Project: This are lyke da 7598th Saleen project...

[taiwanesekid05]

I didn't have a name for this project, just another painting thing.

I recently bought a new Barricade body and decided to apint the old one. Like Xmodkidd.

And, the color I'm gonna paint it is orange by Tamiya. I was originally going to do a dark metallic orange, but Hobbytown USA didn't have that in stock.

mmm... orange...
http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/9932/img2593ia7.jpg


Original body:
http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/5163/img2584at8.jpg


Masked body:
http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/1087/img2586mb9.jpg


I was looking for some Tamiya putty, but Hobbytown ran out of that... So I got this:
http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/2204/img2590lz3.jpg

30 minute drying time. And, it's not to shabby.


Puttied parts:
http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/4528/img2587nx6.jpg


Sanded and patially finished puttied body
http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/7715/img2589pk6.jpg


It's in for primering now. Just need to touch up a few things and it'll be ready for some paint.

[Scionbeave]

Nice start,good color choice.

[Donziikid]

I hope the scotch tape on your windows is enough to keep the paint from seeping in.

Good luck and nice color choice! :D

[xmodificationer]

thats not scotch tape donzii:roll:

its masking tape

[mustanglover]

silly corey that masking tape is made by scotch:dodgy:

[blue504life]

a orange saleen, should be cool

[nitemeer]

nice start :) i would love to see how it turns out

[taiwanesekid05]

Thanks guys!

I've gotten the primer down

http://img206.imageshack.us/img206/9670/img2594ri3.jpg


Still a few rough spots, but they'll hopefully be gone with a bit of sanding.

http://img206.imageshack.us/img206/5645/img2597vy8.jpg


The front bumper was surely a pain in the *** trying to fill in those two holes for the ram bar. It's not perfect, but it'll do.

[nitemeer]

heh.. i shoulda done that also o.O and i shoulda done it earlier.. lol.. fill in the holes on spoiler.. that would probably look better without the spoiler in my opinion for saleen >.<

[blue504life]

http://img206.imageshack.us/img206/5645/img2597vy8.jpg


what holes? i had to look at mine to see where the wholes were, good start, looks nice and smooth

[DrIfToRDIe]

Looking pretty good,if I were you,I would heat up a Xacto/Razorblade and cut open the hood vents and put black mesh,but it would look kinda the same,but a little better IMO.

Btw,Where did you get your Putty?LHS right?

[xmodificationer]

silly corey that masking tape is made by scotch:dodgy:

bryce, you don't use the dodgy right AT ALL!!!!!

http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w285/carcrazycorey/Album%202/lolz-you-fail.jpg

[RedSXmodder]

No cardboard......? ****...

Hope your paint turns out well!

Later,
RedSXmodder

[taiwanesekid05]

Btw,Where did you get your Putty?LHS right?

If LHS means a hobby store 2 hours away then yes. I got it at Hobbytown USA at Fremont.

[fieldfairy2]

Looks nice. I have a hobby town usa by me. I use that putty for all my projects, squadron. Hope it turns out very well. I think will, Good luck.

[DrIfToRDIe]

If LHS means a hobby store 2 hours away then yes. I got it at Hobbytown USA at Fremont.

Lol.Yeah,probally the closest Hobby shop is in like Berkley or some place.

[black_g35]

this is going to be cool looking... i screaed to do anything to me newer bodys.

[xmodkidd33]

Lookin' nice. About the Tamiya, it's illegal to import into the US now. :D

[taiwanesekid05]

Eh? Why? Some illegal substance?

[HCM2]

I like how its going so far =)

[Kaze]

Lookin' nice. About the Tamiya, it's illegal to import into the US now. :D

Didn't you say the samething on my project, yet i can still go and buy tamiya putty just like you'd go out and buy a #2 pencil? hmm i've yet to hear about the legallities of the putty...

Anyways man, nice thing going there, lol sadly enough i have a Saleen project going on myself, though it'll be a while before it surfaces... lol guess that'll make mine #7599? lol... Looks good, Can't wait to see the orange, the sanding on the putty was flawless too, i see the what you mean about cleaning up, but it looks really smooth. How'd the roof turn out? I'm gonna have to re-putty the roof lightly on mine cause i sanded too far down and you can see the circles where the holes are.

[taiwanesekid05]

Here comes the orange...

Put down 3 mist coats.

http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/8225/img2598sg4.jpg
http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/1162/img2599wk0.jpg

Looks nice from a distance, but up close, ther are a bunch of bumps.

http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/1460/img2601aj3.jpg
http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/9124/img2602nx6.jpg
http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/1460/img2601aj3.jpg

Which leads me to my first question:

Will I have to sand all this down so it's smooth, or will 2 wet coats make it smooth?

