68 Chevy chevelle
Love this model

Lawrence Landis
You can use the glitter. You just need to build up the coats of clear to bury it, which will smooth out the surface.. We all experiment.

Jv
I was thinking how this would work out after sanding
I thought if I sand it it would probably ruin it
Thanks for the info

Lawrence Landis
I tried the same thing using a hardware store glitter paint, Rustoleum or Krylon and I didn't like the surface roughness, so I stripped it and it went on to being Merc #2. Sometimes ideas work sometimes they don't. We have all been there. A lot of guys throw the body away, but I am too cheap to do that. That's why I usually have a gallon of Super Clean sitting around, because I am bound to screw something up.😎😎😎😎😎🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃💩💩💩💩💩💩💩

Jv
The things I have done sofare have all been a bit of a flop
I don't see it as a bad thing and have keept all the kits I have messed up lol
I wanted to see what I could still do whed them
In worst case
Thay can be used for crusty builds
Also I thing I like very much
So probably not going to try to save them as such
I also got a few of the kits I did use to learn on
Yes I did do some horrendous work to a mustang kit in the past
I don't think that can be saved to be a shiny model anyway
But sure it can be a butiful wreck
I don't think thay are wasted
Except for a mercedes I tried to fix whed a lighter 🙃

Lawrence Landis
The lighter🔥may have been a little extreme, but it is all a learning curve.😎

Jv
Yep its sure messes things up fast 😆
But I dident know

Lawrence Landis
If you are building a wreck, you can use the lighter or just heat to warp panels.

Bozzer
Howdy lads. Just to add, I've tried a lighter, and the heat from a soldering iron, however, I found a heat gun, and gentle movement around the area, from a distance of around 12", worked best. You definitely need to keep moving the gun around, and it was a slow process, but I put a sufficient enough dent in the model, to make it look real enough. Naked flame, can go wrong, very quickly. I found that it also curled the plastic, at the edges? I'm sure that there's YouTube videos on this subject, but I just thought I'd share my own experiences.

Bozzer
Youtube Video

Bozzer
Worth a watch, JV

Lawrence Landis
Thank you for sharing.

Kyle DeHart
Good stuff

Jv
Thanks bozzer
Yes a lighter sure messes it up fast

Bill Newcomer
Heat gun too close and too hot can too. I tried to take a tweak out of a hood and turned it into the shape of a potato chip.

Jv
😆 yes I guess all have given things that were not successful a good at some point