Anyone willing to do a start to finish........

[Stickit2gether]

I would love to hear some of you guys that have been into building for a while. My father and i both use to build yearssss ago and I am just now trying to get back into it. MAN.....the leaps that building has taken over the years. I am amazed at what i see being done now. Anyways, Would any of you guys give us a step by step as to how you start and what steps you take next......Not asking for details on each one, just the steps you take. Like First hing I do is wash the model,Next I paint parts I know that are going to be painted, then I ...... next i...... something along these lines.

[rhs856]

Here's my basic progression:

1. Wash parts while they're on the trees.

2. Cut every part off the trees one by one, trimming off excess and sanding mold lines and the like as I go.

3. After sanding a part, I put it in a plastic bag labled with the car and color that the parts need to be painted. I usually have a bag for flat black, gloss black, body color, interior color, metals, and other.

4. I put together like-colored subassemblies (engine, frame and suspension, etc) and sand off the glue lines.

5. I prime everything by color (to keep it organized) and spray bomb the flat and gloss black parts.

6. I hand paint the stuff that needs to be hand painted. This includes blackwashing the grill and anything else that needs it.

7. I assemble and detail the rolling chassis, engine, and interior.

8. I paint the body, pretty it up with wet sanding, clear it, and pretty that up, too.

9. Install glass.

10. Finish assembly.

Each of these steps is also liable to have something like:

3b. Accidentally break something.

3c. Cry.

3d. Raid parts box to find replacement.

or

8b. Mess up paint.

8c. Cry.

8d. Purple pond.

8e. Goto 8b. Repeat as necessary.

[martinfan5]

8b. Mess up paint.

8c. Cry.

8d. Purple pond.

8e. Goto 8b. Repeat as necessary.

Thats me every time I paint a body

Edited August 17, 2011 by martinfan5

[Stickit2gether]

Here's my basic progression:

1. Wash parts while they're on the trees.

2. Cut every part off the trees one by one, trimming off excess and sanding mold lines and the like as I go.

3. After sanding a part, I put it in a plastic bag labled with the car and color that the parts need to be painted. I usually have a bag for flat black, gloss black, body color, interior color, metals, and other.

4. I put together like-colored subassemblies (engine, frame and suspension, etc) and sand off the glue lines.

5. I prime everything by color (to keep it organized) and spray bomb the flat and gloss black parts.

6. I hand paint the stuff that needs to be hand painted. This includes blackwashing the grill and anything else that needs it.

7. I assemble and detail the rolling chassis, engine, and interior.

8. I paint the body, pretty it up with wet sanding, clear it, and pretty that up, too.

9. Install glass.

10. Finish assembly.

Each of these steps is also liable to have something like:

3b. Accidentally break something.

3c. Cry.

3d. Raid parts box to find replacement.

or

8b. Mess up paint.

8c. Cry.

8d. Purple pond.

8e. Goto 8b. Repeat as necessary.

LOL.....LOVE IT, at least Im not alone on some of the same things. I have one now that is sprayed with testors and needs to be striped. Im not sure to use though. When painted with Testors which is best to use to strip it?

[Stickit2gether]

Thanks for the tips. I LOVE this site.....and the guys that participate in it!!

I have the 49 ready to go again, but this time I think I will do a colored drawing of what I am trying to do and go by my drawing and see how that works.