'41 Willy's Pro Street Curbside

Wild paint. I am really enjoying following this build.

That looks really cool Curtis.

Thanks gents. Should have another update tonight.

It does look like Space Invaders, we're both old enough to remember when the first arcade video games came out Curt, but we were young enough to think it was great! LOL

Even though this is an excersice in paining I have to be at least satisfied with each panel. So I decided to start stripping the panels on the side of the hood with easy off. There will need to be a few more application of easy off to get down to the raw shell. I also decided to mess around with the air brush a little.

In my quest to learn new techniques and come up scale results of 1:1 finishes l have been working on trying to replicate the fish scale shading effect.


I have already tried a couple of different ideas that were going to require much more AB control and experience then I currently have, plus my AB was and has been acting up.

So after some thought I made this punch at work yesterday.


You can see in the reveal that the spacing is just too much and not very appealing to the eye. So I went out and  bought a new needle for my AB which has rectified the control issue, my experience and skill however still need work. I am going to return to the technique I first tried that you seen on the roof.




Thanks for checking in.

I want the Space Invaders Curt!

I'm sure you will come up with a solution.

I know your perseverance will pay off in the end Curt.

Very cool project. You have far more patience than I!!

Thanks again gents for the continued interest and support.

So now that I have my AB working like a charm with the new needle and crown tip cap. The tip cap isn't really needed. It only protects the needle, but being such a klutz I figure I should keep it on because as you may or may not know needles are not cheap. Here's the cap I am working with now.


And the results.
Although I am now not sure if I am even going to incorporate them into the overall scheme. They are rather large at 3/16". Anyway I have learned a great deal through the process.


These technique is something I thought of years ago, as it turn out it is used quiet often in custom auto painting. It is simply paint laid over water droplets then allowed to dry, the paint settles onto the surface. Then you clear coat it or add pearl clear, what ever work for you.
This is white, lime green, then once the water as evaporated I shot clear Tamiya blue then clear violet pearl. It would then get the normal clear that will cover the entire car.
This I am going to incorporate into this project.

A couple more panels done, the hood is done too but I will wait to see how it looks under clear before I post a pic.

You are certainly experimenting a lot Curt...... I hope you are keeping copious notes so you can repeat each one.

I love the water drops technique. They look like air bubbles in a very viscous liquid.

That's a really cool effect Curtis.

Not just One huge experiment but seems like several experiments going at once. I am really enjoying following along on each one. Keep it up

Glad you guys are following and enjoying my adventure as much as I am.

Thanks guys.

Well tonight I masked off the door panels. You can see the differences. The fish net lace is just so small there simply is not much surface for the glue to adhere to I order to create a good barrier. I sprayed this side with such low psi and at such a distance it took about 10 application to get decent coverage, and still the paint got underneath. I can assure you I burnished the heck out of it first.

The pentagram is simply cut and laid mask.

That's still pretty neat. What kind of glue do you use on the lace material?

Thanks Denis.

If I can just figure out what I need to do to get good coverage with out filling in the voids in the netting it will look pretty awesome. The glue is 3M Super 77 contact spray. I've been using it for years for various projects. It works both as a contact and one sided tac spray adhesive. It can be reactivated with heat if it has been sitting longer then the 30 min window you have to work with in a contact application.

Enjoy watching you explore thru these techniques in such a small scale !@

Oh my goodness what an epic task you have set yourself, if you can pull this off you can do anything, literally anything!!!

Go Go Go mate

Thanks guys. It has been fun.

The hood, the streak on the left was a mistake that I just went with.



And some more lace practice. At least my wife is kinda taking an interest.

You keep that up and you're going to have another hobby painting nails