Ok, I have wanted to try some car kits, I have tried three cars at this point. The first I tried to paint yellow, im sure you all know how that ended. The second came out fairly well on one side, the other… not so much. The third kit I just finished the other day, while I built it exactly as instructions said the chassis didnt fit with the body leaving a bit of the bottom of it shown under the door.
the other problem I am having is these kits (im just using the like 10$ Revell kits) have no real guide for the windshields, so there is no real place to glue them on without it fogging up a little bit of the windshield…
As with any clear part, dip in Future first. Remove the Future from the areas where the two surfaces are going to be cemented together.
Test fit , adjust. Test fit adjust. Test fit adjust. Same holds true with all models.
Cars are a challenge but that’s what makes them fun. [;)] If the floor is showing under the body, something isn’t aligned properly. Not all kits including car models are engineer well.
the alignment being off isnt possible, everything else is fitting together perfectly and when I try and move it to get it to fit into place it wont budge, so everything else is sitting firm where it should be.
also, can you explain the future stuff to me? I have never used it before
The key to painting a car yellow(or anty lighy color) is to use neutral gray primer and several light coats rather than a few heavy ones.AS for the windshield and back glass,turn the body upside down and lay a bead of Elmer’s white glue and carefully place the windshield into position.Works great and holds well!
elmers huh… Im going to have to try that. These cars are only about 10$ at michaels and we get like 15% off coupons or something, so im gona get another sometime soon and try it again. I can see the construction getting easier with each go, but I still need alot of practice
You go to Michaels too? Well, I don’t blame you. Most of the time, they have reasonable prices on kits.
My local hobby shop beats Michaels prices by a few dollars, but I try to go there whenever I have a cupon. It really helps, considering that my budget is next-to-nothing, compared to others. Please post photos when your done with the cars. I’m interested to see what you built.
Ok I see what you mean now about the chassis. The blue car has a fit issue in the engine compartment. Something somewhere is preventing the chassis from sliding up under the body correctly. See the difference in the gaps above the wheels? The back wheels are lower than they should be.
Given that’s a rear engined car my first guess would be the aircleaner is too tall. If not then headers, pipes or the way it’s mounted caused this.
Seriously test test test before you ever commit to paint and glue. Look at my 32 ford thread. I played with that for a month before paint. Granted I am customizing and using various parts but the process is the same.
The chassis isn’t glued into the car, the problem was that the curve of the doors was so tight that it took ALOT to get the chassis in the shell without breaking something…
they look better than some of my car builds. about 95% are “junkyard builds” (I love rusty old cars) so when I do a “new” car, I can’t get the paint to work out, especially with 2-tone or multi-color schemes. I’ll try to post a photo so you can see what I mean.
I’ve never seen a pink Shelby before, it looks like it came from the 50’s, when pink cars were normal. It acually looks great. I don’t see a whole lot wrong with it.
I say, go ahead and finish it, sand down any rough areas or areas that don’t look too good to you, and mask off everything but the areas sanded, and re-paint it with the can of pink. That looks exelent.
For the blue one (I assume, eather a Stingray or a Corvette) that will be tough. I have never had experiance with a wrap-around windshield, or anything like that car body, so all I can say is, try to remove the body, sand the interior down some, and dry-fit it untill it sits right. Then, remove the windshield, and try to sand the fogged area a little bit, and dip it in Future floor polish.
I can’t help with the windshield problem, because (as said before) almost all of my cars are junkers of some type, and eather don’t have windows or windshields, or have shattered windshields and lots of cracks.
For yellow paint,I always use a white basecoat first.
I had a problem with windows on a car I did a few months ago.Each kit is different,but on this one I was able to hot glue the one peice windows to the underside of the trunk and cowl panel.Worked great for me.
