martinfan5 Posted March 25, 2014 Posted March 25, 2014 And here is mine, lets just say that I ran out of talent and skills trying to get this one finished, I dropped the body, which snapped off the front bumper, and scrapped some paint off, so after attaching the bumper and fixing the paint, I snapped the front bumper off for a second time, and in the process of reattaching it, I manage to get some glue on the hood decal , so that had to be removed, I also messed up the paint on the roof, so I ended up having to repaint it, twice. I decided to not do the chrome trim ring on the wheels, I think it looks better to me with out it . Capturing the true hue of this color was challenging, thus why the pics look like they do
GundamFundam Posted March 25, 2014 Posted March 25, 2014 Awesome job! The gloss of the paint is perfect, color is pretty cool too. The wheels are great, how'd you do them?
Bill J Posted March 25, 2014 Posted March 25, 2014 I think it looks great Jonathan. Sorry to hear about all the issues you had. I swear some kits have Christine like attributes. I've painted a 57 Black Widow at least 5 times and still don't have a body worth putting the chassis under. Everything that could go wrong with paint has gone wrong on that Black Widow. Painted it again this week and it is all orange peeled and it won't dry, still sticky to the touch so I can't try polishing it. That was brand new Scalefinishes paint too. Jinxed!
martinfan5 Posted March 25, 2014 Author Posted March 25, 2014 I think it looks great Jonathan. Sorry to hear about all the issues you had. I swear some kits have Christine like attributes. I've painted a 57 Black Widow at least 5 times and still don't have a body worth putting the chassis under. Everything that could go wrong with paint has gone wrong on that Black Widow. Painted it again this week and it is all orange peeled and it won't dry, still sticky to the touch so I can't try polishing it. That was brand new Scalefinishes paint too. Jinxed! Sorry to hear you are still having issues with it Bill, I think there are some kits that just dont want be built
Bill J Posted March 25, 2014 Posted March 25, 2014 Lol, it is truly a patience test and a painting refresher. If I paint it again, I am going rattle can, it's the only thing I haven't tried
martinfan5 Posted March 26, 2014 Author Posted March 26, 2014 Lol, it is truly a patience test and a painting refresher. If I paint it again, I am going rattle can, it's the only thing I haven't tried The paint is enamel right
Bill J Posted March 26, 2014 Posted March 26, 2014 (edited) So far it started with Testor's acrylic, the white was perfect, the black was like it had sand in the bottle. Then I tried lacquer, wasn't real bad but I muffed the masking job. Then tried Testor;s enamel and it came out horrible. The current paint on it is Scalefinishes acrylic enamel. Which has never been sticky 2 days later before, so something isn't right. I have never had orange peeled Scalefinishes either. It seemed too thin. It took a bunch of coats to turn it black. Black paint usually covers right away. I'm hoping I can polish it out with my polishing kit and make it work. If not....maybe the crusher?? Edited March 26, 2014 by Bill J
bigbluesd Posted March 26, 2014 Posted March 26, 2014 I'm just glad I'm not the only one that feels sometimes like I'm modeling in a Benny Hill sketch. Looks fine to me!
Scuderia Posted March 26, 2014 Posted March 26, 2014 Turned out super. and ya i have an 86 Monte notch that has been stripped 3 x now in almost three years and I dont know if i feel like continuing. But you made a real gem of this new boss I can't wait to get one good stuff!
Robberbaron Posted March 26, 2014 Posted March 26, 2014 Would never guess that you had problems with this build - looks flawless to me...
kymdlr Posted March 26, 2014 Posted March 26, 2014 Great build, very sharp. That paint is awesome, what color & manufacture is that?
PappyD340 Posted March 26, 2014 Posted March 26, 2014 Looks FANTASTIC Jonathan, it's funny how we are so careful with these models and still seem to manage to mess something up, actually happens to me more times than not, but you do what you did work through them and go on!! You recovered well!!
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