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Well I am new here so thought i would post a build that i am doing right now the paint is almost done even thought i almost ruined it i forgot to glue the body peices together before painting painted the body and went to sit down and seen the parts sitting on the table and about cried my grandpa owned one of these in the 70s so its going to kinda be a copy of that car the paint color is testors light blue gloss spray can paint i hope i posted that picture right if not i will try to fix it so tell me what you think

 

 

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Cody, the body looks real nice in the photo, love the color , be careful putting on another coat of paint. 

I've made similar mistakes forgetting body parts, it's all part of the deal. :D

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Cody, the body looks real nice in the photo, love the color , be careful putting on another coat of paint. 

I've made similar mistakes forgetting body parts, it's all part of the deal. :D

not sure what would be the best way to do it there is just some light spots should it just paint them or do the whole thing?

 

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Looks like you're off to a great start still!  Since you are a new modeler, and difficulties find us all, remember this:  there is NO such thing as a perfect model, but the best modeler is the one who can hide, or distract ones eyes from mistakes, IMO. :)

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not sure what would be the best way to do it there is just some light spots should it just paint them or do the whole thing?

Can you post a photo(s) of the bad spots? That would help in diagnosing the problem(s) and how to fix them .

There are people on this forum far more knowledgeable about painting than I, maybe someone will post something if they know where the problem areas are, because from the photo you posted it doesn't really look bad. 

 

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Looks like you're off to a great start still!  Since you are a new modeler, and difficulties find us all, remember this:  there is NO such thing as a perfect model, but the best modeler is the one who can hide, or distract ones eyes from mistakes, IMO. :)

I'm inclined to agree with Dan.

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how do you guys do the inside of the bodys do you just leave them with what they are or paint them? also paint spots are fixed starting some work on the chassis now

 

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You'll get there Cody. Good to hear the bad spots are fixed. You can paint the inside of the body any color you like, a lot of people use a darker shade, some leave it the same color as the body , many use black , it's up to you. Depends too on what kind of car it represents, stock, drag, etc,...

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how do you guys do the inside of the bodys do you just leave them with what they are or paint them? also paint spots are fixed starting some work on the chassis now

 

back in the day i would tape up the exterior and shoot it with rattle-can spray paint. On my current build, I taped up the body and airbrushed the inside. 

On this model, I would do a black interior. I think it would look good with that body color.

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I will usually paint the headliner and door sills when I reach the primer stage but not the final sanding of the exterior body. After that dries I'll mask off the exposed interior and paint the interior of the body and inner fenders with a flat black where it will be seen and then masked . The wheel lip area and maybe areas around the bumpers that would be body colored are left uncovered. Then proceed with the body work and paint. After the exterior painting and clear is finished I'll remove the interior masking. There is usually a very thin ridge of paint around some window opening that has to be removed, but other than that it usually works well. 

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so sadly most progress has stopped as i dont have any brushes or paint to paint any of the other bits and being a broke college kid cant really just go out and get some either as much as i would love to so that kinda sucks thanks for all the help going to be going again as soon as i can will be going home from college this weekend so i should be able to pick so stuff up

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hey guys sorry i have not updated for a long time been pretty busy have decided to change my college major but have to wait so have been moving back home going up to get the last of my stuff tomorrow and will have my model kits again finally so hat means will be starting on this again.

thanks for all of your guys feed back

 

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