Thanks for looking-hopefully this won't be a long build!

Well look what the cat dragged in !!!

Wonderful to have you join us here on the shiny side with a cool build Russ! You've made a good start (however long ago) and it looks very clean so far.

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Thanks for looking-hopefully this won't be a long build!

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Why don't you enlist and drop it in the Garage Queens Group Build as well? You might as well get a little ribbon for such a nice build!

Looking forward to more progress reports mate.

Cheers, D

Russell,
I'll 2nd Damian's suggestion about enlisting in the ongoing Garage Queen GB.

You're making some really nice progress now. If you're still thinking about what color to paint it, I vote for the Blue as on the real life car. Sure hope that's yours.

Interesting choice of Silver as a basic primer for body issues. Do you completely remove all of it before the painting process starts?

Joel

Watching with interest!

Russ,
Glad you finally made it. The paint job on the Trans Am looks pretty cool so I will interested to see how you do that, especially with the big bird. Nice idea on the silver primer. You're right in that it shows perfections, though I only usually find those out when using it as the final coat.

cheers
Michael

Great choice of subject Russell. Nice sharp work so far. The metallic blue is my favorit color for the TA. The rest-mod looks awesome. I do believe Fujimi or Aoshima makes wheels almost identical to the ones on the resto-m, if you want to pursue the resto-mod look.

Russell,
I follow a few auto builders on You Tube, two of which only speak Japanese, I don't know a single word of it. But somehow I manage to follow their builds without much difficulty. Both of them prime every shell/body is black primer, then sand the primer down that will show glue issues, sink marks, and missed mold seems. Then they continue to sand till the primer is completely gone, or if putty work is needed they go that route. Then prime those areas again, and repeat. Way to much work for me, so I use the old look and feel approach.

Joel

Russell,
Way to much work for me as well. What I will do is hand paint with primer the seams for issues. I'll worry about body issues when I prime, and fix what I think needs fixing. The rest I let slide.

Joel

But this Revell plastic is just, well, weird! It's like it's got a hard skin on it that scratches really easily, but is resistant to fine sanding without effort. Then once you break through it's super tough inside... hence my reason for spraying the whole lot silver...

I've never come across anything like it in all my years building kits... granted I've never done a Revell car kit before only AMT and Ertl, but still...

Hi, Russ. Nice build so far!

I use the same silver method on aircraft builds, and yes, it pays off.

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But this Revell plastic is just, well, weird! It's like it's got a hard skin on it that scratches really easily, but is resistant to fine sanding without effort. Then once you break through it's super tough inside... hence my reason for spraying the whole lot silver...

I've never come across anything like it in all my years building kits... granted I've never done a Revell car kit before only AMT and Ertl, but still...

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Hmmm... I've met this kind of plastic on MPC kits, and I wonder if your Revell is original Revell at all... However, as you said, you need to use a rougher sandpaper (I used 600 grit hardware store one), then soak the surface in extra-thin, and only after fine sanded with 1000 grit and up. It worked for me.

Following the build,
Gabriel

Russell,
The older plastics varied all over the place. it was a real crap shoot what you'd end up having to work with. But it's the end results that counts.

Joel

Russell,
So how did the tank turn out?

Joel