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Post by jackfitz1944 on Jul 13, 2008 2:32:45 GMT 1
I got an email from Jim Thomas that Greg's Garage will start selling thier castings again. There will be a small price increase and only kits will be available. They plan on bringing back the trucks and buses. Orders can be placed at thetrainexchange@yahoo.com
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Post by jackfitz1944 on Mar 24, 2009 14:26:41 GMT 1
Having some time on my hands I decided to paint some of my Cutter castings (all solid castings). I am experimenting on some new methods. In an assembly line type of operation I paint about eight cars in a setting and let them dry on a rack I made for the castings, see photo below. I used to have trouble getting my fingers in the paint when I held the castings in my hands, so I drill a hole in the bottom of the casting and install a drywall screw. Now I only hang onto the screw. I first paint all the flat black parts of the cars, fender wells, frame horns, grilles, etc. After they have dried I paint the window glass "Gun Metal" by Model Master (some of these tecniques I leard on this board). The cars in the photo are at this stage. Next I'll paint the silver (chrome). Body color (or colors) will come next. I'll finish the casting with a touch-up and painting tailights, headlights and running boards. Here is a Mini Metals '36 Ford Fordor sedan. When I bought it it had an imperfection in the fabric area of the top. I took the car apart (thank God for the screws) and sanded the imperfection off the top. I painted the top flat black along with the frame horns and grille. The chrome tailights looked too long and I painted them gloss black and it made the look a lot better. I then painted the headlight lens's white. I think it made a big improvement, see photo below.
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Post by stevette66 on Mar 25, 2009 17:10:43 GMT 1
Very nice. In deed! I like the idea with the screw think I'll give it a try. Thanks for sharing. Steve D
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Post by jackfitz1944 on Mar 25, 2009 18:31:30 GMT 1
I found painting the flat black was not a good idea, at least not as sloppy as I did it. When painting the body color the brush picked up small amounts of dried black, next time I'll save the flat black for the grille, the rest I'll do later.
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Post by cfesmire on Mar 26, 2009 2:15:24 GMT 1
They look great in the photo Jack.
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Post by jackfitz1944 on Mar 28, 2009 16:09:14 GMT 1
I am painting a couple of pick-up truck castings and I was wondering if the bed of the box was painted the same as the body color or if it was wood color or maybe black?
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Post by kitbashcasting on Mar 28, 2009 18:37:06 GMT 1
I had a '49 Chevy when I was in the Air Force. The bed was wood with "rusty" rails that ran the lenght of the bed.
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Post by jackfitz1944 on Mar 31, 2009 15:10:35 GMT 1
Thanks, that's what I was thinking, I had already painted two pick-up boxes with Testors "Rust".
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