jjsipes Posted February 10, 2017 Posted February 10, 2017 Got a couple of 71 Chargers started. Need to get some good weather to do some priming. First one will be Triple Green with Sherwood Green paint , green vinyl top, green interior. Need to come up with some green for the vinyl top and interior yet. Got the Sherwwod Green from Scale Finishes. The second one I was planning on Hemi Orange with a White vinyl top and white interior but, am wondered with bleed through of the orange plastic. Worried about bleed through with the Orange plastic though. Why mold a model in Orange or Red? Was surprised to the Orange plastic is actually a metallic (Dirty Donny kit). Used .040" half round plastic to replicate the vinyl top trim on both.
GMCMAN52 Posted February 10, 2017 Posted February 10, 2017 looks like a great start and two kool colors
426-Hemi Posted February 10, 2017 Posted February 10, 2017 LOVE the Hemi Orange idea! Black trim on that car OR Hemi Orange & White trim be good too! Chrome without question as well....
RestoModGuy Posted February 10, 2017 Posted February 10, 2017 I've used duplicolor Adhesion spray to block plastic color from bleeding through on light colors. You can buy it at most any autoparts store.
Custom Mike Posted February 11, 2017 Posted February 11, 2017 Jason, get a can of Dupli-Color Primer/Sealer and you'll have no bleed-through, I used it on the Revell '77 Monte Snap kit (Molded in red), painted it with some Pearl Green nail polish and a White vinyl top, and it came out with zero bleed-through.
espo Posted February 11, 2017 Posted February 11, 2017 Great job on creating the vinyl roofs. I remember someone else here asking the same question about bleed thru on color plastic. One of the suggestions was to use silver paint and then primer the body and prosed from there.
High octane Posted February 11, 2017 Posted February 11, 2017 Got a couple of 71 Chargers started. Need to get some good weather to do some priming. First one will be Triple Green with Sherwood Green paint , green vinyl top, green interior. Need to come up with some green for the vinyl top and interior yet. Got the Sherwwod Green from Scale Finishes. The second one I was planning on Hemi Orange with a White vinyl top and white interior but, am wondered with bleed through of the orange plastic. Worried about bleed through with the Orange plastic though. Why mold a model in Orange or Red? Was surprised to the Orange plastic is actually a metallic (Dirty Donny kit). Used .040" half round plastic to replicate the vinyl top trim on both. Bleed through from the colored plastic? No problem as I spray the colored plastic first with Tamiya Silver Leaf, then my primer coats, and then my color and clear coats. So far while doing this I've never had any plastic colors bleed through my paint jobs.
426-Hemi Posted February 11, 2017 Posted February 11, 2017 I've have yet to have an issue with bleed through using good old fashioned Wal-Mart gray primer first.....
jjsipes Posted February 20, 2017 Author Posted February 20, 2017 Painting has been started. Started with the Hemi Orange first.
426-Hemi Posted February 20, 2017 Posted February 20, 2017 Jason,That Hemi Orange looks GREAT!!!!!! NICE Work man, thats gonna be KILLER on that '71 Charger R/T!!!!
Ron Hamilton Posted February 21, 2017 Posted February 21, 2017 You are a man after my heart with those!!!!
72 Charger Posted February 21, 2017 Posted February 21, 2017 Super paint its very bright. Watch out for the chassis being to long ! the front wheels will touch the fenders.
jjsipes Posted February 23, 2017 Author Posted February 23, 2017 (edited) Got it cleared and then taped up to spray vinyl top. Used Testors White 2 step vinyl top paints. Just untaped and have tape marks in the clear after allowing it to dry for a couple days. Hope it will polish out. I used the gray body for the Hemi Orange with White Vinyl Top and will use the Orange molded body for the Sherwood Green Charger. I have that one primed, painted silver for a blocker of the Orange plastic. Edited February 23, 2017 by jjsipes
jjsipes Posted February 24, 2017 Author Posted February 24, 2017 (edited) Got the 2nd body ready for paint. Primed with Tamiya Gray Primer, then painted it Tamiya Silver Leaf for a blocker, taped up the body and painted the vinyl top with Testors 2 step vinyl top system. I was hoping to get the vinyl top a little darker than the main body, reason for black vinyl top base, when I sprayed the whole body with Scale Finishes Sherwood Green. This is what I got. Not really what I was looking for but not to bad I guess. Edited February 24, 2017 by jjsipes
72 Charger Posted February 24, 2017 Posted February 24, 2017 I think all three look great Jason . The green one looks just like my 72 Charger
426-Hemi Posted February 25, 2017 Posted February 25, 2017 I agree it does look good! (and thats coming from a guy not all that fond of green cars in general) BUT, it looks GREAT!!! The Hemi Orange one is my favorite tho! (I favor the color) so...... Whats going in the 2 of them for power plants? The kits 440? or you have other ideas on the engines?
jjsipes Posted February 26, 2017 Author Posted February 26, 2017 The Hemi Orange one will have the 440 kit engine but the Green one I got a resin air grabber hood and buckets resin parts from Harts Parts so Ibwill try and scavenge up some Hemi parts for it.
jjsipes Posted March 3, 2017 Author Posted March 3, 2017 Got some interior work done. Got the white painted, carpet black with embossing powder, got the green painted and the carpet dark green with embossing powder.
426-Hemi Posted March 3, 2017 Posted March 3, 2017 Lookin' good Jason! Keep going man, that interior looks GREAT so far!
jjsipes Posted March 10, 2017 Author Posted March 10, 2017 Got some more work to do the wood trim but getting the door panels close to being completed. I think I might use these on the Green Charger for something different.
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