GTX take two, WIP

[Feint Motion]

Very Nice color.

[proosen]

Some answers, the colour is as stated earlier from Alclad2. Both the base coat and the blue one.
The kit is Revell's 2'n'1 GTX, a really nice kit with no major problems. Almost falls together by it self, not really up to Tamiya standard but not very far away.

Thank you for your comments!
Niclas

[GvEman]

Looks sweet Niclas! go for the ghost look on the checker pathern.. at least towards the doors. Keep it up!

[proosen]

So here we go again, don't know what's wrong with me!?
I have actually made some progress in the last couple of days
I decided to go for the checkers on the fenders. Now it's just to put on a couple of more coats Sapphire blue and see what happens. The goal is to have the bodywork done in a couple of days from now because then I'll go on vacation to the summer house for 4 weeks.

Niclas

[klutz_100]

looks cool!

[KTem]

Wow, that checkers came out really good! Sooo clean...

[GvEman]

Looks good Niclas! Hur maskerade du av rutorna utan att förstöra lacken under? This are going to turn out great!

[klutz_100]

Originally Posted by GvEman

Hur maskerade du av rutorna utan att förstöra lacken under?

I think I understood that

sorry couldn't resist that

[proosen]

Originally Posted by klutz_100

I think I understood that

sorry couldn't resist that

Hey man your Swedish leaves a lot to desire!

He actually asked me how I masked of the checkerd pattern without affecting the paint job underneath, think I should tell him?

Niclas

[klutz_100]

Originally Posted by proosen

Hey man your Swedish leaves a lot to desire

So...that was Swedish?!?! j/k

I figured that's what he was asking cos I was aksing myself the same thing, he he!

I think you masked off the rest of the car around your already in-place checker pattern and then sprayed the gold(?) colour the peeled off with a toothpick or smthg.

So, how close/far was I?

Again: BEAUTIFUL PAINT JOB AND IDEA!!!

[GvEman]

Haha.. :P I was to lazy to write it in English.. so I wrote it in Swedish :P Well Niclas how did you remove the masking? With a tooth pick or?

[klutz_100]

and the winner is.............................?

[proosen]

The winner is....drum roll....................geting impatient yet?......drum roll.......
The winner is....OH NO! it's a tie for the wrong answer. It was a scalpel and a tweezer.

No seriously, you won a trip to Gulag Stevenski. No, no, no... a tractor. You can pic it up at my local grocery store within the next two days.
You got it right, there was a couple or three little squares to put on and then remove after the gold paint was on. Just loaded the compressor up so I can get some more Sapphire on the gold and hopefully get some kind of ghost apperance on the checkers.

Niclas

[klutz_100]

Originally Posted by proosen

The winner is....drum roll....................geting impatient yet?......drum roll.......
The winner is....OH NO! it's a tie for the wrong answer. It was a scalpel and a tweezer.

No seriously, you won a trip to Gulag Stevenski. No, no, no... a tractor. You can pic it up at my local grocery store within the next two days.
You got it right, there was a couple or three little squares to put on and then remove after the gold paint was on. Just loaded the compressor up so I can get some more Sapphire on the gold and hopefully get some kind of ghost apperance on the checkers.

Niclas

Anyone done a tractor on here yet?
Apart from all the Lambo builders, of course!

look forward to seeing the ghost effect, this is a cool idea

[proosen]

Well, as I thought the ghost effect didn't show up. But I'll leave it as is and go on with the clear coats now as I'm pretty satisfied with the results anyway.
Here's a mock up with some AMG/OZ wheels in Alclad Magnesium. As Chrysler today is owned by Mercedes I think it's a neat idea to use some of their racing stuff on this old warrior.

Niclas

Not a very good pic, but it'll do for the moment. At least it gives an idea about my intentions on this build.