1972 Chevrolet Pickup Chrome Trim

[Jim B]

Does anyone know if anybody makes decals for the chrome trim on the AMT 1972 Chevrolet Pickup?

I am trying to finish up this kit, and I am having a dickens of a time trying to replicate the trim (don't get me started on the red plastic).

Thanks!

[peteski]

Those look like 3 dimensional moldings. Not sure if just a flat decal would look good enough.

[Jim B]

They are molded in 3-D on the kit, so a decal just might do the trick.

[Shark]

No sure, but Keith Marks may have something that would work.

[Jim B]

I'll email him to see what he can do, if anything.

Edited June 8, 2023 by Jim B

[StevenGuthmiller]

Why not just foil them and then use washes for the background?

 

 

 

Steve

[Jim B]

Haven't tried washes. I'll give that a try & see what happens. 

[peteski]

Yes, if those pieces are molded on the body I would also try to foil them, then maybe apply some washes. The painted area on the narrow stripe will be very narrow.  For the lower molding, you might be able to cut a strip of some colored decal film and apply to it (as the stripe is wider).  Or before foiling, mask around the lower trim, paint the trim color, then apply and trim the foil so it only shows on the chromed parts of the trim.

Edited June 8, 2023 by peteski

[StevenGuthmiller]

Personally, I would start by foiling all of the side trim, and then, using a dark brown paint, do the wide portion of the lower trim that's supposed to be wood grain.

I would probably take it even a little further and paint the wood grain area with a light tan enamel, and then when dry, do a thin dark brown acrylic wash and allow the dark brown to draw away from the molded in wood grain ridges to create more texture and a little more of a wood grain affect.

Then of course, with a little thinner on one of the tightly wound Tamiya conical swabs, wipe away any paint that gets on the surrounding chrome portion of the trim.

Then, using the same technique, flow a thin black wash into the voids in the remaining upper and lower trim areas, followed by careful paint removal from the ridges of the trim with the same swabs barely moistened with thinner.

 

You would be surprised at how well this sort of technique works on fine detail, not only for trim, but for badges, scripts and chrome parts as well.

 

 

 

Steve

 

 

[Bills72sj]

I would take a different approach. Foil then make my own precise decals that include both black and wood stripes.