Short Track and NASCAR modeling

Loving that color Mark! I can't wait to see it all finished up👍

Thanks, Scott. I was able to get some Tamiya x-22 clear today so that should make it glossier when I can get that on.

I think I'm going to try using aluminum foil to mask the body. Trying to cut down on the amount of tape touching the finish. May not work at all but worth a try. I need to mask the area around headlamp covers, the louvers in the hood, and the rear spoiler blade. Those items need to be shot black.

Like the "powder blue". Color almost looks likes "gramps" old '59 Chevy Bel Air, minus the cat eye tail lights! Awaiting the finish!

Thanks, Mopar. I'm hoping when I get the clear on it, it will look more like a petty blue than a powder blue. Below is the target color for the car I'm trying to build. The quality of the picture is not that good because I had to take a picture of a photo with my cellphone, and you get those weird lines in the photo when you do that

Looks nice. That Petty Blue color is hard to capture on film. Pending on the trim and pics you take you'll probably nail it! Keep up the great work.

Thanks Donato. It will be close enough to get me in the ballpark. If the car had been olive drab that is the color, I would have used. The main thing is I wanted to do Terry Labonte's 1989 IROC championship car, so that's the color it will be. Strange enough this is the first Texas Terry build I will have ever done.

I decided to use aluminum foil to mask the body to cut down on having to use as much tape to do the black items on the car. Worked out very well and was easy to do. I just smoothed the areas around the items to be painted with a toothpick and then cut out the foil leaving just a little to be masked. I still have to make some small masks at the corners of each headlight cover which were rounded not squared off. Now I wait for another good weather day to shoot the black. After that I will clear the body with Tamiya x-22 clear. Hopefully that will get me closer to the finish I want.

Ham n cheese?

More like bologna. 

I found a cheaper way, I take Walmart or Publix bags, wrap them over the car or put the car in then cut the area to be painted big and taped the bag around the area to be painted. I have tons of bags, not so much foil. Whatever works for you, frugal way for me.

Bags look good too. I just like the way the aluminum foil cuts with a hobby knife.

Cleaned the airbrush and shot the black parts. Next up will be the clear. The nice thing about acrylic paint is you can clean the airbrush with 91 % alcohol right where you build the model. Not outside if you clean with lacquer thinners or enamel solvents.

Looks great Mark! Never thought about using aluminum foil or plastic bags as masks.I might have to try both.

Oooo it's getting exciting. Just those little touches are coming out nice. Did a nice job with that tin foil.