Short Track and NASCAR modeling

Some more work on the hood and trunk pins. Also, I found an old body from a build I did in the seventy's that half the stuff is lost off of it so it will make a great test body for trying out different thinners for acrylic paint. There was talk back in 2019 and 2020 about how some people thought that denatured alchohol was just like mr. color levelling thinner. Lots of talk but nobody actually did a test and posted pictures of what they got. I will sand and prime this body and then use some acrylic paint and some acrylic clear with the denatured alcohol and see what I get. I also heard that plain old lacquer thinner will also work well with acrylic paint and give you a gloss shine that you won't have to polish it either. I shall try that too.

Somehow, I got silver paint on the roof and try as I might I could not get it off easily. It went right through the paint even past the primer so I will have to refinish the roof. This build is jinxed or I'm just a blank.

wow, you have been having some dumb luck with this one...


will make it all the more satisfying when it's done.

Thanks, Dave. I hope you are right.

Had the same happen last week, sorta. I squeezed some tube glue into a scrap of paper to dip a toothpick in and glue a small part, didn't notice it when I went to set the chassis down and set it in the glob of glue! I had to wipe the glob off then repaint the area. I don't know if it's a jinx or I am getting absent minded in my "older age".

Have no doubt that you will fix it up just fine.

It'll be like it never happened Mark.

Thanks, guys. It actually did come out okay and using the aluminum foil made it an easy mask job to just expose the roof. the new paint went on much better because of the flow improver. I hope to do the clear today to the whole model with flow improver to have a better clear to polish. A couple of the pictures shows my new paint area outside. It's a fenced in area behind the outside garage wall where I store pots and extra wood I might need for whatever. Makes a good out of the wind place to use the airbrush on nice days.

Ta Da! I had no doubt you would take care of that little annoyance. Glad you stayed after it and did not get discouraged. Looking forward to completion.

I'm with Rattlecan Dan, never had a doubt. Looks like nothing happened.

Thanks guys. I shot the clear yesterday and it turned out very well. I may not even polish it. It's even smoother than these pictures after sitting overnight. The pictures were taken right after I shot it, this time with the flow improver. I made a picture of the real car just for grins. Had to use my rusty trusty Photodeluxe program from the late ninety's. Somehow it still works.

Looking good Mark! Looking forward to seeing more progress on it.

Thanks, Scott. I have to let the paint cure for 48 hours and then I can install the glass and the hood and trunk pins. Once that's done, I can decal it and future it and it will be done. Then I will post the results in the Nascar Showroom.

Not to be a fly in the ointment, but since you posted a pic of the real thing, what are you going to do with the openings for the door handle and lock?

Quote from: 18degrees on March 23, 2025, 07:21:24 PMNot to be a fly in the ointment, but since you posted a pic of the real thing, what are you going to do with the openings for the door handle and lock?

Good question, Dave. Probably just put the decal right over the opening and hope it bridges the gap okay. Or if it will fit under the handle opening that would be okay. I am not doing any more body work or painting to this thing unless its polishing. Just not gonna do it. No sir, I refuse.