Kicking off 2014

[dreams_cametrue]

The 2014 model car show season kicks off this weekend with a show in Spartanburg, SC. I was remiss with my building during the winter, the only things I’ve finished since the last show in Atlanta last November was a Dodge Dart ‘70s Late Model Sportsman race car (which I intended to have finished for Atlanta but experienced a paint disaster at the

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[bandicoot]

I love your finishes! Is the chrome window trim bare metal foil? When I use it, it ends up with tiny wrinkles that won't burnish out and looks like crap.

I'm starting a very ambitious diorama based on a picture taken at the B-17 Bomber Camp (that's me loading the Garand) I was at last year (Bomb Drop). It's 1/48 and includes a B-17G, a jeep, an M6 bomb truck, two M5 bomb trailers, one with 12 250 pound bombs, a '42 Ford staff car, and a Clarktor aircraft tug. I actually found kits for all of those (except the bombs, which were cast concrete and plywood and not quite like actual 250 pound bombs), but the kits for the tug, bomb truck and bomb trailers were inaccurate enough that I'm going to end up doing a lot of scratch building. The jeep is a little jewel, so that'll be fun. I'm saving the B-17 for last, as it's going to require the most work. I've been doing a lot of rtv mold making and casting, and I'm currently doing the laser printed art so I can photoetch the bomb fins, damn tiny picky things that they are

[dreams_cametrue]

Automotive 2-part clear is the trick for getting great paint, although I might be concerned that it could bury some detail in 1/48. I've read that there are a lot of great, well-detailed kits in that scale, I look forward to seeing your build progressing.

Yes, that's Bare-Metal Foil. I find that I have to form it gradually or it can wrinkle, I still get one every now and then on some corners. I like to work in small, straight-ish pieces too whenever possible. Most complex curved trim moldings were made up of multiple pieces on the 1:1 and it's easier to hide an edge than a wrinkle.

[bandicoot]

At some point, I should get some kits and build them just for practice, so I'm not worrying about trying to get good results. I've already got some body shells from kits I decided I didn't like that I use for paint practice, both to see colors and work on techniques, and that's helped. I should probably strip the paint from them and use them for foil practice as well.