vontrips Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 The Doctor has just hooned it at Goodwood!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imster Posted June 28, 2015 Author Share Posted June 28, 2015 (edited) Just catching up with your thread, love the detailing you're putting in, great work! Good luck with your next set of decals, hope they're good this time! Keith Thanks Keith, fingers crossed the next set will be ok, they are being sent over from Canada so may take even longer than from Europe The Doctor has just hooned it at Goodwood!!! OMG!! I wish I could get a live feed of it Edited June 28, 2015 by imster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richj Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 Just watched it on YouTube, sounds something else. Just google mazda 787 at goodwood 2015, should be first video hit. Can post link if you want 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 How frustrating. I feel for you, I know how it feels to have a hold up in a build. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imster Posted June 29, 2015 Author Share Posted June 29, 2015 Just watched it on YouTube, sounds something else. Just google mazda 787 at goodwood 2015, should be first video hit. Can post link if you want Thanks mate I'll look it up! How frustrating. I feel for you, I know how it feels to have a hold up in a build. Yup and its hard to muster the motivation to get back to finishing it off especially if you look at the colour combo and decals that need to be done lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imster Posted July 31, 2015 Author Share Posted July 31, 2015 So I have finished the Honda RC166 motorcycle and decided I better had finish this one off.I ended up buying another "donor" kit because the bodyshell of the original wasnt in great shape after sanding it down.So here is how the bodyshell looks now, with the added PE items, the panel lines look messy as I havent cleaned them up yet 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spookytooth Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 The P.E definitely adds something to the front end Imster. Nice work mate. . Simon. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homerlovesbeer Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 So so good.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shood23 Posted August 1, 2015 Share Posted August 1, 2015 Good to see this back on the bench again Little tip with yellow decals, put them in a sandwich bag and tape them to a window that gets a good amount of sunlight it some how takes the yellow out, I had a similar problem with a tamiya mclaren mp4 13 and I got told the above method and it worked after a few days in winter so beings it's now summer I can't see it taking more than a day Shaun 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imster Posted August 3, 2015 Author Share Posted August 3, 2015 The P.E definitely adds something to the front end Imster. Nice work mate. . Simon. Yeah I was debating whether or not to put the PE airvents as cutting out the original plastic parts and getting the PE part to sit flat is a little tricky, came out perfect though in the end, so I'm pleased I did it So so good.. Thanks Homer Good to see this back on the bench again Little tip with yellow decals, put them in a sandwich bag and tape them to a window that gets a good amount of sunlight it some how takes the yellow out, I had a similar problem with a tamiya mclaren mp4 13 and I got told the above method and it worked after a few days in winter so beings it's now summer I can't see it taking more than a day Shaun Thanks Shaun, Ive done the decals in sunlight trick a few times and the current crop are sitting on the window getting some rays as we speak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richj Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 good to see this build is back 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heloman1 Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 Just found your build thread, superb. One of my favorite LM cars. Colin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imster Posted August 4, 2015 Author Share Posted August 4, 2015 good to see this build is back Thanks Rich! Just found your build thread, superb. One of my favorite LM cars. Colin Yes the lines on this are perfect, this era of LM cars styling was my favourite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 Can't wait to see more of this, glad it's back on the menu. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imster Posted August 5, 2015 Author Share Posted August 5, 2015 So the basecoats and the first gloss coat has been laid. All of it was masked and it can be a little tricky so planning the masking was very important. It took a total of a couple of days work mainly to allow the paints to dry, before further masking. I gotta say I'm not overly impressed with Zero Paints basecoats for this livery as you will see below in the pics there were a couple of issues I encountered:1) the orange is extremely translucent to the point where you are giving it up to 8-10 coats of colour just to achieve the right level of orange, naturally this means the coat of paint ends up very thick and as a result it become pretty fragile. This coupled with trying to get the orange all uniform without light and dark patches made this very tedious2) even after allowing drying time there was one spot where the paint lifted after masking, you can see it on the right hand side window sill, luckily that part will be covered by the side window!I will not be displaying this with the engine cover closed, I figured I have done so much work on the engine it would be a shame to cover it all up, so I will look into how the teams used to store the cover when they were working on the engine anyone with advice or pics of this please feel free to show me Overall happy at how its taking shape, not too fussed about the edges where the colours meet as they will be covered for the most part by decals, that said the masking came out really well without any bleeding through.So on with the pics:Here is how the orange was built up:Body primered and painted with white basecoatFirst couple of coats on:Building up the colour (4-5 coats at this point):Even more paint! (6-8 coats roughly):Finally done!!I apologise for not posting any pics with the masking on, I was so busy with getting the masking right that taking photos was the last thing on my mind lol. Here are the only pics I have with masking on the partsHere is where the paint peeled away with the masking tape (Couldnt help but mock it up and see how it will look! Not too fussed about fitment of the engine cover as this will be displayed off the car. To the eagle eyed people out there you will see that the right rear wheel is not on and the dashboard is missing tooAnd finally here are pics with my proper camera unlike the iPhone pics above. There is just 1 coat of clear on this hence the shine isnt quite there yet, I will put the decals on and then do the final coats of clear which will shine up much more 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heloman1 Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 Very, very tasty. I do like the rims. Only LM car kit I have left is a half built Hasegawa Dome... I did like the way the Japanese teams tackled Le Mans. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F1 Insider Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 It makes me perspire from the mouth... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spookytooth Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 Very sharp and loud Imster mate. Nice paint job. Simon. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamg1987 Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 Great paint job! cant wait to see it with the decals on nw. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richj Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 looking good 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamden Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 Absolutely blown away - stunning finish Roger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr22 Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 Gorgeous!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sean Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 Beautiful, can't wait to see it finished. As for the engine cover being off the car, it should sit on frame to keep it off the floor and away from size 9 boots, Sean 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imster Posted August 6, 2015 Author Share Posted August 6, 2015 Thanks all! I'm part way through the decals and no disasters yet lol Beautiful, can't wait to see it finished. As for the engine cover being off the car, it should sit on frame to keep it off the floor and away from size 9 boots, Sean Thanks Sean, I was thinking of making a frame like device which holds the cover flat rather than hanging, maybe i will look at more reference pics for some inspiration Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homerlovesbeer Posted August 7, 2015 Share Posted August 7, 2015 It looks really good although the paint seems to have a slight orange peel effect? Will it rub out or a coat of clear fix it up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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