@Kaze

I've still got the holes... I'm not to anal about the details though... I might redo them though.
http://img361.imageshack.us/img361/8307/img2605sm6.jpg

[Acura]

the bumps may be caused by the humidity. go to a room where the tempeture seems normal, or outside

i'll try to find a link on how to paint good.

[xmodkidd33]

Sanding between coats. :bigwink:

The head guy/owner at my LHS says Tamiya's illegal now, he's not sure why though. If you look around, it's out of stock on Tamiya's shop and Tower Hobbies, two places where it should be.

[fieldfairy2]

Nice color. I like it so far. When working with that squadron putty(i use it all the time) make sure when you start getting close to the finishing prouduct or paint, always wash the car and let it air dry, don't use a hairdryer, it makes it softer and mushy. Hope this helps

Kaze: actually mine is the 7599 saleen project yours is the 7600 project. lol

[taiwanesekid05]

Sanding between coats. :bigwink:

So would wet sanding with 600 grit sand paper smooth things out?

[xmodkidd33]

Yes, it should work. Follow up the 600 with something like 1000 to make it as smooth as possible.

[taiwanesekid05]

If I had any... The highest grit sandpaper Hobbytown had was 600... But I've got a bit sanded down smooth.

[xmodkidd33]

Try Wal*Mart in their Automotive section, they usually have it by the touch-up paint, Bondo, etc.

[taiwanesekid05]

Do you know anywhere else besides Walmart where I can find this kind of sandpaper? Walmart is a bit far where I am.

[xmodkidd33]

Any other auto-parts stores, I would guess. AutoZone, Advanced Auto Parts, etc. You could also try to find some online, if you become that desperate. :D

[Donziikid]

Hardware stores will also stock some fine sandpaper. I've seen packages at my local Ace Hardware where they sold sandpaper from 100 - 2000 grit. ;)

[taiwanesekid05]

I just ran out of paint :(

I'll have to wait untill next month before I can buy new spray paint (I'm not going back to Fremont until then)...

For now, I'm going to look for some sand paper.

[suicide_star]

autozone has it up to 2K grit, i bought 1K, 1.5K, and 2K last week from there

[Lancer_Man]

If you mixed paint types, meaning primer and then the Tamiya orange, you'd get that problem.

Just a FYI, when you get new paint, get Tamiya primer. It may be a little more expensive than you are used to, but 5 bucks is far better than screwing up your body.

Also, it looks like you are painting in an area with dust or debris in the air. Try to paint in an area without loose material in the air, or even on the ground. Spray paint can blow up debris from the ground.

[taiwanesekid05]

I don't think I mixed the paints, but I didn't let it dry all the way...

I'll go look for some. The Tamiya primer I found was $8.50 so I strayed away from it. I just need to find a smaller can.

There past few days have been a bit windy. And hot. Up to 88 degrees. So, ther has been a bit of dirt flying around in my backyard. I would paint indoors, but the Tamiya paint gets a bit dusty and when I painted in my garage, I got some orange dust on my mom's Camry... And the floor... And just about everything.

[Kaze]

LOL, I've never had a bad experience with the Tamiya Paint. As a matter of fact, trying out that gunmetal is what made me a fan of their spray paints cause they go on and dry so easily for me. Anyways, If you need some sand paper I can mail you a small sheet of 1000 grit. As for the paint, I'd offer you some but I think it's illegal to mail paint to someone O.o... lol just order it online or something. Good luck and lemme know if you want that sheet.

[taiwanesekid05]

There's an Ace Hardware sorta nearby (10 min drive localway) I'm gonna pick up some sandpaper there...

Thanks anyways Kaze.

[taiwanesekid05]

Time to dig up an old thread (bwahaha...)

Since the weather is nice again, decided to spray paint the Saleen again... And the paint started cracking because of a different orange paint, bubbles started forming, and I personally didn't like the paint color anymore. So, one year later, here's what the Saleen looks like now:

Sanded down again X(

http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/9681/img7629.jpg


Bubbles :'(

http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/9146/img7630rmr.jpg

http://img127.imageshack.us/img127/5719/img7632.jpg


Now, I'm going to sand the whole thing down, and change the color to either a metallic color, or simply white.

