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here's an update. for the side i wanted to do a celtic knot in green along the sides, but faded with chezoom teal. here's the first step, where i was laying down the lines for the knot. after paint - i left the edges a little rough in terms of straightness for a reason, you'll see what i mean. re-masked the lower half of the sides and the roof, getting ready for some more chezoom teal fade on the sides mostly done, lower mask removed (a little overspray will help the fade look. more pics in a sec

yep any time any build style curbside or not. it's for the entire year. so the more the merrier!

luke your paint skill is pretty amazing. looks great! here's a generic idea of what i'm thinking for a design on the 63. i was thinking instead of the lines on the teal design i'd make them a celtic knot pattern instead. i also plan on fading the bottom edge of the car in teal to tie it all together.

I got another part on the side of the car done (the 63). Right below the side trim, I did an over coat of aluma yellow pearl. The end result is a lime ice greenish gold which compliments the car. I'm still trying to figure out what to do with the side of the car above the trim. It's going to be Boyd's chezoom teal though. I'm thinking chevrons near the back, but drawing a blank with the rest. I'm going to play around in ms paint and see what I can come up with. Stay tuned (pun intended)

i forgot to take my 63 to work saturday to mask it off for the next color. but alas, it shall be done soon enough. for the 59, i'm really considering just a metallic silver with a pearl clear coat. i MIGHT do a pattern on it, but i'm not entirely sure yet.

pics of the 59.

I did some basic body work to the 59 and got it in metalizer aluminum plate for the primer. I just need to do minor touch up on the front to get rid of some flash that I missed. I plan on doing the car in silver with the fender skirts and the continental kit. The interior is going to likely be black with blue inserts.

I like the belair! Seeing the 70 impala makes me want to bust mine out too! Excellent progress guys. I am gonna hold off on the 70 though and focus on a 59 rag top

Luke you have a knack for black! I can't wait to see some fancy work from you

Sure thing, bill

I decided that the other mural will be a Celtic knot. Everybody is looking good, and yeah you can enter the stepside

and another mock up

as promised. The sides are going to have fades on the edges of the bottom half of the panels to clean them up a bit. i'll definitely liven it up a bit. I am doing the hood and trunk last because once i have the body done, it'll be easier to work on matching the paint designs. thanks for looking!

photobucket is having issues tonight. anyways here's some pics. i took the tape off completely and once it's all cured, i'll start doing some fading on some edges to smooth them out, and will add some other touches of different colors. two more pics up next as soon as

And here is the stance I am going to go with.

Alright so here's my update, pics from the iPad. I masked the areas that I wanted to keep the pearl green gold, and left the areas exposed that I wanted to paint the dark green pearl. I'm at work right now so the paint will have to be applied tonight when I get home. I did draw shamrocks on the tape and cut them out with the exacto. If you want to have a mirrored design, draw the design on the non sticky side of the masking tape, then lay down another piece on top of it with the sticky side up (tape it down if you have to) then trace the design with a pencil on the sticky side. Once it's drawn take it and flip it back over. This should give you the mirrored image. Anyways, here is some pics. If you guys need any clarification on anything, please ask and I will do my best to answer.

Microsoft Paint

Generic rendering of my plans for the roof Of course the paint will look a lot cooler.

i laid down my second green, which is slightly darker than the bright green pearl. it's a boyd color and reminds me of lime ice or something that has a hint of gold pearl in it. i didn't add any other pinstriping from the previous pictures. once this layer of paint completely cures, then i'll keep the masking strips in place, and add more on top. this keeps the bright green pearl lines masked and you don't have to worry about bleed through. i have about three more total colors to add to the mix. a dark green pearl, chezoom teal and aluma yellow pearl (to represent the gold)

Absolutely! Whatcha gonna build?

Nice job! The cool thing about the #11 trick is you can wedge little things of tape between the two and/or position it where you can adjust the width of the lines.

I am using tamiya tape. You don't have to cut perfectly straight because it will be thin enough to bend and curve. As far as designs, I will look to see what others have done with their paint schemes so I can get a rough idea on how they use the body lines. This is for both 1:1 and models. I create my patterns on the fly remembering the use of body lines used by others. For the most part I can see body lines and just get creative. With this model I will be making stencils with miniature shamrocks/clovers so I can integrate them into the scheme with the paint This works for both spray paint and airbrush. The part that is going to be difficult for me is figuring out how to airbrush the murals. I am going to have an evil leprechaun on either the trunk or hood but want to try another mural on the opposite. I'm just not sure what would look cool and tie the theme together. I do not want decals, as I want to challenge myself and try to get better. (not saying decals don't take skill, I am just challenging myself)

alright i'm in the second stage of what i will consider a complicated paint job. the roof is going to be my starting point. here's how i get the thin tape. you can take two #11 blades and tape them together. doing so will produce a gap between the two edges. i then lay down the tape on wax paper or the backing of what used to hold bare metal foil, making sure to make the strips longer than the section i plan on masking. i then measured the length of the inner edges of the rear window frame and windshield frame to find absolute center. using the thin tape that i had cut, i make sure to start by pressing the tape on one side, and pull on the tape so there's no slack, and bring it down in a smooth motion to the middle of the other side of the roof. don't tug too hard on the tape or it'll break. after i got the center strip in, i then eyeballed the other lines, starting to begin with an over all pattern. next was a couple strips on the rear pillars. i had to eyeball them to get them as close as possible on both sides. finally, i got to looking at it and thought the roof needed a little curve being the car is going to have some sort of leprechaun theme (thinking shamrock). so i came up with the final curve in the roof. in the end, the parts with the tape will remain the green that you see, and next will be the darker green, and masking will begin for that stage. pics will come when i get to that stage.

Going to try patterns tonight or at least the next green.

ok, started the painting process and will have pics of the process. started off by doing any/all body work, then primered with Tamiya white primer. Followed up with Model Master 1451 Aluminum Plate Metalizer paint After that was done, i proceeded to start painting the green, lightest color first of course. I put more emphasis on the roof because i want that area to be predominately that color, separating itself from the rest of the body but in the same color spectrum. you can tell the sides are a little lighter. while i was waiting for the body to cure i started messing around with the interior. somebody gave me a couple bucket seats. i'll be using that for the rear seat bench area and plan on making some sort of design around them so it's not just two bucket seats sitting on a bench seat. i'm removing the separating wall between the rear seat and the trunk so you can see through it. at least that's what i THINK i want to do. once my mind kicks in gear i'm sure i'll decide on what i want to do with that. if i turn those back seats into a bench seat (bench bucket seat!) then i'll make a rear wall area with an amp rack and speakers. this also shows that the top of the wheel wells will be able to handle some interior foam or felt and flow well with the rest of the interior. test fitting shows the trunk fitting great with the foam on the floor.