Agent G Posted August 5, 2020 Posted August 5, 2020 Primer the body then spray a base coat of enamel or lacquer. Pick a dark red brown or a suitable color for rust corrosion. Use an acrylic for the top coat. I'd go with Tamiya thinned with their X-20A Acrylic thinner. Then use Windex and water with an old brush to scrub and chip the paint. That way you can expose the rusty base without harming it. G
doorsovdoon Posted August 5, 2020 Author Posted August 5, 2020 11 hours ago, Agent G said: Primer the body then spray a base coat of enamel or lacquer. Pick a dark red brown or a suitable color for rust corrosion. Use an acrylic for the top coat. I'd go with Tamiya thinned with their X-20A Acrylic thinner. Then use Windex and water with an old brush to scrub and chip the paint. That way you can expose the rusty base without harming it. G I've already painted it.
doorsovdoon Posted August 5, 2020 Author Posted August 5, 2020 Had to do a colour change as I don't have enough of the Jade green to cover this again, so went with a metallic blue. There's a coat of red primer underneath, hopefully it'll work out this time.
Spottedlaurel Posted August 5, 2020 Posted August 5, 2020 Looks good, still tempted to weather it now? I thought of you last night, when I had some paint peel off my odd-panel Datsun project which has involved a lot of masking.
doorsovdoon Posted August 5, 2020 Author Posted August 5, 2020 37 minutes ago, Spottedlaurel said: Looks good, still tempted to weather it now? I thought of you last night, when I had some paint peel off my odd-panel Datsun project which has involved a lot of masking. Paint peel and reaction is the worst:( Anyway, not having done a weathered model before and being a little bit on edge with what happened regarding the black primer, I'm strongly considering doing this as factory fresh. The blue I used here was just a random can of paint I grabbed just to get it over with, it could have been pink for all I cared last night! ..but I had no idea how well this colour would suit the car. I may leave the weathering idea for another build and just do what I do best while I'm ahead.
doorsovdoon Posted August 5, 2020 Author Posted August 5, 2020 5 minutes ago, slusher said: Sharp color! Thanks. I thought so too, now I'm too scared to weather it in case I ruin it, Lol!
Maindrian Pace Posted August 5, 2020 Posted August 5, 2020 I like the color. I'd be tempted to build it nice rather than weathered at this point.
Rob Hall Posted August 5, 2020 Posted August 5, 2020 10 minutes ago, Maindrian Pace said: I like the color. I'd be tempted to build it nice rather than weathered at this point. I concur..looks like a late 60s Chevy color. Stock w/ redlines and hubcaps or whitewalls and hubcaps would look good, IMO.
doorsovdoon Posted August 5, 2020 Author Posted August 5, 2020 That's the thing, I don't have any stock wheels or lined tyres, only the steels with no hubcaps and plain tyres. I can do resin copies of the caps but I don't think they will suit this car. At this point I'm thinking of doing a white vinyl roof, white interior and Cragars.
Deuces ll Posted August 6, 2020 Posted August 6, 2020 Yep!... Make it a kid's car that he just got out the paint shop and added new Cragars that he saved up for.....???
doorsovdoon Posted August 6, 2020 Author Posted August 6, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, Deuces ll said: Yep!... Make it a kid's car that he just got out the paint shop and added new Cragars that he saved up for.....??? He's one lucky kid! haha, Edited August 6, 2020 by doorsovdoon Spelling mistake
doorsovdoon Posted August 6, 2020 Author Posted August 6, 2020 ok, so I had another go at chrome foiling and what do ya know, it worked out quite well this time! It's nowhere near perfect, but miles better than I've ever done before. Things are looking up:)
Can-Con Posted August 6, 2020 Posted August 6, 2020 On 7/26/2020 at 4:04 PM, doorsovdoon said: I agree, also the arrow cut outs all point in the same direction, so one side will always look wrong. The wheels on the TV car are really cheap wheels. I remember back in the '90s you could buy then here in Canada for about 49.95 a peice. Less than 28 Pounds. LOL Summit Racing has them in their catalog now for $106 USD. for the 15 inch sizes. Still almost the cheapest aftermarket wheel you can get.
doorsovdoon Posted August 6, 2020 Author Posted August 6, 2020 Just now, Can-Con said: The wheels on the TV car are really cheap wheels. I remember back in the '90s you could buy then here in Canada for about 49.95 a peice. Less than 28 Pounds. LOL Summit Racing has them in their catalog now for $106 USD. for the 15 inch sizes. Still almost the cheapest aftermarket wheel you can get. I used to work in a scrap yard in the 90's and we had piles of them we would sell cheap to the Autograss boys.
doorsovdoon Posted August 7, 2020 Author Posted August 7, 2020 Seeing as this will now be a fairly new looking car, I'm trying different tyre and wheel combos to see which ones will go best with the car.
doorsovdoon Posted August 7, 2020 Author Posted August 7, 2020 Engine nearly finished. I brush painted the engine cos I didn't have any aerosol, it took days to give it a decent coat. These Humbrol paints seem to be a lot thinner than I remember when I last used them back in the 90's. Maybe they contained lead back then, Lol!
doorsovdoon Posted August 7, 2020 Author Posted August 7, 2020 I only now noticed that the front seat has a different pattern to the back?
doorsovdoon Posted August 7, 2020 Author Posted August 7, 2020 11 minutes ago, Spottedlaurel said: Left or middle pair of wheels for me. That's what I'm thinking:) The tyres on the left of those are a little fatter, subtle fatties on the back maybe? Love this hobby, haha!
RichCostello Posted August 7, 2020 Posted August 7, 2020 4 hours ago, doorsovdoon said: That's what I'm thinking:) The tyres on the left of those are a little fatter, subtle fatties on the back maybe? Love this hobby, haha! I thought about using whitewalls and the stock wheel covers from the Revell 66 El Camino. I'm still not sure, but I think I'll go with black steel wheels with dog dishes, or maybe even baby moons for the high school kids car look.
Tom Geiger Posted August 7, 2020 Posted August 7, 2020 5 hours ago, doorsovdoon said: I only now noticed that the front seat has a different pattern to the back? You are correct. The TV car had that so Round 2 copies it. Someone on the board here is resin casting a corrected front bench. Or you could go with some odd bucket seats like a young guy may add
doorsovdoon Posted August 7, 2020 Author Posted August 7, 2020 That's cool, be nice to have matching seats. I do have the custom seats left over from the '70 Pontiac I quite fancy, I may put them in as I really like them, but I don't know yet. I'll do some test fitting with them an see how it looks.
doorsovdoon Posted August 7, 2020 Author Posted August 7, 2020 1 hour ago, RichCostello said: I thought about using whitewalls and the stock wheel covers from the Revell 66 El Camino. I'm still not sure, but I think I'll go with black steel wheels with dog dishes, or maybe even baby moons for the high school kids car look. Are you currently building this model? Would love to see where you go with it. I Googled the 66 El Camino and those wheels are very nice.
slusher Posted August 8, 2020 Posted August 8, 2020 9 hours ago, Spottedlaurel said: Left or middle pair of wheels for me. I agree..
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