chrome detailing

I have been working on this shell for quite a while now, using the monster beetle shell for the project. I had seen something called 'Bare metal' which is a sticky foily stuff from america which static modelers seem to use a lot for detailing. But being tight fisted I looked around for other stuff to use. After messing with kitchen foil with spray mount (not bad) I found a remnant of this aluminium foil tape that is used for ducting I think, it's about 6cm wide and is easy to cut as long as you have a new scapel blade in. I am very pleased with the results, and even gave the headlight surrounds a new lease of life, and added it to the door handles and side trim strip.

The stages I used are as follows- 1/ make sure paintwork is really dry and free of grease as the adhesive will pull it off once cut. 2/ cut tape and peel off backing, place lightly in position. 3/ push down around windows with a smooth stick - I found a barbq skewer brilliant. 4/ cut around line with a new scapel and remove excess carfully, on the insides of the windows cut off bulk and smooth around to inside. 5/ burnish down well with a smooth stick or metal tool - I used one of my stainless dental tools, it makes it more shiny. 6/ I polished the bigger bits like the head lights and the rear plate light holder with aluminium polish, the rest just buff up. I hope this is of some use to you, I will post some more pics as the build progresses.