Lovefordgalaxie Posted January 22, 2014 Posted January 22, 2014 I have a friend that is into this thing of building models only over weekends. Well, he asked me if I would join him and other two of his pals on a weekend build. The rules were simple. The model had to be 1/25 scale, had to had an engine (no curbside) and finally, all parts had to be painted, including the body (no such thing as "it's a lovely shade of plastic, I'll just polish it to a shine"). The guy is a GM maniac, he owns a sweet 1957 Bel Air four door black over red that I find to be of extreme good taste, and he was the one picking the theme. It was GM musclecar. For my luck I had just the thing: A AMT 1970 Chevelle. A simple kit, not too many parts, and that I thought it would be easy to put together. We had from 00:00 of Saturday to 12:00 of Sunday. I started painting the body, as always. Gave it a couple of primer coats, as I was going to use automotive paint, but couldn't afford to wait overnight for it to dry, so I shot the paint on the body just two hours after primering. That's when the problems started. The primer was not 100% dry, so the paint "called" some of the mold lines back. Also crazed the plastic a little here and there. No way I would strip that in time, so I just kept modeling. After another hour, I the paint was dry enough to decal the body. Decals on, I let the body rest on our summer 38 degree Celsius heat for some hours. Then, I used Testors flat black acrylic to paint almost everything else but the engine, that I painted with Testors Chevy Orange acrylic. When I finished that, the decals wouldn't move anymore under my finger, so I clear coated the body, and again let it to dry, this time overnight. Still on Saturday, I painted all silver details (exhaust, transmission, interior trim, dash trim, and some firewall pieces) with Testors silver chrome enamel. On Sunday, I foiled the body, detail painted the front bumper/grille and the rear bumper. Also painted the flat black detail on the wheels, and some lettering on the tires. Just after 16:00 I put all parts together. White glued the headlight lenses, and super glued everything else with care. When the model was ready, I managed to break and loose one of the parts box mirrors I had on it, so I had to touch up the paint, what let a messy spot on the passenger door. Finished it by 19:00, so I made a couple of "cowl induction" decals for the hood and custom licence plates on the spare time. The finished model is quite a glue bomb. Bad paint, crazed plastic, missing a mirror, almost no underside detail, but it was built in just a weekend. 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr
o-man Posted January 22, 2014 Posted January 22, 2014 LOL! Looks awfully good to me. May not be able to see yourself in the paint from 100yds but nice none the less
Lovefordgalaxie Posted January 22, 2014 Author Posted January 22, 2014 LOL! Looks awfully good to me. May not be able to see yourself in the paint from 100yds but nice none the less Thanks!! That's not a paint, it's a mess
Lovefordgalaxie Posted January 22, 2014 Author Posted January 22, 2014 Looks good to me. What gold paint is that? It's Desert Sand, a original color. Had 100ml mixed the day before the build in automotive urethane enamel. The clear is also automotive, it's two part high solids.
Tony T Posted January 22, 2014 Posted January 22, 2014 Looks like a nice enough shelf model! Great job for a weekend!
satterwhite78 Posted January 22, 2014 Posted January 22, 2014 I bet you still crack a smile when you see it on the shelf with the rest of your collection. Looks good in the photos and even as far away as North Carolina!
Belugawrx Posted January 23, 2014 Posted January 23, 2014 looks good from my house!! rush the clear? otherwise very clean build I couldnt do less than 30 days,.. but thats just me Bruce
Danno Posted January 23, 2014 Posted January 23, 2014 Doesn't look that bad to me. Fine result for a weekend build.
Crusader101 Posted January 23, 2014 Posted January 23, 2014 Looks to be an excellent build....even nicer than what I can accomplish over the course of a month much less a weekend!
Lovefordgalaxie Posted January 23, 2014 Author Posted January 23, 2014 (edited) Thanks guys, I appreciate the feedback. The model does look good from a distance, but click on the pictures and go to Flickr to see them in full size, and you will notice the crazing on the body. If I had more time, I would had striped the body, and tried to sand the crazing off. Thane I would repaint the best. Now that the car is ready, I don't see myself doing that. looks good from my house!! rush the clear? otherwise very clean build I couldnt do less than 30 days,.. but thats just me Bruce It was the primer. I didn't give it time to "harden", so, the automotive paint attacked the body and did some crazing. The clear is fine, I use to clear automotive paint the same day even on a "normal" build. I learned that with a friend of mine that is a painter at Globovel Ford dealer. He said to me that with high solids clear is best to clear as soon as the paint is dry to the touch, what happens in minutes on the heated booth used for real cars, and in a half hour in room temperature. Edited January 23, 2014 by Lovefordgalaxie
charlie8575 Posted January 23, 2014 Posted January 23, 2014 So I went to the enlarged images.... Glue bomb? Really? We are our own worst critics, I suppose. I'd be quite happy with that on my shelf. Looked through some of your other pictures...I love the kitties posing with the cars. Charlie Larkin
hobbybobby Posted January 23, 2014 Posted January 23, 2014 Built on a Weekend? Wow, I see nothing serious, what would bother me, it looks great!
am73grand Posted January 23, 2014 Posted January 23, 2014 Looks good from my house!!! I've really gotta try one of these 24 hour/ weekend builds.....
jparsons1969 Posted January 23, 2014 Posted January 23, 2014 Are you kidding? Looks better than anything I take a month to do.
DumpyDan Posted January 23, 2014 Posted January 23, 2014 Nice! Really nice, almost real enough to drive away.
Apriliadan Posted January 23, 2014 Posted January 23, 2014 Outstanding, hope to see another tomorrow or so.
bbowser Posted January 23, 2014 Posted January 23, 2014 I can't get the engine halves glued together in a weekend! Nice work, I wouldn't even attempt it.
Lunajammer Posted January 23, 2014 Posted January 23, 2014 Nice to see the pros live on the jagged edge and see what happens. Like others have said, it looks great and I couldn't do that well in weeks.
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