bluestringer

Thanks.

Great. Do you have a WIP started on your build?

It will be a straight OOB build. Paint will be Wicked Colors Pearl Black. I know most here have probably already built this kit, so any tips, tricks, cautions will be appreciated.

My last 2 car builds gave me problems, so I going to try my first truck of the year and see how it turns out. All comments welcome.

I know I forgot the turn signals. Need to get them on there.

Calling it done warts and all. I've had problems with the last 2 builds and this one was no different. Clear coat messed up the first paint job, stripped it and painted again using a different clear coat but it still came out looking bad. Also had trouble with the frame to body fit as I have had on my last 2 builds. This caused the bumpers not to fit correctly. But it was still a fun build and I learned some things. All comments welcome.

Calling it done. photos under glass.

This is all the foil I'm putting on. Did a poor job of it, but I'm going with it.

Well it didn't come out as good as I would have liked, but I'm going with it. I got some bad spots on it, the Testors spray was hard to control. I'll try the Createx gloss on the next build maybe, or I may just go back to using Revive It floor polish, I think it looked about as good. I got the chassis finished.

Thanks David. I did finally get the Camaro finished but it sits a little off. I gave up on the Mustang and took it apart. I'll use the parts for other builds maybe. The engine would be great for a hot rod build. Thank you. Do you mean the short cut cans sold at Hobby Lobby? I had not thought of those.

The Createx is a water based acrylic. Here's a stock photo of what I used. Picked it up at Hobby Lobby, but I think it has been discontinued and replaced with their UVLS Clear.

Thanks. Thank you. Thanks. Here's the spoons side by side. The Rust Acrylic Enamel is out. The Testors is a lacquer not an enamel like I said before, and I think it looks the best. The Createx looks ok, it is not as glossy as the Testors for sure, I can control it better in the airbrush, but right now I'm leaning toward the Testors.

Got the color back on it. I will not be using the Rustoleum lacquer again. I have some Testor's enamel clear I tested on a spoon with the same paint and it did fine. probably will use that. But I also picked up a small bottle of Createx gloss clear. I think I will spoon test it and see what it looks like.

Thanks guys. I will probably keep priming my bodies but not the small parts.

I use the Mr. CementS, get it at hobby lobby. Just as good as the Tamiya, which is not sold at my HL. I also use the Extreme Power Medium sold at hobby lobby, good stuff. And I always keep good old super glue around, lots of choices at Wally World.

Looks great. Green is my favorite color.

Fantastic build. Looks great. I'm working on the street version of the 55 Bel Air now. I like the painted bumpers, may try that on mine.

Looks real nice.

I have been putting on a coat of primer on all my parts before painting, usually Rustoleum 2x grey. Today I painted a chassis with Createx Pearl paint without any primer first and I think it looks much better without the primer. If the parts are washed and prepped good before paint is primer even necessary? I know I've lost detail on some parts because of the primer. I'm thinking of going with no primer even on the body now.

Thank you David. I'm going to try and get the paint back on it this week. Still not sure what clear I will be using.

Thanks Chaz.

I love it. Super cool. Really nice work.

Ok, after about a week I think it's done, maybe I can try it again. Been working on the interior.

Body is still soaking, but looks like I may be able to get most of it off. I got some Testors Clear Lacquer spray that I will test on some spoons I painted with the Createx. If I don't like that I'll probably just go back to using Revive It floor polish for the clear coat.

Got this for Christmas but only starting playing around with it today practicing on some spoons. I have been using a Paasche H, and it does a great job. But I really like this Talon. Going to take a while to get use to the double action. It is much easier to clean than the H and has a nice large paint cup.