60 Chevy....get back into the swing build part 1

Winter in Michigan this year had record cold temperatures and my hobby room was not immune to that cold...I heated it for a few weeks, then came this 500 plus dollar heating bill...Ouch...so...I was relegated to cold sanding spells....it started to warm up a few weeks ago...still to cold really...but I had to get doing something...I was freaking out....I had started this kit in November...and then it sat....I lost a few parts along the way...but...I thought...I will use this kit to get back in the swing....I will probably buy this kit again...because it has awesome potential...I had primed the undercarriage and sprayed some Alclad black base coat on it...as seen below

 Then started fabricating stuff....

 Then I bought a new airbrush on March 16th...A Grex T3(more on that later)...and started to prime parts

 Above ....I thought I would try a two tone paint job...never really tried it before...the new Grex did great on the close hand steady stuff....

 Above...after I sprayed and clear coated the light blue...I masked off the stuff I wanted to paint...below is the result....not half bad for a first attempt, and learning a new airbrush...

I have more to come later....When I can sort out some photos....this coming out of hibernation left my skills a bit rusty...and add a new airbrush on top of it...I was all over the place...10 thumbs...and many mistakes...but just glad to be back and creating and enjoying the process...even with the mistakes

New Posts coming...Fennie and Hendo...coming out of hibernation

See what made Hendo's hand smurfalicious.....

Donnie....before the crash

Here are the 4 Donnies...before the accident...hope to get a few more pictures up...

they were in a bit of mishap and have not been seen since...LOL!!!

Fennie may have a few more photos....enjoy...they were not ready for photos when this picture was taken...we had just set them out...and had not adjusted anything yet...

5 Buck sprint car test build

 a quickly thrown together sprint car...was fun and a challenge.....used this as a test car...to figure some stuff out with paint, and what not...

Dirty Donnie Challenge Complete

With the T-13 Dirty Donny Challenge coming to a close...and the length of time since our last post...I am throwing this Teaser photo of Hendo's Pepto Mopar Donny Special....we have a photo shoot coming up, where all the cars will be represented

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dIRTY dONNIE sUPER bEE cHALLENGE

tHE 3 MODELING MEMBERS OF t-13 ARE ALL BUILDING THIS KIT...THE offical start date was Sept 1st.......................FINISH DATE In November

updates to come...but No sneak peaks

Update on Sword, and vette to come soon...as well as PG Zaku and more

Sword....Vette....Mustang...finished works, and WIP's

 In all its glory...the Sword stands in Boyd Orange Pearl, Tamiya. Metallic Blue, Gun Metal., Metallic Silver, Gold......I had some issues with the Boyd paint...I have never used enamel of this nature...I do like how it went on and how the clean up was real easy....I had a bunch of dead time while doing this kit, with vacations and stuff...so it was a real different flow to the building and painting process...I finished up and I am quite happy with the results

I really think this is a great kit, it was fun to build, the articulation is great, and all the extra goodies make it a real fun challenge....a great 1st MG kit as well

 Now this 63 Vette has been a real pain in the butt...It was made in 1988 and the molds were off just a little, meaning huge seam lines, and parts that just don't fit as well as I wanted...and not having a bunch of experience with cars,,...I am learning to work with it...it is very challenging and frustrating...but I think will pay off when I build a newer car that has a better mold...above is the final mock up before painting...below, left and right the interior...the seats were molded in,(UGH) and right I tried to dry brush the panel details...didn't work as I had hoped, bottom center is interior set on frame...unfortunately...it is off...by a lot, and sits a bit funny...I don't know if I should trim off a bunch, or just deal....I have almost 2 months in this, and I am close to destroying it....LOL

 Below...2 shots of Liam's 07 Mustang.....the engine has been painted platinum(not in pic) and the car is flat blue....it has since been gloss coated with future floor wax....more photos to come on this in the future