Alyn Posted September 29, 2013 Report Share Posted September 29, 2013 I finished this car several months back, but finally got some decent outdoor pics today. It's based on an AMT kit. The grille is scratch built with a straight pin heads over a styrene shell. The top is chopped 1 1/2" The burnt orange paint is nail polish applied through an air brush. The roof is Model Masters Sterling Silver Metallic I replaced the kit provided 4 barrel carbs with a Hilborn Fuel Injection setup consisting of around 140 scratch built parts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
llcoolray Posted September 29, 2013 Report Share Posted September 29, 2013 Very nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alyn Posted September 29, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 29, 2013 Thanks Ray ! I appreciate your interest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewahl Posted September 30, 2013 Report Share Posted September 30, 2013 Hi, Thomas, I would buy one of these AMT kits if the car could be built showroom stock. Unfortunately, that option is not available for the 1962 Catalina. I like the look of your custom car in nail polish "paint." For airbrush application, how much and with what do you thin the nail polish? Does the same thinner work to clean the airbrush afterward? Do you use a primer under the nail polish? Ed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClareWentzel Posted September 30, 2013 Report Share Posted September 30, 2013 Neat model. Thanks for sharing. Good idea for the grille. Show a close-up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alyn Posted October 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 3, 2013 (edited) Hi, Thomas, I would buy one of these AMT kits if the car could be built showroom stock. Unfortunately, that option is not available for the 1962 Catalina. I like the look of your custom car in nail polish "paint." For airbrush application, how much and with what do you thin the nail polish? Does the same thinner work to clean the airbrush afterward? Do you use a primer under the nail polish? Ed Ed, I think there's everything you need in the kit with the exception of stock hubcaps. I used a custom interior and scratch built grille, but the kit has stock interior panels and seats, and a stock grille as well as a custom, tubular grille. In any case, it's a nice kit and worthy of consideration hub caps or not. I thinned the nail polish about 1:1, possibly a little beyond that with lacquer thinner. Lacquer thinner was used for cleaning as well. I try to use one air brush for solvent based paints and a different one for water based acrylics. There's always some clean up for mold seams and pin marks, so all my models see some Plasticoat gray sandable primer. Even though it would appear simple, there was a lot of body work involved in chopping the top as well. BTW, the nail polish was shot over the same metallic silver you see on the roof. Thanks for your interest. Clare, here's a zoomed in shot of the grille. Hope that's what you were looking for. Edited October 3, 2013 by Alyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickH Posted October 19, 2013 Report Share Posted October 19, 2013 (edited) That is lovely. I don't normally gravitate to customs, but your paint and engine detailing look great! The grille looks great, I thought it was a kit-provided part. It must have been really tough to get that kind of alignment to work so well. Rick Edited October 19, 2013 by RickH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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