Thanks Bob! The Polaris submarine, Blue Angel, X-15, John Deere tractor, and Big Boy are already posted in "All the Rest". You may have to go back a few pages to find them all.
Thanks, Bruce! The Polaris submarine, Blue Angel, X-15, John Deere tractor, and Big Boy are already posted in "All the Rest". You may have to go back a few pages.
Thanks, Kurt!
Without realizing it, I built a lot of models this year. I'm gonna have to build some more display space! In addition to the vehicles pictured below, I also built:
Polaris submarine
F-18A Blue Angels
P-40
X-15
P-51B
PBY Catalina
P-38
John Deere 4040 tractor
Big Boy 4-8-8-4 locomotive
And these vehicles:
I tried mixing Pearl Ex with regular paint and it didn't work. There was no metallic/pearl effect at all. If you mix Pearl Ex with clear, and spray it over your color coat, you can get some very nice effects. "CrazyJim" has posted some models on this forum showing this technique.
I routinely mix Testors Silver and Gloss Black to get a darker silver color, that works fine. I have never tried it with any color other than black. This is Testors Silver with some Gloss Black in it:
Thanks, guys. I checked out the resin body and it says to use the Revell Del Ray as a donor. I think I would be inclined to just alter the Revell body.