First kit of my 'new era of model building (started Dec 2015):' 1995 Honda Civic VX.
It's a 'tribute' build of my 1995 Civic hatch. Started with a
Hasegawa Honda Civic kit, and kit bashed a later-model Revell Honda
Civic 2-n-1 kit for the wheels. They were close, but not quite
right. I found some more correct wheels on ebay, and 'chromed'
them with some Duplicolor Chrome automotive paint. Took a little
bit of trimming with the Dremel to make 'em fit right. Everything was
going fine with the Testors Primer and Flat White Enamel - sanding with
1000-grit after each. Then I shot some Testors Gloss Lacquer over
the enamel, and the finish wasn't right - seemed like it didn't lay down
right. No biggee, I was going to sand and polish it anyway.
Wet-sanded with 1000-grit and started in on the polishing with 3M
Perfect-It automotive polish, and the lacquer clear-coat softened up and
rubbed right off. Huh... didn't see that coming. So, I'm at
the point of needing to clean off the remaining clear with some
isopropyl alcohol - can't wait to see how that goes.
It seems like painting was a whole lot less complicated when I was a
kid.Fast-forward to Feb 2018, I saw a
message pop-up on Facebook saying something about Memory from 2 years
ago with the picture of the car body next to the chassis. That's
pathetic.
So, I cleaned up the bench area and got back into
the kit - I finished up the last 7 pictures worth of work in about 8
hours spread out over 3 days. It turned out OK... I'm a little
disappointed with the driving lights I scratch-built, but they're stuck
on there now. Also, the A-pillars broke, and I trimmed them a
little too much, so I'll go back, glue 'em down, and add some filler in
the gaps.
Not too bad - my skills need some improvement,
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