I wanted to try out some alcladII color change paint I've had sitting around and this was the result....it's alittle hard to see in the camera's eye the color change from redish copper to green...but it does it! My kids said that paint can't change color...so naturally I had to show them it could.
Oh, this truck has a base coat of 3 mid coats of sealing primer{lacquer paint!} that was 2500 wet sanded between, tamiya's gloss black base spray{pretty darn sure that's acrylic lacquer since it's foam safe} that was wet sanded with 2500, then 3 light coats of the flipflop color of alcladII's prismatic maple{copper red to green}...No wet sanding here or it'll screw up your color changing!, then 3{so far!} coats of clear testors lacquer which will be wet sanded later today then get more clear on top of that....I want it to look deep.


The rolling chassis has been done, the motor is for another campaign build so she's a curbside now, and the top and interior are just about all that's left{oh, mirrors too - won't be body color}

Nice! I need to get brave enough to try finishes like that.

Wet sanding the color change coat is a big no-no but every other coat{primer/base/clear when there's enough on to not sand thru} is ok.
When the color change coat went on it was almost flat, but it's humid as heck around here so maybe that's why. The 1st clear coat over it brought it back out to shiney-ish and made it really pop! Every clear coat afterwards{2 so far} made it better.
I used this red to blue rattle can system for the flames on my kid's peddle car....turned out really nice...but that's not a model.
One doesn't need an AB to do all of these color change paints...house of color makes a nice system of base/color change color/clear{3 different cans} and it's in rattle can form!
I picked this vehicle because of it's curvy body to pull out any color changes...and it does.
Grab a good model and some color change paint and go for it!

How did I not see this?

I was never that crazy about the Sidewinder, but it looks pretty neat wrapped in that paint. Nice job!

-YL

Hi Bob, I'm not so sure about this colour-change paint. I am moving my computer screen around all over the place, but it's the same colour whichever way I look at it !!!

Seriously, super cool job, I love it !!

Sigh...there's always one in the crowd{and it's usualy me!}
Alright, I tried something different here and it worked out very well...I used the Steven's International paint polishing pad system{roughly $10 and some change}...this stuff works great! I recommend this to anyone wanting a smooth glossy finish.
Here's the 5 pads you get- 3000, 4000, 6000, 8000 and 12000 grit.

Here's the results from the origonal slightly orange peeled finish-


This is all shine and no polish or wax yet...color me impressed!

Now I need to paint up the interior, probably tan, so it goes well with both colors, and then figure out if I want to paint the grill, top and mirrors gloss black to break up all that body color.

The can of Mountain Dew in the background certainly sheds some light on things...

-YL

...every little bit helps.......

I forgot to ask...does the polsihing kit come with any polishing compound or wax, or is it just the pads?

Either way, it sounds like a good deal for the price.

-YL

Yoni, it's just the pads and nothing else...but it does do a nice job for the money! It says one can use it dry but suggests you sue them wet to keep the heat off of the paint...I suggest wet too.

How much do you think we can get if we sue them dry?

That paintjob looks awesome Bob.

...hey, don't pick on my occasional dyslexic typing!

I started the interior late yesterday and am thinking a combo of black and tan colors should go with both colors.

Hey, did you hear about the insomniac dyslexic agnostic ??

Sat up all night wondering if there really is a dog !!

Hehehehehe

oooof....that was so bad I laughed out loud

Beautiful job, Bob...or boB

I almost picked up a set of those pads, but was wondering how flexible they are.

I've got a couple of sets I picked up here in Aus, use them all the time for curved surfaces. They work really well.

Cheers, D

I have used them. They work great as long as they are clean.

I've got a similar set, I think I got it from from Micro Mark. The course one is 2400 grit, the fine is 12,000. They are unbeleivable, I've used them to polish clear parts back to transparent. I use them wet so cleaning is easier and 'sand' each pad perpendicular to the previous pad.

Grey closed cell foam center...they flex very well.

Got a couple of pieces of wire mesh to redo the origonal solid grill insert...still playing...but the interior is done now.

-Here's the dash..the decals started coming apart on me when I was installing them...yikes! I patched them up as best I could and touched up the lil nonexistant areas.

-Here's the new grill mesh-

-Here's the interior, black and dark grey.

Looks really good.

Bob Chawgo:
Hey Bob I dont recall seeing this kit. Is it a conversion of yours or is it a kitted subject.?? Todd

Coming together very nicely Bob, great work so far mate.

D