Revell 1999 Silverado

[Jonathan]

Many thanks to @Casey for his tremendous help.  This is the Revell Amigo Pack Kevin VanDam boxing.   Just shot some paint on it today during a break between other projects.

 

[slusher]

Great looking color!

[Jonathan]

On 9/16/2022 at 3:15 PM, slusher said:

Great looking color!

Thank you.  Tamiya TS=95 Pure Red Metallic over their Red Oxide primer. 

[Jonathan]

Second coat of paint.  While it cures out, I'll start working on all the other parts.  (hopefully!)

 

[Jonathan]

Sprayed some clear and here we are.  Of course, some polishing will need to be done.  The phone camera makes the metallic look much larger than it appears in person.  

For some comparison, I used TS-95 Pure Metallic Red over Tamiya Pink Primer for the Miata and TS-95 over Tamiya Red Oxide Primer for the Silverado.   The TS-95, in spite of having a metallic content, is somewhat translucent and the underlying color will affect the final color.  At least in my experience.  Phone camera does funky stuff with metallic paint sometimes. 

 

Edited September 21, 2022 by Jonathan

[Zippi]

Boy does that color look good.  

[slusher]

Fantastic paint wor'

[Jonathan]

On 10/1/2022 at 6:51 AM, Zippi said:

Boy does that color look good.  

Thank you!

On 10/2/2022 at 1:21 AM, slusher said:

Fantastic paint wor'

Thank you!

[Jonathan]

Got a little bit of polishing done for the roof and hood.  Still need to polish the sides.  Polishing always (well, nearly always) makes me nervous - as I've burned through the paint before.  But so far, so good.  Not as incredible as many of the builds I see on this board.     There is still some orange peel here and there, but I'm hesitant to go too far.  

Typically (for me) messy workbench: 

I plan to mask and paint the rubber trim once I finish polishing.  Cowl panel should be black and not red.  I also plan to replicate a spray-in bed liner for the bed:

 

[Mattilacken]

Nice! Your hood seems to fit way better than mine did.

[Jonathan]

47 minutes ago, Mattilacken said:

Nice! Your hood seems to fit way better than mine did.

We'll see how it fits once I actually start assembly.   

[slusher]

Beautiful shine and finish!