A mixture of in progress projects

Just some quick pics of my latest projects
62 Catalina
http://members.aol.com/jonesandy898/p.jpg
64 Impala
http://members.aol.com/jonesandy898/i.jpg
Estima
http://members.aol.com/jonesandy898/e.jpg
Cheers
Andy
ps/ C-West R.34 & Mazdaspeed RX7 coming soon so I haven't given up tuners :iceslolan

All of them looks great, but a van? Keep us posted.

That is one fine looking van you've got there Andy, though I don't particularly care for the wheel choice. You need to scratchbuild a waterbed and a disco ball for that thing's interior. :boink: :boink: :boink:

The Catalina also looks great. That actually seems to be a factory color you're using on it. Again, not my style of ride (I prefer the Super Stock look of the 421SD) but it looks great.

More coolness from the U.K.!!! :sunglasse :sunglasse :sunglasse

All of them looks great, but a van? Keep us posted.
I know ! - I just fancied a change and it's been sat around in primer for ages :naughty:
It'll have to sit a bit longer cause I used colors by Boyd grape pearl - might have dried by Christmas :mad:

That estema is gonna look wicked man! The impala and the catalina are a refreshing change and they look simply amazing

I know ! - I just fancied a change and it's been sat around in primer for ages :naughty:
It'll have to sit a bit longer cause I used colors by Boyd grape pearl - might have dried by Christmas :mad:



Yeah, that stuff just doesn't want to dry. I personally hate it. Tamiya paints are so much better.

The Catalina has to be my favorite! It think it's the color...

All look great. I like the baby blue impala :smokin:.

That 64 Impala is smokin, very nice color choice. I can not wait to see it finished, are you going to keep it low or raise it?

IMHO, I love that 6-fo! The car caught my eye, maybe because it's on the ground in the back, or because it's blue, or both.

That 64 Impala is smokin, very nice color choice. I can not wait to see it finished, are you going to keep it low or raise it?
lowered rear - raised front - I just think they look better that way imho

Yeah, that stuff just doesn't want to dry. I personally hate it. Tamiya paints are so much better.
Sho nuf - I won the best paint prize at a model show in the UK about 5 years ago and guess what the prize was - 18 cans of colors by boyd paint ! - there's some nice colours but I hate how long it takes to dry plus I've had some problems with automotive acrylic clear reacting over time (haven't got any boyds/testors clear and as far as I know not easy to get hold of over here. We'll see what happens - anybody tried Tamiya clear over Boyds ?

My only real problem with tamiya paints, (since I hardly use my airbrush) is how expensive the rattle cans are at my LHS; $5.99 usd.

Boyd's has some cool colors and all, but the time I tried it, it was so runny and just a pain. Maybe I'll give it a shot when I'm a little more older and skilled.

Yeah, Eugene. My best advice is to wait until your real damn good with the tamiya, and then you can take on the boyd's. BTW, boyds black metallic wasn't runny on the SS, just gave bad results.

The Tamiya paints are really easy to use. They give you great results even if you mess up a little, at least for me. Testors are fairly easy to use to out of and airbrush.

Sorry guys what I meant was has anybody sprayed a model with boyds and then used tamiya clearcoat on top of it (i.e. are they compatable or is there any reaction).
I appreciate that I can find out by trying it out on a scrap body but I don't have any tamiya clear at the moment - just wondered if anybody has tried it before and how it turned out.

Sorry guys what I meant was has anybody sprayed a model with boyds and then used tamiya clearcoat on top of it (i.e. are they compatable or is there any reaction).
I appreciate that I can find out by trying it out on a scrap body but I don't have any tamiya clear at the moment - just wondered if anybody has tried it before and how it turned out.
Well to be honest, My clear is Wal-Mart ColorPlace or palace clear in a can for 94cents. Works great, doesn't react with any paint, and I've used it on everything just about, best of all it works with all the paints (tamiya, testor, boyd, plasti-koat, and dupli-color, and krylon.)

Not a lot of progress as I've had flu but anyway heres the 64 after polishing and adding BMF.
http://files.automotiveforums.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=/502/6708664_003-med.jpg
http://files.automotiveforums.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=/500/6708664_004-med.jpg
I've got a Mazdaspeed RX7 and C-West R34 to do but I'm suffering from modellers block at the moment and can't decide on colurs/graphics/wheels
:disappoin

I think the 64 looks real good the way it is, nice and clean.