Revell 1968 Chevelle SS396 Day 2 Street/Strip.

[Dragonhawk1066]

I added the white stripe decals this morning. Now I just have to wait for a nice low humidity day to spray on the Tamiya TS-13 Clear. Then I'll net it gas out before wet-sanding and polishing.

[Deuces ll]

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[TransAmMike]

BMF and foiling look great Craig.   Interesting that you will clear after  the foil.  Seems that some do, some don't. 

[Dragonhawk1066]

6 minutes ago, TransAmMike said:

BMF and foiling look great Craig.   Interesting that you will clear after  the foil.  Seems that some do, some don't. 

Thanks Mike! I usually do, I'm of the mindset that it helps seal the foil in and keeps it in place when handling, especially around the driprails on the roof. A lot of the time I will spray on a couple of layers of clear, foil and decal, then add more clear.

[Bills72sj]

25 minutes ago, TransAmMike said:

BMF and foiling look great Craig.   Interesting that you will clear after  the foil.  Seems that some do, some don't. 

I too foil decal then clear as soon as possible. Foil does not like been handled very much. Especially if it is old and the adhesive is weakening.

[TransAmMike]

I have been using craft paint lately and I have read (and it makes sense) that the blade may cut down to the primer. I guess clearing then foiling, then clearing again would be a good idea.

[Dragonhawk1066]

49 minutes ago, TransAmMike said:

I have been using craft paint lately and I have read (and it makes sense) that the blade may cut down to the primer.

I have been guilty of doing just that a number of times, no matter what kind of paint I am using. I tend get a little heavy with the blade and cut a little deeper than need be all too often. Luckily it's pretty easy to touch-up when that happens, in fact there's a few spots on this one where I did just that. 

[FLHCAHZ]

Looking great. The color, foiling, and stripes look great

[NOBLNG]

I really like the colour too, it’s looking great!?

[Dragonhawk1066]

Had a pretty nice day today in Mid-Michigan, so I got the clear sprayed on just before lunch. I used Tamiya TS-13 straight from the can. I started with a couple of lighter coats, then sprayed on a medium coat. I was unsure if I wanted another coat, so I checked on it after lunch and went ahead and put on a medium-heavy final coat. Now I let it set for a few days and think about whether or not I want to wet-sand before polishing and waxing.

[FLHCAHZ]

Looking good. 

[TransAmMike]

Whoa, that looks awesome Craig!!I 

[Zippi]

That's really coming together nicely Craig.

[BuilderX]

Sweet Chevelle!?

[Pierre_tec]

Looking good, loving that color combination! Im my case i always like to hit it with micro mesh polishing kit after ts13, that clear is amazing, almost unreal for being a rattle can

[Andrew McD]

As others have said, love the color!  Between the color, the stripes and the foiling the combination really sets off the wonderful lines of the car. 

[Dragonhawk1066]

I took a minute on Wednesday to spray some TS-71 Tamiya Smoke on to the inside of the rear window. I made a pair of mufflers yesterday, one of these days I'll get myself some casting products and cast a bunch so I don't have to make some every time I want to use different mufflers. I'm also slowly working on the rest of the exhaust using styrene tubing. I got the interior done for the most part as well. I just found a tach to put on the steering column and a gauge cluster to put on the console behind the shifter, so I need to strip the chrome, prime them, and then paint them before adding the decals. I'm really trying to be patient on this one, and so far it's paying off. I just hope I can keep it up and not rush anything and end up ruining it, lol.

[TransAmMike]

The smoke on the window looks great Craig. I have sprayed it on 3 different models none with very good results. I don't know what I'm doing wrong.

[FLHCAHZ]

Looking good!  Reslly nice detail work on the interior

[oldscool]

This is coming along great! Interior is beautiful.

[Dragonhawk1066]

12 hours ago, TransAmMike said:

The smoke on the window looks great Craig. I have sprayed it on 3 different models none with very good results. I don't know what I'm doing wrong.

The smoke needs to go on in light coats. It takes a bit to add up and start looking like actual tint. I was the same way initially until I saw some how-to's on it. I went really thick and it looked like garbage. 

[Geno]

Sweet. that color rocks on this car.?

[TransAmMike]

5 hours ago, Dragonhawk1066 said:

The smoke needs to go on in light coats. It takes a bit to add up and start looking like actual tint. I was the same way initially until I saw some how-to's on it. I went really thick and it looked like garbage. 

Heck, I don't even think I could get a first light coat to look right. I have it to airbrush also but I haven't tried it.  I just had 2 windows retinted on our Expedition and got some actual tint film from the guy to try out.

[Deuces ll]

Looks great!!!!.....?

[Dragonhawk1066]

The interior is now finished with the addition of the column mounted tach and gauge cluster mounted behind the shifter. I put together a couple of boxes from a set that I got on ebay, but I'm not sure if I'm going to leave them in the interior or not. I also painted and installed the 100% custom exhaust system. It was a bit of a struggle bending the styrene tubing to go around the rear axle. I had the inlets and outlets reversed initially, but when I got to gluing everything in, I could only get it all to line up this way. It looks a little off, but still not too bad.

Edited May 31, 2021 by Dragonhawk1066