jrherald420 Posted February 12, 2014 Posted February 12, 2014 Great work so far. I just cracked one on my kits open last night.
ImpalaBoy Posted March 7, 2014 Author Posted March 7, 2014 Any updates on this? Been awhile Yes, it has been a while, but no updates. I'm not sure how the cold will affect the paint, so I'm putting off spray painting anything until it's at least 45-50 degrees in my garage. I think it could be warm enough today, but unfortunately I'm too busy to work on it :/ I've heard it's supposed to warm up again next weekend, though.
ImpalaBoy Posted March 11, 2014 Author Posted March 11, 2014 It was 50 today!! I got some priming done on the interior pieces. What a pain it is to cover black plastic with white. Tomorrow we're supposed to get 6-12" of snow, so it will be a few days before it warms up again so I can do some more.
ImpalaBoy Posted April 4, 2014 Author Posted April 4, 2014 Not much to actually show in the way of updates quite yet, but I have been able to do some spray painting the past couple of days. Just simple base coats and things for the interior, but nothing interesting enough to bother posting yet. Soon, though, I think. I thought I'd show you this, though, in case you're interested. I'm trying a new technique (for me, anyway) for panel lines that Harry P. discussed on a thread somewhere; a red '62 Corvette, I believe. Ah, this one: http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=78813&page=2 Anyway, the trick is to deepen the panel lines and paint them black. Then, when you paint over it, the panel lines will be noticeably darker, but not unrealistically black. Harry, if you read this, thanks for the tip! I'm really looking forward to seeing how it turns out. Here's how she sits now, with the blackened panel lines. Soon she'll get a coat of white (the color of the stripes), then I'll mask off the stripes and give her a coat of Perfect Match "Medium Quasar." Certainly not a factory color for a '69, but an official GM color, nonetheless, and one that I really like.
Casey Posted April 4, 2014 Posted April 4, 2014 Just FYI, the joints on both sides of the dutchman/tulip panel (between the rear window opening and trunk) are not the same, nor not as deep as a door of fender gap. These joints are very shallow, and will only catch a very minimal shadow.
Mrdarkmonkey96 Posted April 7, 2014 Posted April 7, 2014 Just purchased one of these kits, I'll be following along closely! That engine looks absolutely fantastic!
ImpalaBoy Posted April 9, 2014 Author Posted April 9, 2014 Well, here's an evening's worth of work. It really took quite a bit longer than I expected it would; just over 3 hours. I sure hope it was worth it. Paint goes on first thing tomorrow. Wish me luck
ImpalaBoy Posted April 9, 2014 Author Posted April 9, 2014 Well, so much for that. Let's just say it'll be a while until the next body update. In the meantime, there's still the interior and chassis to work on.
ImpalaBoy Posted April 10, 2014 Author Posted April 10, 2014 Ok, nevermind. I'm starting this one over from scratch. I ordered a new kit, mostly for the body, so I will probably still use most of the stuff that I already have done. Well, the engine is really all I have completely done anyway. Even so, I think I'll build the engine from the new kit and see if I can do it any better. Whichever one I don't put in the car I'll just display separately. I've completely rethought my color scheme as well. The 'Medium Quasar' was a bit darker than I would have liked it to be and the quality of the paint just wasn't as good as I had hoped. I guess I should have listened to more of the negative reviews of Duplicolor. Mistakes were also made on my part in the preparation of the body, so I'm sure that didn't help. I'm looking forward to starting with a fresh body and learning from my mistakes. Anyway, the new paint scheme is Daytona Yellow, an official 1969 factory color, and I will most likely use the black stripes supplied in the kit. Yeah, I'm disappointed that my first attempt didn't pan out, but I'm really looking forward to starting over, especially with this color. I think the world needs more yellow Camaros.
ImpalaBoy Posted April 17, 2014 Author Posted April 17, 2014 I decided I'm going to put the engine I've already done in the car and build the engine from the second kit separately to go in its own display. Therefore I decided to do as much as I possibly can with it. I ordered spark plugs and boots from R.B. Motion. They really are absolutely fantastic. I couldn't imagine working with these in 1/24 scale, but he makes them somehow. I'll display it without the headers, to show off the spark plugs, so I drilled out the exhaust ports, too. Even unpainted, I think this cylinder head looks pretty good so far!
Mrdarkmonkey96 Posted April 19, 2014 Posted April 19, 2014 I decided I'm going to put the engine I've already done in the car and build the engine from the second kit separately to go in its own display. Therefore I decided to do as much as I possibly can with it. I ordered spark plugs and boots from R.B. Motion. They really are absolutely fantastic. I couldn't imagine working with these in 1/24 scale, but he makes them somehow. I'll display it without the headers, to show off the spark plugs, so I drilled out the exhaust ports, too. Even unpainted, I think this cylinder head looks pretty good so far! wow! those look fantastic! were they reasonably priced?
ImpalaBoy Posted April 19, 2014 Author Posted April 19, 2014 I certainly think so, considering the talent it takes to create them. They were $7.50, 8 in a package.
tbill Posted April 19, 2014 Posted April 19, 2014 those look great, looks like I need to get some as well. thanks for posting those.
ImpalaBoy Posted April 21, 2014 Author Posted April 21, 2014 (edited) Daytona Yellow from Automotivetouchup.com. Three coats of color and three coats of clear. It needs a fair bit of polishing, but it came out pretty good. I will later add the black stripe decals and seal them with another coat of clear. I also did a bit of detailing on the chassis. Edited April 21, 2014 by ImpalaBoy
GMCMAN52 Posted April 21, 2014 Posted April 21, 2014 looking at your project makes me want to blow the dust off my kit and start building
Mrdarkmonkey96 Posted April 21, 2014 Posted April 21, 2014 You mentioned earlier in the thread that you took an 8th inch off the back. Is this just on the top and bottom rows that aren't open, or on the entire grill. If you know what I mean?
tbill Posted April 21, 2014 Posted April 21, 2014 looks great! this is going to be good inspiration when i start on mine, keep at it.
ImpalaBoy Posted April 22, 2014 Author Posted April 22, 2014 (edited) Thanks, everyone, I'm glad you all approve! Mrdarkmonkey, the rest of the grill except for the top and bottom rows is open, but about an 8th inch needs to be taken off the whole thing to make it look more correct in scale. Edited April 22, 2014 by ImpalaBoy
Mrdarkmonkey96 Posted April 22, 2014 Posted April 22, 2014 Thanks, everyone, I'm glad you all approve! Mrdarkmonkey, the rest of the grill except for the top and bottom rows is open, but about an 8th inch needs to be taken off the whole thing to make it look more correct in scale.DSCN7299.JPGDSCN7301.JPG Thank you! That diagram is realyl helpful.
MADDOG Posted April 23, 2014 Posted April 23, 2014 I am also building this model. I also choose almost the same color. LOL. But I am in no way putting in the time and effort you are. Looks just awesome!
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