keavdog

 

Lol...

Hey Backster!

 Ya like the way I changed yer name, HuH? Sorry bout that. I  am sure Dodgy Understands. Doesn't he? LOL.LOL.Luv youse guys!

Gamera

I would say I was tweaking your nose more than twisting your arm

Gamera

As Greg said finding the missing part is a good omen. The gremlins or leprechauns or whatever that swipe model parts and hide them are even on your side.

Tanker-Builder

Hey Dodgy!

       I'll let you sleep on this. 1/32 scale. All Card. Not in my native language and not close to my second. But darnright beautiful, What is it? It is a Wingy Thingy!

 

Hey Dodgy-- that makes you Dr Doom! I expect much doom from you. Don't disappoint me, my friend.

Greg

Alright, this is good.

Greg

And finding the broken off piece is a good omen. Definitely.

Dodgy

Go Bako, go!

Dodgy

 

steve5

this should be a hoot steve , looking forward to it .

 

I would say I was tweaking your nose more than twisting your arm but still it's good to see you back on this...

As Greg said finding the missing part is a good omen. The gremlins or leprechauns or whatever that swipe model parts and hide them are even on your side.

Hey Dodgy!

       I'll let you sleep on this. 1/32 scale. All Card. Not in my native language and not close to my second. But darnright beautiful, What is it? It is a Wingy Thingy!

Alright, this is good.

And finding the broken off piece is a good omen. Definitely.

Go Bako, go!

Dodgy

this should be a hoot steve , looking forward to it .

Dr Doom here, as Capn would call me. It is official!  Dodgy and Gamera twisted my arm, I am rebooting this build.

My last update was November 30, 2021. My gosh. We are closing in on a year but it feels like so much longer. To be exact--two other builds since.

I found the carefully packed project and set the contents out for review. Not all the parts are in this image but most of it.

Just coming from the Nautilus with its nicely molded detail, sleek lines, and an overall coolness factor--this model looks like something I got from a bubblegum machine for a nickel. Some of you may remember those dispensers that for some loose change and a twist of the handle, out comes some sort of trinket. THAT... is this model. Lol.  The sooner I get paint on that awful orange, the better. It's burning my retinas.

Btw. No sooner than I empty the box, gremlins strike. I notice that the stack is missing a-- for a lack of a better term-- a petal. I searched the box three times for the piece, and the bench just as many. Finally, I resort to,  "You are hosed! You have to make a new one."

In defeat I reach for the clear parts bag that was off to the side and what do I see laying on top of it? Yup! I promptly glue it back on.

Not sure if this is a good omen or a bad omen.

Just found the thread on it.

How's the Speedster coming along bud?

Tanker-Builder

Hey! That looks just like my first car! LOL, LOL.

So, I'm watching LaserCreationWorld on YT, because I like to do that.  And, Tomas is building a VW Beetle for a zomie diorama (as he does every so often).

What's freaky is that I had a similar split-window Beetle in like 1977. 

Then, hat color does he paint it?  Oh, the same odd violet/red purple of the Beetle I pulled out of a Grand Prairie junk yard in 1977 . . .

Hurr, durr . . .

The orld can ork in very small circles.

mustang1989

I got lucky.....once. It was my first real try at an auto model gloss finish in .....gosh.....35 years or so? And that was back when I was a teenager living at home in the 80's and I sprayed what was then my best gloss finish on a Revellogram 1970 Challenger T/A that I built for my brother from a can. No color....only the molded red color with decals applied and a gloss shot over it.

 The story goes: In 2011 I re-gifted the same Challenger to him on Christmas after some repairs. Two years later I was visiting with him and saw it.......the car was sitting in his closet........ two wheels & tires missing, hood was gone and the car had a thick layer of dust over the whole thing.  I asked him if I could take it and he gave it up. This time I went for broke. I was a man on a mission and wanted to do this right. 

 I was right in the middle of a Bf109 build for a GB that Bish and I were hosting and set everything aside for this car. I totally disassembled it, stripped the once perfect clear that was on it and went to work. I smoothed out all the blems and sanded away the mold lines/ seams that I didn't pay attention to when I was 14 years old and applied a gloss on the prepped & decaled body with only the molded red color on it straight from the can. It was as if I'd been doing this for all my life as it just laid down perfect. Not one dust spec and NO orange peel. I haven't been able to do that since. Wet sanding with fine grit sanding blocks & papers and polishing are a way of life for me these days if I want a glass like finish. If I had one word to sum it all up then it would be the word "PATIENCE". It takes alot of it to get what you're looking for in a gloss finish with all the body prep, wet sanding and polishing but the rewards are soooooo well worth it. 

My brother's Challenger from my 2014 restoration: 

I had no idea I would be taking home a "Best Auto in Show" award someday when I first built this car way back when at my first model show ever in 2015.

mustang1989

Oh man.....I thought this was in the Absent Friends build Steve. Didn't mean to hi-jack your thread bro. 

