Comments on: Round 2 Models: Shine On https://www.collectormodel.com/round2-models/1488-round-2-models-shine-on/ Wed, 18 Jan 2012 19:53:02 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 By: phicks https://www.collectormodel.com/round2-models/1488-round-2-models-shine-on/#comment-1432 Wed, 18 Jan 2012 19:53:02 +0000 http://www.collectormodel.com/?p=1488#comment-1432 Jamie – It’s been 6 weeks since there was anything new here. Can you tell us what you got for Christmas? Screen shot of your work desk? Throw us a bone, please!

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By: Patrick Costello https://www.collectormodel.com/round2-models/1488-round-2-models-shine-on/#comment-1431 Fri, 30 Dec 2011 03:58:53 +0000 http://www.collectormodel.com/?p=1488#comment-1431 There’s no one correct answer to this. If you’re doing a custom show car, especially late ’60s or ’70s era, they had A LOT of highly polished chrome. A factory stock from that era had chrome but it wasn’t as glossy, yet still glossier than your semi-gloss photo looks. A restored factory stock from that same era like you’d see at a car show today would most likely have show-quality chrome, too.

The semi-gloss and matte look more like aluminum parts to me. Isn’t that what the vacuum metalizing is anyway? If you take away the mirror finish, you see the color of the metal so they really look aluminum, like the billet parts on the Boyd Coddington-style rods of the ’80s. Having any less-than-gloss finish on those Cragar mags (the real ones have chrome plated steel rims, chrome plated cast aluminum centers) just looks wrong. http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3644/3606024425_f638f28db8.jpg The engine/transmission parts look better in matte. Too bad they’re on the same sprue.

I agree with Dave Darby, too, about the thickness of the clearcoat. I think that’s more what gives a toy look rather than the level of gloss. It may not obscure detail but, if it’s too thick, it sort of rounds corners a bit in a way that the high gloss reflections on it magnify. So my vote would be to work on a thinner clear coat and stick with high gloss except in cases of subjects that are replicating cast or billet aluminum with their plated parts.

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By: Dave Darby https://www.collectormodel.com/round2-models/1488-round-2-models-shine-on/#comment-1430 Wed, 28 Dec 2011 15:24:06 +0000 http://www.collectormodel.com/?p=1488#comment-1430 I think it is a lot easier to dull down the shiney chrome than it is to shine up dull chrome. In addition, not all components will have the same level of gloss. So for my money, I prefer the shiney chrome. Also, if you are losing detail, perhaps your lacquer base coat is too thick. Cheers, and keep those classics coming!

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By: JamieH https://www.collectormodel.com/round2-models/1488-round-2-models-shine-on/#comment-1429 Wed, 21 Dec 2011 15:52:53 +0000 http://www.collectormodel.com/?p=1488#comment-1429 BatToys- Yes, that was the new information I was sharing at iHobby. I meant to mention that in the update. Basically, I would have shown you 8 1/2″ x 11″ print outs of the images I showed in the update.

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By: BatToys https://www.collectormodel.com/round2-models/1488-round-2-models-shine-on/#comment-1428 Wed, 21 Dec 2011 15:46:38 +0000 http://www.collectormodel.com/?p=1488#comment-1428 Jamie, the Alex Ross box cover for the 350 is inspired. I like it! He is Polar’s James Bama. Was that the surprise for 1701 members at iHobby Expo?

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By: JamieH https://www.collectormodel.com/round2-models/1488-round-2-models-shine-on/#comment-1427 Tue, 13 Dec 2011 13:33:13 +0000 http://www.collectormodel.com/?p=1488#comment-1427 DJarryl- I think the Testors paint was new when we did the instructions. Keep in mind that our paint directions are just suggestions offered to match the filming model. Different modelers want different results and often research and mix their own paint to match what they see as the “true” color or effect. any paint we show in the instructions is usually the best educated guess of an existing paint color.

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By: DJarryl https://www.collectormodel.com/round2-models/1488-round-2-models-shine-on/#comment-1426 Tue, 13 Dec 2011 06:35:49 +0000 http://www.collectormodel.com/?p=1488#comment-1426 Thanks Jamie
I wish they would have called it that in the instructions before I went to 5 stores looking for it. Seems needlessly misleading.

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By: nicholassagan https://www.collectormodel.com/round2-models/1488-round-2-models-shine-on/#comment-1424 Mon, 12 Dec 2011 20:34:56 +0000 http://www.collectormodel.com/?p=1488#comment-1424 @ DJarryl- Tamiya also makes a white pearl in a rattle can which has been popular for the Refit builds. It needs a white primer undercoat but it looks pretty sharp.

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By: JamieH https://www.collectormodel.com/round2-models/1488-round-2-models-shine-on/#comment-1423 Mon, 12 Dec 2011 14:35:38 +0000 http://www.collectormodel.com/?p=1488#comment-1423 BatToys- To have your trunk lid replaced, please follow the directions here
http://www.round2models.com/replacement/

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By: JamieH https://www.collectormodel.com/round2-models/1488-round-2-models-shine-on/#comment-1422 Mon, 12 Dec 2011 14:32:22 +0000 http://www.collectormodel.com/?p=1488#comment-1422 BatToys- That was a miss on the packaging on our part. We had to drop them from the product because we couldn’t be assured of consistent quality. We dropped the price of the kit accordingly, delivering it for under $40 SRP. We had originally planned on a $50 price point. I will take steps to get that line deleted from future runs for sure.

DJarryl- Testors make a one coat lacquer. I think they call it White Lightning. Otherwise, check with you local automotive paint dealer to order a pearlescent white paint.

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