Going to resurrect a Daisy Dukes CJ Jeep!
Well guys, a little further.... I sat down, dug out what I think will look GREAT as "chain" to tie-down the Hemi load! WELL this chain is necklace chain that I picked up somewhere a long time ago for when I was detailing HO scale train cars with heavy loads on flat cars. BUT each package, I have has 10 feet in it (The bags I originally bought were HUGE and from one or 2 moves they had gotten lost or forgotten somewhere, (Who knows) BUT I had 5 or 6 sandwich bags full! LITERALLY!
So anyway, when I got all this chain, it was merely "brass" and nothing more, bare brass. SO I took it and I have a chemical thats for stained glass "blackening" known as "patina" -Just like our rat rod thing and clear coating over rust, as a "patina".... SO, with this chemical, you can get it for all sorts of metals, as well as all sorts of color patina's. I use it A LOT in "black", the silver-ish shade, is a tad expensive and you only get 1/2 the amount as you do the black for any of the different metals. (They make it for brass, die-cast, lead, silver, Antimony, etc....) I have black for all of these metals.
ANYWAY take the chain and dip it in the container allow to sit for a couple minutes, pull out and lay on a paper towel and this is what it looks like when its dry:
I think in-place it will look GREAT!
Heres a close-up:
This isn't ALL I got done tho! I have some more ot add when I can get pictures of it. I have the white "Whip" antenna done ready to go onto the model, as well as something "more" to fill the space on the passenger side of the Jeep beside the engine! I thought that looked a little to empty.... I'll be getting pictures of that little gem when I can handle it. As once thats ready its going right in the Jeep. As you'll see!
I then while doing this was planning how I was going to attach the chain to the engine and to the floor of the Jeep, to look as its being held down. So its coming together......
Stay tuned, more will follow (probably tonight!) Like always, comments welcome, ~ENJOY!
Well guys, a little further.... I sat down, dug out what I think will look GREAT as "chain" to tie-down the Hemi load! WELL this chain is necklace chain that I picked up somewhere a long time ago for when I was detailing HO scale train cars with heavy loads on flat cars. BUT each package, I have has 10 feet in it (The bags I originally bought were HUGE and from one or 2 moves they had gotten lost or forgotten somewhere, (Who knows) BUT I had 5 or 6 sandwich bags full! LITERALLY!
So anyway, when I got all this chain, it was merely "brass" and nothing more, bare brass. SO I took it and I have a chemical thats for stained glass "blackening" known as "patina" -Just like our rat rod thing and clear coating over rust, as a "patina".... SO, with this chemical, you can get it for all sorts of metals, as well as all sorts of color patina's. I use it A LOT in "black", the silver-ish shade, is a tad expensive and you only get 1/2 the amount as you do the black for any of the different metals. (They make it for brass, die-cast, lead, silver, Antimony, etc....) I have black for all of these metals.
ANYWAY take the chain and dip it in the container allow to sit for a couple minutes, pull out and lay on a paper towel and this is what it looks like when its dry:
I think in-place it will look GREAT!
Heres a close-up:
This isn't ALL I got done tho! I have some more ot add when I can get pictures of it. I have the white "Whip" antenna done ready to go onto the model, as well as something "more" to fill the space on the passenger side of the Jeep beside the engine! I thought that looked a little to empty.... I'll be getting pictures of that little gem when I can handle it. As once thats ready its going right in the Jeep. As you'll see!
I then while doing this was planning how I was going to attach the chain to the engine and to the floor of the Jeep, to look as its being held down. So its coming together......
Stay tuned, more will follow (probably tonight!) Like always, comments welcome, ~ENJOY!
