Hey hello! I thought this fancy vinyl would be cool for such things lemme know what you think! Also, for those interested I put a few more cars up on the ebay page. I plan on posting regularly there as long as people are interested in them . Hope your weekend was good! I should be back tomorrow with something new. I want to make a MASH style ambulance out of a dodge WC. I'm not sure if it'll be the next one out though! Talk to you soon!
The vinyl looks great. As far as the silver goes, I've been finding that adding a touch of pearlizer to non-metallic paints gives me a much more satisfying metallic effect. The finer flakes, to my eye, more closely match the scale of the car. Maybe just a pinch of pearl to some grey would be more what you're looking for.
That chrome trim is rad. It really worked out well. I'm glad you removed the castings first. The decals make it look much more realistic. As always, nicely done, sir.
Looks great, and I like the chrome trim idea you used. I am with you on the silver in the back, I believe a gray color would of worked better, I am not feeling the silver you applied.
In my book I think you did a great job on the car it truly looks like an old school classic car Hot Wheels should be taking some lessons from you because obviously over the years they forgotten what a true old classic car looks like love your videos and I think you did a great job.
Just wanted to say hello from Kamloops B,C . I started watching your videos about three months ago. After the first vid, I was hooked. Very nice work in deed.
OMG just got my first airbrush but very thankful for your tips on how to paint also learned you need to clear coat between colors when painting car more than one color.
Keep in mind you only need to clearcoat in between colors of they bleed like those candy paints. If you are using enamel paints or something similar you wouldn't need to.
Loving the Chrome strips Austin , you the silver looks a bit too sparkly , l think the brightness is fine , less sparkles it woukd be perfect , looks great over all though 👍
I love watching you work. When you are going for an original look, AKA As delivered, the front turn signal/parking lights on fifties and sixties cars had white lenses and bulbs. I think amber came to the front in the late sixties but my memory isn't that specific.
I've never looked back since finding a 25mm sanding disc attachment for my Dremel, it'd whizz that side trim off in no time and leave a smooth finish. Highly recommended!
That’s a nice looking 55 Chevy ! I agree maybe a darker gray would have looked better but it is your choice because your the one that has to do it . And you can always change it if you want to that’s the good part about what you do. I will enjoy it and l’m sure others will to.
Dude, that chrome striping is legit! I admit I was a bit confuzzled when you were laying it out. Grey would look great as an accent to the black. Great job!
I agree with your thoughts on the color. Since there majority of the car looks so sinister, the silver looks too bright. If the bumpers were chrome the silver would fit in better. Sweet car! 😎👍
That does look really sharp! I do 1/24, 25 scale model cars. There's a chrome tape that you can get for trim moldings. Some guys use tinfoil! I prefer the Molotow Chrome Paint marker myself. It's the easiest to work with, with the same results. Regardless, they all look good.
Awesome result on a nice model given dull paint by Mattel. The current one is a rather nice deep cherry red metallic. As soon as I saw your black and silver custom on the rotisserie, I thought: 'Damn!' Any chance on doing something with a Hot Wheels '57 Plymouth Fury, please? It looks like it sits waaay too high, and that bugs me. The current one is on steelies, but looks odd. One of your outrageous deep paint jobs wouldn't go amiss, either.
Shit, I just had this crazy idea. Have you ever considered chopping the top on one of these creations? Glass would obviously be the biggest problem. But if there's anyone who could figure out this dilemma, it's you chief. Cheers.
Great video as always. With m2 making square body blazers do you think a square body suburban can be made from a blazer and a pickup? And how about a two tone paint job?
ay, the new chrome trim comes across way better than I'd have anticipated. :) (personally I'd have gone for bare metal foil, but there) the new casting does the original much more credit than the old one, which looks too short and chubby. ^^ nice choice. the silver does look a bit bright. I keep thinking in revell/humbrol terms, 40 years of using modelers paint does that to you I guess... their "iron grey" metallic would have looked good, too. :) or maybe a purple.
The trunk color should be on the roof also... You're correct, the second color should be an off white as opposed to silver.... I do like the chrome though.
Used that vinyl wrap to put chrome door handles on my 70s styled van. Your attention to detail is amazing and that’s one tuff looking car! Great job as always.
You should of put black in the seams to give it more realism. Other wise a fantastic job .p.s. maybe it could of been a deep cherry metallic.keep up the good work
We plastic scale model builders,i at least,used a product called "Bare Metal Foil" superthin self adhesive metal foil in differen surface qualities.A little tricky to apply but when on really looked like real chrome.You could buy this in chrome,stainless,matte aluminum,brushed steel and so on! It even can be polished.
Several cars ago you tried to lay down leaf and then paint over the vinyl flames, but the vinyls kept pulling up the leaf. I wonder how this vinyl would look with candy over it as a substitute. Maybe a revisit?
Not bad. Only nag is it looks like a cop car. Put a bubble gum light on top and it's Hiway Patrol! Nice work with the new vinyl trim tape, hope you'll redo the color at a later date!
I got some of that chrome given to me by a company that wrapped an entire 40’ racing yacht in it. It looked impressive. I used it for making some badges fro my car in the end.
I took for granted how much work you do with your arms pretty much wrapped around the camera. How many times have you just wanted to throw the camera across the room? LOL
I would have loved to have seen the rear of the car the trunk and fin in a metal flake white and the rest in a metal flake red. There is also chrome around all the windows. Like they say it ain’t cool if your chrome don’t shine. Nice concept.!
I like the silver if you think about when those cars were built (red and white-yellow and white the accent color was supposed to stand out when they were building them for the style and character of the bel air my opinion leave it looks awesome
the chrome vinyl can be used as mirrored window tint , use half cut grain rice under it in a diamond plate pattern for truck beds and bumpers then strips for wood beds
