One night stand
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SuperFly
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One night stand
I usually paint with enamels, which take days to dry. Sometimes I get a little jealous of people using laquer that can bang out a ride quickly, as I sit idly waiting for paint to dry.
The only laquer-based paint I have is this stuff called Metallizer, made by Model Master (Testor's). It's meant for making realistic metal surfaces on larger scale models. You spray it on with an airbrush, and 10 minutes later you buff it with a soft cloth and it looks like polished metal. It comes in different colors like steel, titanium, gun metal, aluminum, burnt metal (like by a jet exhaust), etc.
As it turns out, it looks a lot like nice bit-scale metallic paint. So I mixed up a blend of titanium, burnt metal and aluminum plate to make a color quite similar to the Porsche factory dark grey metallic.
So with the exception of the flat black details on top of the clearcoat, I did this car in one night. I probably could have done a better job sanding out some of the mold lines, but this was a quickie so I had to move fast. I did do a really good job masking the Porsche logo on the hood, though.
Tab-lowered as low as it will go in front, slot-lowered in the back, highly covetable Nakamichi wheels fitted with teal gears, spring suspension. Ditched the ugly wing and filled the holes.
The only laquer-based paint I have is this stuff called Metallizer, made by Model Master (Testor's). It's meant for making realistic metal surfaces on larger scale models. You spray it on with an airbrush, and 10 minutes later you buff it with a soft cloth and it looks like polished metal. It comes in different colors like steel, titanium, gun metal, aluminum, burnt metal (like by a jet exhaust), etc.
As it turns out, it looks a lot like nice bit-scale metallic paint. So I mixed up a blend of titanium, burnt metal and aluminum plate to make a color quite similar to the Porsche factory dark grey metallic.
So with the exception of the flat black details on top of the clearcoat, I did this car in one night. I probably could have done a better job sanding out some of the mold lines, but this was a quickie so I had to move fast. I did do a really good job masking the Porsche logo on the hood, though.
Tab-lowered as low as it will go in front, slot-lowered in the back, highly covetable Nakamichi wheels fitted with teal gears, spring suspension. Ditched the ugly wing and filled the holes.
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Took the words right out of my mouth.hue35 wrote:God damn dude
That is by far my favorite color for an automobile and that paint job is so damn smooth and shiney.....even the body lines look better somehow. That body looks so much better without that big wing too. The thing actually looks like a porche.
You and hue definitely got it down when it comes to the BCG Porches and Supra's.
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the gun metal grey looks great man.
very clean, simple, and shiney as all get out.
love the detail work (lining, keeping the porsche logo, black trim around the windows)
do the molding creases bother you as much as they do me?
like in this pic on the front right:
I wish they could mold the shells without it, accord headlights have to be the worst.
very clean, simple, and shiney as all get out.
love the detail work (lining, keeping the porsche logo, black trim around the windows)
do the molding creases bother you as much as they do me?
like in this pic on the front right:
I wish they could mold the shells without it, accord headlights have to be the worst.
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Damn you , you dick.... That's fuckin awesome, and I love it. Looks better than factory to me.
Are you, hue, and myself the only ones sporting Nakamichi wheels??? They make that car. I think we all have them on the same damn body too... Kick ass man.. You rock,
silla
Are you, hue, and myself the only ones sporting Nakamichi wheels??? They make that car. I think we all have them on the same damn body too... Kick ass man.. You rock,
silla
payaso...... 
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Wow!! 
Even The Pope can't beleive it. He has to zoom in with his imaginary goggles!!
http://laputa.de/pope/pope.html
Pretty Rear End
Even The Pope can't beleive it. He has to zoom in with his imaginary goggles!!
http://laputa.de/pope/pope.html
Pretty Rear End
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Re: One night stand
that's it, i'm outta here!SuperFly wrote:but this was a quickie
oh, happy birthday!
i used to be cool
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Nah Mang !payaso wrote:Damn you , you dick.... That's fuckin awesome, and I love it. Looks better than factory to me.
Are you, hue, and myself the only ones sporting Nakamichi wheels??? They make that car. I think we all have them on the same damn body too... Kick ass man.. You rock,
silla
Nakamichi's are hard to come by these days...
But I got two more in stock!
