1/25th Camaro quickie and another of the GTO

[ProTouring442]

Wow, they look cool!

What are you using for primer?

Shiny SIde Up!
Bill

[drphibes]

Those look awesome. I haven't built models since I was a kid, but this looks like fun. Who makes those kits.

Robert

[black2002ls]

Originally Posted by drphibes

Those look awesome. I haven't built models since I was a kid, but this looks like fun. Who makes those kits.

Robert

I think the GTO kit is from Revell and since The Camaro is 1:25 I'm gonna guess its an AMT kit

[city_ofthe_south]

yup black covered it all correctly. the Camaro is AMT and the goat is Revell. For these two i used just Dupli Color sealer - 3 coats, sometimes 4 if i did a lot of body work after the first coat. I think this is common but, i try to do all the body work then prime but you miss things that you find after the first coat and it really helps to find little mistakes WITH a coat of primer/sealer, whatever. 3 coats of dupli color touch up can auto parts store special and 4 coats of dupli color clear. then 2000 grit sand paper until i don't see any shiny spots (yeah RIGHT!) and then break my arm polishing with scratch X and wax after that.

hey black, any thoughts on doing two colors?

[black2002ls]

If you are doing a two tone. Maybe something like this...



Spray the silver, then mask the line for the blue, before you spray the blue hit it with silver again. What this does is seal the tape line so the blue doesn't bleed, you could also use clear for this. A large portion of the time you end up with a ridge. I lightly sand that area with some 2000 before clear, and then pile on the clear after that to try and make the line disappear. That is one reason I like using 2 part automotive urethane, it is hard and sprays thicker than the duplicolor, so it hides those things a little better. That chevelle was done with all duplicolor paint, minus the purple pin stripe.

[city_ofthe_south]

Originally Posted by black2002ls

If you are doing a two tone. Maybe something like this...


Spray the silver, then mask the line for the blue, before you spray the blue hit it with silver again. What this does is seal the tape line so the blue doesn't bleed, you could also use clear for this. A large portion of the time you end up with a ridge. I lightly sand that area with some 2000 before clear, and then pile on the clear after that to try and make the line disappear. That is one reason I like using 2 part automotive urethane, it is hard and sprays thicker than the duplicolor, so it hides those things a little better. That chevelle was done with all duplicolor paint, minus the purple pin stripe.

i'm mainly interested in dry time between colors. i don't really see on the color cans where it says about dry time. i was just goin to let the black dry 24 hours then tape off and shoot blue. do you allow less time than this for your first color to dry?

[mlomaka]

You can try 24 hours, but a lot depends on what you are going to mask it with. The stickier whatever it is you use, the longer I would wait. Personally, I would give it a couple of days. I have also found that the thinner the masking, the smaller the ridge. I have some of that bad "super bright" Bare Metal that doesn't really stick well enough to use for detailing, but works great for two tones. It leaves a very little ridge. Take your time, you don't want to mess up what you have already done.
Here are a couple I did using BM.



Be sure to show us pics after you do it.

[black2002ls]

Originally Posted by ProTouring442

Wow, they look cool!

What are you using for primer?

Shiny SIde Up!
Bill

I typically use duplicolor primer. Its in a spray can and the duplicolor spray nozzles are awesome. The newer revell stuff is kinda tricky because of the new plastic they are using. I was using moon mud on the new plastic, but the company that makes it has closed its doors.....hope that helps.