Revell 1:24 1970 convertable beetle

[Guest]

Id rub it smooth Amos with 400 grit. Don't worry about taking right back to bare plastic your going to run the risk of deforming the body too much.Mist the body with an enamel primer 600 grit sand after that, two coats of Matt black using enamel, and very lightly sand again using 1000 grit. Then go to clearcoat let cure, toothpaste it, then polish with autoglym.

Don't forget to wash the body between every stage of paint and sanding. I found washing the most important. Don't be tempted to undo your work, always rectify. And don't use a paint stripper the bodyshell is only polystyrene youl melt it.

Thanks Marc.... Going to give it a rub down first with some 3M rubbing compound I got from work... See what it does, and take it from there, will keep you informed.

Cheers

[Guest]

It is still looking good, just remember all the detail work you put in it. The key in recovering from a catastrophe is to just stay calm. When that happens to me I set it aside for a day or so and think through the problem so, when I go back to it I have a definite plan and I don't rush it.

[Guest]

Ok, so after a lot of elbow grease i have managed to get rid of my self inflicted bad varnish job... So going to give it another coat of black (acrylic), which brings me to a couple of questions, Firstly, do you dilute your varnish, and secondly is clear coat just another name for varnish or something different altogether?

Thanks Amos

[Marc Stock]

Best way to do it is ask the manufacturer of your paint what clearcoat you can use.

[Marc Stock]

Any updates on this build Amos?

[takeslousyphotos]

How's things looking on this now Amos ???


Peter

[Guest]

Ok, applied another couple coats of black, and one coat of laquer, i have probably been to hard on myself, i look at the standard of models on here and feel like i have to achieve the same results, but then i have to remember this is my first real attempt..... So overall im quite happy with where i am at the moment.... Made a fair few mistakes, but have learned an awful lot from them


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[eddiesolo]

Amos, all of us have and still do make mistakes, or just have a bad model that not matter what you try it will not go together right or will not coat right. It is what happens despite skill and knowledge somethings do go wrong at times. You're pushing too hard to get perfection, not going to happen unless you calm down, stop worrying and take a breather and come back or start on something new and then come back to it. You seem to have sorted it and yourself out and got it back on track, so well done you. It looks gorgeous I must admit.


Si

[john i am]

Have to say after all of your troubles this is now looking great and is back on track.the big plus is you have learnt a lot along the way.im no expert by any means shape or form but if I'm doing a car I use all of Halfords products primer, paint(pearlescent) and lacquer mixing different brands can result in problems as you have found out.a nice recovery by yourself and keep up the great work I look forward to more progress as I have one of these waiting along with the vw camper van good luck with the rest of the build I hope all goes well for you cheers John

[takeslousyphotos]

Good stuff Amos.......... Glad you finally got there. It is looking sweet............ Perhaps I'll come to you when I screw up the pain on the Lambo.


Peter

[Marc Stock]

Looks good Amos. Remember the most important thing is to have fun and enjoy it. I have made a load of mistakes on the revell gti but somehow seem to have rectified them.


Also remember only you know the mistakes you made, only you know how many times you had to try to get a good result, in all honesty any third party looking at our completed models would never know or understand the effort needed, and would simply see a well detailed model that's been carefully painted and looks top notch. They would be thinking to themselves if only I had the skill to achieve a model as nice as this.


It looks lovely, the gloss has laid down nicely, you got the basis there now for a lovely looking model.


Well done chap you have worked hard on this and it looks really good.

[Guest]

Thanks for the comments, im starting to put the decals on, going well so far, there are some that have gone on the chrome bumpers, so would i fit the bumpers to the body and laquer over them as well, or just fit them afterwards with no laquer?


Thanks