Black 49 Merc

[tabsscale1]

Well I did Finally finished this back in March. Didn't do anything special to it other than detail the engine.

[cobraman]

Sweet !

[drifterdon]

Nice Merc Todd. I really like those ghost flames. One suggestion though, when you take the photos, try not to cast a shadow across the model. It hides some of the details. Overall, great job on the model.

Edited May 9, 2013 by drifterdon

[lazlow]

Man that is cool, And those flames are wicked

Laz

[crazyjim]

I like the flames and engine details but can't tell much because of the terrible pics. Looks like there's polishing compound in the door seams.

[ChrisR]

Nice!

[Eric N.]

Looks good Todd, Hoe do you do your flames?

Eric

[tabsscale1]

Those I put the masking tape on the car then drew the flames on the tape. I did that free hand so it took a couple times to get them to look the same on both sides. I then cut the flamesout with my exacto knife. I then ran my finger nail over the edges to get the edges down on the body. These were just red pearl in testors wet look clear that I decanted into my airbrush. I then wnet around the edges with that clear and then after that set up i did that again. Once that set up I pulled the tap off. I then added more clear to my airbrush and that diluted the paint some so that there wasn't as much pearl in the clear. When I shot this clear over the body I did't shoot any on the flames just the outside edges. After that first coat set up i did that agin just to build it up alittle on the edges of the flames. I then shot it with 5 more caots of clear that I just kept adding to the airbrush. Then after it all set up I polished it all out to level off the paint.

[tabsscale1]

I like the flames and engine details but can't tell much because of the terrible pics. Looks like there's polishing compound in the door seams.

This car has been a pain in the butt to take picture s of I have a new lightthat attaches to my camera that I haven't tried on it yet.