Re: [BaadAssGremlins] Re: [AmericanMotorsModelBuilders] Turbine Wheel Knock Off Emblems

[Davis Martin <martin-davis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Awsome Doc!

 Davis

AMC74HORNET@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

> All I know is they are almost finished. All I can say is they look
> great, but what a pain in the a$$ to make. Very time consuming.
> Especially the last piece which the R/W/B AMC emblem is painted on. Good
> thing I have a dehydrator and used it to dry the paint. I spent 3 hours
> assembling them yesterday and put them in the dehydrator to cure the
> super glue over night. I will give them a light scuffing with 1000# sand
> paper today and put 2 coats of clear over them. I picked up some
> Plasticote engine paint clear to use on them. I figure that it will seal
> everything together and being engine paint it will give good protection
> against the elements. Now I just have to finish cleaning the wheels and
> scuff the area in between the spokes up and paint them with self etching
> primer and then paint them the orange body color. I know they will look
> real nice as I
>  did it to an orange 74 Hornet promo I put the same style
> turbine wheels on I got out of a 62 Vette kit. On the real car with the
> knock off's 3 dimensional emblems the completed wheels should look
> outstanding.
> "Doc"
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> To: AmericanMotorsModelBuilders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> From: lhartmanjr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Wed, 2 Nov
>  2005 19:29:14 -0500 (EST)
> Subject: Re: [AmericanMotorsModelBuilders] Turbine Wheel Knock Off Emblems
>
> Those center caps are going to look great! I wonder if a person could encase something like that in clear cast resin?
>
> Lee
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: AMC74HORNET@xxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Oct 31, 2005 7:10 AM
> To: AmericanMotorsModelbuilders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [AmericanMotorsModelBuilders] Turbine Wheel Knock Off Emblems
>
> I can't ever do anything simple. I made the center discs and was just
> going to paint the R/W/B AMC emblem on them after I painted them orange.
> That was until I noticed the plastic emblem on the rear panel under the
> hatch. It is 3 dimensional so I am duplicating it. First I cut and glued
> 2 rectangular pieces of sheet plastic together for the base and painted
> it black. The I glued 2 more together slightly smaller pieces and
> covered them with modelers bare metal chrome
>  foil. This one will be
> glued to the black base showing a black edge. Then I will over the bare
> metal foil I will glue on a smaller piece with the R/W/B emblem painted
> on it. So it will have a black edge a chrome edge and then the R/W/B AMC
> emblem. After I make 4 of these I will then glue them to the orange disc
> and mount them o the wheels. It should look like it came from the
> factory like that.
> "Doc"
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