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The upcoming Thunder Chicken repaint

Reply #15 –
30th Anny TBirds and certain 85 and 86 color TC's had painted moldings. Not to mention GT Mustangs...

And as for the "pants" look... the blue stripe is on the bottom of the moldings, not the top. Redraw it and it will look different.

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Reply #16 –
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Show me the "anti alias" filter in MS Paint and I'd be happy to :flip:

Ya cheap ! Still using the software that came with the freakin' computer...*sigh* Spend $100 and get this already. Sheesh. :flip:

I guess if you want to figure out about the painted moldings (or not), a 1990-ish blue Mustang GT like this one is sort of set up like that: painted molding with a blue inset stripe. Since the top of the molding is just about halfway between the glass and the bottom of the car, the look would definitely balance out...I don't think it would be too much grey at all. Hell, I even went above the molding in the back of the car and it still balances out fine. It's not that the stock black molding is bad...it's just that the painted molding makes these cars stand out above everyone else. It's a very striking image that everyone remembers.

Unless you enjoy being a lemming, and looking just like everyone else... ;)

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Reply #17 –
I think the whole car, minus the fact that it has snowflakes and it's not the look your going for, will look something like mine. Mine has the factory 84 back with no stripe, with the same color undermolding.

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Reply #18 –
I actually think the window trim would look good grey. Not a light grey but dark, almost black but not quite. I think you're rendering there isn't dark enough and that's why it may look a little iffy. :dunno:

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Reply #19 –
Quote from: Aerobird Motorsports;130547
30th Anny TBirds and certain 85 and 86 color TC's had painted moldings. Not to mention GT Mustangs...

Quote from: EricCoolCats;130549
Ya cheap ! Still using the software that came with the freakin' computer...*sigh* Spend $100 and get this already. Sheesh. :flip:

I guess if you want to figure out about the painted moldings (or not), a 1990-ish blue Mustang GT like this one is sort of set up like that: painted molding with a blue inset stripe. Since the top of the molding is just about halfway between the glass and the bottom of the car, the look would definitely balance out...I don't think it would be too much grey at all. Hell, I even went above the molding in the back of the car and it still balances out fine. It's not that the stock black molding is bad...it's just that the painted molding makes these cars stand out above everyone else. It's a very striking image that everyone remembers.

Unless you enjoy being a lemming, and looking just like everyone else... ;)

Ok, so I got one guy telling me to paint my mouldings like a Mustang (the original lemmingmobile), and another telling me that if I DON'T I'll be like a lemming. You guys are so confusing :shakeass:

I dunno - that Mustang does look good, and I really like the mouldings painted grey on Gunkel's car. Maybe I will do it like that. I suppose I do have a complete set of TC mouldings, so if I decide I don't like it I can always, to quote Mick Jagger, "paint it black"...

Oh, and Eric - it's not a matter of cheapness (Silly Mac boy - nobody actually pays for Windows software), it's a matter of familiarity. I've been using MS paint since 1990. It does the trick for simple line drawings as above. Whenever I want to do something more elabourate (or even something simple like resizing and changing compression levels) I have Paint Shop Pro 7. I rarely, however, have to do something more elabourate :hick:

*EDIT* Oh, and Michael - I'll be ordering some of that blue trim striping from you eventually - I'll also be pestering the hell out of you with stupd questions like "How do I remove the old chrome stuff" and "how do I get this shiznit off the bumpers"...
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Reply #20 –
Black molding and blue stripe looks good to me.
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Reply #21 –
Looking forward to it :hick:

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Reply #22 –
Have you thought about using grey molding with a white stripe?
Foxless :(

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Reply #23 –
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Spend $100 and get this already. Sheesh


Don't.

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BTW -- For some reason, I can't see the pics, only red X's, but using my mind's eye, I'd have to say option #2
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Reply #24 –
Yeah, the pics don't work because of the cybersquatter that took over foxthundercats.com (as noted in the forum announcement). I just haven't gone back through and changed all the links to foxthundercats.net.

Hard to believe I posted this poll two years ago, painted the car over a year ago, and still haven't made up my mind about that moulding!
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Reply #25 –
I would make the molding the same color as the bottom gray. And no stripe.
And if you don't hurry, mine will be done before yours. LOL
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Reply #26 –
Have you ever thought of using fiberglass filler and fill in where the strip is. I did it to my front bumper two years ago. Lots of sanding and shaping.
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Reply #27 –
1, id paint the center strip in the moulding blue, the bottom of the car gun metal and the top white, black or light blue. i guess im bias though.
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