Everything looks good in Gulf racing colors, including Alex Hague’s 1/24 scale McLaren F1 GTR. He base-coated the Aoshima kit with white automotive primer, used Tamiya spray-can lacquer for the black, and Splash supplied the Gulf blue.
Chris Curbow didn't tell us how he modified Revell’s 1/25 scale 1937 Ford Panel Delivery, but the gloss brown paint looks great with the kit’s Ben-Hur Coffee livery.
This Cat is ready to tear up the town! Don Slade improved an AMT 1/25 scale Caterpillar D8H bulldozer by adding hydraulic lines on the blade cylinders and aftermarket tracks, blade adjuster, and rollover protection system. Scale Finishes provided the Caterpillar Yellow finish, and he painted the tracks black before coating them with steel metal polishing powder.
After wiring the engine on a Salvinos JR 1/25 scale asphalt modified race car, David Green used aftermarket decals to build it as a tribute to NASCAR legend Bobbie Allison. He painted the Miller racing livery with Tamiya lacquers.
Hector Mata’s distressed 1/24 scale Volkswagen Kombi features a resin body, Porsche wheels, and acrylic paint.
To model the Mutt Cutts van from the 1994 film Dumb and Dumber, Jeff Ehlert cut and sanded foam and glued it to the body of an AMT 1/25 scale ’77 Ford cruising van. Putty evened out the shapes, and the fur is model train foam foliage painted with Vallejo acrylics.
The engine of John Rossio’s 1971 Olds 442 W-30 has Morgan Automotive Modeling sparkplug wires and ProTech heater hoses. He painted the Revell 1/25 scale kit with Dupli-Color Dark Toreador Metallic lacquer straight from the spray can.
Keith Rule hauled in a bunch of models, including this truck, featuring an MPC Mack DM600 and an AMT 40-foot container trailer. He painted it with Tamiya colors, using the hairspray technique, sponge chipping, washes, and artist oils to give a used but functional appearance.
Working wonders in small scale, Mike Stucker built a Starter 1/43 scale ’73 Chevelle NASCAR speedster and painted it with Tamiya Italian Red and Gold over Tamiya white primer, all straight from the can. He improved the kit markings with Coke bottle decals from an AMT kit and extra race numbers, front and rear, from his spares.
Paul Styron took home Best Paint honors with “Black Velvet,” a Revell ’49 Mercury dripping with HOK Black Base and a strip of blue-to-purple holographic flake under 2K clear. Beyond the fabulous finish, it features a scratchbuilt aluminum exhaust, added portholes in the hood, a Fatkidd Hobby eight-cylinder distributor with boots, and scratchbuilt throttle linkage.
Silly Putty masking helped Rick Cotton camouflage an ICM 1/35 scale Mercedes L1400A staff car after he filled it with stowage from his spares box. To weather, he applied powdered pastel chalks and airbrushed Tamiya Buff for dust.
Robert Langoni mated the body of an AMT ’32 Ford Vicky with the chassis and fenders from a Revell ’32 Ford Sedan. The basic black finish is automotive paint and a clear coat applied with a Paasche airbrush.
Slamming a Monogram 1/25 scale Chevy S10 all the way to the ground, Timothy Martinez added custom wheels, motor, frame, and transmission and opened the doors and the hood. The finish is Ford red touchup paint.