jrherald420 Posted July 4, 2014 Posted July 4, 2014 Paint them with acrylic paint, enamel will never dry Top tip there! lol Made that mistake before!
Hawk312 Posted July 4, 2014 Posted July 4, 2014 Top tip there! lol Made that mistake before! I`ll third that. I have tires from these kits that I painted almost 10 years ago, and I swear they are still tacky.
freakshow12 Posted July 5, 2014 Posted July 5, 2014 I use the white acryl primer in the small testors glass jar.
heinz74 Posted July 23, 2014 Posted July 23, 2014 Thanks for the kind words, everyone! I, too, can't wait to see the finished product, but I guess that's sort of up to me I traded a set of my Foose wheels with 57peppershaker for these gorgeous Goodyear Eagles. (Thank you, again!) It took quite a bit of trimming to get the rally wheels to fit, but they sure look good. Any tips on painting the raised lettering? if i may ask? what sort of trimming did you do to get those wheels to fit inside the Goodyears? i've been looking at the wheels myself but they look way to big to fit in there.. i would really like to use them in order to get some meat in the wheel wells the stock ones look to skinny ...considering this was a high performance car back then
ImpalaBoy Posted July 23, 2014 Author Posted July 23, 2014 I didn't do anything to the tires, but I had to trim about a millimeter off the outside circumference of each rim. Left is before, right is after.
heinz74 Posted July 23, 2014 Posted July 23, 2014 Ahh ok! it;s gonna be tricky though but i'll manage... thanks for the info!
ImpalaBoy Posted July 24, 2014 Author Posted July 24, 2014 It was VERY tedious, I must admit. I was also glad I had two sets to work with, since I messed up one of them. I used an x-acto knife and 150 grit sandpaper to get the majority of the material off. I wish you good luck
Hawk312 Posted July 28, 2014 Posted July 28, 2014 It was VERY tedious, I must admit. I was also glad I had two sets to work with, since I messed up one of them. I used an x-acto knife and 150 grit sandpaper to get the majority of the material off. I wish you good luck Tedious, but it looks like you did an excellent job!
heinz74 Posted August 2, 2014 Posted August 2, 2014 just saw what mr Thibausometing did with this kit... still don't have a clue what's knocking people about the other magazine... but he built this thing Foose style..and i like it.. some more detailing would knock it out of the park... maybe it's not realistic (cross rams aren't easy picked up streetcorner),,,and the wheels are a little big .. but i like it ..give the guys ...be it Foose or Revell some credit.. it looks great..
Custom Mike Posted August 3, 2014 Posted August 3, 2014 (edited) Andrew, get yourself a white Gel Pen from Michaels or Hobby Lobby, that's what I use for raised white letters. They may be a bit hard to find, but they're out there, and they work great! This one's been done for about 17 years now, and the white Gel Pen's ink is still as nice as the day I put it on! Edited June 17, 2015 by Custom Mike
MADDOG Posted September 12, 2014 Posted September 12, 2014 Was hoping to see so more of the progress on this build........ Was going great. Looking forward to seeing this build completed.
dantewallace Posted October 7, 2014 Posted October 7, 2014 Impala Boy, Where did you source the Good year tires from that you are using on this??
Jordan White Posted October 7, 2014 Posted October 7, 2014 Impala Boy, Where did you source the Good year tires from that you are using on this?? One of the older releases, either the Camaro, Corvette, or Bel Air (all came with them). Wish they would have kept them in for the rerelease.
Brudda Posted October 9, 2014 Posted October 9, 2014 Andrew love your build! The tires you selected is fantastic. I wish I saw this sooner. I was so mad at the kit tires that I went another direction.The suspension is changed. Narrowed the rear springs and mini tubbed the wheelhouse. I wanted a stock build but not to be. Keep up the great work!
swede70 Posted June 15, 2015 Posted June 15, 2015 A very beautiful build - thanks for the inspiration and ideas. Lovely to examine your work. Mike K.
ImpalaBoy Posted June 15, 2015 Author Posted June 15, 2015 A very beautiful build - thanks for the inspiration and ideas. Lovely to examine your work. Mike K. Thank you very much. I see you're doing yours in the same color scheme. Well, the exterior anyway. I look forward to seeing how yours comes out as well. Maybe it'll give me a kick in the pants to start working on mine again!
Kenny B Posted June 16, 2015 Posted June 16, 2015 Andrew, I have been following your build for a while now and must say you have everything right. I have built two of them myself and never used the decal stripes. I found painting them on is a lot nicer looking. Once you get enough clear coat on them and wet sand the rest you can't notice. Engine looks bang on to me as well. The whole model is a real nice kit to build and I would build another one as well. Keep up the good work, will be watching. Ken.
AzTom Posted June 16, 2015 Posted June 16, 2015 Very nice. If I ever find Ansen rims in 1/12 and some wide tires I'll start mine.
swede70 Posted June 17, 2015 Posted June 17, 2015 Greetings, Maybe relating what I'm planning will indeed kick start your efforts to complete here. If funds allow, maybe just quickly assembly a hack chassis painted all in black to put your expertly finished shell on wheels, and then in a low key and low stress sense attack a duplicate chassis for buying another kit? As many people tell me, it's supposed to be fun. Perhaps I'm just revealing more of my own makeup than I am yours, but all the same we're all extremely impressed with the work you did on the stripes in particular. I don't know - it just seems that I'm also given to making things so complex and literal that I dare not mate some very nice assembly with something I fear won't match the quality of finish or fabrication seen elsewhere. In short, my Daytona Yellow Z/28 will be done almost box stock but for wheels and tires. A second Olympic Gold Z/28 might be done with thing simply not on the planning cards for the simpler predecessor in the form of things most of us could identify as matters crying out for addition on the very good 1:12 Revell/Monogram 1969 Camaro tool. Kind regards... Mike K.
clovis Posted June 21, 2015 Posted June 21, 2015 What color and brand did you use to get the cadmium goldish color on the engine parts? What about the intake manifold and tranny?
ImpalaBoy Posted June 22, 2015 Author Posted June 22, 2015 What color and brand did you use to get the cadmium goldish color on the engine parts? What about the intake manifold and tranny? The gold color on the carbs is a mix of Testors 1144 Gold and 1146 Silver. The transmission and intake are either 1180 Flat Steel or 1181 Aluminum, all Testors enamel.
Cien1986 Posted June 29, 2015 Posted June 29, 2015 I have one of this kit too.... will start it asap... very great built... i can take this as my refernces too.... thanks
boyesreef Posted December 31, 2015 Posted December 31, 2015 i couldnt get the headers right for the life of me, so i improvised.
hossalimi Posted January 16, 2016 Posted January 16, 2016 Love the headers and everything else! Awesome work.
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