Revell Chevy Chevelle 396SS

Lovely work Geoff.

Very nice work....just beautiful.

Beautifully crisp and sharp BMF work! And each time I am drawn to that wonderful body colour.

A little bit more BMF today, time to pack it up for the day when the eyes start to get tired.

A step by step tutorial on BMF would be great Geoff, remember no one gets burned at the stake anymore. I am particularly interested in how you burnish and avoid creases/folds.

GaryDainton wrote:A step by step tutorial on BMF would be great Geoff, remember no one gets burned at the stake anymore. I am particularly interested in how you burnish and avoid creases/folds.

I'm going to have to do a YouTube video on Bare metal foil, as this is the most asked question I get asked all the time.
Using the correct tools and plenty of patients it really isn't a hard job to get good results with BMF.

Tools of the trade for my BMF work, a Testors burnishing tool, a fine pair of tweezers, a brand new #11 scalpel blade on a #3 handle, don't try to use an old blade, it will only tear the BMF instead of cutting it, a few wooden sticks, the smaller ones are actually cuticle sticks, available from most pharmacies or beauty stores, and cotton buds, regular and triangular, triangular for getting the BMF into small recesses and regular for buffing.

This took me just under 10 minutes to complete.

Those quarter lights are really difficult.

Good stuff Geoff.

Bare Metal foil all finished

Cool car

Hello Sara!

Hello how are you

Brilliant work Geoff, and thanks for the info.

Beautiful work! And thanks for the tips on BMF application.

Just the side vent windows,sunvisor, interior mirror to fit before the bodyshell can be mated to the floorpan, windows were fixed in place using the new UV resin from Revell.

Any pic of the Revell UV resin Geoff?

I assume it's similar to Bondic.





https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NV6xHe060WE

Wie viel kostet das?

dublin boy wrote:Wie viel kostet das?

Around £8.50 retail, or free if you build models for Revell

Would you buy it?

dublin boy wrote:Would you buy it?

In short, No

Yes, it's a good product, but around £8.50 for 4 grams,when I can get 60 grams from Hong Kong for under £5, ok, you'll need to buy a UV torch, these can be picked up as little as £3

I'm really not sure why Revell would include the UV marker pen,is this product a modelling item or for security ??

My recommendation to Revell will be, get rid of the UV pen and make it a little cheaper.

Getting close to the finishing post, I hate when you have to stretch the body over the interior and chassis, luckily i didn't year anything crack while doing so....

A few clamps and some strong epoxy resin to the rescue, the grille was a good fit,if not a little springy, certainly needs to be held in place while the glue sets up.