Long weekend projects

[freightshaker]

Hey guys.. to start my weekend my new issue italeri Freightliner FLC showed up in the mail.. and so excitedly I ventured to the local small town hobbie shop to find out theyre closing.. sadly I made my last purchases with most of it being on clearance.. I bought the AMT re-issued Chevy Titan 90 for ten bucks (Had he any more truck models i would have bought them all haha!).. soo with a long weekend to do what I please I started the titan 90. its a work in progress but its coming along.. Ill have pictures tomorrow of what I have done.

[freightshaker]

Well it took me longer than a holiday weekend to build and ruin the Chevy Titan 90. It started out with me trying to paint my stripes. The shapes themselves were okay.. but the paint i used was lousy and created a texture that looks terrible i think. Soo I decided to dirty the ol' girl up and make my attempt at a dirty old work truck.. soo heres my first shot at weathering.. never did it before soo all helpful comments and criticism is welcome haha. Heres the Mississippi Flash!

[codie27]

Well it took me longer than a holiday weekend to build and ruin the Chevy Titan 90. It started out with me trying to paint my stripes. The shapes themselves were okay.. but the paint i used was lousy and created a texture that looks terrible i think. Soo I decided to dirty the ol' girl up and make my attempt at a dirty old work truck.. soo heres my first shot at weathering.. never did it before soo all helpful comments and criticism is welcome haha. Heres the Mississippi Flash!

I like it,the colours look really good.

[clayton]

Looks good,I have paint trouble all the time so do not fear that, just keep going.

[Old Albion]

My recent project is a White Freightliner with a two colour scheme. This is the first time I have tried painting two colours. I used acrylic spray paints in the rattle can for the first time. I was impressed how it turned out. I put all the decals on and then applied the clear coat. You can imagine my astonishment and disbelief when is started to go a milky haze colour. I could not believe what had happened. I tried all kinds of things to try and get the colour to come through but alas it was not to be.

I did a search on the web to see if I could find a solution and found that the milky glaze was caused by the water in the acrylic getting trapped in the paint because of temperature, atmospheric conditions etc. The only solution stripping all the paint and decals. Was I pi**ed off?? So I started to try and get the clear coat of. No matter what i tried it would not come off. In the end I got some stuff from a local DIY store that eventually got all the clear coat, paint and decals of. What I nightmare and to top it all I dropped the cab and as it fell it hit my boot and suffered some damage. Anyways I have now repaired the cab, repainted it in the two colours and so far things are looking good.

When I painted the cab this last time I left it out in the sun to get some warmth through it and soaked the rattle can in a tub of warm/hot water. I also waited for a dry sunny day with low humidity. The results were better than the first time with the paint having a good gloss finish. I'm a bit apprehensive about using the clear coat but I'd like to try again. With paint there are so many variables and it takes a long time to become proficient at it. I'm very much still a learner and have a long way to go. But with pactice and time maybe I will reach a satisfactory standard. Time will tell.

I think its good not to dwell on a particular model and pick faults with it but to look at it as a stepping stone on the way to developing your skills and abilities. For many of us modellers the challenge is against ourselves as individuals. This for me is where the satisfaction of building comes from. Every new model is a new challenge. You keep trying something new or incorporate this and that. The important thing is to keep persevering. You will be suprised how well and how fast your skills and abilities will develop.

The paint scheme on the Chevy is a bold undertaking and you have tried something that is to advanced for me. I do not have the knowledge or skill to accomplish something like that. So I think for a first off its an excellent effort worthy of comedation.

Well Done.

Dave