Hitman's Pontiac Trans Am Forum
General => Hobbies and Interests => Topic started by: Nexus on April 07, 2021, 08:51:50 PM
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So I recently I picked up this lot and the idea is to repaint 3 of them, initially in the different ideas I have to try and decide what direction to go in with Ruby. My wife gets one for her decorations as well that I will repaint first.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50934595496_8d076f0cf0_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2kAV7GY)2021-02-11_11-46-15 (https://flic.kr/p/2kAV7GY) by Charles Marson (https://www.flickr.com/photos/155880712@N06/), on Flickr
Then a few days ago I found this beauty
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I picked up 3, 1 for my sons collection, 1 for my collection and one to strip apart and repaint the way I decide in the previous exercise
I have currently striped two other cars, one being a 71 VW Bus and the other a 52 Chevy pickup. I will be practicing on these before I start on the birds.
I didn't take picks of this yet but I will
to assist me I found my kit, purchased an airbrush as I couldn't find the one I had and picked up my compressor from dads in storage
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51061164466_8d4b669bc6_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2kN6PfA)20210304_105747 (https://flic.kr/p/2kN6PfA) by Charles Marson (https://www.flickr.com/photos/155880712@N06/), on Flickr
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51060448033_f78eabb814_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2kN39hi)20210304_105807 (https://flic.kr/p/2kN39hi) by Charles Marson (https://www.flickr.com/photos/155880712@N06/), on Flickr
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51060448193_0923ab3059_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2kN39k4)20210304_105926 (https://flic.kr/p/2kN39k4) by Charles Marson (https://www.flickr.com/photos/155880712@N06/), on Flickr
thanks for looking
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Found my dremel tool and cleaned off the cobwebs
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51080966453_26566dec50_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2kPRiGa)20210326_114808 (https://flic.kr/p/2kPRiGa) by Charles Marson (https://www.flickr.com/photos/155880712@N06/), on Flickr
I also stripped the paint off the the VW bus and Chevy pickup, and primed, and painted the first layer of white.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51081663851_1cd8f270d0_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2kPUT1g)20210324_142932 (https://flic.kr/p/2kPUT1g) by Charles Marson (https://www.flickr.com/photos/155880712@N06/), on Flickr
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51080966753_0bf581c86f_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2kPRiMk)20210326_071442 (https://flic.kr/p/2kPRiMk) by Charles Marson (https://www.flickr.com/photos/155880712@N06/), on Flickr
If you look close you can see where my arm touched the roof of the bus and I also didn't clean the diecast properly so the primer wasn't sticking well in some spots on the 52 and paint peeled off. So, I stripped everything and started over.
After that happened I couldn't leave the back windows closed off so out came the dremel and files and this happend
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51081759892_e9ca56efba_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2kPVny9)20210326_142028 (https://flic.kr/p/2kPVny9) by Charles Marson (https://www.flickr.com/photos/155880712@N06/), on Flickr
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51081759887_aa68322fec_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2kPVny4)20210326_142046 (https://flic.kr/p/2kPVny4) by Charles Marson (https://www.flickr.com/photos/155880712@N06/), on Flickr
I was having thoughts of adding LED lights to the bus, which I haven't given up on but this time around I think I'll try to get some practice in first before making my life more complicated.
thanks for looking