Post by rocketeer on Dec 30, 2007 14:46:46 GMT -6
Here are pics of a oldie that I just finished: The Aurora 1/32nd scale custom 1962 Chevy pickup. I bought this as a gluebomb off eBay, blew it apart as much as I could, and rebuilt it, improvising where the kit parts were unusable. The paint is a Tamiya color. I looooooovvvve Tamiya spray paints.
Fortunately the windshield was salvageable; I wasn't looking forward to trying to make another. My experiences with vacuum-forming have been, um, unsatisfactory.
I ended up casting my old headlight lenses from clear epoxy resin. The worst part was painting those darned wide whitewalls. I finally painted the tires completely white, then glued a washer onto the tire using white glue, then airbrushed the face of the tire with Testors' Aircraft Interior Grey, spraying as straight down as I could, using light coats to prevent the paint from creeping under the washer. Turned out okay. I painted the tread areas with a tannish-grey color using oils.
Tried Bare-metal Foil on the moon discs, but bubbles kept appearing underneath, so eventually I pulled off the foil and painted them with Tamiya Gloss Aluminum.
The steering wheel is from a Pyro '50 Chevy--there aren't that many parts donors out there in 1/32nd!
The underside is not much, but I did a bit of painting to make it look reasonably okay. Of course I had to lower the front suspension.
Fortunately the windshield was salvageable; I wasn't looking forward to trying to make another. My experiences with vacuum-forming have been, um, unsatisfactory.
I ended up casting my old headlight lenses from clear epoxy resin. The worst part was painting those darned wide whitewalls. I finally painted the tires completely white, then glued a washer onto the tire using white glue, then airbrushed the face of the tire with Testors' Aircraft Interior Grey, spraying as straight down as I could, using light coats to prevent the paint from creeping under the washer. Turned out okay. I painted the tread areas with a tannish-grey color using oils.
Tried Bare-metal Foil on the moon discs, but bubbles kept appearing underneath, so eventually I pulled off the foil and painted them with Tamiya Gloss Aluminum.
The steering wheel is from a Pyro '50 Chevy--there aren't that many parts donors out there in 1/32nd!
The underside is not much, but I did a bit of painting to make it look reasonably okay. Of course I had to lower the front suspension.