 

Dodgy

I have enough trouble with wingy things, please don't talk about cars.......

 

Lol.

Oh man.....I thought this was in the Absent Friends build Steve. Didn't mean to hi-jack your thread bro. 

I got lucky.....once. It was my first real try at an auto model gloss finish in .....gosh.....35 years or so? And that was back when I was a teenager living at home in the 80's and I sprayed what was then my best gloss finish on a Revellogram 1970 Challenger T/A that I built for my brother from a can. No color....only the molded red color with decals applied and a gloss shot over it.

 The story goes: In 2011 I re-gifted the same Challenger to him on Christmas after some repairs. Two years later I was visiting with him and saw it.......the car was sitting in his closet........ two wheels & tires missing, hood was gone and the car had a thick layer of dust over the whole thing.  I asked him if I could take it and he gave it up. This time I went for broke. I was a man on a mission and wanted to do this right. 

 I was right in the middle of a Bf109 build for a GB that Bish and I were hosting and set everything aside for this car. I totally disassembled it, stripped the once perfect clear that was on it and went to work. I smoothed out all the blems and sanded away the mold lines/ seams that I didn't pay attention to when I was 14 years old and applied a gloss on the prepped & decaled body with only the molded red color on it straight from the can. It was as if I'd been doing this for all my life as it just laid down perfect. Not one dust spec and NO orange peel. I haven't been able to do that since. Wet sanding with fine grit sanding blocks & papers and polishing are a way of life for me these days if I want a glass like finish. If I had one word to sum it all up then it would be the word "PATIENCE". It takes alot of it to get what you're looking for in a gloss finish with all the body prep, wet sanding and polishing but the rewards are soooooo well worth it. 

My brother's Challenger from my 2014 restoration: 

I had no idea I would be taking home a "Best Auto in Show" award someday when I first built this car way back when at my first model show ever in 2015.

Dodgy

I have enough trouble with wingy things, please don't talk about cars.......

 

I feel your pain Rob. There was a time not to long ago that I felt the same way.

There is a way....to the dark side my brother.

I have enough trouble with wingy things, please don't talk about cars.......

Bakster

 

 

Gamera

I keep trying cars and getting horrible orange peel on them and putting them back in the box. One day I'll get a decent looking gloss finish- one day............

 

 

 

 

And there is the issue with model cars. Getting the smooth finish.

Maybe Joe can jump in on this with his process. But from what I know-- you need to sand the primer coat (if used), the color coat, and then the clear coat, again, if used. Then polish. There are polishing kits for this that include the sanding cloths. It takes the guesswork out of it and you will end up with glass smooth finishes.

Or --the other way is to lay on a heavy layer of paint to bring out the gloss. But-- you will almost always get something in the paint that will need to be sanded, and then polished. 

What says you, Joe?

 

Any help would be awesome Joe.

I normally spray a couple of light coats to build up some 'tooth' and then a heavy wet coat. Which I've been told is the correct way to do it, and I still get orange peel.

I've got some Tamiya polishing compound with cloths that I've been experimenting with. I like the results but it's still not where I want it.

keavdog

When I was a young boy my friends dad restored and owned/restored and drove Hupmobiles.  I recall riding in his beautiful (1915ish) red touring car coming down an overpass and just sliding on those skinny tires trying to slow down/stop.   No ABS, contact patch of about 4 inches - quite the ride.  He also had little Hupmobile runabout in the garage he was restoring.  Great looking little car.  Visited him about 20 years ago and he had switched to restoring old tractors.

 

That is a cool recollection. It must have been a real treat to ride in one!

The closest I can come to this was a neighbor restoring a Model A. It was pretty cool once done. It was fun to see it popping along as they drove it. I didn't get a ride in it though.

When I was a young boy my friends dad restored and owned/restored and drove Hupmobiles.  I recall riding in his beautiful (1915ish) red touring car coming down an overpass and just sliding on those skinny tires trying to slow down/stop.   No ABS, contact patch of about 4 inches - quite the ride.  He also had little Hupmobile runabout in the garage he was restoring.  Great looking little car.  Visited him about 20 years ago and he had switched to restoring old tractors.

mustang1989

I tend to use alot of Donn Yosts ideas in my airbrushing these days and that's definitely a step in the right direction picking up his DVD's. Dude's got alot of good advice.

 

Tanker-Builder

Hey! That looks just like my first car! LOL, LOL.

Lol. My friend, I have heard the same said about me. I work with a colorful crew. They throw jabs better than Muhammed Ali.

Tanker-Builder

 Hey! Good question, If they face planted against a tree, who did they sue. What? no Seatbelts? Or airbags, except the wind in yer face! Thirty miles an hour? You are out of your mind!

You sue nobody. You die or live a painful life. Them were the days. LOL

Tanker-Builder

About that time or a little earlier the Fiat Mephistophle Clocked 146 in the straight mile! Unbelieveable, right?

Truly is amazing for the time.