I'm not happy but he is ??

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nmaniac

nmaniac

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At a loss here,got two shells painted I'm not really happy with the outcome but the guy buying from me is very happy!! He came over tonite and saw them and was YEAH YEAH,I'm saying to myself really?

I want to strip and start over,the wife said I'm my own worst enemy,SO here are the pictures would like feedback/input,I hardly mask I like to freehand I use a index card and small clamp so besides all the little detail/touch up work,what should I do?

I use Tru-Color paint on everything,

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nmaniac said:
At a loss here,got two shells painted I'm not really happy with the outcome but the guy buying from me is very happy!! He came over tonite and saw them and was YEAH YEAH,I'm saying to myself really?

I want to strip and start over,the wife said I'm my own worst enemy,SO here are the pictures would like feedback/input,I hardly mask I like to freehand I use a index card and small clamp so besides all the little detail/touch up work,what should I do?

I use Tru-Color paint on everything, "CLIP"



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"CLIP"

The vents are covered too much, they need to be softened and then the soot bled out a little - just my opinion
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SO to make it softy,I should hit the soot with some light green but not so much that it covers it ?? and thank you for your input !

L
 
The guy was hear last nite and he likes them !! I was like "really" and as you can see BCR never had MAC'S so it's a what if I'll fire the brush up tonite and hit it and post a after pic,thanks for the input

L
 
If you would like ot c my work before I had the stroke go to photobucket look for

nmaniac's album,USAF BMT <<< this one as most of the pictures all albums are public.

L
 
nmaniac said:
If you would like ot c my work before I had the stroke go to photobucket look for

nmaniac's album,USAF BMT <<< this one as most of the pictures all albums are public.

L
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I DID check out your work - that's why my comment above, the work in your PB account looked much better. My apologies for the off-handed remark.


Mark.
 


Keep in mind that most of the vents on the real unit have air being sucked in and the fans on the roof / radiator blow the air out. So the screens can get dirty but rarely the area around them as there is no exhaust or anything comming out of them.
 
Hi,I'm getting ready to waddle on over to my shop and touch up the vents and thank you for your input.

L
 
Mark R. said:
I DID check out your work - that's why my comment above, the work in your PB account looked much better. My apologies for the off-handed remark.


Mark.
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Mark, No problemmmmmmmmm ! I'm a big boy you didn't know it's all good !! :)
besides we like the same railroad !!!!! getting ready to waddle over to my shop and do some touch and stripping !!!! and thank you sir !!

Larry
 
SO ,first thank you all for your input,got over to the shop tonite and went over the soot spots.yeha it was a wee bit heavy !!! that is why many eyes are better then one set,I think the next time I'll shot the soot first then do the main colors,here are some pcitures and let me have it !!!!! :)

L

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Tanks guys !! in a few months the right hand should be good to go the shaking may not all go away so I'll just deal it :)

L
 
Tanks you very much !! I think on the Sd40's I'm goign ot do the soot/grime first then do the main body color,this way it will soften it up and I'll make a small mask for the grills to avoid the overspray but then again a wee bit of ovrspray may not be to bad as it will be coverd up.

The more I look at them the better they look,the guy that is gettign them was like WHAT DID YOU DO !!!! and in about 15 mins he was like yeha your riight !!!

L
 
If you're not big into masking at this stage, one little trick you could try would be to just cut some openings in a business card the same size as the grills and use that as a template to weather your grills.

As was mentioned earlier, most side grills are drawing air IN - the grills may get dirty, but not so much the area surrounding them.

Mark.
 


That looks much better. I`ve painted a few engines for friends that I wasn`t very happy with at first but once the decals went on they turned out much better.
One thing I do with grills and cast in fans is wash some thinned flat black over them to create the depth.
 
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