damodelguy az Posted February 15, 2018 Posted February 15, 2018 really like the flames, i need to try that, real fine finish work on this 55
Peter Lombardo Posted February 15, 2018 Posted February 15, 2018 Oh yeah, great looking flames! Nice job.
Dave Darby Posted February 15, 2018 Posted February 15, 2018 Looking great! What paint did you use on it?
Codi Posted February 15, 2018 Posted February 15, 2018 Very beautiful build Guy. The details you put into the interior match are just phenomenal as well. The assembly and execution are particularly clean throughout. Congratulations! cheers, tim
donb Posted February 15, 2018 Posted February 15, 2018 On 2/10/2018 at 7:54 PM, Flatout said: Beautiful 55 Guy...great color combo and the interior is especially nice. Love the chrome window garnishing in the interior, a popular mod on tri 5's in the day. Very clean work? Oh yeah!
Jantrix Posted February 16, 2018 Posted February 16, 2018 Wow. Very impressive. Your detailing is top shelf. I've seldom seen badging and scripts done so cleanly. The metal ring on the steering wheel is perfect. What did you use?
Anglia105E Posted February 16, 2018 Posted February 16, 2018 Although I specialise in British motor car models of the 1950's, if I was building American cars of the 1950's it would be the '55 Chevy Bel Air that I would choose. You have certainly tackled some extensive chrome work there Guy and it's all good. I like the Bare Metal Foil and it is my product of choice, but just recently I have had some very good results using Molotow Liquid Chrome pens. Of course, you need to use BMF on larger areas of the car and the Liquid Chrome pens are more suited to finer detail work, such as windscreen surrounds, narrow moulding strips and lamp bezels. Your Chevy interior is exceptionally well done and I wish I could achieve that standard. If you want to have a look at my topic in Dioramas it's called ' Hooper & Co Diorama ' which is 1:24 scale Rolls-Royce based. David Watson ( Derbyshire, England )
geetee66 Posted February 25, 2018 Author Posted February 25, 2018 (edited) Thanks very much, for your kind comments everyone. I really appreciate it. Dave, I don't know the brand of the paint. I got it from an automotive paint supplier. The white is a Seat colour: mica white. The purple is a custom mix, which I got them to mix for me. I couldn't believe how little I used, with an airbrush! The lilac shade is a mix of the two colours. Rob, the badges and horn ring were in the Detail Master PE set. I used to be able to paint these by eye, but I need a bit of magnification, these days! David, I used the Molotow pens on a couple of areas, because this sheet of BMF was one of the worst I've ever used. It kept lifting and refused to stick in some places. It could've been polish residue, ruining the adhesion. But I was very thorough with washing and prepping the surface, prior to the foiling. The Molotow pens saved the day! I discovered that you can also wick the chrome paint from the pen, with a fine brush. That way, you can go even finer than their 1.0mm pen ? Edited February 25, 2018 by geetee66
spencer1984 Posted February 25, 2018 Posted February 25, 2018 Love the color combo you used, this is a beauty!
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