JunkPile Posted April 2, 2012 Share Posted April 2, 2012 Recent "How do I" paint car body with a brush was asked by Mick5s. Old-School way to do things. Lets give it a try. Our forefathers of modeling did it that way. Failure and success pictures would be nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
george 53 Posted April 2, 2012 Share Posted April 2, 2012 AS crazy as it sounds, I once painted a 68 Barracuda with Kiwi Liquid Shoe Polish! Used a q-tip for a brush too. Came out pretty nice actually. The polish was thin enough to flow VERY smoothly onto the bare plastic, an left NO q-tip strokes at all. This was back in 68 and I no longer have it to show. But, as they say, "Adversity is the mother of invention", an you can come up with some pretty weird stuff when you have to. IF it works, all the better!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
59 Impala Posted April 2, 2012 Share Posted April 2, 2012 Here is the only model car that I have that I brush painted. Now I did paint my models by brush way back in the late 50's and early 60's but this one was in the 80's I believe. It is the only one that I have now that is brush painted. Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 Not mine, but I did get a chuckle out of the vintage Tetstors gloss purple bottle being pictured, and well as the gloss red(!)-painted interior tub. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinfan5 Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 Are you having fun bringing these long dead threads back to life? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angelo7 Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 Looks like a good thread to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roadrunner Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 Every time I painted in this fashion, it looked like I used a toothbrush,... or a mop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrGlueblob Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 It CAN be done, and well. The right combination of surface prep, good quality flat brush, sanding between multiple coats, patience, and a lot of practice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunkypeanutbutter Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 I must've brushpainted about ten or fifteen HO scale train bodies. They all came out nice, but it was with multiple flat coats with a large brush, and not to mention it's a square boxcar, not an automobile with rounded corners. I've never brushpainted a vehicle in 1/24 scale, even when I was young. I spray painted them every time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disabled modeler Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 I brush painted bodies as a kid with horrible results....not going back to there....LOL... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaronw Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 I brush paint a lot when I build other than car models, but usually rattle can car bodies. I do have a couple of examples from " a few" years back when I was just getting back into models. I even used the brush painters bane (Tamiya) on this one for the green color. I really need to finish this one some day, started it around 2003 and the poor thing has sat incomplete for more than a decade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
10thumbs Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 I know a guy on a German forum who does only brush painting. His work is about the finest I've ever seen, just unbelievable. Like stated above, good flat brush, good and thinned out paint. Sand, paint, sand smooth again, paint. Some guys though are just magicians. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vintagercr Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 Are you having fun bringing these long dead threads back to life? I had not seen this thread before and find it interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JunkPile Posted January 20, 2015 Author Share Posted January 20, 2015 After some of the recent posts lately, old material has got to be waaay better Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinfan5 Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 (edited) I had not seen this thread before and find it interesting. I was simply teasing him if you will. Edited January 20, 2015 by martinfan5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctor phillips Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 (edited) When I was a little kid... I'd pour paint directly from the Testors or Pactra bottle onto the surface of the model. I called it "blob painting". It took forever to dry (if at all), and it looked awful. No paintbrush lines though. Edited January 21, 2015 by doctor phillips Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brizio Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 I painted different models with a hand brush. Harley Heritage. Harley Springer. Dune Buggy. Rotabuggy. Janis Joplin Porsche. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake45 Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 Although I own four or five airbrushes, I still like to brush-paint the occasional model airplane, especially if it's 1/72 camouflage. There's something very satisfying about it. By the time I glosscoat it for decals, and then flatcoat after the decals, you can't tell it's brushed. On cars, I'll always either rattlecan or airbrush the body and the engine block/heads, but still from time to time I'll brush-paint the interior and/or chassis. And of course many details. If I HAD to brush-paint a model car body, I'd do it in flats, and then spray a glosscoat. I THINK I MIGHT be able to get away with that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BirdWatcher Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 I just brush painted the inside of a 32 ford I'm working on. I was curious about Vallejo paints, and wanted to give it a try. I used a brush that was probably too small for the job, and it still came out great! I always rattlecanned the interiors, just wanted to see what all the hype was about. Would I try brush painting a body? I don't think so. If I were to try, I would probably do it like "Snake" suggested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunkypeanutbutter Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 I've almost always brushpainted interiors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake45 Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 I actually painted this Camaro with Model Master military flat (Aircraft Interior Green, FS 34151) and then clearcoated it for the gloss. I airbrushed the green, but could have probably brushed it if I were careful. I think this might work with SOME of the MM flat paints, but wouldn't guarantee that it would work with all of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jantrix Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 Every time I painted in this fashion, it looked like I used a toothbrush,... or a mop. Same here. Hated everything I finished. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Geiger Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 I spray everything today. I even put very small parts onto toothpicks or tape to spray. I only brush details, and I use brushes during my weathering process. Back when I was a kid, I had to brush paint everything. Living in Germany and mail ordering all my kits and supplies from AutoWorld, it wasn't possible to mail spray paints. So I had to paint my bodies from small Testors bottles. I do remember instructions from back then about compounding brush painted bodies with Colgates tooth paste. I do own a bunch of old brush painted models in my Olde Kustom Kollection, some good and some downright awful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zarana-X Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 When I was a kid, I remember brush painting stripes and some hoods, and they looked like they were brush painted when I was done. I think the worst thing that I ever painted was a Shelby GT 350 Mustang. I was trying to make a "Twisted Sister" car for some reason. I couldn't find any pink paint, so I brush painted the thing with hot pink nail polish. The nail polish melted the plastic a bit, so it ended up with an interesting texture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1930fordpickup Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 I think almost all of us have brush painted a body or two. When we were young to trust us with the rattle can. Hot Rod painted a car a few years back with a roller and a brush. Just to prove they could get a so so finish. Yes they sanded between coats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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