford bodies I painted before THANKSGIVING. I went to the kitchen sink (where I get the best light) and I thoroughly inspected the bodies and I could not believe my eyes. For the first time in a long time, I did not need--I repeat, DID NOT NEED--to do anything to the body. The paint looked in scale and mirror smooth. Amazing shine. Needless to say, I am very pleased and will continue to paint using this system. Again, thank you DONN YOST!

I'm sure you'd build a couple of jewels, Bill.

I like it, it's going to be a very unique model, which is what you are after.

Wonderful graphics. Nice build.

Seriously, I keep coming back to admire the pictures. You have a wonderful sense of shot and composition. I am wondering if you'd care to share a few more pictures with us. Thanks in advance.

I just got a couple of copies of the kit.

Oh man, I don' know how I missed this one, Jim. Great work. Love all the chassis details, etc . . . nice paint too. Now you've got me wanting to build another one of these 41 Willys, gasser style.