75th Ranger Posted January 21, 2011 Posted January 21, 2011 How do I make air cleaners look relaistic?
Jantrix Posted January 21, 2011 Posted January 21, 2011 Well painting the filter element for one. But it might help if we knew what sort of filter you are talking about.
Jantrix Posted January 23, 2011 Posted January 23, 2011 Ah, the scoop with the air cleaners inside? Two piece scoops have always been a pain in the posterior. For myself I would strip the chrome with some bleach. Mate the two halves with some gap filling CA glue, like Zap-a-gap and then sand the seam smooth. Prime and paint with some Duplicolor Chrome paint. It doesn't look as good as chrome, but it's an easy substitute. For the air cleaners inside, some careful detail painting of the filter element would be good.
75th Ranger Posted January 23, 2011 Author Posted January 23, 2011 (edited) Not the airscoop the aircleaner that comes with it its a 3n1 soory that I didnt tell you that. Edited January 23, 2011 by 75th Ranger
W-409 Posted January 23, 2011 Posted January 23, 2011 You mean this kind of cleaner? I just painted the filter part with white. Best choice of making realistic cleaner is maybe to sand material off from that filter part so you can glue somekind of mesh there and after that, metal plate to under mesh, then it looks realistic. Or buy aftermarket. Maybe you understand nothing, what I said, but I tried to help anyways. This kind of air cleaner?
MikeMc Posted January 23, 2011 Posted January 23, 2011 Detail master, or parts by Parks make some aluminum ones that would look correct
W-409 Posted February 26, 2011 Posted February 26, 2011 I'm using this kind of air cleaner in my '65 Chevy Pickup... It's aftermarket, can't remember the manufacturer. But it looks good and if you want to, it can be polished of course, so it looks like polished aluminium, of course. But gluing that material needs super glue, liquid glue, like revell's doesn't work. Here are more pictures from it.
Draggon Posted February 26, 2011 Posted February 26, 2011 I have found that medical tape looks great for filter elements. I use 3M Duratape.
Tonioseven Posted February 27, 2011 Posted February 27, 2011 I have found that medical tape looks great for filter elements. I use 3M Duratape. That's what I use... http://images107.fotki.com/v67/photos/8/897838/9089714/65imp4-vi.jpg
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