So now that the body is painted and has sat still for most of the week to degas, I laid another coat of the Extreme Chrome down since it still didn't have that shiny look to it.
But I started to notice things as I looked everything over. The black paint had air bubbles in it that I didn't notice before.The chrome parts looked like it was flaking off. Though it was washed, sanded, primed, etc., I didn't notice these things until after the fact. And I tend to stare at them before, during and after painting to try and notice.
To a point, it looks okay. Looks like the car has been in service for some time, and they're trying to keep it looking good until they can get a new one! I have a story for everything!
The body lines for the doors are bad. My masking skills are far from subpar. So there is touch ups to be done.
There seems to be spots where the chrome paint doesn't want to stick to. Again, though it was washed, lightly sanded and cleaned up before the primer, it might be the gloss black paint causing the issue. Though it dried for a few days before the chrome was laid down, there's still a reaction.
Again, I didn't see all the issues until after the chrome was laid. But I wasn't about to strip it and start over. In my mind, it actually adds to the build. It's not a full rust bucket, but just starting it's transformation.
So while all of this dried, I thinned out some Testors Tan enamel paint from the bottle with Mr. Color leveling thinner. I bought some tossable cups from HL a few weeks back and this made things a bit easier since all of my little glass cups still have tank paint in them for the next armor piece.
I lowered the air pressure on the gun down to about 8 PSI and closed the spray angle to almost a fine line then adjusted it to paint the entire interior. One thing I actually noticed before any paint was laid on anything was the poor modeling job on the interior door panels.
It was so weak, when I rubbed my finger across it, I couldn't feel anything. So I spent about 20 minutes or so sanding all of it away. There's no detail left which may or may not be a good thing. But the paint came out nice on it.
I don't like the fact there are no decals for the dash whatsoever. So that means I will fight the eyesight and see if I can detail it up a bit.
I sprayed some of the Testors Gloss paint into a few cups so I had something I could touch up the body with. Though I don't have pics of that yet, it's sitting in the room drying. I'll start on painting the motor and finishing the assembly of that.
I believe, later this evening I will start to wet sand the body to try and get some of the blemishes out.
