Smilesperhour Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 I'm still playing around with some airfix kits as scrap cars to work out a good brush painting technique. Although I nipped outside and spray painted 1 of them just so I could have at least 1 kit under my belt! I hope to get withing a quarter of Pierre's mastery of a brush. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
absmiami Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 Ok thanks Now quick delete your answer …. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkJ Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 14 hours ago, Pierre Rivard said: It took time and experimenting to develop a system that works, starting with surface prep all the way to clear coat, but to answer your specific question I would say yes, the retarder is the secret sauce to achieve a smooth brushed on clear coat. I will second that assessment. the retarder allows the clear to lose the ridges caused by the brush. Makes it act more like future does. But the percentage is very important, and Pierre has certainly figured that out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre Rivard Posted February 12, 2023 Author Share Posted February 12, 2023 In one of these rare "I feel good about scale modeling" moments, here it goes after the second clear layer brushed on with the "secret sauce" If I polish it it might just be with Tamiya fine and finish compound as Mark suggests. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkJ Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 Pierre, when do you plan on painting the headlight bezels? Should you do that before any polishing that you might do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy D Posted February 13, 2023 Share Posted February 13, 2023 Pierre, Very impressive paint work my friend!!! Those Webbers are looking mighty fine:) Randy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre Rivard Posted February 13, 2023 Author Share Posted February 13, 2023 16 hours ago, MarkJ said: Pierre, when do you plan on painting the headlight bezels? Should you do that before any polishing that you might do? Actually the race car did not have the chrome bezels, just the lexan covers fixed with screws. The way the kit is designed is cover into bezel into body. Without the bezels the covers are too small to fit into the headlamp openings. What I should have done is making a lip into the opening but I felt it would be beyond my ability with these compound curves. So I chose to de-chrome the bezels and integrate them to the body. I should have sanded them down more to blend them into the body more. My bad... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre Rivard Posted February 13, 2023 Author Share Posted February 13, 2023 13 hours ago, Randy D said: Pierre, Very impressive paint work my friend!!! Those Webbers are looking mighty fine:) Randy Thanks Randy. Happy with the paint but not with the carbs. The material Shapeways uses for printing these is unworkable...grainy and brittle. Anyhow, I decided to make the best of them as I declared this build a "sweat and spares" project. No fancy stuff here. I just finished the engine 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkJ Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 That engine looks pretty Awesome to me. It could pass for a 1:1 replica. Looks like real metal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smilesperhour Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 That's a beautiful looking engine. Packed with detail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gramps46 Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 1 hour ago, Smilesperhour said: That's a beautiful looking engine. Packed with detail X2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpikeSchumacher Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 That engine looks amazing Pierre 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre Rivard Posted February 14, 2023 Author Share Posted February 14, 2023 Thanks a lot guys. Putting the finishing touches and trying to figure out how to do the oil lines in tight spaces. Engine compartment should be done tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmericanMuscleFan Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 WOW, great job Pierre, you have great skills, your work is of great quality. Sorry I didn't comment earlier, I don't come regularly to this section but I will come back for sure! This engine is spectacular by the way! 👌 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre Rivard Posted February 15, 2023 Author Share Posted February 15, 2023 Chassis (minus exhaust) is completed. Engine installed and plumbed. No construction pix of underside because I basically built as is. Some mild weathering added. I'll do the exhaust at the very end with mods to remove mufflers. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belugawrx Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 Looking good Pierre, just enough oily grime ! 👍👍 Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre Rivard Posted February 16, 2023 Author Share Posted February 16, 2023 15 hours ago, Belugawrx said: Looking good Pierre, just enough oily grime ! 👍👍 Cheers Thanks Bruce. Looking at the pics I see a few spots that could use a bit more weathering but it's pretty much done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
absmiami Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 The A arms look good with the added wash of paint - and the Revell frame looks a little better than the Heller frame … Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkJ Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 (edited) You can tell you're on the home stretch, but here is maybe a dumb question. Is the interior staying red or did I miss something from earlier posts? Edited February 16, 2023 by MarkJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre Rivard Posted February 16, 2023 Author Share Posted February 16, 2023 38 minutes ago, absmiami said: The A arms look good with the added wash of paint - and the Revell frame looks a little better than the Heller frame … Thanks...I guess. I took the easy way out. If it was you we would be looking at lovingly crafted brass A arms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre Rivard Posted February 16, 2023 Author Share Posted February 16, 2023 38 minutes ago, MarkJ said: You can tell you're on the home stretch, but here is maybe a dumb question. Is the interior staying red or did I miss something from earlier posts? Nope, interior is next, gotta add roll bar, fuel tank, spare tire etc...and it won't be red. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkJ Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 13 minutes ago, Pierre Rivard said: Nope, interior is next, gotta add roll bar, fuel tank, spare tire etc...and it won't be red. Good. That would have looked crazy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkJ Posted February 18, 2023 Share Posted February 18, 2023 Okay , I'm missing my fix of great building to watch. I hope you haven't finished it already and put it in the finished forum. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre Rivard Posted February 18, 2023 Author Share Posted February 18, 2023 (edited) 4 hours ago, MarkJ said: Okay , I'm missing my fix of great building to watch. I hope you haven't finished it already and put it in the finished forum. Still a long way to go sir. I still need to do all the exterior glass with that delicate edge painting, plus all the exterior trim bits and all of the interior with race hardware mods. For now I have completed decals and Future seal coat. I made a mess of the nose number. The white round decal would not conform to the hood bump so I removed it but a part got stuck and was impossible to remove. So I decided to cover it with one from a Gofer sheet and disaster struck again, same problem... so anyway I fixed it as best as I could. Looks ok in pictures but it's bumpy. Bummer... Edited February 18, 2023 by Pierre Rivard 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gramps46 Posted February 18, 2023 Share Posted February 18, 2023 Looking good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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