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ok, I have a leftover diecast and I do not have one I would like to have. The ideal attempt to try my luck at making a custom I´d say.
Here´s some pictures:
I did not have a dremel at hand so I had to improvise a bit with the tools I had available.
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but about half an hour after opening the box things looked like above
I forgot to take pictures of a few steps but since the diecast had some minor surface pits I first sanded the whole diecast with a 240 grit paper untill the original paint was gone and the model almost smooth and cleaned with soap.
Then I sprayed a primer/filler on there, sanded untill the primer was almost completely translucent, primered/fillered again and sanded with a 600 grit paper until the surface was nice and even. The biggest advantage of this primer is that it cures in about 10 minutes and can be sanded until perfectly smooth.
Then I sprayed the inside and taped that off. After taping off I sprayed a semi-flat black on there.
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For good measure I let this cure, then sanded untill the black became slightly translucent and sprayed a last layer of black on there.
After reviewing I still have to sand the trunk and one of the roof flaps and repaint them because of some unevenness in the paint layer.
Currently the car looks like this (after removing the masking tape)
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Here´s some pictures:
I did not have a dremel at hand so I had to improvise a bit with the tools I had available.
but about half an hour after opening the box things looked like above
I forgot to take pictures of a few steps but since the diecast had some minor surface pits I first sanded the whole diecast with a 240 grit paper untill the original paint was gone and the model almost smooth and cleaned with soap.
Then I sprayed a primer/filler on there, sanded untill the primer was almost completely translucent, primered/fillered again and sanded with a 600 grit paper until the surface was nice and even. The biggest advantage of this primer is that it cures in about 10 minutes and can be sanded until perfectly smooth.
Then I sprayed the inside and taped that off. After taping off I sprayed a semi-flat black on there.
For good measure I let this cure, then sanded untill the black became slightly translucent and sprayed a last layer of black on there.
After reviewing I still have to sand the trunk and one of the roof flaps and repaint them because of some unevenness in the paint layer.
Currently the car looks like this (after removing the masking tape)
