ClearHooter
03-11-2005, 03:09 AM
I just posted something somewhere that brought this to mind.
FYI:
Don't get me wrong I'm glad to have the model to work with. It seems to be the only one. Thanks to MB. But the way they did the top / windshields assy? (TWA) Can anyone give any logical reason why they would make the car that way?
The post I spoke of made me think it a good idea to pass this on to those of you who have not modified one of these. I may sould have known these things but I didn't......Now I do:
Normaly the windshield is not an issue. Not so with this Mustang since the top skin and front and rear glass is one piece of plastic. As my wife pointed out. "Even if they were going for a clear top it wouldn't look like that." And they fit bad. The plastic they have made the TWA out of is different from anything I've messed with. I use rubber cement for masking. I've always masked plastic glass with it. Rubber cement fogged this one! I waxed it out then washed it with Windex and it looked OK.
THEN....Tonight I clear coated my first car. This would naturally include that funky TWA. The Krylon Clear Glaze, krazed the unpainted portion of the glass.
SCREWED UP I DID! :drunk:
"What the heck" Before it dried; I cut some clear tape and laid it over the windows. Worked pretty well as it seemed to seal with the krazing and made a smooth surface. Longevity???
The Clear Glaze also makes Testors silver run. But the car was painted with NYC fingernail polish 132A top coat over 134A over ColorPlace flat white. This may have had a bearing. FYI: THESE WERE NOT BAKED!!. Don't bake nail polish. If you feel compelled, not much more than what your fingers can stand under a hair dryer. Otherwise "bubble, bubble :cry:
The new deacls worked great! The Testors System works very well though I can't figure out how to make my own stuff with the disc provided. (I used Adobe for the most part.) But they seperated from the backing easily and no ripping. They're forgiving with placement. Faired the "Glazing" with out shriveling at all.
About the modifications to the car. I went with doing away with the scoops. J&B Weld helped with that. I cut the 1/4 glasses out by drill and file. Blister was cut for 1/4 glass. White Prismacolor pencil was used to bring out the raised lettered tires. Grille lamps are from a small nail shank cut into discs and J&B'ed on. The head lamps were glazed over with clear epoxy. The interior was finished out...and you can actually see it through the screwed-up windows.
Soooo. I learned a lot from this car. If you got this far hope you did too.
FYI:
Don't get me wrong I'm glad to have the model to work with. It seems to be the only one. Thanks to MB. But the way they did the top / windshields assy? (TWA) Can anyone give any logical reason why they would make the car that way?
The post I spoke of made me think it a good idea to pass this on to those of you who have not modified one of these. I may sould have known these things but I didn't......Now I do:
Normaly the windshield is not an issue. Not so with this Mustang since the top skin and front and rear glass is one piece of plastic. As my wife pointed out. "Even if they were going for a clear top it wouldn't look like that." And they fit bad. The plastic they have made the TWA out of is different from anything I've messed with. I use rubber cement for masking. I've always masked plastic glass with it. Rubber cement fogged this one! I waxed it out then washed it with Windex and it looked OK.
THEN....Tonight I clear coated my first car. This would naturally include that funky TWA. The Krylon Clear Glaze, krazed the unpainted portion of the glass.
SCREWED UP I DID! :drunk:
"What the heck" Before it dried; I cut some clear tape and laid it over the windows. Worked pretty well as it seemed to seal with the krazing and made a smooth surface. Longevity???
The Clear Glaze also makes Testors silver run. But the car was painted with NYC fingernail polish 132A top coat over 134A over ColorPlace flat white. This may have had a bearing. FYI: THESE WERE NOT BAKED!!. Don't bake nail polish. If you feel compelled, not much more than what your fingers can stand under a hair dryer. Otherwise "bubble, bubble :cry:
The new deacls worked great! The Testors System works very well though I can't figure out how to make my own stuff with the disc provided. (I used Adobe for the most part.) But they seperated from the backing easily and no ripping. They're forgiving with placement. Faired the "Glazing" with out shriveling at all.
About the modifications to the car. I went with doing away with the scoops. J&B Weld helped with that. I cut the 1/4 glasses out by drill and file. Blister was cut for 1/4 glass. White Prismacolor pencil was used to bring out the raised lettered tires. Grille lamps are from a small nail shank cut into discs and J&B'ed on. The head lamps were glazed over with clear epoxy. The interior was finished out...and you can actually see it through the screwed-up windows.
Soooo. I learned a lot from this car. If you got this far hope you did too.