My First 1/87 Paint Jobs

[TrainClown]

Hi there,

I am building some 1/87 scale cars for a gas station diorama I am working on. The only other HO scale stock I have are horse drawn wagons.



I think this wagon is supposed to be a 57 Chev.



I think this is supposed to be a 59 Dodge or a Cadillac. That isn't a flaw on the roof. It is a reflection of the light. I had to sand all the edges and fill a few bad spots on both bods. I think I want to make an interior for the 4 door so I can cut out the side windows.

First coat is silver, then I'll mask out the chrome parts and then paint it a color.

Here are the detail parts.



I don't know if this will work, but I am giving it the ol, Circus Try.

My first post here. Nice to find some like-minded guys.

Trainclown

[BillC]

Hi Trainclown,

The wagon is supposed to be a 1958 Plymouth, the 4-door hardtop is a Cadillac of similar vintage.

Looks like you've made a good start. Because of the nature of a lot of silver paints, I might suggest a couple of light coats of gloss finish before you apply your color coats. This will make your masking easier and will prevent your masking material from lifting the silver.

Bill C.

[Markus]

Welcome Trainclown,
Its funny to see, someone others paint first in silver too. It makes the color more brighter and deeper.
I look foreward to see the result.

[TrainClown]

billc said:

Hi Trainclown,

The wagon is supposed to be a 1958 Plymouth, the 4-door hardtop is a Cadillac of similar vintage.

Looks like you've made a good start. Because of the nature of a lot of silver paints, I might suggest a couple of light coats of gloss finish before you apply your color coats. This will make your masking easier and will prevent your masking material from lifting the silver.

Bill C.

Thanks, Bill. I had just the problem you described. My micro mask lifted the silver and now the bodies are taking the "Big Dip" in brake fluid and I will start again.

That's a real good tip. Thank you so much.

Christopher

[TrainClown]

markus said:

Welcome Trainclown,
Its funny to see, someone others paint first in silver too. It makes the color more brighter and deeper.
I look foreward to see the result.

Hi, Markus. I use to do a lot of flame jobs on bikes and hot rods. Real ones not models. I use to prime with silver to make the flames pop and jump off the fender. One guy who was a regular customer, I flamed his bike a different way every year as he rebuilt his bike every winter. He liked the silver flames and had me put silver flames on a burgundy paint job one time. I must say it looked odd at best. 2 days later he called me back over, he had repainted the bike yellow. He said he didn't like the burgundy color. He had me put black flames with silver tips on the chrome yellow paint and it did look sharp. Especially with the Nitrous Oxide tank as well. He liked my flame jobs so much, he had me flame all sorts of things, even his backhoe, I put flames all down the arms and along the frame and up the fenders.

I sorta miss those days.

Christopher