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[Jairus]

Thank you Philippe!

Now that we have things back on track…

I finished another one, an Indy car this time driven by Johnny Boyd back in 1967.
The “PRESTONE Special” unfortunately retired after only 6 laps due to an untimely accident. The car here is based on an original Lancer mold. Besides paint, this car features decals placed inside using decal set prior to painting, a fully detailed driver and many separate detail pieces. The coolest of those pieces are the turned aluminum injector stacks, which are available through “Parts by Parks”. (http://www.scaledreams.com/PARTSBY.HTM)
I will be using another set of these injector stacks while detailing a McLaren M8A body in another thread so keep your eyes open!

[Tex]

Way cool! :up:

[Pablo]

Awesome :mrgreen:

[TSR]

The real car was built in the UK by BRP, standing for "British Racing Partnership" in which Stirling Moss was indeed a partner. They built a couple of those Indy cars fitted with the then ubiquitous Ford 4-cam 4.5-liter gasoline engine, but they had little success.
BRP also built a pair of Formula One cars with 1.5-liter BRM engines.

[Tex]

The real car was built in the UK by BRP, standing for "British Racing Partnership" in which Stirling Moss was indeed a partner. They built a couple of those Indy cars fitted with the then ubiquitous Ford 4-cam 4.5-liter gasoline engine, but they had little success.
BRP also built a pair of Formula One cars with 1.5-liter BRM engines.

Man, to have been around "back in the day" and know all this stuff first hand. Is there ANYbody else as old as you?! :shock: 8)


(just kidding, heheheh)

[idare2bdul]

I looked at the car and said wow where did he get those decals and then I looked closer. More hand drawn. I hate people with talent.

[TSR]

I LOVE people with talent. Mike Jealousy is what kills the world...

Is there ANYbody else as old as you?!

Check Wikipedia on Mathusalem.

[idare2bdul]

I LOVE people with talent. Mike Jealousy is what kills the world...

So I guess I have to put in a special PDL alert when using humor?

Jealousy is what kills the world

Bombs and bullets do a pretty good job too!

[TSR]

Yes but the jealous and envious types always pull the triggers... first. :|
Always did, always will.
See ya tomorrow!

[GT40]

Jairus,

You do wonderful work.

I have tried putting decals on the inside of clear bodies but have had problems. What's the best way to do this if you are spraying laquer on the inside of the body?

Thanks,

Steve

[Jairus]

I have tried putting decals on the inside of clear bodies but have had problems. What's the best way to do this if you are spraying lacquer on the inside of the body?

It helps if the inside of the body has been roughed up with steel wool first. Then, cut the decal off the backing sheet and trim the carrier away as close as possible to the artwork.
Toss the decal in a room temp dish of water. With a paintbrush stroke the area on the inside of the body liberally with "Micro-Sol" decal setting solution. Retrieve the decal with tweezers, slide the backing away and scrape away excess water with the rim of the dish.
Place the decal face down on the body in the area where the decal set was placed. Center the decal and carefully "wick" away excess setting solution and water away with a torn piece of paper towel. Careful not to touch or move the decal! Let dry.
If any of the corners pull away use the brush, freshly wetted in setting solution, to brush and tamp the corner back down.

Sometimes you might see the decal wrinkle up a little, especially if the decal is a large one, but that will go away as the decal shrinks while it dries.

Practra RC paint doesn’t seem to bother the dry decals but... I don't flood the paint on either!

[GT40]

Jairus,

Thanks! I'll have to try that, if I can find Micro-Sol.

Steve

[Jairus]

Hobby shop that sells plastic models carry Micro-Sol. Especially a shop, which deals with military models. They use a lot of decals!

[proptop]

This is the stuff...
http://www.squadron....asp?item=MY0002

Squadron has all kinds of modeling misc.

Says out of stock though :roll:

[idare2bdul]

I noticed Micro Mark carries the Badger line of products that are similar. Haven't used them though. Micro Sol and Micro Set are the standard.

[Prof. Fate]

Hi,

to the above decal approach, I finish the decal before painting with Flo-quil "crystal clear" as an inner/top coat. I do, sometimes, have the pressure of the airbrush blow paint under the decal. The clear coat keeps it clean.

Fate

[Jairus]

Finished a few more, this time some thingies and a Chaparral.
The following Hammerhead and Bullet bodies were painted using only retro colors and following a retro theme.









The Chaparral 2E coupe is likewise painted in a retro scheme; however the colors are not so retro . . . This one includes a fully-painted interior.

[Pablo]

Absolutely breathtaking 8)

[idare2bdul]

Nice paint (again). Has anybody got a technique for gold leaf on the inside of a Lexan body?

[Jairus]

Dave Larsen has the gold leaf technique down but I like to use Alclad II Lacquer instead. Just preferences I feel.

[Mike K]

Nice paint (again). Has anybody got a technique for gold leaf on the inside of a Lexan body?

The Alclad is one option, but it's an alcohol-based paint, just as their chrome paint is. It can be a little tough to back the paint properly. When I have used the chrome, I just dusted the area and left it alone. Fingers WILL take it off the Lexan.

OR > > > for GOLD I still have about a dozen bottles of Pactra Gran Prix Gold that I use to shadow or fill number and letters. Mike - check out the photo of my car in the last Can-Am race report.

[idare2bdul]

I had some of the varigated gold leaf that has different shades of gold that I thought would look good. There are also some techniques for engine turning it but these all were for the outside of the body. Since I'm starting to run out of spare time it's probably not going to happen anyway.

[Jairus]

Finished this for my editor yesterday. He likes the fast stuff . . .
Hand-painted and a little airbrushing beneath. Kept the paint thin to keep weight down.


8)

[Jairus]

Note the vacuum-formed intake stacks not originally on the MAC body . . . hint, hint, hint?