ZZ top's new 32, just a question

[11hamlin]

How would you get a finish like the one on the car being straight metal. never tried it, but that car simply is sweet.

[Dr. Cranky]

Glenn, I saw it for the first time the other day. Great song and great video and certainly a great ride.

To get a finish like that I would work with fine silver metallic and then use a darker shade to fog in some panels, give it a little variety of color around the edges. Then you can be subtle with the weathering. Good luck.

[11hamlin]

Thanks,, I love that car. I dont think I got the chop skills to pull off the chop and sectioning, but if I can get it close.. thanks.

[Draggon]

One of our members built a VW Pickup and used bare metal foil on the bottom half, scuffed up and blackwashed. Looked very much like bare metal.

[JasonFL]

Love ZZ Top! Great music with some really bad a$$ cars. I saw a build the other day by a new member on here, Rich, who did a 32 with the bare metal look and I think it turn out excellent. Here's the link, check it out. Hope that helps

http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=64993

[Wicky]

I have flatted metalic silver ( I think it was BMW titanium silver ) it looked like a passable bare metal .

[Guest G Holding]

[Ace-Garageguy]

This might give you some ideas......a light gray primer (leave some very fine scratches or flaws to simulate metal-work), several coats of Testors buffing Aluminum metalizer, shot slick and buffed to a shine, then topped with silver-leaf Rub-N-Buff to un-even out the finish but keep shiny bare-metal looking. Then an uneven black wash 'til you get the look in Greg's 1:1 photo (a '33 or '34.)

Edited October 17, 2012 by Ace-Garageguy