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I read an article about painting larger surfaces stating that a larger needle and nozzle wasn't the right way to go. A paint gun would work better. I helped my brother to paint an old car and was impressed with the paint gun and then found a small one in my local hobby store. As it was cheap I decided to buy one and try it, but my expectations were very low. |
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I didn't want to test it on one of my builds so I searched for a suitable test mule. In a box I found an incomplete Chevy Bel Air from Monogram. The roof pillars had been cracked and bent but I made a quick fix of it and started to paint. I thought that I should make it red and white but as I was experimenting I thought that I could test another thing that I have read.
Pink should apparently be a good base for red paint and I had some pink left over after my Pink Panther tank.
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The paint gun was a positive surprise. When trying to paint with an 0,4 mm needle in my airbrush the paint to easily came out to heavy and started to run but now it covered thin but good. I could lay down multiple layers without problems. It feels that I had to add more thinner than I'm used to and it also seems that it covered more surface with less paint. But this could be something that I just imagine. With the pink base coat on I had a look at the car and got some "Pink Cadillac vibes" So I skipped the thought of red. Pink and white it should be instead. |
| Then I remember reading that pink was a good base for yellow also and I had to test this also. I think that I mixed the paint a little to thick as I got a slightly orange peel but I still like the paint gun. Orange peel or not, the colour combination was just as horrible as I thought it would be. I liked it so much that I decided to search the spare parts to build it instead of it finish as a paint mule |
| I found a rear axle and scratch built some leaf springs and managed to find a modern Corvette engine that would be converted to fit. I started on bare metal foil chrome when disaster struck |
| When I was trying to get the interior to fit the roof cracked again so now everything goes back to the scrapyard box. Perhaps I'll try to fix this later. The fortunate thing is that if I do that I will not have to repaint it. The cracks will be covered with chrome foil, but right now I don't want to do it. I wasn't going too build it in the first place but I liked the horrible colour combination so I started to build. |
| This one wasn't planned to be built. I just needed something to test the new paint gun on so I wasn't to upset when it broke again after I had it painted. |
| In the end I decided to throw it together. It is a curb side so there are things missing but it is hardly visible. |
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Well what about the paint gun then? The thing that started this build. I haven't tried any more but I made a small modification to it. The paint cup is way to big for my use so I cut the plastic cup off saving only the metal part with the threads. Then I have a "paint cup" in the size of an ordinary paintbrush and it protects the threads in the gun making it easier to clean. |
| Stockholm December 18, 2023 |  |
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