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Post by Dan Belcher on May 14, 2020 18:02:22 GMT -5
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Post by Dan Belcher on May 14, 2020 18:03:42 GMT -5
Decal work is done on my Rusty car. Well, almost... the hood decal decided to wrinkle really badly as it dried for some reason, and I couldn't remove it all without damaging the paint, so I had to sand down the hood and add a fresh coat of paint to it... which I managed to screw up, so it's getting redone yet again tomorrow. Oops... Even after a few coats of decal bonding spray, these decals still felt a bit fragile, particularly the red and white stripe. I had to cut some of the bigger decals into multiple pieces, and even then they still ripped a time or two. Overall the decal placement on them is far from perfect, but this was one of those times were I just had to tell myself "good enough!" You can also see I am fighting some bubbles, even after wiping out from the center with a damp paper towel and using Microset and Solvaset. Some decals did just fine, and yet others insisted on bubbling no matter what I did. Another round of telling myself "good enough!" Additionally, these decals had so. much. glue. I had to slide the decals off onto something upside down and use a paintbrush or a damp paper towel to wipe off excess glue, and even then I ended up with lots of glue on the car. I managed to wipe most of it off, but there are a few spots with visible glue, particularly on the right rear quarterpanel. Any recommendations on how to remove excess decal glue?   |
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Post by illeagle10 on May 15, 2020 5:45:09 GMT -5
This is great Dan! I am glad you decided to post it all!
Jim
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Post by Dan Belcher on May 25, 2020 9:17:14 GMT -5
Finally, this cursed, mistake-riddled build is completed! It's kind of appropriate that I finished it on Memorial Day weekend though, since Rusty won the Coke 600 for the only time in his career in this same car 30 years ago.           One of my pictures was inspired by a reference photo I had been using, so I thought this was a neat comparison. It also shows how far off from the real car the car shape and decal sizing is!  AMT kit, using kit decals (well, two sheets of them because they're so evil and uncooperative...) Powerslide decals for the wheels and tires (I lightly sprayed Tamiya Smoke to make the tire decals look more realistic and less bright). The kit decals match what Rusty ran in the Daytona 500, but this build isn't really meant to represent that specific race or anything. Gauges and fire bottle were hand painted instead of using decals. Pro-tech hood and trunk pins, since I did not have the patience to attempt anything more realistic than that! Seat belts are actually a mixture of hand-painted and decals, I had some leftover IndyCar seatbelt decals I was able to use for the shoulder straps. Tamiya TS-14 black and TS-21 gold with TS-13 clear coat. Some of the modifications I had to make... Cut rear spoiler into two pieces. Added rear spoiler mounting bolts by using a pin vice drill to make shallow indentations and painting them silver. Added fuel vent by drilling out a hole and placing a thin evergreen rod in it. The size rod I used was too small to use a hollow one, so I notched out the tip to make it look a little more like it's hollow. Added thicker outer ring to the fuel filler by slicing a thin piece of hollow evergreen rod and gluing it on top of it. Sanded the decklid down significantly to help the rear window fit into place better and also make the trunk overhang the rest of the rear of the car less. Added rollbar padding using heat shrink tubing (any parts of the tube that had text printed on it I just painted over with Tamiya Rubber acrylic paint and it blended absolutely perfectly) and zipties were made with black sewing thread and super glue. Added cooling hoses (made from 5/32" extension springs painted with Tamiya Rubber and held in shape with brass rod inside them) and Powerslide naca duct decals. Added cockpit wiring using stuff sold as plug wire. Added coiled radio cable to the steering wheel by wrapping that plug wire material around a thin brass rod to form the shape. Added fuel line using some electrical wire. |
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Post by illeagle10 on May 26, 2020 18:01:58 GMT -5
Beautiful build Dan! One I'd be proud to have on my shelf!
Jim
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Post by Dan Belcher on May 26, 2020 19:11:55 GMT -5
Thanks!
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Post by MikeB on May 28, 2020 21:16:57 GMT -5
Beautiful build of a not very easy kit
I always wanted to build this one but could never make it look right you did a great job on this one
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Post by Dan Belcher on May 29, 2020 6:49:57 GMT -5
Thanks! You aren't lying when you say it's not an easy kit. Getting the bumpers masked and painted then decaled was a serious chore thanks to all the curves and edges. Lots of mods needed to get things to fit right and to add detail. Not to mention the abysmal quality of the kit decals.
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Post by gks1964 on Jul 21, 2020 8:33:54 GMT -5
Dan that's a beauty! I'm watching the Kyle Petty build as well and it's looking great!
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Post by Dan Belcher on Jul 21, 2020 14:17:12 GMT -5
Dan that's a beauty! I'm watching the Kyle Petty build as well and it's looking great! Thanks! I screwed up the black paint on the Kyle Petty car and got some runs and found a scratch I didn't notice before which I had to sand out, then when I applied the next coat I got some pretty noticeable pitting (think it was a combo of extremely humid weather this morning and a brand new can of paint), so I'm going to be doing some more sanding and repainting once that coat dries enough! |
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Post by gks1964 on Jul 21, 2020 15:19:10 GMT -5
Dan that's a beauty! I'm watching the Kyle Petty build as well and it's looking great! Thanks! I screwed up the black paint on the Kyle Petty car and got some runs and found a scratch I didn't notice before which I had to sand out, then when I applied the next coat I got some pretty noticeable pitting (think it was a combo of extremely humid weather this morning and a brand new can of paint), so I'm going to be doing some more sanding and repainting once that coat dries enough! Man that stinks! I know you'll get it done correctly!! |
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Post by bilbo63 on Mar 1, 2021 1:00:32 GMT -5
Looks great!
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