Rat / Rod Model Kit Bash Challenge 2023
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Could you clear coat the Camaro?
Yes :Anything can be clearcoated.
But,no need ; can see self reflection in it now. Clear isl to protect paint from UV rays. So starring model really doesn't need clear. I usually put clear on them if I use decals I shoot over the whole thing with clear... just to have a code of paint over decals.
The camaro has 16 coats of red. So: plenty for a show/shine buff.
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man, where do all these models go? I've had to stop buying/modding diecasts cuz I don't even have room for them, and they are small.
That’s inspiring. My younger brother had a weird idea during all the covid craziness to buy a semi tow truck brand new. Which involved flying equivalent from new york to Oregon to pick up the trucks and driving them back through the real outback to avoid all the border and zone bans on movement. Needed one bought 2. And 2 years later word of mouth still keeps him on the road working more days than he wants.
I can get more good reference photos next I see him. Thought building a custom model copy might be a good 60th present (which would give me a couple of years to get her dun)
I can get more good reference photos next I see him. Thought building a custom model copy might be a good 60th present (which would give me a couple of years to get her dun)
when I was twelve, I had a paper route and a K-whopper tractor trailer model I had built and made a custom shelf for it. My parents got new jobs, and we had to move. As I was packing up my room, I noticed the trailer of the model was heavy. Inside was a cloth bank bag that I kept my route money in on collection day. I had "lost" it a year earlier. Found it!
Found a place where model building and bicycles meld. I'm thinking about building a car kit that I picked up used. It was missing the metal axles. Online sources said use 1/16" stock. I had some 1/16" brass rod but found that too loose. I kept looking around my shop for a suitable substitute then it hit me, an old bike spoke. They are a near perfect fit. This is a Revell snap fit kit.
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