shood23 Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 Great job on the wheels flipper and nice technique. The body looks very nice also, I have some of this new diamond clear waiting to be used also so it will be nice to see how it looks when clear coated. Shaun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flipper Posted January 26, 2017 Author Share Posted January 26, 2017 Again cheers for the comments folks, they are very much appreciated. Next up is something I've never done on a model, namely flocking. I intended to use this method to add a carpet effect to the interior of the car. No doubt there is places to buy black flocking powder but I struggled to find any places in the UK that had the stuff in stock. (I've ordered some powder from BNA in Australia) So in the meantime after some research I found that the flock powder used in nail salons is basically the same stuff. So I picked up this cheap flocking powder set on eBay for £3.50. To stick the powder to the car I used Humbrol Gloss Black Enamel Working on a small section at a time I then started to paint the floor section of the car. Then using the black flocking powder Along with a tea strainer to sprinkle the flocking powder. This is the result, not to bad. I worked over a piece of paper knocking the excess flock onto it. I then folded the paper and put the excess flock back into the small jar. I then carried on and did the rest of the interior floor section. I was running out of the powder near the rear of the car, and I missed a small section at the rear of the centre console. I'll sort this out when more powder arrives. I think it's turned out ok, I also now know that flocking powder gets everywhere. Even though I thought I was being carefully I'll be cleaning up black fibres for ages. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flipper Posted January 26, 2017 Author Share Posted January 26, 2017 Cheers guys it looks far better now that the enamel paint has dried, in some places it definitely need more flocking but I'll get to that when more of the powder gets delivered. Next up was the rest of the interior. Here is all the sections that make up the interior. Most of the minor parts will go together to make up major parts. I then painted all the panels in black primer then Tamiya Semi Gloss Black. For the lighter panels I decided to use some Vallejo White Grey This was probably lighter than I wanted but I think they look ok. Here are the front seats and rear seat panels. The side panels. These will be put away until the doors are painted up. The centre console. This includes about 3 decals which were of a decent quality. The tiny brake and accelerator. I was going to use the PE part but I think these look alright. The steering wheel, hopefully you can make out the tiny blue decal round the circumference of the steering wheel. The dashboard, which considering the rest of the kit, it's quite nicely detailed. And with the steering wheel fitted Next up fitting it all together. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flipper Posted January 26, 2017 Author Share Posted January 26, 2017 First up was fitting the rear seat panels and centre console. The slot where the centre console clicks in at the rear is nowhere near big enough and needed widening. The pedals added And the rest of the panels added. That's it as it stands at the moment. Hope you like it and thanks for looking. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbostream Posted January 26, 2017 Share Posted January 26, 2017 Very nice interior, you should be very pleased with that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 Looks great. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flipper Posted February 3, 2017 Author Share Posted February 3, 2017 Cheers for the comments folks, they are very much appreciated at the moment, as I'm totally stressed as I'm going through an ill health retiral from my work due to a work related injury which has dragged on for a fair bit of time now. So seeing and reading all your kind comments is great, thank you. Also I must apologise for the lack of photos at times as I forgot to take them. Anyway I hadn't done anything with the car for a few days as it was my son's 13th birthday. So yesterday and today I got some time back at the bench. First up was masking all the body for all the black gloss areas. Me being me, I decided to create my own thin line tape, by cutting into thin strips some Tamiya tape. I feel this gives a better line and sticks better than Tamiya's bendy tape. All the car was then masked off. And the doors were also masked off. I just don't get on with gloss black paint, I've tried and tried but nope. So in the end I used Zero Paints Semi Gloss Black paint which I get on with. I use Semi Gloss as I find that once I clear coat it, it gives a nice gloss black colour. Here's the sills painted up. And the doors painted and unmasked. The rear panel, this gets in laid with a silver panel which you'll see later. Not the best of photos but here's the front painted up black and the bonnet decal fitted. A big thumbs up to Revell as this went down without any hassle. Next up was the roof of the car. In the instructions and on most photos of the car this is painted black. I wanted to do something different so out came the decal sheet from Scale Motorsport. Here's half the roof done. Rather than all the carbon going in one direction I decided to split it and do like a V Design on it. And with the roof done. Here you can see the rear of the car which was painted black. Now painting the black parts didn't go exactly to plan, as when unmasking some of the silver came up. My mistake as I obviously hadn't sanded the body adequately enough prior to laying down the primer. I was so mad and ticked off that I didn't take any pics of the affected areas which were above the passenger door and front bumper. Hopefully the repairs will be too noticeable. Anyway next up the clear coats. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flipper Posted February 3, 2017 Author Share Posted February 3, 2017 For the clear coat I normally use Zero Paints Pre-Mixed 1K Clear Lacquer. It's great stuff but I decided on this one to try out Zero Paints new Diamond Coat 2K Clear Lacquer. Other than the faff of mixing it up I found it really easy to use. If it wasn't for a few dust particles on some of the panels I would have left them as is. Here it is The rear panel with the decals on and clear coated. The silver insert goes into the middle of the black panel. The bonnet vent insert The rear side vanes The doors, I was a wee bit heavy handed with the clear on one of the doors and it pooled at the edge, but again I'll take care of this. And the side skirts also with the decal applied and cleared. I found this new Dianond Finish clear coat really easy to work with, and it was far easier on the decals than the 1k Pre-Mixed clear. Anyway that's how it stands at the moment, I hope you like it and thanks for looking. