curt raitz Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 (edited) Don Grahamn throws a 2-day model contest at the Kalifornia Kustoms Kar show every Memorial Day Weekend in Santa Maria, California. I've never fancied building models of custom cars, but Don challenged us to give it a try. My buddy Raul Perez gave me a couple of lead sleds for this occasion, a Pontiac Bonneville and a Buick "Low-Rider" Riviera. I went with the Buick and wanted to do a "Panel Paint" job on it. Picked up some Pegasus wheels, fat tires out of the parts bin...sprayed the white walls on with a circle guide and Tamiya's white primer. The murals are decals glossed over with MM UltraGloss Clearcoat. I found out real fast, to be good at painting panels - it's gonna take a lot of practice!!! Well any way, here's the Buick: Well, anyway I gave it a shot... ​thanx for looking' Edited June 7, 2015 by curt raitz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drball Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 Dang that's good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hemi Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 I don't see anything wrong with it I'm but a lowrider guy but I like it you did a good job on it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72 Charger Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 Wow now that's cool . I wish my panel paint jobs came out as good as that . It takes practice and a lot of masking tape Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Teresi Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 Curt......"Wow" this may be your calling.......what a Bad A$$ Custom.......very cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High octane Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 Really good job on that Riv. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldscool Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 Wow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraman Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 That looks very nice ! Well done ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang1989 Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 This is wicked!!! "Wow" is all I gotta say! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Hamilton Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 Yeah Baby!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DumpyDan Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 Sooooo coooool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helix Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 Awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 Very sharp and impressive work.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hjracing Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 Wow! Awesome paint job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbill Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 sweet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominik Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 I like it! paintjob Looks awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyjim Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 Sweet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
om617 Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 Awsome paintjob. The artwork on the hood remind me of somthing Boris Vallejo could have done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonioseven Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 That's beautiful!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Foxx Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 Your first attempt , wow what a great job on this , really well done . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernard Kron Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 Yikes!!! Quite a "first shot". Looks great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burnout Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 That's really cool. The paint looks great. Where did you get the decal murals from? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mooneyzs Posted June 19, 2015 Share Posted June 19, 2015 Curt... Nice job on this one Buddy. Man it turned out Sharp!! Not sure how I didn't see this until now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Lombardo Posted June 20, 2015 Share Posted June 20, 2015 Looks like you have latent low-rider genes in there............great job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curt raitz Posted June 20, 2015 Author Share Posted June 20, 2015 Bernard, glad to see your still around Chris, ya I snuck one in on ya Ken, the mural is a decal I found browsing on the internet Peter, I do only live 25 miles from Salinas, CA thanx guyz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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