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Wow, nice work! Looks like you use an airbrush? Never tied one, I probably should get one and learn.
That '55 is only the second car I've built in the last six months and before that I hadn't touched my supplies in a couple years. I tend to build in streaks, if the creative drive isn't there I just can't/don't do it.
-Steve
Holy schnikes! You guys painted those by hand?! And I thought I was doing a good job when I used to build them by using spray paint instead of a brush haha.
Holy schnikes! You guys painted those by hand?! And I thought I was doing a good job when I used to build them by using spray paint instead of a brush haha.
It's a combination of techniques. Yeah, I use an airbrush in most cases but for a clean finish I still just spray my cars with a spray can. The VW has a variety of techniques used; multiple acrylic paint layers separated by hairspray allows me to do my chipping; oil pants and enamels for streaking and rusting/stains; enamels for dirt. I've been building since I was a kid and, up until a few years ago, competing in local, regional and national contests. Quit the competitions a few years ago (except for an occasional one now and then) and still belong to one local club. It can be an obsessive hobby sometimes.
Here's a few more "pretty" cars. Most were with spray cans but a few did utilize and airbrush and nail polish.
I wish the hobby was still reasonably affordable, with the cost of kits these days I don't see many parents buying their kids kits to learn how to build. It can be a lot of fun but getting good takes a lot of practice and at $25 a kit these days it's expensive to get that practice.
-Steve
That $25 is just for the kit too. Then you have paint, glue, tools etc. There are some really lazy people out there these days and most have no desire to be creative and would rather buy their kids a smart phone or ipad to play with so they'll be left alone. Anyway, better not get on my soapbox with that subject as I have some really not nice things to say about parents these days.
Luckily for me, my 7yr old is itching to build one! We've done a couple of snap kits to give him experience in dealing with parts trees and following directions. Once we have a place with better ventilation we'll move on to glue and paint. I use that Testors glue in the black bottle and love that stuff! So much better than the tube glue I used as a kid. Only problem is it's really strong smell is too much for my kid. I have about 100 kits in a closet so no need to buy any for him to build lol. Plenty of Tamiya rattle cans too. Very forgiving paint to use. I love it.
I posted my R-1 in the other model thread so I'll need to snap pics of my other builds and get them up in here.
How much do you think someone, or one of yall would charge to build a 1/12 scale car model to match my full size car. I would be fine with it being box stock with matching color int and ext.
Some people do build on commission, I don't.