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mustang1989 wrote:I started on one of my favorite parts, the engine. This stuff from Vallejo is REALLY good. OMG it sprays on like a frickin' dream!!

I thought I'd mentioned these to you, guess not. Glad you discovered them.

Not only what you said, but they dry amazingly fast and are the most durable "metal" paint I've found so far. (though MRP lacquers may be promising)

That Vallejo metallic stuff looks like the real deal! Gonna have to get some and try it out after seeing your results here.

Thank you Johnny, Mike, Greg and Carlos for the comments.

Johnny: They do indeed brush on well and heck yeah I'll bet that car was fun to drive. Was it a V-8 or a V-6? The V-6 versions are still pretty quick.

Mike: Thanks for following along bud. These cars are still pretty cool after all these years. I won't hold it not being a US design against GM but it's good to see the Camaro nameplate still around.

Greg: We talked about these for a bit but I hadn't used them at that point.

Carlos: These go on pretty well alright. There are better out there but these cover great for being acrylic.

I managed to get the engine finished up this morning. I may come back and do a couple of touch ups here and there. It's all OOB except for the oil filter decal which I just had to add.

Joe, that engine looks awesome!

tempestjohnny wrote:

BlackSheep214 wrote:Hmmm... I may have to look into getting those Vallejo metallics at Hobby Lobby soon.

And they brush paint real well too

Agreed, they really do brush paint well.

Thanks Stuart!!

The only chrome parts in the whole kit were the wheels and these aren't supposed to be chrome. They are more of a silver with a contrasting darker color used for the inlay areas of the wheel. I'm sure it's the manufacturer accommodating the masses who do not yet possess the skills to correct things like this and probably looks "cool" with chrome wheels. No hit on AMT here, but I had to correct it for my build.
The real wheel:


So I went to work by stripping all of the chrome off of the wheels and cleaning them up.



Here they are finished up. One of the problems with silver is that any leftover flash at all will show up in pictures. In real life you've really gotta be looking to see it. I used Vallejo Silver for the wheels and shaded the darker areas with ground up black pastel. Just didn't feel comfortable painting the inlay areas. I then put a dot of Molotow Chrome on the lugnuts and then used a toothpick to apply MM Chrome Silver to the Bowtie emblem in the middle of each wheel.

Excellent.

Oh yeah... they look real nice!

Very nice!

You nailed it with those wheels

Awesome looking wheels Joe!