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1970 1/2 AMT Camaro

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Hey guys just finished this one up. Tried a new paint method on this one. Used Folkart acrylic craft paint thinned with future and then cleared with future as well. The car is more or less box stock. I lowered the car, wheels are from my parts box, shortened the rear axle for some wider wheels and tires in the rear, spark plug wires and flocked the interior. Overall I'm happy with how this came out. Hope you all enjoy! 

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nice paint coverage for your 1st time using Folkart acrylic. I've tried using it for my interior work and still haven't mastered it. will try airbrushing next.

Color looks nice too

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Really nice model of my favorite generation Camaro.  The hood on yours fits a lot better than mine did!

thanks! Yea I did notice the hood was off a bit out of the box, did some sanding and it evened out ok.

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Very interesting painting method! I'm not ready to give up my beloved enamels yet, but I'm listening....

I don't exactly have a "set" method yet. I'm still very new to modeling and still experimenting what works for me. But I must say I was quite impressed with the way the craft paint laid down. Next time I use craft acrylics I think I'm going to try a different clear coat, future was a bit tricky for me and I think I just had some luck on my side the day I cleared it haha. Next model up will be a testors enamel 50:50 with laquer thinner. I guess time will tell how well craft acrylics hold up. 

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Looks fantastic and I love the color! One naive question that I am sure is covered in other topics...how did you light this for the photos? I've been building forever but only recently have I tried taking pictures, and they are always really dark, no matter the (sometimes hilarious) ligniting setups I try. Your pics are so sharp and bright, I hope you don't mind my asking. Again, though, great build!

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Looks fantastic and I love the color! One naive question that I am sure is covered in other topics...how did you light this for the photos? I've been building forever but only recently have I tried taking pictures, and they are always really dark, no matter the (sometimes hilarious) ligniting setups I try. Your pics are so sharp and bright, I hope you don't mind my asking. Again, though, great build!

thank you for the compliment but you are going to be very surprised, the lighting is just normal house bulbs that are on the ceiling, no special setup just average home light. The background are old white shelfs, and the photos are simply taken on my iPhone. No secret here! I set up on the floor under a light on the ceiling. Hope this helps!

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Pretty nice overall... but body-color wipers? Really? :blink:

well, the hood covers them when the car is on the shelf , and I got a little lazy. ?  worse things can be left out.

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