just wondering about this kit AMT 1968 shelby GT-500

[Blake Rogers]

hey guys the mustang i bought for the wife to start building as she is in to cars as much as i am.looks odd i mean the body is see thru???? i don't get it i also got her the one touch coat can of paint so what am wondering is will the one touch paint be needed on the inside of the body to or just the outside or should we prime the inside of the body black???. thanks for the help guys.

Edited March 8, 2010 by moparfan426

[Guest]

Never heard of AMT's Shelby kit being molded in clear. At any rate, treat it like any other body, clean up, prime, paint.

[george 53]

The AMT 68 Shelby GT????? I've NEVER heard or SEEN a CLEAR bodied one!!!! And THAT kits been around for a LOOOOONG time! You MIGHT have you somethin rare there Daddy-O! But as far as paintin it goes, it should paint just like a regular kit. If you do paint it from the inside, make SURE there are NO flaws in the exterior when you put on your color coat or they'll REALLY show up. Just thonk of those clear hoods that you used to have to paint! Still, like i said, I've NEVER heard of that kit in clear plastic, much less SEEN one!!!

[Monty]

Blake, can you post some pictures of this kit?

[B_rad88]

Blake, can you post some pictures of this kit?

yeah, same, i have never seen it, i have seen clear tamiya "special" kits, but not any amt/ertl, etc. kits. i remember revell or amt did make "neon" colored cars, that was made for use with black lights, i have seen them, but not a clear one thats not a tamiya kit!

[gray07]

Never seen one maybe you might not want to paint it might be rare, lets see some pictures that would be cool looking

[oldscool]

If it is the new release that is molded in lime green then it may have a translucent look to it. I remember most of the kits back in the day that were molded in metallic colored plastic had a see- through look when held up to light.

oldscool

[Blake Rogers]

ok guys here you go i should have made it more "Clear" !! its green the hole kit is lol but its looks see thru to me i guess the plastic is thin???? anyways here are the pics let me know what you guys think??????

[B_rad88]

oh, i see now, thats just the plastic then, nothing rare, i thought it was clear, lol. thank you for posting pics!

i have a fujimi tommy kaira m13, and the red body looks "see-through" too.

i think its the coloring of the plastic, its kinda like they (the model companies) watered down the color a bit, lol

Edited March 9, 2010 by B_rad88

[Marc @ MPC Motorsports]

Prime and paint that sucker as you would any model and you should be just fine.

[Blake Rogers]

ya Brandon odd eh lol a tommy kaira m13 whoa can't wait to see that one done. marc thanks i figured just do that but i need to ask the experts first!!! thanks for the help guys

Edited March 9, 2010 by moparfan426

[Guest]

Actually almost any kit will look like that if held up to a bright anough light.

[Ryan Quantz]

Should have told us it was Translucent, not clear... You got me excited making me thing there was a Transparent kit!!

[Blake Rogers]

sorry ryan lol did't mean to

midnightprowler i understand that but even with out the light lol odd but what you expect from AMT

[CAL]

Should have told us it was Translucent, not clear... You got me excited making me thing there was a Transparent kit!!

You can make any kit clear with transparent spray. sheeez everyone knows that.

[beefheart22]

If you're worried about stuff underneath showing through the paint job, a guy could put a good solid coat of gray primer before anything else.

[jbwelda]

aw shoot i was going to suggest masking off half the body, or a cutaway section, and detailing under it like you were seeing through a real car.