Powerslide Resin Body 1/24th Scale Nascar

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I know there has been some interest sparked for Nascar model kits, and so I just wanted to post a photo of my latest purchase from Mike's - 2019 Camaro ZR-1 to give any of those of you who might not know about these a close look at what Powerslide is creating right now. It's pretty exciting, and they also do resin bodies for Stock cars all the way back to the 70's 80's and 90's. 

I love working with these Resin Bodies - just so much more Gurth and Presence than the plastic kit bodies. You can find these at great prices at Mike's Decals online.

I just wish they would do a 1/12th Scale! Can you imagine the size???




 

[tatocorvette]

There is no Camaro ZR-1. I think you mean ZL1?
I'm not familiar with modern NASCAR but only the front "fascia" has a slight resemblance to a Camaro.

Thanks,

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Feb 26, 2020 18:32:50 GMT -8 tatocorvette said:

There is no Camaro ZR-1. I think you mean ZL1?
I'm not familiar with modern NASCAR but only the front "fascia" has a slight resemblance to a Camaro.

Thanks,

Yes sorry I sit corrected .. ZL1 ..it was late.

[arcticwolf]

Adrian, I have a question. Have you ever used a Revell Snaptite kit as a basis for a build? Does Mike the decal man have a chassis kit that would work with it?

Cheers mate

Paul

[Ben_B]

That looks great!

Ben

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Feb 28, 2020 11:14:18 GMT -8 arcticwolf said:

Adrian, I have a question. Have you ever used a Revell Snaptite kit as a basis for a build? Does Mike the decal man have a chassis kit that would work with it?

Cheers mate

Paul

Hey Paul!

Actually I have never used a Snaptite kit - however I have almost bought one several times because it was the suggested donor kit for a resin body. But I know at least with the Revell Snaps the quality of the parts is low compared to Tamiya’s Snaptites. I almost bought the Tamiya Indy Lola to use on my Eagle but I ended up going with a regular Revell kit. We will see how that turns out because I think that’s my next build

[Joel_W]

Adrian,
I've already posted in your build blog, but I just didn't realize how rough the resin casting skin is. The one resin body I had never was smooth enough to get the paint to where I wanted it. How do you prepare your resin shells if you don't mind me asking?

Joel

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Mar 6, 2020 9:04:46 GMT -8 Joel_W said:

Adrian,
I've already posted in your build blog, but I just didn't realize how rough the resin casting skin is. The one resin body I had never was smooth enough to get the paint to where I wanted it. How do you prepare your resin shells if you don't mind me asking?

Joel

Hey Joel!

Yes there is a lot of clean up involved with the resin cold casts - personally I clean the body with alcohol and then wet sand it with a Tamiya 3000 sponge. Then I apply 2 or 3 coats of Tamiya Grey Primer - wet sand in between as necessary. After the 2nd coat of Primer I wet sand until the finish feels like glass to the touch - then I apply my first coat of colour.

[Joel_W]

Adrian,
I see. The one resin body I tried, I just never got it down to the smooth as glass stage, so the color coat was just not acceptable to what I was producing on injected molded kits. So I just stopped going that route.

Joel