68 Camaro El General Pro Mod (updates 05/06/12)

[eviltwincustoms]

Lookin good Tyrone. Is that an orange or a red? Looking at your reference picture the car looks orange, by chance you switching up the colors?ference

[tyrone]

Thanks Bart. it's hugger orange, i think the lighting is what makes it look a little dark...

[Mr. Moparman]

I'm watching this!!!

[stump]

Hey Tyrone, this beast is lookin' hella sweet man.....

The detail you master on these builds amaze me...I'm struggling with 1/12. Great work mate.

[tyrone]

phase 2 has begun....lol...stay tuned for another update.....

[vintagedragfan]

OH YEAH here comes the paint! lookin sweet Tyrone!!

[Prostreet]

Very Nice, Can't wait to see this finished. How long did you let the paint dry before taping?

[outlaw105]

Looking good Tyrone.

[tyrone]

thanks fellas... Joe it was 2 days.... a small update... I'm gonna mist on a little darker blue tomorrow and that should do it...

I've also been working on the wheels....

[eviltwincustoms]

Looking good, I like that hue of blue. that blue looks like textured paint. Are you using spray bombs or airbrush to create that fade? it looks like it left a spitting effect in the transition.

[Prostreet]

Wheels look great Tyrone, Paint is looking good so far.

[pharr7226]

The beadlocks look awesome. The paint job is going to be sweet.

[Mooneyzs]

Tyrone... all I can say is Wow man. that paint is looking sharp and is gonna be killer when. done. nice choice of colors. I can't wait to see the paint done.

[1320wayne]

Awesome job so far Tyrone. Can't wait to see what the paint looks like when the masking is removed.

[gasser59]

Beautiful stuff Tyrone. Waiting for the tape to come off. Now if you could only set your butt on a copier and reduce yourself down to the correct scale, I swear this thing would fire right up.

[jmpsebring]

thanks fellas... Joe it was 2 days.... a small update... I'm gonna mist on a little darker blue tomorrow and that should do it...

I've also been working on the wheels....

The black wheels, the chassis in general all looking great. My car will have green bottles!

[tyrone]

Thanks fellas for all the kind words.... keeps the motivation going...

Bart, I started out using an airbrush, but I wanted to get the blue a little darker and I had some rattle can blue pearl leftover, which left a little textured look, should'nt be too hard to correct though... I'm ready to pull the tape off this tihng too....

[Mister Twister]

It all looks outstanding Tyrone....Nice work!

[tyrone]

thanks fellas.... alright the moment of truth... I carefully took the tape off and it pulled up the paint in a few spots...and a few spots will need some touch up... but a part of me is saying I can pull it off... once the black pin stripes are added and I clear it and wet sand a bit.... but a part of me is saying I should repaint it.... I need some opinions and advise...

[1320wayne]

Don't go through this much work to not be satisfied with what you have. If once you add the black pinstripes and can muster all the repairs and make it look good then go that route. If the touchup work is going to show then re-do it. I know you did a lot of work and it looks great from this persepctive but you don't want the finished piece to be only half as good.

I love the design and from what I can see it almost looks like you can fix it without having to re-do it.

[vintagedragfan]

hard to say on the repaint Ty, is it just the few there on the right? I would probably be inclined to do a little touch up myself, if you are happy with it other wise, I think the lalck stripe will cover some of that up itself, of coarse it's totally up to you bro

[Prostreet]

If paint lifted i would repaint it, But in the end it's your model. I like where it's going though.

[eviltwincustoms]

From what I can see the only real issue is the scoop with that chunk at the bottom by the hood being the issue. Other than that the small piece toward the front will be taken care of with the pin stripe from what I can see on the passengers side. What does the drivers side look like?

[jmpsebring]

Of course decals placed in exact spots can do wonders! None of us can really tell better than you. Touching up the edges is no different than sanding through the paint. Can you match the paint? I'd would use a larger brush with a good point and flow then hand paint the red to cover the white. Then overpaint them with the black? In fact if you know how to paint the black pin stripes, then you should easily be able to touch up the red before hand. If that is overspray on the front edge of the door, then it might be smarter to mask the little blue area,but before you hit it with red, using an airbrush to reestablish the sharp line, put on a 1/2 mist coat of white to kill the blue, then clean the airbrush and shoot the red over the area. It's alot easier to cover the white than a darker blue. Same with the scoop. How much clear can you put on it? How well will you be able to knock down the high stuff? What kind of paint is it?

Edited March 14, 2012 by jmpsebring

[tyrone]

thanks for all the advise, and opinions fellas... but after looking at it again I decided to strip it down and do it over I know I can do a better job than this... so more on this later.,...