Hi everybody, let me present myself, my name is Pierre Jobin from province of Québec Canada. I am 70 years old and doing plastic model since my youth between 10 years old to 18, and then since 25 years up to now. 2 years ago i bought from a guy here in Québec this 1/8 scale Jaguar for 135 dollars unbuilt and searching on internet some stuff for this kit i found this incredible treasure that is Leadfoot Model, and i couldn't believe this seing what i could buy to upgrade my kit.
I bought 3 times some stuff from Colin as you can see on my pictures. To give and answer to Ed Bird i will explain what happened to my paint. Let me tell that i always paint my models with real automotive enamel and never use clear coat. I do my paint with many layers and after it has dried i sand it down beginning wih 1,200 wet grit under water and go to 2, 4, 6, 8, and 10,000 grit. At the end it is all hand polished with automotive compound, it is long but worthed.
Ok for my Jag, as i want it orange color the best with orange color is to put a white primer, and the guy with wich i always go business i ask him to by a pint of white primer but he could only sell me a full gallon wich was too much expensive, so he suggest me a new product in spray can wich was affordable, so on good morning after that everything was ready i went to use this primer but an hour later i almost had a heart attack of what happened to the finish as you can see on theses pictures.
The binder in the product was too much strong for that king of plastic and it cracked everwhere but not only that but it also stamped the plastic so i had too fully sand all the plastic surfaces because it was a bit deep in the plastic, for a second i tought to throw all this in the garbage but as all the interior and engine was done i couldn't doo this but if it was at the beginning i swear i would had jupped with my both feet in the model.
Everything for now in on hold because i am waiting for Colin to do all the under bonnet parts so as soon as this was available i will add all this and then go back to the paint session but doing a little test with another primer not to fool myself for a second time.
As i am not a computer and internet specialist this is the first time i do a post on this site and i hope that all my pictures will be seen, we keep in touch gang
Oh by the way as i am a french Canadian i hope you will excuse me for some fault in my writting
Painting is a real problem for me, I’m just not good at it...🙁
That may be the reason why I am multiplying the construction details in order to postpone the painting step as much as possible.....
I also heard about the product for stripping ovens, it is widely used here, in France.
The guys put the parts to be stripped in a plastic bag with the product and let it work for an entire night...
Hello Pierre, I just turned 75 and started building plastic model kits at age 5 in 1955. With 70 years of building experience, I should be a much better builder. I do not attempt nearly as much scratch building as you, Chris, Ed or the other builders on this forum. Like so many, I was overjoyed to discover the incredible 3-D resin printed parts offered by Leadfoot Models. Colin has created so many highly desired detail upgrade parts. I bought an airbrush with compressor about a decade ago, but really have not used it. I plan to chrome Collin's gorgeous wire wheels with Alcad chrome...so I better start practicing. I have stuck with the spray cans of my youth. I prefer Lacquer to enamel. I like Tamiya spray paint. As my fellow Texas frIeND Chris Craddock said, air brushes provide much better control than aerosol spray cans. I just never liked all the hassle of airbrush cleaning and paint mixing. A number of companies provide airbrush ready paints which do not require thinning. I asked our Houston, Texas model car club members what product they use to remove paint from plastic models. I received at least 5 good suggestions. I went with a somewhat expensive product called SuperClean. It can take up to a week or two to remove Lacquer or enamel paint from plastic. I have purchased several bottles of the stuff. I buy at at an auto parts store. It has not harmed any plastic yet. Your found a great home on this forum. There are a great number of dedicated and experienced modelers like yourself. Best part for me is the photos forum members post. You did a fine job visually documenting your build progress and the paint crazing you experienced. You can certainly save the body and create a paint job worthy of your skill level and passion for our hobby. It is great to have you with us!
Steve
Bonjour Pierre (from France )
Be welcome on the LFM forum!
Just like you, I am also 70 years old and I see that Ed is going to join the club soon!
Your work is magnificent, very detailed, and perfectly finished. It's a feast for the eyes!
No luck with the painting but beautiful repair
I appreciate the hinges of the trunk, its coating, the leather interior, all these small collars on the durites, the work on the carburettors, among others.
Don’t hesitate to continue to make us benefit from your progress
Pierre,
Very nice work. I like what you have done with the center dash panel. I too am going along those same lines. As Chris said, brake fluid will remove paint. I know this for sure, as for some years I was a mechanic working on cars and trucks, and can tell you first hand that brake fluid will remove/damage the paint finishes on real cars. DOT 3 fluid I have seen on several model sites will do it. I do not know if it affects the plastic but would have to assume that since it is mentioned many times that is does not.
Your "writing" is fine. You might have to excuse us in "ours" as Colin will verify, I make way too many typos.
I am like Chris, I too have moved to airbrush, as it gives so much more control in the application. I decant paints sometimes from the spray cans, also have done with primer, as the pressure is way to high from the spray cans.
Like you, I am almost 70years old. I built models of all types when I was young but stopped around when I was 17-18 years old. Real cars and other things were there. Got back into it about 2.5 years ago.
Please keep send us pictures of your progress! Always nice to see what other us crazy model makers are doing!!
Ed
Welcome. And you have done a great job with this idiosyncratic model kit. It’s a Shem about the paint. What kind of paint was that?