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Post by macsparty on Dec 17, 2014 14:04:28 GMT -5
I picked this up from Ed and Tom from American Racing Miniatures at Indy this year, and just pulled it out to get started. I'm planning on doing Frank Lockhart's 1926 winner. First order of business was inserting some brass rod cross braces.  One of the leaf spring mounting pins was broken off, so I fashioned a suitable replacement from tube and rod.  As some of you know, I'm also big into painting 28mm and 15mm figures, mostly metal. So I use the same Armory acrylic primer I use for those for the metal parts. I will use acrylic paint on these.  And finally for now, the pretty parts sprayed with trusty Tamiya primer.  More to come... but by now it should be known I don't move too quickly! |
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Post by Calvin on Dec 17, 2014 14:43:17 GMT -5
Awesome! Glad to see you building again!
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Post by clm1545 on Dec 17, 2014 21:26:03 GMT -5
This will be fun to watch. I have one of those on my "to do" list to go with the Packard Cable FWD car.
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Post by racerbrown on Dec 18, 2014 7:36:33 GMT -5
a great project to come back to building with.
duane
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Post by pg265 on Dec 19, 2014 15:07:00 GMT -5
Hi, I will follow this one with great interest! On the wishlist and surely one of the next to order  Great start Pascal |
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Post by macsparty on Dec 23, 2014 13:12:28 GMT -5
So another paint issue, one I don't think I have ever encountered before... I started off badly enough. First attempt had some running, and some fisheyes that made me think I didn't clean the resin well enough. So, I stripped it down, and tried again. Then the usual method for phase 2, Tamiya white primer, then a few coats of Tamiya pure white. And I have to say, this was PERFECT. Not so much as a dust speck. I'm telling you, one of the best paint jobs I've ever laid down on a car. I wasn't even going to risk screwing it up with any fine sanding. Maybe some wax, but that would be it. But now, several days later, it's starting to chip. Like miniature stone chips. The first one I thought I would just attribute to the rough brick surface it runs on. But now there are getting to be too many. This is just from some light handling, as I test fitted to the frame and pondered whether to do the seat dark brown or black. It looks like I am going to have to strip it again. Touchups will look too much like, well, touchups. What did I do wrong? |
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Post by kip on Dec 23, 2014 14:58:14 GMT -5
Paint is a great mystery to me and I never know what went wrong. I think every WIP I have posted on the forum has involved stripping the paint from the body. I believe on the 63 Hurtubise Novi I stripped the paint twice. Maybe Calvin can give us some advise--he always seems to get a great finish.
kip
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Post by clm1545 on Dec 23, 2014 15:45:57 GMT -5
I had a real problem with Tamiya white primer, topcoated with Krylon. Don't know what is going on, I love Tamiya paint, but in the future I will try the Krylon primer. I know the Krylon is "hotter" than Tamiya, but never had any trouble in the past.
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Post by Calvin on Dec 23, 2014 15:48:19 GMT -5
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Post by macsparty on Dec 23, 2014 16:05:00 GMT -5
I did not scuff. That's something I've never actually done. First time I've had this chipping/flaking problem.
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Post by mjjracer on Dec 23, 2014 16:10:59 GMT -5
Calvin, I've seen you mention the "scratch pad" before. What is it, exactly? I envision a green scratch pad used for cleaning pots and dishes. MJ |
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Post by Calvin on Dec 23, 2014 16:46:08 GMT -5
You must scuff your body. If you dont the paint has nothing to grab onto. You need to take all the shine off the body....before primer you should be able to hold your body in a light and not see any reflection. I just used cheap green scuffing pads from the hardware store.....they should be abrasive enough to easily scuff your body up in about a half an hour.  If a person does paint prep correctly you should be able to take masking tape and aggressively stick it on and rip it off without any fear of the paint coming off. IMO if you clean and scuff your body correctly I bet 80% of your paint problems will be gone. |
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Post by macsparty on Dec 23, 2014 16:54:14 GMT -5
Ugh. I hate the thought of stripping this thing again. I'll probably never get a paint job as smooth!
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Post by mjjracer on Dec 23, 2014 17:41:40 GMT -5
Thanks Calvin - that's exactly what I thought of.
I was going to say something witty (hah!) about if you saw me you would know it would take more than 1/2 hour to scuff my body.
Then I reminded myself that I'm not nearly as witty as I think. :-)
MJ
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