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| Tweet Topic Started: Jun 10 2009, 10:49 PM (585 Views) | |
| NoirGuru | Jun 10 2009, 10:49 PM Post #1 |
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The All Original Gentleman
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Found this truck in the field behind my bus stop on my morning commute. One nighter hand painted with enamel black, and then detailed in my usual fashion. ![]() ![]() ![]()
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| ErnestHughes | Jun 10 2009, 11:11 PM Post #2 |
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Fullsize
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Nice save dude! Ernest |
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| craftymore | Jun 10 2009, 11:12 PM Post #3 |
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Support your local demo derby.
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Pretty impressive work for being hand painted. Sometimes it's good to get back to basics and just work on a custom in a days time. Besides, the price was right. |
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| Stangfreak | Jun 11 2009, 01:06 AM Post #4 |
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Convertible
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110% improvement... Looks fantastic, especially for brush job... One nice truck !!! |
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| Swifty | Jun 11 2009, 03:29 AM Post #5 |
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The Mustang II is a Mustang too!
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Looks really nice! I wonder what this was from originally- I don't recognize the casting. |
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| James | Jun 11 2009, 08:12 AM Post #6 |
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Mr.Bowtie
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WOW! |
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| NoirGuru | Jun 11 2009, 10:28 AM Post #7 |
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The All Original Gentleman
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HW did, and still does have their line of convoy/car carriers. Early on when they first started they were all turn of the century looking generic giant cabs, and plastic trailers with ramps or box style stow. Trailers would snap in the giant hole in the back, and were usually a bit more difficult to remove. Here's an example of one, I just sent away.
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| James | Jun 11 2009, 11:49 AM Post #8 |
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Mr.Bowtie
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Thanks for that pic, I have that exact trailer, but never knew what pulled it, I'll pass on the truck, but I still have use for the trailer. |
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| Dadvball | Jun 11 2009, 01:02 PM Post #9 |
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Dadvball
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Great job on the repaint, and with the detailing you did if came out super nice! You get a nice finish for ppainting by hand with a brush. Are you having to thin the paint very much and then do extra coats? I've been holding off doing a couple of police cars where I have to paint the hood, truck, and front and rear fenders black. I want to do it with a brush, but I'd like to get as smooth a finish as you do. I've hand painted a few bangers for customs on the banger board, but the finish wasn't as good as I'd have liked. Can you share any tips? Thanks. |
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| NoirGuru | Jun 11 2009, 01:28 PM Post #10 |
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With regards to that, I'm an amateur painter. All of my customs and repaints are done 100% by hand. My paints are all Testors Canada brand, and are all enamel based. Most of my paints are fairly old, so their consistencies are very different. My black paint is my most runny paint, and that is what makes for the smooth coat. This truck only has one coat of black on top of the old paint. The Buick Regal (Here) was with extremely thick and horrid enamel paint, with about five coats put on top of the old paint. The Ford Escort (Here) was with in between paint consistency, about four coats on top of the original plastic. If painting by brush, make sure the paint isn't overly thick, to avoid the streak lines I usually get on the other cars. Let the paint cure for a day's time, depending on how thick the layers are initially. If you have a paint gun, or spray paint, it's probably better in the end. (I have a Testors Enamel paint gun, but I think my mom threw it out...) All of my details are not painted on. (Chrome, lights, etc.) Hopefully that was some sort of help, I've still a lot to learn myself, but I'm content with my results. |
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| Sak | Jun 11 2009, 04:28 PM Post #11 |
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Ezekiel 25:17
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When using a brush, you have to make the paint puddle. It's time consuming, but if the consistency's right, it should come out okay. I have a 1:43 Ertl on which I painted the roof twenty years ago. It came out so well, that people can't believe it's a brush job. It looks correct and natural. Which is what I intended in the first place. |
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