Alright, so here's what I did yesterday.
Like planned, I started with painting the body. I used a bright yellow and aibrushed it.
I usually work this way to paint these parts :
First I lay a mist coat over everything, not really caring if I cover the body perfectly.
I wait 20 minutes and put a second mist coat
And then a third after another 20 minutes
Then I let the final mist coat cure for about 2-3 hours and brush a wet coat. A thicker coat trying to cover everything.
After this wet coat I protect the pieces for half an hour from dust and then let them dry in the open.
It's my first time with a ''professional'' airbrush, so we can see that the coat is a bit uneven and yellow doesn't cover a whole lot. I hope I'll be able to give it a nice final look with the second wet coat once this one has cured for 24 hours.
While the final mist coat dried, I started working on the motor. Everything went well, the first thing I did is paint the transmission aluminum and while this part was drying I painted a few others :
Aluminum for the starter and top part (forgot what it's called)
gloss black for the oil pan.
For the engine block, I taped the transmission and mixed some red with a bit of orange to achieve the color ''Chevy engine red'' in the manual. I compared it from pictures and I think I am pretty close to the real thing.
Here's everything put together :
