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10 years 5 months ago #128139 by andy950
Working on this one at the moment :)
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10 years 5 months ago #128140 by Chocs
Some top work going on there too mate..

Thanks for putting your trucks up..

Well done [smiley=thumbsup.gif]

chocs 8-)

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10 years 5 months ago #128141 by greenie
Nice to see some models being shown on here, well done Andy.

regards greenie [smiley=vrolijk_1.gif]

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10 years 5 months ago #128142 by Albion
Hey to you again andy950.
Can I ask you what paint or how do you get the pipes and fuel tanks to look so good mate. :o :o.
In one pic they appear white next pic their alloy / chrome.
They look great. ::) ::)
What is the secret please.
albion.

sure as the sunrise

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10 years 5 months ago #128143 by andy950
Albion, believe it or not those rims are resin as well ;D, stacks n shrouds are white styrene and the tanks are conduit, my secret? not really a secret, ant stuff I use is called Alclad, comes any way you want it really, I used chrome for the wheels and polished aluminium for the tanks. ;)
the biggest secret to it working is the base coat, it needs to be the shiniest gloss back you can find, and again Alclad have gloss black base coat :), just gota be super clean as anything in the base coat will show on the finished product, the tricky part is the top coat, you just gota dust it on at low pressure 15psi max, too little and the black shows through, to much and it loses its affect and just looks silver ;) takes a bit of practice to get it right.
Easiest way to find Alclad is ebay,its pricey at $15 or so a bottle, but half the price of a hobby store, and it goes a hell of a long way if used right, for what you get in a bottle
hope that helps Andy ;)

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10 years 5 months ago #128144 by andy950
Another shot of before and after with alclad ;)
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white sheet underneath shows the reflection
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10 years 5 months ago #128145 by Albion
Hi andy950,
Appreciate your help to add to my knowledge.
Never had that much to do with 1/25 scale other than to help Bruce Mac with that single to duels thread we just done in model truck, so I very interested to learn as there is a special model 1/25 to come.
I mainly scale in 1/87 as I can store more in the space I have.
Though in May 1984 I scratch built a 1/8th scale Kenny in steel and though not a big picture made it to the model page of Truckin Life.
Can throw up a few pics if your interested.
Thanks for the heads up will do a search on ebay.
Thank you sincerly for the help mate.
3 beers for you [smiley=beer.gif] [smiley=beer.gif] [smiley=beer.gif]

regards alby.

sure as the sunrise

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