Slot Car Corner '73 IROC Proxy - Builds & Usual Chatter

[waaytoomuchintothis]

Looking good! I imagine its almost impossible to get the true color of eggplant paint in one of these shots, much less get it to look right on a monitor screen, and I am looking forward to seeing it in person.

I think I have figured out the problems I had with the decals falling off. I found the exact color match in a Krylon spray, and being 1:1 paint, the pigment particle size is many times larger than the scale paint we always use. Krylon is high quality stuff, and has lots of levelers in it, so it dries to a very shiny, glassy smooth finish. I think there's nothing for the decal to adhere to, so when they dry, they just fall off. Of course, now they are encased in Future, so they aren't going anywhere.

About applying the Future... Everybody has their favorite way, of course, like everything slot car-wise, but I choose which method to use after the decals are completely dry. In this case, the decals kept peeling themselves and falling off on the table every time I walked away from the car. One time, I came back to the car from having lunch and found two of the decals that I thought were the best set ones, just laying on the table directly under where they had been. Those I could glue on, but some of the decals just fell off and fluttered away. I found one this morning on the floor. With all that craziness going on, I decided that it was going to be too scary to use the air brush method I planned for this car, and I brushed it on with no problems. Yes, flood the surface using a good round brush (they hold the most Future while still having a small contact with the surface). I put a good glop of it on, then spread it all over that area moving the brush side to side, and I don't leave that area until it is completely done. That way, you aid the levelers in the Future so they do their job best. I work from the top down, and when completely finished, I wipe the bottom edges of the body to make sure there are no drips to a make a mess along the edge as they harden. I find that one fairly heavy coat works best by far, but remember thin coats must be used for air brushing.

By the way, for those who are getting started on their body, look out for the roof pillars! They don't look very delicate, but they are. Three of mine will be glued to the windows as well as the body because they broke off after painting without my noticing them at all. Frankly, I can't imagine what would have contacted them, much less push hard enough to break them.

[studioRS]

[SRQSloter]

Looks super Thompson. :handgestures-thumbup: Enjoy it now cause it probably won't look that good when it get's back. All scratched up n stuff. :lol:

[TuscoTodd]

WOW! That turned out NICE!!!!
Glad to hear that the decals and the Krylon "played well" together. Gives me hope for my Duplicolor clear. :)

[SRQSloter]

[studioRS]

Yup, these play well together.

Tamiya super fine grey primer
Tamiya acrylic paint thinned with Tamiya lacquer
Decals applied with Microsol
Krylon crystal clear

@SRQ - yeah Rusty, hopefully the RSR will gain some well earned racing patina. My vote is a concours at Dave's before the first race.

[studioRS]

I still need to paint the black trim, headlights and sort out an interior. Definitely AFTER I get the chassis dialed in, body mounted and all.

[SRQSloter]

[studioRS]

[studioRS]

[SRQSloter]

June 20th Shotgun. Get-r-Done. :)

[TuscoTodd]

Dave -
You aren't the only one that is running a bit behind due to getting side tracked... :)
Hope to be back on mine this week... :D

[SRQSloter]

My body is pretty close to being done. Decals and clear is about it. Should of worked on it more this weekend. Gluing and truing tires today. Usually takes me a couple days. Sand a bit then measure do it again and again. :angry-banghead: :lol:

[waaytoomuchintothis]

Trying to dream up a way to mount the body without stressing a thin spot up front. Otherwise, nearly done. Exhausts built but not attached, broken roof pillars fabricated and attached, As much touch up paint as my eyeball will allow, and I have to say, these are going to look good enough together that we will require a professional quality photo of the lineup. I think I'm looking forward to that picture as much as anything. Poster size!

[SRQSloter]

Two down two to go. :angry-banghead: