1965 Chevelle

[thirdgearspeedshop]

I had a similar paint scheme on my 66 Nova project. I used Tamiya Gloss Aluminum and Italian red. I painted the silver then waited a few days and taped it off being careful to tape only the edge. Use a plastic bag to cover the broad parts of the hood and trunk. The Tamiya paint did not lift when I removed the tape.

[MarkJ]

Thanks guys. I think clearing the silver, before masking, will be what I will have to do, to solve the problem.

[jchrisf]

I'm a newb so I don't know how to fix your problem but I used the Testor's Metallic silver in the tiny bottle on a camero I build and it looked great... but, that paint never dried and I ended up messing it up too.  I am going to respray the same paint on that body again soon and then set aside for about 6 months to cure, but I am not ever using enamel on anything else after that.

[MarkJ]

Hey Mark, will you just sand the affected areas or will you strip the entire car?

Well David, Don't tell anybody, but I'm going to try and sand, reprime, and shoot again. Im going to prime with model masters acryl white primer. I'm hoping it wont be hot enough to make the enamel underneath craze. I will then shoot the orange first, let it cure a week, then clear the orange, let it cure, and then finally mask the orange, and shoot the silver. That way I wont have to put any masking tape on the silver. The one thing I hate more than polishing is stripping paint.

[MarkJ]

Heck yes, David. That looks like it worked out just fine. Gives me hope for my project.

[MarkJ]

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[MarkJ]

It looks more orange in person, but I still don't think I got it orange enough, but I based it on the decal backgrounds, and I'm not going to reprint them. There are a lot more bars to add to the cage but this is a start.

[BobD]

Lotsa nice fab work goin' on here - waiting to see the finished product!

[MarkJ]

Need to clean up the cage a little, with some putty, and add some shocks, to the front suspension. I had to change up the top bars on the cage at the belt line because it would not fit the body. Just a little too wide.

[MarkJ]

Thanks, David and Bob. Its slowly starting to come together. I left the front suspension stock except for how the shock set up will be.

[MarkJ]

[Gary Davis]

Man...I'm with you David! All that fab work is great. That cage is really good....

[MarkJ]

Thanks, David and Gary. Tomorrow we are suppose to get a cold front in here, which is really strange for southest texas in august.  Mind you, it will still be close to 100 degrees, but the humidity is suppose to drop a lot, so I will take that opportunity to shoot the silver for hopefully, the last time.

[MarkJ]

[Gary Davis]

Nice set of belts Mark. Did you fab the buckles? (probably a mute question...LOL)