retired & glad Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 Let me explain. I finished a 1941 Plymouth today and if you stand back 5 ft. it looks pretty good. Any closer and you can start seeing how bad my painting is. I didn't sand much on the primer and it shows. hahahahaha.Richard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super28 Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 Stand back 5 feet and take a pic and post it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JollySipper Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 What paints and primer are you using? The reason I ask is maybe you could get better results (which I'm sure it looks fine), with a different paint.Since I've switched to Dupli-Color stuff I get a lot better finish than with say, enamels........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retired & glad Posted July 19, 2017 Author Share Posted July 19, 2017 Well here is what it looks like but a little closer than 5 ft. I can only use acrylics now and the primer was Rustolium to start. That mistake went into the purple stuff. Got most of it off. I reshot it with vallejo black surface primer and it is my first time using this primer. Not bad but not perfect. Richard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plastic trucker Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 I think it looks pretty good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super28 Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 Looks good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bismarck Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 I think it looks pretty good.Yep. I think so too.? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamsuperdan Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 What's wrong with that?! I think that looks just fine! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retired & glad Posted July 20, 2017 Author Share Posted July 20, 2017 Thanks all. Inexpensive acrylic paint is about all I use anymore. I have to thin it a lot to shoot it with the airbrush. Next one will be better. I didn't spend enough time with the primer sanding and it shows up close. Top coat is Future. I've had the bottle of Future for years and still have a half bottle left. I need to play with the vallejo primer and get it a little thinner for a smoother coat.Richard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoopdog Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 Looks pretty darn good to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowboy rich Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 Looks good where I'm sitting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinfan5 Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 Dont feel bad, ive built plenty that look decent in photos or from a distance, up close, the paint job does not looks so good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daddyfink Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 Looks good and thanks for taking a decent pic of it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Anderson Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 Something worth keeping in mind: Before DuPont & GM introduced acrylic lacquer, all lacquers were "nitrocellulose" which did not keep a shine very long at all, wearing away in the process, due as much to weather as any polishing. This was especially true with early metallics--those dulled out very quickly, even when well waxed.Your '41 Plymouth, as it stands in your pic, looks (to me) far more realistic than you might think--it's pretty danged nice!Art Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigTallDad Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 I used to date a five foot model. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eshaver Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 Something worth keeping in mind: Before DuPont & GM introduced acrylic lacquer, all lacquers were "nitrocellulose" which did not keep a shine very long at all, wearing away in the process, due as much to weather as any polishing. This was especially true with early metallics--those dulled out very quickly, even when well waxed.Your '41 Plymouth, as it stands in your pic, looks (to me) far more realistic than you might think--it's pretty danged nice!ArtArt, as a former Earl Schieb painter , that is why we used Enamel. Even the "Diamond Lustre" paints were Enamels .... Oh, they weren't 39.95 . They began at 49.95 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belugawrx Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 I like it,..A little wash on the wheels,..maybe a black pin wash, for welting over the fenders...Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JollySipper Posted July 21, 2017 Share Posted July 21, 2017 I used to date a five foot model.Double entendre? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XJ6 Posted July 21, 2017 Share Posted July 21, 2017 Let me explain. I finished a 1941 Plymouth today and if you stand back 5 ft. it looks pretty good. Any closer and you can start seeing how bad my painting is. I didn't sand much on the primer and it shows. hahahahaha.RichardStill laughing, 5' Model yep have a few of them...Thanks for the laugh.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retired & glad Posted July 21, 2017 Author Share Posted July 21, 2017 I used to date a five foot model.Ray, in highschool I dated a midget a couple of times. I'm not but 5'9" and the top of her head was about just above my stomach. Her parents were normal size and her sister was also a midget.Richard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D. Battista Posted July 21, 2017 Share Posted July 21, 2017 I used to date a five foot model. that made me laugh ....! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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