When the team at the “On The Bench” podcast (based here in Melbourne) decided to take up the challenge and start an Auto Group Build a few weeks back, my plans for ONLY working on shelf queens this year went straight out the window. How could I say no ???
I had a dig around in the stash and settled on this kit, no surpise to you guys that another Chevy muscle car was about to hit the bench
Started tinkering with cleaning up parts for sub assemblies. Interior tub test fit going well, lots of detail and opportunity for some cool upholstery patterns, then I spot a pair of ejector pin marks on the rear parcel shelf. Oh Revell
It’s a wild ride so it needs a bit of bling inside! Black Surfacer, masked off the black areas, Stainless Steel highlight painted and masked off, then Insignia Red fabric panels.
I decided that the mostly black interior was a bit gloomy so I hunted around for something a bit different for the floor carpet and lower door panels. More masking, thinned the Tamiya XF-22 with about 70% Mr Rapid Thinner so it dried fast and flat, cleaned out the airbrush then unmasked ! As always, some bleed spots to touch up but nothing major. I will detail paint the door handles and then give it a splash of Tamiya Black PLW to enhance the detail.
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Nice to see ya as it’s been far to long. Like I should talk as I’m just not the high KM Team member I use to be in my younger days.
Being more of a sports and race car kind of guy, I had no clue as to what a Foose Impala is or should I say was back in 1965, the year I graduated High School as a sad side note. Seems that it was a custom Chevy Impala chopped, shortened, lowered over a stretched Corvette chassis and drive train. Now that’s my kind of street Rod for sure.
The body color and finish is truly amazing on the real 1:1 car. I sure hope you follow suit as one just can’t beat perfection.
Doesn’t surprise me that Revell was just to lazy to flip the rear deck in the mold so that all the ejector pin marks were on the hidden side if possible. Love your treatment of the interior as it’s truly eye catching.
Second shot of Black Surfacer laid down and polished out, then the first top coat application. This is the first time I’ve attempted a metallic car body, definitely a learning curve here. Very fine scratches and tiny specks of dust showing through so a bit more work to do yet!
Once I’m happy with the body I will shoot it with Alclad Aqua Gloss to protect the metallic against my grubby oily fingers while I mask and set up for the chrome trims.
Thanks for checking in folks, very much appreciated as always!
A little time at the bench today, some interior progress, added the console and rear seat chrome insert and did some more detail painting. Front seats are dry fitted. Almost ready to assemble now.
I also sprayed a couple of light coats of Alclad Aqua Gloss on the body and hood. Damn that stuff attracts dust Lots of gentle wet sanding and polishing in my near future I foresee
Well I’ve been tinkering away at this build behind the scenes, managed to get the shell masked off and the chrome trims painted then had a bit of a disaster on the unmasking. There must have been some contaminants on the surface prior to applying the Aqua Gloss as it has lifted off the SMS Stainless Steel base coats in a couple of places.
I have lightly sanded it back to feather the edges of the chips and will apply a couple more local coats of Aqua Gloss, but I don’t think these patches will ever match the rest of the shell.
A couple of options now:
Strip and repaint - not happening
Paint over the whole shell in a different colour - serious consideration.
Finsih it off, take some photos from startegic angles to hide the chips, put it in the cabinet and chalk it up to experience - serious consideration.
I will complete the rest of the build while I mull over the options. Maybe a bourbon or two will help.
I would try the fix first i.e. see if you can match it. It would be good practice and it will probably work. If it doesn’t then you have at least filled the damage and go for the alternative colour re-spray though you would have to start with another primer coat and whole lot more masking.
Well, I thought I had a cunning plan. I was going to use the nice silver finish as a base for clear red and maybe then black for a candy paint job. I thought that the darker finish might blend and hide the chipped paint spots.
I thought wrong. The tinted clear made them look worse. Almost as if it magnified them. Oh well, time to go nuclear on this one, I’ve run out of energy to fix it and want it off the bench ASAP.
