I am looking for some help with a GTO Judge build. I have not started it yet because I am looking for information. I have never done a car before so here are some questions I need answered first.
-I have seen all sorts of books telling how to paint the exterior of a car but how about the inside of the main body. Do you paint the interior side first or last and how do you mask of the opposite when painting the other side?
-I have done some research and it looks like there were 10 - 15 colors Pontiac would paint a '69 GTO Judge and I would like to paint mine the Pontiac Liberty Blue. Where or how can I can a good match? Before someone suggest by eye, I am color blind and even though I see colors I do not see what everyone else sees especially tints of light blues, reds, and greens. Just keep that in mind when answering this question.
Snoopy, You should be able to find what you need from “Tower Paints” on the web. They are somewhat pricy, but if you need it, they have it. I have gotten numerous paints from them and they are great. Some people may cry that on metallic colors, the metallic is “out of scale”, but it usually doesn’t bother me that much!
MCW makes about any factory paint you could want, too. As far as painting the body, you have a couple of options. One is to paint the interior, mask it off (I use lots of tape), and spray the outer body color, or, spray the outer color first, and brush paint the interior ones without having to mask.
Thanks both of you for your suggestions. I appreciate the help. I am not a fast modeler since I have many other projects going on at once. I hope to soon start this build and then I can start posting pictures. I have been away from the plastic model building for a while but may be this Spring I will get back into it.
i don’t paint the inside of the roof or body. if i want a headliner, i make one out of tissue and white glue, and paint that separately. the rest of the interior is painted and detailed before assembly.
If you want to simulate carpeting, there’s a product called Embossing Powder available at most craft stores and is available in several colors. It will simulate the carpeting texture very well by using Elmers white glue as adhesive. Just brush on the Elmers in the dersired area and sprinkle the powder. Let it dry and shake off the excess and you have instant carpeting.
Thank Alex. I think I will do that. I have been out of model building for a while so I am currently dusting off some old equipment including my airbrushes.
Tower is old school acrylic lacquer. Considered hot by some. I use “Plasti-kote” classic lacquer primer under nearly every thing.#337 sandable gray. They make a red oxide primer also that I use on a lot of my Ford kits, as it is close to perfect for the older Ford primer. Never have given me any trouble.
