50 Ford Truck - Still thinking about it.

[Rob Wallace]

Maybe a shop truck, lowered front, flat black paint, red interior, 'rattlecan garage' door logo, race flathead in the bed and a wood push bumper. ?? Rob

[Rob Wallace]

Logo ideas......

[Rob Wallace]

olds fiestas ? what is that? Dummy me...

[Olskoolrodder]

Kool ideas! I second the Fieatas ;D

[Rob Wallace]

Background picture was the inspiration.

DONE DONE DONE

[geezerman]

Sweet !
Looks good in black primer.

[Olskoolrodder]

I LOVE that suede black look!!! ;D ;D ;D

[Rob Wallace]

Anybody make decals. Mine did not come out to good. Rob

[Olskoolrodder]

I've had problems applying decals to suede (not sure if that was yer problem),a dude once told me to dull coat em afterwards,if that helps. A direct answer,I can't make any BTW.

[ChrisV]

Apr 13, 2010 21:09:22 GMT -5 Olskoolrodder said:

I've had problems applying decals to suede (not sure if that was yer problem),a dude once told me to dull coat em afterwards,if that helps. A direct answer,I can't make any BTW.

You can ONLY apply decals properly to gloss surfaces - the solution is to clearcoat areas where decal are to be applied, and giving the entire model a shot of flat/semigloss clear once the decals have dried and set up.
The reason is that flat/semigloss paints have a rough surface(on a very small level), meaning that the decal only adheres to the "peaks" of the paint, while there's effectively only air beneath the rest of the decal.
This creates the effect called "silvering", where you can clearly see the clear areas of the decal against the surface of the model, due to the microscopic air-pockets beneath it.
Dullcoating the decals once they're applied to a flat surface will only bring their surface texture closer to that of the model, but won't solve the problems with "silvering"