Post by jchrisf on Apr 4, 2020 10:01:32 GMT -8
Hello all, I'm been a member here for a week or two and have made some posts. I really like this place, it is my style, so I thought I'd introduce myself.
I bought my first model in the late 70s when I was about 9 years old. It was a Van and a motorcycle. I couldn't wait to put it together and make it look like the box. Well, I didn't know what I was doing and didn't have anyone to guide me so it was a frustrating mess. The parts and pieces didn't look anything like the box art and I quickly got frustrated. I always liked looking at the models in Walmart's toy department growing up but I wasn't going to make the mistake of trying to build one of those complex things that I was too dumb to put together.. I was convinced no one could make it look like the box.
When I was in my late teens I saw a model car magazine and was blown away by what people were able to do with model cars. I was in a hobby shop for some reason and saw all these cool cars but they had better paints and tools. I bought a Ferrari Testarossa (my favorite car at the time) an Indy Car and a GTO race car. I don't remember which ones. I bought hobby spray cans for the bodies and the testors enamel paint set with cheap brushes and that glue that smelled like oranges. I hand painted all the parts on the tree, cut them out and glued them together following the instructions. I think I built all three cars in a week. I sprayed the bodies and decaled them and then cleared them. I remember being very impressed with the way the came out and thought one day I want to get an airbrush and take this more seriously.. but I was getting ready to leave the country and life got in the way.
Fast forward 30 years and I'm minding my business watching videos on YT and one pops up on my feed by The Scalemodeling Channel. Man, what a great tutorial that really inspired me and now I had the time and money to do it. So I bought a spray booth, airbrush and some paint and got started. For some reason while researching I got into the hobby acrylics and after a while realized they were not durable enough. I then found the Florida humidity and heat wouldn't allow me to paint in the garage with the airbrush so I started using auto spray cans and found they were too harsh and crazing my bodies. I then found Tamiya spray cans but the humidity wasn't allowing me to get a glossy clear (it was clouding up) so I got frustrated and quit.
Two years later I am back and have moved my paint booth into my home office and seem to be having more luck now. I'm having to retrain myself so I started with a cheap Monogram 85' Mustang SVO. In the process of putting this model together I realized that I need to focus on Tamiya kits as they are less frustrating to build. Once I get some skills like you all have then I might move to others. I actually have a bunch of Revell/Monogram racing kits.. but before that I'll do my 14 Tamiya kits.
I like race car models. I'd never heard of this forum but afx sold me a nice Tamiya kit for a great price over at the large model car forum and told me about this one. This is my style here. I mainly like road race cars but also Sprints and Nascar. I don't follow it anymore but I think the cars look cool. I also like Pro Stock, Top Fuel and Funny cars. Basically, if it needs decals, I like it. Applying decals is the most enjoyable part of modeling to me. I hope painting becomes the best thing soon. I'm finally using real hobby paints and my airbrush. I built six cars before I quit two years ago.. I'll post them below.
Thanks for having me,
Chris
My very first model two years ago. It might have turned out better than all the rest. I didn't use any clear and the cheap hobby acrylic paint laid down well.
My second was a snap together kit. I was still trying to find the cheapest kits to experiment with
My third model was a funny car. I had started using automotive spray paints and the body crazed. I had to redo the paint on this a couple of times
My fourth car was a lot of fun and everything went great with the build but then the clear clouded up and ruined the paint job. I was not going to redo it... maybe someday
My fifth one was a big frustration. It was too hard of a paint scheme for me and I screwed it up.. had to redo the paint a couple of times and then just gave up and finished as is
My last one was an experimentation. I wanted to try a candy coat and got tired of screwing up my good kits. To my surprise, when the weather had cooled off and the humidity went away, the clear came out shiny... though it doesn't show here because I don't think I had cleared it at the time
I bought my first model in the late 70s when I was about 9 years old. It was a Van and a motorcycle. I couldn't wait to put it together and make it look like the box. Well, I didn't know what I was doing and didn't have anyone to guide me so it was a frustrating mess. The parts and pieces didn't look anything like the box art and I quickly got frustrated. I always liked looking at the models in Walmart's toy department growing up but I wasn't going to make the mistake of trying to build one of those complex things that I was too dumb to put together.. I was convinced no one could make it look like the box.
When I was in my late teens I saw a model car magazine and was blown away by what people were able to do with model cars. I was in a hobby shop for some reason and saw all these cool cars but they had better paints and tools. I bought a Ferrari Testarossa (my favorite car at the time) an Indy Car and a GTO race car. I don't remember which ones. I bought hobby spray cans for the bodies and the testors enamel paint set with cheap brushes and that glue that smelled like oranges. I hand painted all the parts on the tree, cut them out and glued them together following the instructions. I think I built all three cars in a week. I sprayed the bodies and decaled them and then cleared them. I remember being very impressed with the way the came out and thought one day I want to get an airbrush and take this more seriously.. but I was getting ready to leave the country and life got in the way.
Fast forward 30 years and I'm minding my business watching videos on YT and one pops up on my feed by The Scalemodeling Channel. Man, what a great tutorial that really inspired me and now I had the time and money to do it. So I bought a spray booth, airbrush and some paint and got started. For some reason while researching I got into the hobby acrylics and after a while realized they were not durable enough. I then found the Florida humidity and heat wouldn't allow me to paint in the garage with the airbrush so I started using auto spray cans and found they were too harsh and crazing my bodies. I then found Tamiya spray cans but the humidity wasn't allowing me to get a glossy clear (it was clouding up) so I got frustrated and quit.
Two years later I am back and have moved my paint booth into my home office and seem to be having more luck now. I'm having to retrain myself so I started with a cheap Monogram 85' Mustang SVO. In the process of putting this model together I realized that I need to focus on Tamiya kits as they are less frustrating to build. Once I get some skills like you all have then I might move to others. I actually have a bunch of Revell/Monogram racing kits.. but before that I'll do my 14 Tamiya kits.
I like race car models. I'd never heard of this forum but afx sold me a nice Tamiya kit for a great price over at the large model car forum and told me about this one. This is my style here. I mainly like road race cars but also Sprints and Nascar. I don't follow it anymore but I think the cars look cool. I also like Pro Stock, Top Fuel and Funny cars. Basically, if it needs decals, I like it. Applying decals is the most enjoyable part of modeling to me. I hope painting becomes the best thing soon. I'm finally using real hobby paints and my airbrush. I built six cars before I quit two years ago.. I'll post them below.
Thanks for having me,
Chris
My very first model two years ago. It might have turned out better than all the rest. I didn't use any clear and the cheap hobby acrylic paint laid down well.
My second was a snap together kit. I was still trying to find the cheapest kits to experiment with
My third model was a funny car. I had started using automotive spray paints and the body crazed. I had to redo the paint on this a couple of times
My fourth car was a lot of fun and everything went great with the build but then the clear clouded up and ruined the paint job. I was not going to redo it... maybe someday
My fifth one was a big frustration. It was too hard of a paint scheme for me and I screwed it up.. had to redo the paint a couple of times and then just gave up and finished as is
My last one was an experimentation. I wanted to try a candy coat and got tired of screwing up my good kits. To my surprise, when the weather had cooled off and the humidity went away, the clear came out shiny... though it doesn't show here because I don't think I had cleared it at the time
