Peterbilt 378-110

[Guest]

After striping this cab twice back down to bear plastic I'm finally happy with the finish, will give a day or two to set before i buff it up & apply a coat of lacquer.








Till then i will start on the plumbing for the engine.








Hope u like all comment's welcome good or bad.


John

[takeslousyphotos]

That is loooking absolutely superb John.

[Guest]

Looking good & great work on the water hoses John.


John.

[Guest]

Qk peep's what's you'r thought's do i put the flame decals on or do you think it would be OTT..






Any help would be cool.


John.

[takeslousyphotos]

In my humble opinion..... The flame decals would be very tacky John. Dump `em.

[Guest]

Sorry Peter the wife want's them on.






SORRY.


John

[takeslousyphotos]

Women

[Guest]

Well she did bye it for me. lol

[takeslousyphotos]

I suppose then John......... Telling her she has absolutely no idea what she's talking about is a bad idea.

[Guest]

This is looking really good. I like big vehicle models. I side with your wife on the flames decals.


John: What paint are you using? Is it Tamiya's Syntheyic lacquer, TS-xx, in a spraycan?

[Guest]

Hi Steve, paint used is Tamiya Fine Surface Primer (L), Matt Black Auto paint, Tamiya PS-47 Iridescent Pink/Gold, all topped of with Auto Clear Lacquer & buffed up with 3M Finishing Polish.






Hope this help's Steve.


John

[takeslousyphotos]

Ok.... The flames look good. They are more subtle than I figured they'd be

[papa 695]

That is Looking flaming good John.


Ok I've got my coat on

[Guest]

Hi Steve, paint used is Tamiya Fine Surface Primer (L), Matt Black Auto paint, Tamiya PS-47 Iridescent Pink/Gold, all topped of with Auto Clear Lacquer & buffed up with 3M Finishing Polish.
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Hope this help's Steve.


John

I have taken a shine to the idea of iridescant paints. Tamiya make another one in addition to the one you chose. However, Tamiya say:

"These spray paints were developed especially for decorating transparent polycarbonate bodies used in R/C car modeling. Each can contains 100ml of paint, which is the appropriate amount for finishing a model. Paint the body from the inside, keeping the can about 30cm from the surface. After curing, apply another coat. Small details should be brush painted beforehand using Tamiya bottle paints for polycarbonate. These paints are impervious to oil and fuels, so they can be safely used on gas-powered R/C bodies. Never use these paints on plastic models."

Note the last sentence, which Tamiya confirmed to me by email. Despite that, you obviously succeeded in using it on styrene

[Guest]

Hi Steve, maybe it's the primer i used to cover the styrene so it has no undue effect on it.


I intend to use it on a 1/24 Enzo Ferrari but not the same color. so we will have to see how that turns out.


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