WIP: Veilside RX-7

[pre98zetec]

Decided to post this up.

This is my first all Airbrushed paintjob. It's Boyds Orange Pearl Enamel cleared with Duplicolor. Yep, I said duplicolor.

The interior will be painted tomarrow, It will be Flat grey. And don't bother saying "Leave it wingless" because I'm already planning on it

I finally got around to sanding the orange peel out and polishing it, I think it was a job well done.. best paint job (for me) to date.






Now, I come to a dilemma. Which rim's...

I'm going for the 19" TE-37's right now. The others are split 5 spoke Pegasus with the lip that came with this kit.

[Camber]

Gon' Be Hot!

[SupaMan89T]

like i said great paint but the te37's need to be black

[Jaymes]

keep the TE-37's gold. They match the orange theme of the body

[rx7king]

Te-37s, dont care what color

[injecting]

It came out good for your first airbrush job, I agree keep the te-37's and paint em gold.

[Whumbachumba]

That is an awesome paint color. Sorry to branch off of you, but I am using Krylon Fusion which is made for plastics and it looks awesome once you've laid down a couple of coats. Back to you. I say go with the te37's and keep them that color.

[Bowzil]

Wowww you have a very shiney body

How did you do that? How long did it take until you try to compound it and wax it?

[pre98zetec]

Originally Posted by Bowzil

Wowww you have a very shiney body

How did you do that? How long did it take until you try to compound it and wax it?

took about an hour of wetsanding with 2000grit sandpaper and about 30 minutes of compounding with 3m rubbing compound.

[Bowzil]

Originally Posted by sk8ter_in_ny

took about an hour of wetsanding with 2000grit sandpaper and about 30 minutes of compounding with 3m rubbing compound.

And how long did you wait for the paint to dry? A week or more?

Thanks

[pre98zetec]

the kits been painted for about 2 weeks, I finally got around to sanding it today.

[Bowzil]

Originally Posted by sk8ter_in_ny

the kits been painted for about 2 weeks, I finally got around to sanding it today.

Thanks for the info. I will try it on mine,too.

[Whumbachumba]

That's a long time to wait. I'm getting impatient already, and I just added the last two coats today. One week, but I was wondering if it might be able to be less days because the body is sitting in the warm dry garage. If so, would it be possible to get away with only 5 days instead of 7, or does that just mean I have to compound more?

[pre98zetec]

Only reason it sat that long is because I was working on the Supra that I just finished (the one in my sig).

5 days sounds fine for enamel, as long as it's in a warm place.

[D_LaMz]

HAHA, when reading the title of the thread, I thought you were building the VeilSide Fortune Rx-7. Nice paint job BTW