1950 Dodge Coronets 3D printed

More nice models. I think your house could be called the Quilter Miniature Automotive Museum. I am wondering what brand or brands of paint do you use?

Love that drop top and woody!!

Posted by: @ed-davis

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I am wondering what brand or brands of paint do you use?

I'm kind of wondering myself, well at least for the "chrome"  paint.   For small scales, I use chrome paint from a marker, which actually looks pretty shinny.... your 1/43 chrome looks just as good, but I doubt that's what you used.   Are you spraying All-Clad?   If you're using a store-bought-rattle-can spray bomb,  I'm impressed!  😲 

As usual, great work John!

John, with all of your various body styles you have created for each of your models, how many total models do you have? Also, I'm with Tony regarding the convertible and wagon.

Posted by: @bob-jackman

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John, with all of your various body styles you have created for each of your models, how many total models do you have? Also, I'm with Tony regarding the convertible and wagon.

Last spread sheet inventory count,  2696 including commercial aircraft in 200th scale, but not including separate spread sheet of 55 army vehicles.

Posted by: @ed-davis

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More nice models. I think your house could be called the Quilter Miniature Automotive Museum. I am wondering what brand or brands of paint do you use?

My preferred choice of paint is Krylon aerosols.  However some are so old they no longer spray so the paint has to be extracted and used in an air brush as a last resort to use that specific, no longer available color.   Krylons are fast drying, and can be lightly polished with blue magic or clear coated.  For modern car metallics or "poly" colors Duplicolor aerosols but care has to be taken not to use too granular colors which do not look right in small models.  For chrome items such as the above 1950 Dodges much is done with Bare Metal Foil depending  on the area to be in chrome otherwise I have had very good results with Big Thumb chrome marker pen as shown.  Certain areas and very small moldings and handles, bonnet emblems, etc are more suitable to the Big Thumb treatment.

Posted by: @john-quilter

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Posted by: @bob-jackman

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John, with all of your various body styles you have created for each of your models, how many total models do you have? Also, I'm with Tony regarding the convertible and wagon.

Last spread sheet inventory count,  2696 including commercial aircraft in 200th scale, but not including separate spread sheet of 55 army vehicles.

 

@john-quilter 

What scale army vehicles do you collect?

Thanks John for the paint info & pics. ....and yes, as time permits, please post some army vehicles. We'd love to see them!

@john-quilter Thanks John that's quite a collection with a high percentage of it in one off models. I enjoy your posts and pictures.

Posted by: @chris

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Thanks John for the paint info & pics. ....and yes, as time permits, please post some army vehicles. We'd love to see them!

They are mostly all vintage mint boxed Dinky Toys (1950s to 1960s) , a few Corgis, and Solidos.  Most of the Dinkys are a smaller scale than 43rd.  Will have to get some off the shelves and photos tomorrow when the sun is good.

And did I mention navy ships!?   Only two both with family history.  This one 400th scale seaplane tender, the USS Salisbury Sound (AV-13) that my father was the captain of in 1951-53.  It serviced a squadron of Martin PBM Mariner seaplanes during the Korean war.   This is a very old Revell plastic kit.

And then since I was a junior officer on the USS Wichita (AOR-1) for three years I needed a model of that ship as part of my history so had to scratch built this 400th scale one.

And on San Francisco Bay

Posted by: @john-quilter

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scratch built this 400th scale one.

Yikes!  Well, it appears to have turned out just fine!  Although both are cool.... the smallest size I've ever dealt with is N-scale, 1/160.    1/400 is NUTS!    You're NUTS!  😏 😀 😬 

Your ship models and your connection to them is interesting.