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Scratchmade race and sponsorship logos and "decals" made from old magazine adds!!!
Posted by Anonymous
on Saturday, January 31, 2004 2:19 PM
I recently finished building a 66ish Ford Mustang kit from AMT/ERTL and I butchered a few other kits for cool add ons and parts. When I completed the kit I noticed that allthough it was a good looking car....it needed more. I had allready painted the kit Testors gloos red and given it custom racing stripes in silver, but it needed a personality. So it became my Edelbrock #57 ford mustang racer. I not only hand painted a few beautiful logos, but I also cut one from tin foil and super glued it to the hood. The kit looked great after some decaling and clean up. But all racers need one thing, SPONSORS. so I searched through a few old popular hot rodding and car and driver mags and cut out some cool looking logos. I put a layer of clear tape over them to protect them and then cut them out and super glued them down. They look cool and add realism to the model. Now note: THIS TECHNIQUE IS NOT FOR MODELS MEANT TO GO TO COMPETITION!!!!! The resulting logo looks great but upon close inspection seams to be raised off the surface of the model....and thats because it is raised slightly..... But none the less it still looks really cool and makes for good looking shelf models that are a blast to build and admire!!! Let me know what you think please!
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