Smart-Resins Posted December 22, 2008 Posted December 22, 2008 Well, I have a 1/16 scale pro street chevy truck I am working on and wanted to try to make a cheap candy apple red paint job for it. So I decided to practice on a old built up kit I am restoring. I first layed down a good coat of black primer, then two coats of gold, then three coats of metalizer red followed immediatly by a coat of clear, then two more coats of clear. There is no wet sanding or polishing done on this yet!! I dont think I will need to do any sanding, only polishing. However I am very happy with the color, and the smoothness of the paint as well as how well it covers in the most part. I can say the metalizer is hard to cover higher areas. This was straight from the can warmed in hot water. I cant wait to get my truck body done to spray with this!! Jody
plastikfreek Posted December 23, 2008 Posted December 23, 2008 Beautiful color......... You say you're working on a 1/16 Pro-Street Pickup??? I'd love to see some WIP pics of that........
Smart-Resins Posted December 23, 2008 Author Posted December 23, 2008 Thank you. The truck will come in time. LOL. Quick update I have layed down some decals and 2 final coats of clear. She is smooth as smooth can be without polishing!! I am proud of the paint job. However the decals were gain very brittle and my flames cracked and split. I spent a hour trying to get them to lay down satisfactory. So they are not perfect. Oh well. This was for a practice run on the red anyways. But now I have to decided what kind of frame, running gear and motor to use. Any good suggestions or dobations. LOL. By the way, this was a built up glue bomb to start with, so a beautiful restoration in progress. LOL. You will notice the locals admiring the body work. HEHEHEHE. Thanks. Jody
evilone Posted December 23, 2008 Posted December 23, 2008 Looks real good bro.Can't wait to see it done though.
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