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Finally! I finished something!



I've had these three cars languishing for years awaiting a repaint. I decided to go with a privateer look for these three - mainly as I wanted to do them fast, use the decals I had on hand, and try a few different colors.

Spririt BMW 2002 - A neighbor in Germany had a BMW in this color - almost a light battleship gray - no metallic flake. Loved it. I stripped it in 91% alcohol, and painted it with Duplicolor primer and then clear-coated over the primer. Decals are a mixture of left-overs in my box.



Scalextric Escort #1 - I stripped it with 91% rubbing alcohol and repainted with Duplicolor Deep Cranberry Metallic over Duplicolor primer and and then clear-coated with Duplicolor clear. Decals are also a mixture of left-overs in my box.



Scalextric Escort #2 - I stripped it with 91% rubbing alcohol and repainted with Testors Go Mango lacquer over Duplicolor primer and and then clear-coated with Duplicolor clear. I used Tamiya tape to two tone the car and used Duplicolor flat black for the hood and grille. Decals are a mixture of left-overs in my box.



Escort and Spirit chassis prepped: Weight added, wires trimmed, electronics removed, tires and wheels trued. They run very well on my wood track, but the motors are a bit nuts for cars this size. Upcoming plans are to install M/T Resins' motors in all three cars.



Slowly building my U2L field! I've got a Fly Alfa in the stages of a repaint as well.

Nice looking field, sir.

Your work always impresses me.

Patrick

Glad to see you are staying busy, nice job on the repaint

David good to see they finally made the grid they look great & they were an important part of racing back in the 60's & 70's mixing it well with the big guys & at times coming out on top
its good also to see slot car manufactures still make a good selection of 2 Litre cars , Auto Art make nice Alfas , your track is really starting to look quite busy hope to see more updates

Richard

Cool cars!!

Nice work David. The grey-primered car looks "greyt"! (German for Great?) I love those Scaley Escorts too. You're right about the motors - way too much for my wood track - they fly down my front straight but then there's that bump and hairpin at the end they have to negotiate....

Glad you all like them!

I've NEVER had a problem with automotive paints on plastic and have been using them for 30 years. No prep or other things to do...prime, paint, clear.

Automotive clear can wrinkle decals due to how "hot" it goes on. I just shoot about 10 very light coats and let that dry for about 30 minutes before starting heavier coats.

Those all came out really nice. I could see a field of those on my track done up as dirt mini stocks.

Beautiful cars, as usual! Love the orange Escort with the "Mach 1" hood treatment. On your grey BMW, I had a 1:1 X1/9 project car in California I painted that color, looked great but eveyone accused me of clear coating grey primer!

Here I am late to the party.

These are fantastic. What a great field of cars.

Your call on the motors sounds like a smart one.

You might have given me a real reason to buy a Porsche too.

Again great job!

David, great looking field of cars. Like them all, but the Escorts are my favorite. Great track too. Would the little red car at the back of the field be a Cortina? Regards, John

Fun fleet!

Those cars look great! Nice track too!

Thanx!