Projects Painting the emblem on a 52' Chevy

Alright Kids, so I decided it was time to make my emblem more original by painting it the correct colors instead of all chrome. So I had some model paint by "Poly Scale" intended for model railroads. (which is my other hobby) The red I used is "Caboose Red" and the blue is "ATSF BLUE" they seemed to be just right. I used a very small fine tip brush and did 4 coats. Now that its complete I'm going to coat it with a clear lacquer to protect it. Anyway here's some pics of the process before and after. Tomorrow I'll take a pic of it on my car.

 

I don't think you should put laquer on top of enamel.

 

I was just gonna spray it with a clear coat to protect it.

 

The clear coat will probably gimp it up... looks good though!!

 

Eaglebeak is right don't spay lacquer over enamel it will lift the base paint and you'll have a mess. Lacquer on lacquer, enamel on lacquer is ok. Make sure the paints are compatible.

CRUISER

 

Use some 1-shot lettering enamel and leave it alone. I've been doing this for years and have never had any problems . good luck.

 

Looks good, great job!!!
I did mine also, and I used model car paint too, but I didn't clear coat it!!
I didn't realize, how much different the 52, front emblem, was from the 51!!
I did my rear emblem too. How is the 52 emblem made???

Shadetree

 

I've used the "other hobby" paint for that application, looked OK but didn't last.
The 1-shot idea sounds more durable.

 

Did the fender emblems on my 64 Malibu with "Testor" model paint with out any clearcoat about 14 years ago.

Still looks good.

Canuck