JohnnyK Posted December 11, 2020 Posted December 11, 2020 (edited) I built this model a couple of years ago when Revell was still making fun car models. It is painted with a base coat of Testors Metallic Gold and a top coat of Testors Transparent Custom Red enamel. It's a nice kit and comes with a PE grill. Edited December 11, 2020 by JohnnyK 1
JohnnyK Posted December 11, 2020 Author Posted December 11, 2020 I used rattle cans for the paint job. First, I put the cans in warm tap water. That seems to make the paint flow smoother. Or, maybe it was just my imagination.
cobraman Posted December 12, 2020 Posted December 12, 2020 I believe that the warm water idea does work. Was cool in my garage today and i wanted to spray some clear and that is just what I did.
Hmann68 Posted December 12, 2020 Posted December 12, 2020 Very nice! ....and heating up paint cans is a must, and not just in the cold weather ?
JohnnyK Posted December 12, 2020 Author Posted December 12, 2020 Usually I paint my cars with lacquer. I used enamel on the Willys. I may be wrong, but it seems that enamel provides a shinier finish than lacquer.
TransAmMike Posted December 12, 2020 Posted December 12, 2020 Those Willys' were great looking race cars. Beautiful paint John. Concerning heating the paint before spraying, I'm certainly no expert and have done it as well but the last time I may have heated it too much because it had lots or orange peel and runny.
JohnnyK Posted December 12, 2020 Author Posted December 12, 2020 12 hours ago, TransAmMike said: Those Willys' were great looking race cars. Beautiful paint John. Concerning heating the paint before spraying, I'm certainly no expert and have done it as well but the last time I may have heated it too much because it had lots or orange peel and runny. I dread painting models. Sometimes the results are really good and sometimes the results are not so good. I have no idea why that is.
TransAmMike Posted December 12, 2020 Posted December 12, 2020 12 minutes ago, JohnnyK said: I dread painting models. Sometimes the results are really good and sometimes the results are not so good. I have no idea why that is. Well you sure nailed that one John , but I agree about the painting.
Deuces ll Posted December 13, 2020 Posted December 13, 2020 I love them gassers!!!.... Nice work!.... ??
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