ChrisBcritter Posted January 21, 2020 Posted January 21, 2020 6 hours ago, Claude Thibodeau said: I broke the cowling at the base of the driver's pillar. NOTHING could glue it back! NOTHING: styrene, super glue, epoxy, whatever: dud. Did you try MEK, like for gluing Plastruct?
Claude Thibodeau Posted January 21, 2020 Posted January 21, 2020 26 minutes ago, ChrisBcritter said: Did you try MEK, like for gluing Plastruct? Hi Christopher! Yes I did, both acetone and MEK... But to no avail. Still a mystery to mer! CT
Snake45 Posted January 21, 2020 Author Posted January 21, 2020 17 hours ago, Claude Thibodeau said: I built a Pro=Touring out of a 68 Johan Javelin promo, and upon opening the hood by cutting with a scriber in the "seams", I broke the cowling at the base of the driver's pillar. NOTHING could glue it back! NOTHING: styrene, super glue, epoxy, whatever: dud. Now I am sad. I just got a '69 Javelin promo in a beautiful turquoise, very restorable except it's missing both A-pillars. They look pretty easy to scratchbuild, but.... Now I am sad.
Snake45 Posted January 21, 2020 Author Posted January 21, 2020 10 hours ago, Claude Thibodeau said: Hi Christopher! Yes I did, both acetone and MEK... But to no avail. Still a mystery to mer! CT How about methylene chloride?
Claude Thibodeau Posted January 21, 2020 Posted January 21, 2020 5 hours ago, Snake45 said: How about methylene chloride? Hi Snake! That, I haven't tried. Who knows? Is there a chemist in the room to guide us? On a side note, that Javelin you mention is the exact same car I made into a Pro-Touring. See the before and after pix below. Good luck with your project! CT
Snake45 Posted January 21, 2020 Author Posted January 21, 2020 Yours is a '68. I was wrong about mine. I bought two recently, and had them mixed up my head. The '69 is Bittersweet Orange and has two bent A-pillars, but they're not broken. The turquoise one with both A-pillars missing is a '70. I'm hoping that by '70, they'd switched plastics to something glue-able. Oh well, I shall improvise, adapt, and overcome. And also strive to endeavor to persevere.
Claude Thibodeau Posted January 21, 2020 Posted January 21, 2020 36 minutes ago, Snake45 said: Yours is a '68. I was wrong about mine. I bought two recently, and had them mixed up my head. The '69 is Bittersweet Orange and has two bent A-pillars, but they're not broken. The turquoise one with both A-pillars missing is a '70. I'm hoping that by '70, they'd switched plastics to something glue-able. Oh well, I shall improvise, adapt, and overcome. And also strive to endeavor to persevere. Hi! If you are positive they are promos, I suppose they are made of the same "mystery" material. Of course, the Johan glue kits were styrene, as I can testify, because like many of us, I've built my share, both back then (early 60's) and nowaday. CT
DukeE Posted January 22, 2020 Posted January 22, 2020 The chrome on the 67 looks better than the matte stuff that came from factory. Many if not all 67 annual AMT's had horrible chrome. I'll have to try it.
bisc63 Posted January 23, 2020 Posted January 23, 2020 Check out the "All The Rest" forum here, a fellow posted an Airstream resin kit, painted with Krylon Foil over a gloss black base. VERY shiny; now I want some for a ww2 mustang or two!
Snake45 Posted February 18, 2020 Author Posted February 18, 2020 I mentioned above that the Krylon Foil actually looks better than some kit chrome I've seen. Here it is on a '67 Impala, next to a survivor '69 El Camino I just rescued. It doesn't show up real well in the pics but the Krylon Foil is actually much brighter and richer than the Elky's kit chrome (which is actually in really nice shape), although it does have a very slight amount of "orange peel" if you look closely at it. Oh yeah, I'll be using this stuff again!
Hotrod 97 Posted April 22, 2020 Posted April 22, 2020 On 1/15/2020 at 10:02 PM, Snake45 said: 3. Krylon Foil: Just used this for the first time, on a couple of old promo bumpers that had to be stripped (they'd been poorly brush painted). I'm VERY impressed! No, it won't be confused with kit chrome, or even a good Alclad job, but it was amazingly easy to use (no special prep) and produced a surprising degree of chrome-ish shine. For the reasonable price paid ($7 for a big can), I'm VERY happy with the results. Snake, do you still have to prime parts before spraying the Krylon Foil? Just wanted to ask before I mess something up or add extra steps ?
Snake45 Posted April 22, 2020 Author Posted April 22, 2020 9 hours ago, Hotrod 97 said: Snake, do you still have to prime parts before spraying the Krylon Foil? Just wanted to ask before I mess something up or add extra steps ? I did not prime those bumpers, but I DID test it on the underside of the promo's interior tub before I used it "for real." I suggest you test in a similar manner on the plastic you want to paint.
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