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This
is a Revell Foose Ford pickup
truck model. This is the second one I've built. But
this one is more or less a quick build.
The
kit I used had a scratched / gouged front windshield.
Recenty
I ordered some Vallejo
Air paint, a pink color, and ended up with an extra
bottle because I accidently ordered two of them.
I
also had some anime
/ manga style stickers I had ordered months back from
Amazon. It was a bag with about 100 or so different stickers.
You
can buy model cars with these style graphics on the decals,
but they can be expensive, so I ordered these stickers figuring
they would end up on a vehicle project I built sooner or
later.
With
these three things coming together I decided to just build
a quick version of the truck since the windshield wasn't
perfect anyway.
I
also wanted to try a Vallejo paint on a car model and see
how well it worked. So this was a test / experiment as well.
The
model truck itself was assembled stock with no mods.
I
shot the body and related parts the pink color and as usual,
the Vallejo paint lays down nice and smooth. I did not use
primer. I previously tested the paint on a plastic spoon
and it went on with no issues so I didn't see any need for
primer.
I
painted several spoons and then tested different clears.
The best results was MinWax Fast Drying Polyurethane Clear
Gloss 33050 out of a can (available at Lowes when I bought
it).
It
didn't harm the paint, and gave the paint a nice glossy
look (and thus, sealing it as the same time).
I
picked out various stickers from the 100 or so and cropped
those with scissors to fit the different parts of the truck.
These stickrs have a high gloss sheen to them. They went
on with no issues. I did use some CA glue to hold them down
in some of the more hard core curved areas.
Overall
I think it all worked out well as a quick project. The paint
worked perefectly, and I now have some experence with using
the stickers on a model for the next time I use any of them.
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