[mr.hotrod]

hmmm my rsx did the same thing but i hadnt painted it oh and you have a pm

[deckerz]

sounds good, hope you can get that paint off, next time just do dust coats at the distance it says on the can and keep with flash times. by any chance are that fr bumper a new one, if it is do you still have the old one? ;)

[taiwanesekid05]

It's the old one. The paint on it bubbled really badly and got too thick, so I got rid of the paint on the bumper before the rest of the body.

[taiwanesekid05]

Got some new paint ;)

Left side is primered with white primer, left is non primered. Obviously I'm going with the left side XD

http://i955.photobucket.com/albums/ae35/chinesekid05/IMG_7741.jpg

It's a lil' ugly on the right side, so the weapons should be distracting enough for you to ignore it.

http://i955.photobucket.com/albums/ae35/chinesekid05/IMG_7742.jpg

[xmodzracer]

wait im lost. what kind of project is this???

[taiwanesekid05]

Don't worry XD

This is just a paint test.

[mycrors4]

Got some new paint ;)

Left side is primered with white primer, left is non primered. Obviously I'm going with the left side XD

http://i955.photobucket.com/albums/ae35/chinesekid05/IMG_7741.jpg

It's a lil' ugly on the right side, so the weapons should be distracting enough for you to ignore it.

http://i955.photobucket.com/albums/ae35/chinesekid05/IMG_7742.jpg

=O its a miracle the left side is both primered and not primered =O!!!! lol it looks like its gonna look really nice, cant wait to see it

[taiwanesekid05]

Oh, but it is true! By scrambling the data in this photo and messing with the time space continuum, they're both primered and unprimered on the left side!

Just kidding, my bad XD

[taiwanesekid05]

Got the paint off, so I'm gonna prime and paint it soon ;)

http://i955.photobucket.com/albums/ae35/chinesekid05/IMG_7762-1.jpg

http://i955.photobucket.com/albums/ae35/chinesekid05/IMG_7764-1.jpg


SUPER TALL SPOILER!!! No, actually my way of holding up the spoiler and mirrors so I can paint them.

http://i955.photobucket.com/albums/ae35/chinesekid05/IMG_7763-1.jpg

[taiwanesekid05]

I painted the body, but there were a bunch of little problems...

The main body looks fine, along with the spoiler.

http://i955.photobucket.com/albums/ae35/chinesekid05/IMG_7774.jpg

http://i955.photobucket.com/albums/ae35/chinesekid05/IMG_7775.jpg



But the rest of the body got a bunch of bubbles, so I had to get rid of the paint and find some time to repaint them.

http://i955.photobucket.com/albums/ae35/chinesekid05/IMG_7776.jpg

[xmodkidd33]

The body looks great, nice job.

[EvilSubaru]

That car looks great, nice job. Keep Up The Good Work

[taiwanesekid05]

Yes... its back. I finally had time to spray paint.

Got one side and the hood repainted. Now they're shiny :)

http://i955.photobucket.com/albums/ae35/chinesekid05/IMG_0909.jpg

http://i955.photobucket.com/albums/ae35/chinesekid05/IMG_0910.jpg


The other side is a bit dull now...

http://i955.photobucket.com/albums/ae35/chinesekid05/IMG_0911.jpg



Started painting some black onto some bits.

http://i955.photobucket.com/albums/ae35/chinesekid05/IMG_0913.jpg



Repainted the black onto the hood vents:

http://i955.photobucket.com/albums/ae35/chinesekid05/IMG_0925.jpg



And the bad part. When I was repainting the windows, orange peel set in. Bad. So now I've gotta repaint the windows.


http://i955.photobucket.com/albums/ae35/chinesekid05/IMG_0929.jpg

http://i955.photobucket.com/albums/ae35/chinesekid05/IMG_0930.jpg

http://i955.photobucket.com/albums/ae35/chinesekid05/IMG_0931.jpg

[toomuchtodo]

What kind of paint are you using? How do you plan on removing the paint on windshield?

[taiwanesekid05]

What kind of paint are you using? How do you plan on removing the paint on windshield?

It's Krylon "Rust Tough" spray paint. I got rid of it using both sandpaper and paint thinner for the window wipers.

I resprayed the windows and some of it came out beautifully. Maybe another layer just to top it off.

http://i955.photobucket.com/albums/ae35/chinesekid05/IMG_0988.jpg


However, some of it did orange peel (only on one window) and the paint got a little thick on the window wipers. So the windshield and one window are going to be sanded/ paint thinnered down and repainted.

http://i955.photobucket.com/albums/ae35/chinesekid05/IMG_0987.jpg

[Bananabrain]

The paint on the car looks great, too bad about the windows.

