Revell Viper GTS

Laid down the first wetcoat on what Will just called "Agent Orange." It's a lot of firsts for me: first time with an airbrush, first time with nailpolish, first time for non-box stock wheels...The color I chose for it is Pure Ice Hot Tamale, a wicked metallic tangerine. It took some work on the mist coats to get it laid smooth enough for a wetcoat, but thanks to some help from Brian at Briansmodelcars.com, it looks pretty good right now. We need to polish out this coat and lay another one down, but I think it'll turn out nicely. Now here's the disappointing part-no pics yet! I was just so excited that I got the color laid down that I had to post :biggrin: I really need to get a digital camera, 35mm is expensive!

On a side note, I got the last clearcoat laid on the LeMans ed. Z06 and it looks niiiiice. Pics of that one will be posted soon.

I was wanting to put BBS LMs on the Viper, does anyone know where I can get them quasi-locally? (As in, not from Japan)

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If I remember corectly those wheels are on Revell Corvette CR-5 Le-Mans, could be wrong.
I wan't pictures tommorow :)

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If I remember corectly those wheels are on Revell Corvette CR-5 Le-Mans, could be wrong.
I wan't pictures tommorow :)

Buy me a digital camera :grinno:

Well this could be interesting, I actually have the C5-R LeMans...but I'd hate to tear the kit up :uhoh:

I have a spare set of rims/tires/wheel nuts for the Revell C5R if you are interested.

I have a spare set of rims/tires/wheel nuts for the Revell C5R if you are interested.

Yes! :iceslolan

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Laid down the first wetcoat on what Will just called "Agent Orange."

I haven't called it anything!

Nail polish is one of the great untapped sources of awesome car colors. And airbrushes are one of the great pains in the ass. Putting them together is one of the great reasons to....

Post pictures!

Oh well. I guess we'll see it when we see it.

True you will see it when it's done, she's taking 35mm pics so they will be posted when the roll is up and we scan them in. It looks really good after the first wet coat and after the second and a polish then clear it should really pop...Oh and <----am the will she was talking about. :)

Agree with Willimo. A vast choice of very cool colors in nail polish... I have 2 cars with the "Sally Hansen Prism series"... which are flip paints, and they look awesome. Worth a try guys... the rough part is to actualy buy them !!

I have 2 cars with the "Sally Hansen Prism series"... which are flip paints

That series is what made us decide to try nail polich, but at $5 each we decided to learn the joys of nail polish with a cheaper brand, which is why the Viper is orange. Next model might be....a 2004 Mystichrome Cobra :22yikes: (if I can work up the guts for the hood and bumper mods)

Nail polish is one of the great untapped sources of awesome car colors. And airbrushes are one of the great pains in the ass. Putting them together is one of the great reasons to.

No willimo, airbrushes are wondeful!

No willimo, airbrushes are wondeful!

None-the-less, they are a pita.

yeah. i feel you on the hood work on that cobra. the recess is much deeper than on the revell 99 correct? and the oval openings in the front bumper. your skills are much more advaced than mine were when i first joined this site. i encourage you to try that cobra. as for the wheels. you have the direcations for the C5-R you can order them from revell. just put together 10 items you want and order them as replacements. costs you 3 bucks. i had to do that with a couple kits i wanted to finish. i had them so long i lost parts.

I've had to order parts from Revell before, for a cracked rear window, some parts I broke in the early days, and a different hood for a model. Right now I need to order another side mirror for the True Street Stang because when I was washing the brake fluid off (yeah, had to strip the paint) a mirror went down the drain. That build is causing me much stress :disappoin

On the Viper, got the first wetcoat polished out today, WalMart didn't have the color I needed for the second wet coat (accidentally spilled some so I didn't have enough paint left) so I'll paint it tomorrow after class. It is....really bright orange. It almost glows in the dark. It's so cool.

sounds awesome...see there ya go...now you dont have to spend 3 bucks just for the mirror. throw the wheels in as well!

That series is what made us decide to try nail polich, but at $5 each we decided to learn the joys of nail polish with a cheaper brand, which is why the Viper is orange. Next model might be....a 2004 Mystichrome Cobra :22yikes: (if I can work up the guts for the hood and bumper mods)
Here, I can have a Sally Hansen Prism series for 4.29$ for (12onz?) a bottle (OK near 5$) but Tamiya Acrylics are 3.99$ for the mini-acrylics (9 or 11 onz... not quite remember but near that) so the difference isn't enough to block me from trying. Do the math and you'll see... it's give a very different looks, just buy 2 bottles because once thinned, it's pretty transparent and you'll need 6 to 10 coats of it. With 2 bottles, you'll have a little left but better that than not enough !!

Well we returned from a trip back to our hometown and back with lots of models. The wheels she was waiting for came in and they are being mocked up later on today and we should have some pics posted as early as tomorrow of the viper and several other models we brought up. We both have many models inline for build (about 20 each) right now. She also picked up a pretty cool model of a Chaparral 2D Coupe from Jim Hall and we have a friend that is going to get Jim to sign the box :grinyes: Saying she is lucky to have a piece of memoribilia like that is an understatement. Anyway, i'm bumping this thread up so we can find it when the pics are scanned.

William