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Hi guys,
Well, I know that I've been "hanging out in the garage" (as wbill so appropriately put it!) lately, but I haven't forgotten my Armor roots!
Since most of you would never usually go into the Auto's forums, I just wanted to let y'all and some of the new guys here know that I have a new weathering tutorial up which can easily be applied to Armor, as I'm working with flat paints on a wreck of a 1963 Impala that Jenn and I found next to an old, closed-down quarter-mile dirt track that I used to go to.
There's not only the hair spray technique covered, but also the use of oils and MIG pigments, as well as a radical, "cracked paint" effect that I discovered quite by accident. Check out the results---here's the link to the "Auto's" posting.
as always Doog REALLY GREAT WORK. love the seats!!
Clay
Your work never ceases to amaze me.
Models on the bench:
Too many to count!
That's outstanding work Karl,looks like a photo of the real thing.
great job Karl. i always look forward to your tutorials. I have used several of your techniques. Now for a question, did happen to look for the owner of the Impala and ask if it was for sale? It would make a very nice restoration project.
agentg Ok smarty pants, let's do SHINY now!
Ok smarty pants, let's do SHINY now!
They;re the two 71 Road Runners that I just finished. You know, my uncle calls cars "Shinys"--I didn't think that anyone else used that term, until I heard you use it! lol!
And thanks, Anthony and modelbuilder. By the way, I didn't find the owner of the Impala--the engine was removed, of course, ad the weirdest thing was that it had a '64 interior in a '63 body! If you read through my tutorial, you'll see the problems that caused me in building this car accurately!
Restoring it would be a real project--you'd have to find an entirely nee interior!
modelbuilder did happen to look for the owner of the Impala and ask if it was for sale? It would make a very nice restoration project.
did happen to look for the owner of the Impala and ask if it was for sale? It would make a very nice restoration project.
Mnay thanks for the Tutorial. I may just pick a future build just learn from you on this.
Restoring that Impala would be expensive- new floorpan, etc...
Perhaps the Impala restoration cost could be defrayed by "Pimp My Ride" ?
Nice to see you haven't totally abandoned your roots Karl and can still find ways to weather and rust over in the garage.
BP Models
Well a restoration isnt fun unless its a challenge.
Karl you ever thought about taking that Impala that you found back with you and restoring it back into working order?
On the workbench: Dragon 1/350 scale Ticonderoga class USS BunkerHill 1/720 scale Italeri USS Harry S. Truman 1/72 scale Encore Yak-6
The 71st Tactical Fighter Squadron the only Squadron to get an Air to Air kill and an Air to Ground kill in the same week with only a F-15 http://photobucket.com/albums/v332/Mikeym_us/
Thanks, Spruce-ce, Bill, modelbuilder, and Mikey.
Mikey, I don't have the skills to even replace the CD player. I'm completely "car-stupid", and wouldn't even know where to start with that Impala. Besides, I'm fairly certain that someone close by owns it. It was near an old truck too, in a field next to some houses.
In fact, the urban sprawl there is what shut down the race track where it was. Noise complaints from new residents--who moved next to a race track!
Again you never cease to amaze me Karl!!
Hey, thanks Tony!
Did you go to BUFFCON this year? I missed it...I just completely forgot, believe it or not!
Yup I went to Buffcon, didn't enter anything though. It was the same as last year..... However I did make it down for my first AMPS and man was that a blast!!
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