escalade W.I.P.

hey what up guys? im goin at my second car my caddy escalade. i laid down the primer a few days ago and it looks pretty damn good. compared to my last paintjob i made a HUUUUUUUUUUUUGE improvement on my paint job, i mean just looking at the primer looks damn good to me. check it out let me know what you think. i should have the actual paintjob done by next monday its gonna be blue metal flake or something like that. let me know how i did.
http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c145/nhc401ghostface/primerfront.jpg

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c145/nhc401ghostface/primerhood.jpg

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c145/nhc401ghostface/primerside.jpg

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c145/nhc401ghostface/primersidedoor.jpg

it's look good but it's hard to really see 'cause the pics all shaky, don't forget to put the macro mode on when u take pics (the icon often a flower) but it's gonna look good but why that your primer look like it's metallic ? I gonna follow your wip for sure !

i dont really know why it looks metallic probably because i have a light on my desk and its shining directly on the car but its just flat primer gray.

Looks good to me, primer is nice and smooth. Are you building it OOB?

Looks good to me, primer is nice and smooth. Are you building it OOB?
dont know what oob means im guessing it means out of box right? yeah im pretty much doing that i might try some custom work but i dont really know yet depends whether or not i feel like taking the risk of screwing it up as this is only my second car. thanks for saying it looks good it means alot to me. :smile:

Green primer?! :sly:

Looks nice!

looks nice! who makes the kit?

looks nice! who makes the kit?
revell makes the kit

Looks Nice!!

Update:
Got the paint finished still gotta wax it and apply some sort of compound to it and then finish it with a clear coat but this is what it looks like so far. as soon as i get finished with all the paint necessaties ill start working on the actual body of the car. anybody got any ideas where i could find some custom parts such as like different rims or those cool little nos bottles you guys put in your cars, i wanna make mine unique in some way. let me know what you think how i can improve all that good stuff.
http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c145/nhc401ghostface/blueflakehood2.jpg

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c145/nhc401ghostface/blueflakehood.jpg

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c145/nhc401ghostface/blueflakerearrightside.jpg

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c145/nhc401ghostface/blueflakerightside.jpg

i think it looks nice compared to my last car.....what a joke that was. :lol: :banghead:
http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c145/nhc401ghostface/backslantfinished.jpg

Looks good, but you should clear coat BEFORE polishing! If you polish metallic paint without clear you will scratch your paintjob.

thanks for that tip i didnt know that i would have gotten mad if i scratched the paintjob that would have sucked. thanks again.

I wouldn't put NOS bottles in an escalade but thats just me. I would put some t.v's in it, a nice sound system, don't use the one in the kit it's really really small, and lower it on a nice set of rims. The t.v's, rims, and sound system can all be bought aftermarket or if you wanna do it as cheap as possible and still have it look decent, then I would recomend going to walmart and finding some of the Jada toys diecasts. You buy one of them and you can get a set of rims, t.v, and subs and amps all for about $12. not bad huh. Just a few suggestions................*Ryan*

LOL, I never even finished my first model LOL I was still brush painting the body on my third :disappoin Yeah, sanding metallics ruins the color, in most cases I found it to turn what ever color it is to a shade of silver.

As for aftermarket goodies, I know of a couple good places. Like Ryan suggested, Jada diecast has some pretty good pieces in them. Try www.partsbox.com or www.bestresin.com Then there is www.arrowheadaluminum.com so far i think I like parts box selection the best, they have some cool stuff!

Looks good so far, I love blue Escies! For a second attempt at painting bodies, you did an absolutely fantastic job! It's pretty smooth, real nice job! How many coats?

Keep it up, I think you'll be a real good builder :iceslolan

got some progress havent really been working on this model been too busy but i got some stuff done between today and yesterday.

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c145/nhc401ghostface/sideinterior.jpg

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c145/nhc401ghostface/soundsystem.jpg


http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c145/nhc401ghostface/suspension.jpg

got some more progress almost done just need to paint the interior and hitch up the rear door and add the glass and im pretty much done. i need to polish it as well but that can wait. but i need some help because i dont know which rims i want to put on it, the stock rims or the daytons that came with it because i kind of like both. i took some pics of them on the caddy so tell me which you think i should go with. talk to yall later peace.
http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c145/nhc401ghostface/dubsnugga.jpg

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c145/nhc401ghostface/skatinondaytonrims.jpg

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c145/nhc401ghostface/sidewithdubs.jpg

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c145/nhc401ghostface/sidedaytons.jpg

wow man, that is one nice blue...i am finishing off a silver escalade myself, same one as you...blue interior...and neons on the bottom...i'll take pics and have them up in a couple days, keep an eye out for the post and let me know what you think

Damn! Nice paintwork! I have to agree that both wheel-sets look good on this behemoth... I guess I would go with the first ones, since the hun-spoke look is not something I usually associate with SUVs. HOWEVER, it would look badass with the daytons, and would definitley be something different!

Damn! Nice paintwork! I have to agree that both wheel-sets look good on this behemoth... I guess I would go with the first ones, since the hun-spoke look is not something I usually associate with SUVs. HOWEVER, it would look badass with the daytons, and would definitley be something different!

ya man, the rims for that kit are amazing, i'm sure anyone who builds it tho chooses the same rim of the two though lol