Time to clean off the workbench
I’ve had a ’55 Chevy Bel Air kit by AMT on my bench for longer than I wanted. This kit just didn’t go together very well for me. I’m not sure if I got a bad kit, but it had a lot of flash, a lot of really bad mold lines and the ejector pin marks were in really bad places.
It took a lot of Mr. Hobby putty and sanding before I started assembly on the kit. The assembly wasn’t very easy and I found the instructions for the kit lacking. The illustrations weren’t very clear on how some of the parts fit together and a few more locator pins would have helped with assembly.
I’ve got a few touchups to do on the body before I mask off the chrome detailing and finish the paint job. Once I wrap that up, I should be able to finally finish out the kit in good order.
I’ve also got the 1969 Dodge Charger Daytona custom on the workbench. I didn’t like the paint job, so I stripped the car down again and I’m going to go with a different shade of red. I also purchased and broke down a second car because the passenger vent window broke off the door when I was stripping the paint. I also didn’t realize the taillights were plastic until I pulled the forst body out of the paint stripper. I reworked the damaged plastic, but I wasn’t to thrilled about the results. So, it had to be replaced as well. Hopefully, I’ll wrap this up in the next day or two.
I also did some testing on a paint job for some graffiti covered cars for a 1:64 scale diorama. I used a a couple of Matchbox cars for the test, but I ended up stripping the paint off those as well. I don’t have the artistic talent for the paint job to come out as I envisioned. I’ve decided to go ahead a purchase a new inkjet printer and create some custom waterslide decals for the project. I know my way around Adobe Illustrator pretty well, so that’ll be a much easier option for me to achieve the results I’m shooting for.
I’ve been considering purchasing a new inkjet for a while, I just haven’t done the research to figure out which brand and model will be the most cost-effective for my needs.
Hopefully, I’ll get the workbench cleared off this week and can move on to some new projects next week.
Boondock Bight 