Peter Lombardo Posted December 20, 2007 Posted December 20, 2007 Hot, and I do mean hot off my workbench, is my 1967 Dodge Charger with airbrush True Fire Flames. This is my first attempt at scale true fire flames. Overall I am happy with the finished product, but now that I have done it, I expect my future attempts will be "tighter" and more concise. I love to try new things so I can learn the technique and improve on each new build. The car is painted in Tamiya Metallic Black as a base. The flames are also Tamiya paints sprayed with my airbrush using the smallest needle (#1) and the air pressure set down to about 25 lbs. I started with a red rough flame outline starter base, followed by bright orange, covered with clear orange. Then bright lemon yellow was applied using a set of stencils that I hand cut, based on the stencils that the professional 1:1 auto painters use. Looking back now, I will remake the stencils a little smaller. for my next go round with true fire. Than I went back over the flames with more orange and then yellow to sharpen up the flames. Once dried, I re-coated with clear orange. Each time you cover with clear orange you set the flames "deeper" into the fire so it makes the fire look deeper and hotter. Once dry, I laid down a thin coat of clear clear to seal the colors. Then I did one more touch up with bright yellow with the stencil and covered that with with clear yellow. Then I mixed up a batch of very thin clear blue and clear red and added a small ultraviolet "glow" around the back end of the flames. Once dry, I added 3 coats of Tamiya clear. (P.S. my first time using Tamiya clear with the airbrush, went on great, very smooth, but it does not want to dry. I think it is still wet and very impressionable. I will be more careful in the future using that clear). I almost destroyed the paint job with finger prints 8 days after the clear was applied. The engine was detailed with the usual wires and stuff. I opened the doors and used my "Dental Floss Holder" hinges, which I might add, worked great. The wheels/tire are Hoppin' Hydro's 20" Vortex #526 and the brakes are Pegasus #1093 19" disc's and et the body down as low as possible to the ground. I two-toned the interior with semi gloss black and a deep maroon red. Oh, also I opened the trunk, but there really isn't anything special about that. I am also working on my 2007 Ford Interceptor and will have a progress report on that after Christmas ( I know, big deal) Anyway, comments/complaints or questions are always welcome and guys, have a Very Merry "Plastic Filled" Christmas. I hope Santa brings us all what we want. 1
ajulia Posted December 20, 2007 Posted December 20, 2007 hello there friend!Just wanted to say where i come from "muy caliente"-real hot! Looks great. Also i wanted to thank you for the suicide door technique. I used on my enzo's doors;hood;and trunk. Keep on wit the keepin on! Peace AJulia
Raul_Perez Posted December 20, 2007 Posted December 20, 2007 Very nice all around..paint, flames, BMF, detail...!!! Keep up the GREAT work and the posts!!
paul@detaildownunder Posted December 20, 2007 Posted December 20, 2007 Oh Yeah That Looks SMOKIN HOT!!!! Nice Build.
Dragon7665 Posted December 20, 2007 Posted December 20, 2007 Great Job, Especially like the Lambo Doors on it!
MoparMarc Posted December 22, 2007 Posted December 22, 2007 Nice job on the flames as well as the opening doors, that Charger is HOTTTTTTTTTT!!!
RatRod Posted December 22, 2007 Posted December 22, 2007 Ok, when I first read the title, and seen "real fire on a '67 charger", my first thought was.... , but I gotta say.....WOW!!! You really did this one right!!! Nice job modernizing an old classic with good taste!!
Spike Posted December 30, 2007 Posted December 30, 2007 amazing paint job. i got this model,now i gotta re-do it lol
Don B Posted January 1, 2008 Posted January 1, 2008 (edited) AWESOME CAR. Thats is really a smokin paint job. When I was looking at the pics my computer started to melt. Edited January 1, 2008 by Don B
darquewanderer Posted January 2, 2008 Posted January 2, 2008 I'm really diggin' this true fire stuff. Love the look. Fantastic job overall.
doorsovdoon Posted August 19, 2021 Posted August 19, 2021 What an amazing paintjob, I haven't seen anything like that! Awesome build too, those doors!
Zippi Posted August 19, 2021 Posted August 19, 2021 Killer paint job on the Charger and I like the gullwing style doors. Nice job.
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