Pics of my painted viehicles (Dial-up Warning)

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Here are some pics of what I have been doing the past couple of weeks.

This one was in an accident but is starting to recover nicely.

Some of the vans that came from Wally World. Notice the gray/white VW in the back, This one I painted like my first car, it looked about like that. LOL

I did not think there should be 12 black Chevy PUs in Traintown.

Another view of the PUs

I also did a makeover on some cars as well.

Another pic of the cars. The orange Camaro with blace striping was one like I had right out of High School, Mine had a black vinal top instead of a rag top.

A wrecker belonging to Cody’s Recovery

Cody’s Recovery car hauler.

Both of Cody’s rigs together.

A Chevy on the road.

I hope I have not been to long winded but thought you might like seeing them. Thanks for looking and comments are still welcome. Mike

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Nice paint job on the vehicles. I really like that recovery car hauler and the wreck load.

Hey, do you do body work too? [:D] Just kidding!

Great work Mike!

Cheers,

Ryan

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Nice job Mike…What kind of paint did you use?..Cox 47

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Thanks for the kind remarks. I used mostly craft paint from Wally World. I think they are like $.44 each. Mike

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Mike,

That is great work! The paint finishes look realistic, as if vehicles that have been in the elements for a while. I especially like the 1970s vans.

Did you spray the craft paints through an airbrush?

Also, what type of Clear/Glazedid you utilize did you apply?

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I like the first picture with the grey front on the chevy pickup. Only uppity types can afford that kind of luxury vehicle in Mississippi or an Okie from Maskokie[:)]

I would consider selling your work at train shows. People like that kind of stuff already weathered, especially when you do such a great job.

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Nice job on the repaints, gives them a realistic, used look. Better than all the vehicles looking like they just come off the showroom floor. [tup]

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Also a very realistic selection of colours for that era, something often overlooked. Nice work. [tup]

Wayne

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Nice! The wreckers look great! What color and type of paint did you use for the tires? I tried that Testors rubber color but it reacted with the tire and turned it all sticky.

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Where did you get/what brand are those vehicles? I like some of the designs…

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Mike I have those wally world cars and vans as well. How did you paint them? Did you do a complete tear down or just mask off? What did you use to mask off if that is the way you went? I have alot of these cars as well and would like some different colors.

mike

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I really like the trucks, they turned out great. How about a close up of the vinyl top on the Goat?

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A very warm THANK YOU to everyone that responded with good words. I will try to answer some of the questions. For starters, the vinal top on the Goat is simply painted black with a final coat of Clear Coat. As far as the painting goes, Yes it involved a complete tear down. I used my Dremmel and a small ball shaped cutter to drill out the rivits on the underside of the autos, remove all the bumpers and anything plastic then soaked the metal bodies in paint remover, then washed them in soapy water and dried. I then used a rattle can to do the primer, and used my airbrush to do the painting, it took several coats, I used mostly craft paint from Wal-Mart. While the paint was drying, I painted the interiors and used a felt tip marker to do the window tinting if I wanted the windows tinted.

On the ones that have a different color on the top, I used masking tape or on the small parts I used Latex Rubber. Once everything was dried, I assebbled them and used a fine point silver paint pen to do the chrome on the sides. As you can see in some of the pics, the headlights are murder, very small and easily lost. Before spraying the cars with Clear-Coat I did the weathering with chalk dust. I used the Latex Rubber on the windows and anything I did not want the Clear-Coat on.

I am not good at all at turtials but maybe this will get you in the ballpark of how I did them, Oh, BTW, The cars are from Wal-Mart.

If you want more info post here or send me a PM. Thanks again for the good comments. Mike

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Thanks mike but how did you reassemble the chasis with the body after you took out the little rivet with the dremel tool? I now plan on buying more of those little cars(not that I already don’ have a lot of them.) and redoing the paint like yours.&nb

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rs2,On most of them when I reassemble, I simply put the body back on the interior and it will stay, if you have any doubt a drop of super glue on the rivits will work. I only did the super glue on one car, the others stayed without any glue. If you were planning on letting the children play with them then certainly glue them. Mike

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no kids= no worries [swg] I don’t like to share my toys with kids I have a hard enough time trying to share this hobby with my wife.[:-^]

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What? No fire engines?

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Very nice work… I’m growing my collection of auto, trucks, and such and will soon be painting. I’ve really been looking at figures to fill them up as well.

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I noticed one issue that may not be an issue at all. All of your cars seem to be from around the 70era and I think you have done an great job on them. Your wreckers on the other hand appear to be a modern 98’-00’ international and 99’ - 04’ freightshaker I mean freightliner flat deck. Depending on the time line of your layout they may look a little out of place. However like I said if these are just some of the vehicles mixed into a modern layout than I cant see any issues. Regardless of that fact, as already stated you have done a great job on all the vehciles