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Ransomeli

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  1. Nice

    You can also use the resin as a glue.  With a toothpick and a tiny drop on each piece, press together and hit it with the light for 10 seconds or so.  I have used it to glue 3D printed resin together and resin to plastic. 

    The clear resin doesn't fog, like when CA glue fumes get too close to clear styrene. 

     It's great when a product has more than one use.

     

    Dave

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  2. It's possible you waited a little too long before thinning. I usually only wait an hour or two before thinning and using.  I just use the cheap hardware store lacquer thinner for most enamels and lacquers and cleaning. It dulls enamels a little, but after curing and polishing it gets the shine back. Tamiya acrylics I use 91% rubbing alcohol. Vallejo, AK and AMMO I use there thinner or distilled water. 

    You're welcome, this has usually worked for me. Test until you get the mixture your happy with. Each color will have a slight change in the amount of thinner you may need. For lacquers and enamels, both out of the bottle and decanted, I start with a 2-1 paint to thinner ratio and adjust + or - a few drops until it sprays smoothly.

    Dave

  3. I have owned many Oldsmobiles 1-1 scale over the years. Like I said above "do your research for the year you want to build if you want accuracy.  Olds motors were red, bronze, different blues, gold, and black just depends on the year and cubic inch of them.  Most GM motors were black after about 1982-1983.

    As far as your model, build it the way YOU want to. Just have fun doing it.  Post some pics here with your WIP

     

    Dave

  4.   Engine blocks of that era were almost a flat black. A few drops of gloss or semi-gloss added to flat black.  Most frames, core supports, and fender wells were a semi-gloss as well as some of the front suspension and rear axle.  There are plenty of web sites to do your research just by googling.  I have a few of those kits with the plans of doing the 83 H/O, 84H/O, 85 442  and the 87 442.  I might actually finish one......someday.

    Dave

  5. Those particular colors due end up flat in my experiences with them. A lot flatter than chrome, if you put too much paint, they seem to be flatter also. It is a fine line between just right and adding 1 more coat turns them flat. Adding a clear coat will change the look also, it's trial and error till you get your technique down.  As long as the solvent hasn't evaporated, age hasn't affected any of my Alclad, some of mine are 5-6 years old and still work fine.  All I can suggest is to do the very thin coats and slowly work up to the look you're going for. If you put that "one more coat will do it" it will ruin the look of depth from the black undercoat.  Don't know if it helps much, Alclad can be finnicky to get the look right, temp, humidity etc. all play a part in the final finish.

    Good luck,

     Dave

  6. Hi everyone,

    On the smaller parts I usually clean up the seams and the sink marks then touch up with Molotow chrome pen. Then a thin coat of Tamiya smoke to tone the "toy like" brightness down. 

    On the larger ones I'll strip and I'll airbrush the Alclad chrome system. Practice on a few scrap parts, it's a fairly easy learning curve. Just let it dry thoroughly and handle as little as possible. This is the easiest and cheapest way that works for me. Try a few of the ways mentioned and you'll know what works best for you.

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