mchook Posted May 11, 2019 Posted May 11, 2019 Calling it finished. Nothing great, just a rebuild of an old kit. I built the wrecker boom, added a newer engine & some other goodies from a 96 Firebird kit that was laying around.
redneckrigger Posted May 12, 2019 Posted May 12, 2019 Excellent weathering on the paint...............................looks perfect!
DaveP Posted May 12, 2019 Posted May 12, 2019 I quite like the wrecker boom and its weathering, looks authentic to me, well done.
misterNNL Posted May 12, 2019 Posted May 12, 2019 Outstanding realism and details. Thanks for sharing.
NOBLNG Posted May 18, 2019 Posted May 18, 2019 What they all said! One of the nicest weathering jobs I've ever seen.
Rusty92 Posted May 20, 2019 Posted May 20, 2019 I think the wheels work surprisingly well. The whole build is cool.
DRIPTROIT 71 Posted May 24, 2019 Posted May 24, 2019 I'm going to have to get you to give me a class on weathering. Great work as usual!!
mchook Posted May 25, 2019 Author Posted May 25, 2019 On 5/23/2019 at 10:06 PM, DRIPTROIT 71 said: I'm going to have to get you to give me a class on weathering. Great work as usual!! Thanks guys for all the great comments. My way of weathering is really more laziness than technique. I usually rebuild old buildups I get from ebay or swap meets. The good part about that is sometimes they're painted & I don't strip them. I never know what kind of paint someone used before me so I just lightly layer some red oxide primer, flat black & new paint color right over top. I always get cracked paint or it wont stick well in spots so I end up with a crappy paint job and that's just what I'm looking for. I don't even wait for the paint to harden that good, I use an old foam sanding block (dollar store nail fine) to get through the layers and chip and scratch the paint with a toothpick. If I sand too deep & hit the plastic or find a spot that the paint wont stick well I use "sophisticated finishes rust". I wish I had taken a picture of this before I redid it. It was blue, red, green, purple candy with spear style scallops on the nose and the chrome painted yellow. It looked like a clown & unicorn puked on it.
Dominik Posted June 13, 2019 Posted June 13, 2019 sure..."nothing great..." you're kidding! On 12.05.2019 at 3:02 AM, redneckrigger said: Excellent weathering on the paint...............................looks perfect! agreed! it Looks awesome and so real!
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