Chipster

Thanks for the comments! I think most people could get this sort of finish, just needs care and a bit of patience! Only problem is now, this body will probably stay on the shelf, and I'll use an old bashed up shell I've got lying around when I run the car!! More updates soon!

I used a 2 pack gloss clearcoat which cures pretty quickly, only 48hrs before polishing. Rubbed the body down and removed the "orange peel", and then the grades Skottoman said (although I stopped at 8000), then polished with some Meguiars Scratch X. As you can see, orange peel gone: Finished body:

Yes Percymon, you're right. Spraycans only give a "wet" coat, whereas an airbrush can be controlled to give very light coats which prevent bleeding under masking tape. I've now finished putting a couple of clear coats on using a 2K clear coat, which went on "wet" to give a nice thick gloss. However i did get a bit of "orange peel" on the roof. I'm going to rub it down to remove it, then rub the whole body down with finer and finer grades of paper and finally give it a polish! Hopefully get it done this weekend.

Close ups of the lines. Roof: Door: Door again: Now going to give a light rub down before the clear coat goes on, try not to go through the blue!

Masking is now off and pleased with the results. Painted the rear lights as well. I was toying with the idea of modifying them and using the clear rear lights that are still with the clear plastic parts, but I have an original SS to restore so saving them for that.

Too late! Blue is on now. I applied plenty of light coats with the airbrush with drying between each coat and if the masking is good I shouldn't get any bleeding, which is more likely with wet coats. Blue on: I'm going to wait until the paint is fully dry before removing the masking, so will post pics tomorrow. Fingers crossed!

Thanks for all the welcomes! The white basecoat is on, just spent quite a few hours masking up for the blue paint. I've decided to go with the standard box colours, maybe boring for some, but I think it still looks good after 30 years! Awaiting blue paint: I used some little round stickers from a stationer for the circular corners in the roof: Also used some 3M Fineline tape for the roof and around the wheel arches as well as Tamiya masking tape.

PVC greenhouse sounds like a good idea, are we talking about the ones with solid PVC panes or the flexible PVC sheeting? Although I'm spraying in a heated workshop and had a cardboard box lying around and an an old bathroom extractor fan, so I made this very cheap and very cheerful booth!! The extractor fan has large diameter flexible tube on the back leading out of the window. Looks rubbish, but for this size car and spray gun, works fine! It will do for now, although in the future I would replace the cardboard box with a large plastic box with lid placed on it's side. Then, after spraying the lid could be placed on to keep the dust out. Alex.

Thanks Bromvw. I rubbed the body down with P1200 paper, washed and dryed and have now applied the primer coat: I sprayed on the primer with a Badger airbrush, and as it's a small brush I thought there wouldn't be much overspray. So I just wore a mask and had no extraction other than an open window in the workshop, looked around after spraying the first coat and the workshop was very misty with paint! So I'm going to knock up some sort of spray booth with an extractor fan for the next coats. Alex.

Yes, on the inside of the body you can see where the mounting holes for the blitzer have been filled in. I've filed and rubbed down the mould lines now: And the front fender: Now the rear lights and front part bolted on, so all ready for the primer coat!

First I need to tidy up the body as there are some mould lines that need removing before I start painting The rear fender: Also on the front fender: I noticed the door handles are moulded as opposed to the original separate chrome ones on the original. I have heard this is a Blitzer Beetle mould that has been used?

Hello! My first post on here, and it's going to be of my Re-Release Sand Scorcher build. First a little introduction. Back in the eighties I owned a F150 XLT, mainly because it was the cheapest SRB at the time, and the sale of my Sand Rover along with money from the paper round only went so far! I always wanted the Sand Scorcher though and a few years back, before the re-releases, I collected a few SRB's to restore. I think I have enough for 3 SRB's along with a couple of Sand Scorcher and Rough Rider bodies sitting in the loft now. However before I got around to the restorations I was given a new Sand Scorcher for my birthday! So here is the build, enjoy! First the box, pretty familiar to everyone who 's seen these. Amazing how the smell of the tyres from the box brings back memories from all those years ago! I'm going to tackle the body first as this is going to be the most time consuming.