[xmodsNSX94]

looks great keep it up
just wandering i guess your air brushing right? what tape are you usin because my paint keeps finding a way through and ruining it :(

thanks
Michael

[momo]

how much does that paint and putty cost?
also are you gonna use diffrent rims with this car

[taiwanesekid05]

looks great keep it up
just wandering i guess your air brushing right? what tape are you usin because my paint keeps finding a way through and ruining it :(

thanks
Michael

Nope, just rattle can and good masking. Make sure when you mask it off, you push down hard on the edges or the paint will run into the little cracks and stuff. As for the paint itself... its all luck.


how much does that paint and putty cost?
also are you gonna use diffrent rims with this car

Paint:

Tamiya white primer:8 or 9... but worth it
Testors paint: 6 dollars (I think)
Black paint: 5 dollars

Putty: 8 dollars (don't get the tube type, its too weak IMO)


As for the rims, I'm keepng the stock ones. They still look good ;)

[momo]

what do you mean the tube kind?

[taiwanesekid05]

The tube kind of putty is this kind:

http://www.mfpilot.com/ebaypics/GreenPutty.jpg

It's cheap, but its really weak and not worth it in the long run.



The kind I use in Milliput two part putty. Its a whole lot stronger and I would say its like Tamiya putty, but I never tried it since I couldn't find it in my hobby store

http://www.emodels.co.uk/plastic-kits/images/products_images/MLP490m.jpg

[momo]

oh i see ok ill have to keep that in mind

[deckerz]

Nice job on the paint but shame about the windows :(

Milliput is great stuff, i use it on alot of my model kits, it wetsands easily.
Best to use water with it to smooth it out abit better, it drys in 4 hours but i always leave it 24 hours to cure.

[taiwanesekid05]

Got back to a paintin ;)

The rear bumper is crap. (lots of running) So I'm doing that part again...

http://i955.photobucket.com/albums/ae35/chinesekid05/Xmods/IMG_2212.jpg


The front came out alright :D

http://i955.photobucket.com/albums/ae35/chinesekid05/Xmods/IMG_2213.jpg

Ignore this part. I might touch it up later.

http://i955.photobucket.com/albums/ae35/chinesekid05/Xmods/IMG_2216.jpg


I got the blinkers painted too :)

http://i955.photobucket.com/albums/ae35/chinesekid05/Xmods/IMG_2214.jpg


Look how sparkly orange it is O_O
http://i955.photobucket.com/albums/ae35/chinesekid05/Xmods/IMG_2217.jpg

[taiwanesekid05]

More work on the rear done.

http://i955.photobucket.com/albums/ae35/chinesekid05/Xmods/IMG_2219.jpg


It's coming together now...

http://i955.photobucket.com/albums/ae35/chinesekid05/Xmods/IMG_2220.jpg

http://i955.photobucket.com/albums/ae35/chinesekid05/Xmods/IMG_2221.jpg

http://i955.photobucket.com/albums/ae35/chinesekid05/Xmods/IMG_2232.jpg



I'm really happy the way the windows came out. If anyone messes it up, I will eat their baby.

http://i955.photobucket.com/albums/ae35/chinesekid05/Xmods/IMG_2230.jpg

[Bananabrain]

Lookin good, and having a really good camera helps bring out the shine & sparklyness.

[taiwanesekid05]

Got bored, took some nighttime long exposure shots.

http://i955.photobucket.com/albums/ae35/chinesekid05/Xmods/IMG_2233.jpg

http://i955.photobucket.com/albums/ae35/chinesekid05/Xmods/IMG_2237.jpg

http://i955.photobucket.com/albums/ae35/chinesekid05/Xmods/IMG_2242.jpg

http://i955.photobucket.com/albums/ae35/chinesekid05/Xmods/IMG_2240.jpg



Anyways... Got most of the details painted. There are some problems with the main body's paint, but once I fix that, everything'll be done ;)


http://i955.photobucket.com/albums/ae35/chinesekid05/Xmods/IMG_2244.jpg

http://i955.photobucket.com/albums/ae35/chinesekid05/Xmods/IMG_2243.jpg


Kind of a before and after.

http://i955.photobucket.com/albums/ae35/chinesekid05/Xmods/IMG_2249.jpg

http://i955.photobucket.com/albums/ae35/chinesekid05/Xmods/IMG_2250.jpg

http://i955.photobucket.com/albums/ae35/chinesekid05/Xmods/IMG_2251.jpg

http://i955.photobucket.com/albums/ae35/chinesekid05/Xmods/IMG_2252.jpg

http://i955.photobucket.com/albums/ae35/chinesekid05/Xmods/IMG_2253.jpg