Revell '53 Chev Panel gasser

[Farmboy]

Finally got her done.  Learned a few 'do not's ' and tried a few different things.  The paint is $1.00 craft paint airbrushed by mixing with windex.  I mixed a few shades of orange and a couple of grey/white.  The black was masked and done with 2 or 3 light coats of black to prevent running.  The interior has belt guides on the racing seat made from wire, a wood strip floor in the rear and a roll bar added from a Nova kit.  The wheels were tubbed, the front lower part of the body removed, the moon tank scratch built, front suspension rebuilt to lower the front end stance, and wheels from the parts box.  Front frame stiffners were scratch built, 429 was from another kit, and the headlights have a chrome ring added using chrome furnace tape.

Comments and observations welcome

[vintagercr]

Cool!

[Belugawrx]

Wicked paint job!!!

Engine bay looks great!

Cheers

[Yahshu]

Very nice

[Farmboy]

Thanx much.  it was an....educational... build.   lol

[Ace-Garageguy]

I like it. Putting a really wild paint job on one of these things is probably the best idea out there, as the body has so many unfortunate problems. Your other modifications look good too. I especially like that fuel-injection manifold. Do you happen to remember which kit that engine / manifold is from?

[Farmboy]

Ace, the manifold in particular came from an old Revell '50 Austin coupe. I added linkage and fuel lines to complete it.

[PARTSMARTY]

That is so cool-I love it-your originality and thinking out of the box is awesome !!!

[Lunajammer]

[geetee66]

The paint job really suits it!

Mixing craft paint, with Windex? That sounds like alchemy! You got good results, by the look of it.

[Farmboy]

Geetee, I assure you the Windex mix is the 'I give up' part of the mix chain. I tried alcohol, (rubbing and denatured), olive oil, water and dishwashing liquid.... I read and tried just about everything I read of how the 'best' way was to spray craft paint. One day, cleaning my airbrush with Windex after a Future session with food coloring, I thought...why not? So far, it's the best I've found. Doesn't clog (so far)/ sprays predictably and evenly and cleans up nice. Works for me.

Edited December 16, 2016 by Farmboy