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spoly Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 great work so far, but how do you know which decals you can clear coat and which ones you can't? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flipper Posted February 3, 2017 Author Share Posted February 3, 2017 5 minutes ago, spoly said: great work so far, but how do you know which decals you can clear coat and which ones you can't? I think they've tried it out on all major kit manufacturers, but at the end of the day it's basically suck it and see. You can't obviously straight away lay down a full wet coat on the decals, you'll destroy the decals. What I always do is lay a mist coat down, wait a good 15mins then lay down another mist coat and again wait another 15mins. If the decals are going to react in my opinion they would have by this time. I then lay down a lightish wet coat, leave that a good 10-15 mins before laying down some thicker wet coats. I laid down 3 full wet coats on this car. Maybe a bit over the top but it's the way I like it, One thing is make sure your decals are fully adhered to the surface, and if the decals are conforming to any shape, make sure that they are well down. I didn't do this to one of the decals on my Honda m/c build and the 1k clear coat attacked it slightly. Also I normally leave the decals a good 24hrs to dry off completely before I lay down the clear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamblor916 Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 Nice work. The carbon and clear looks great. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spoly Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 26 minutes ago, Flipper said: I think they've tried it out on all major kit manufacturers, but at the end of the day it's basically suck it and see. You can't obviously straight away lay down a full wet coat on the decals, you'll destroy the decals. What I always do is lay a mist coat down, wait a good 15mins then lay down another mist coat and again wait another 15mins. If the decals are going to react in my opinion they would have by this time. I then lay down a lightish wet coat, leave that a good 10-15 mins before laying down some thicker wet coats. I laid down 3 full wet coats on this car. Maybe a bit over the top but it's the way I like it, One thing is make sure your decals are fully adhered to the surface, and if the decals are conforming to any shape, make sure that they are well down. I didn't do this to one of the decals on my Honda m/c build and the 1k clear coat attacked it slightly. Also I normally leave the decals a good 24hrs to dry off completely before I lay down the clear. thank you. if I ever get back into kit building, I think i'll just stick with not using clear coat. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbdesignart Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 This is looking very good, can't fathom why I've missed all the previous posts. I've seen a couple of these on the road and they do have some presence. Your wheels have come out really well depicting the diamond polished style. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
injidup Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 I can't get my head around... flocking for nails?!?!?!? Nice job on the gloss coat and the interior! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shood23 Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 Wow flipper love the carbon v on the roof and that shine from the diamond clear is amazing. Shaun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flipper Posted February 9, 2017 Author Share Posted February 9, 2017 Cheers folks, again your comments are very much appreciated. I've not done much to it as I've been waiting on the clear coat curing. Anyway once it was dry I could have left it the way it was, but there was a couple of dust specks and also I feel that the straight from the AB the clear coat looks kinda toy like. So to dull it down slightly I purchased a new set of micro-mesh clothes and got to work. I worked my way through grades 3200, 4000, 6000, 8000, and 12000. I then compound polished it with Tamiya Polishing Compounds. I then finished it off with a coat of Zero Paints Pure Carnauba Wax. Here's the roof before I got to work. Shiney but as you can see some dust specks in it. And after I then did the rest of the car in the same way along with all the additional panels that make up the car. Here's the bonnet with the bonnet vent part attached to it. Then it was onto the tail section. I think the tail lights could have turned out better as I used solid red, instead of clear red by mistake. (I wasn't paying attention) I've only to fit the number plate holder then that's this part finished. Well that's it for the moment, hopefully it won't be too long now until I get the rest of it finished. Cheers 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vrsmatt99 Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 Looking great! Very nice finish with the clear cote too Matt 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PZRGREN Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 Wow I am going to bookmark this thread under how to polish you car paint work!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flipper Posted February 11, 2017 Author Share Posted February 11, 2017 Next up I attached the rear panel and the "blades" that come from the roof down to the back of the car. The rear panel attached easy enough with two locating pins. The blades attach quite securely to the roof, but it's quite a flimsy way they fit to the rear deck so hopefully they'll stay on ok. Hope you all like it, it's slowly coming together. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flipper Posted February 17, 2017 Author Share Posted February 17, 2017 Next up I put the Audi to one side and concentrated on the i8. First was the rear hatch and rear quarter glass. The rear hatch is made up of a frame which slips into a grove in the shell and the glass itself. Now me being me forgot to take a pic of the frame. The glass has a black border which needs to be masked off. Here's the side window and rear hatch glass masked up ready for painting. When painting car glass I find it's always a good idea to lay some masking tape on the other side to stop any overspray. And all painted up. I used Tamiya Semi Gloss Black for this. I then left it to fully dry then attached it to the frame using watered down PVA glue. The side glass was then fitted in. Honestly it is there I then laid in the rear hatch. This just sits in place with the roof lining holding it in place. That's it for the moment next up the roof lining and the boot. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flipper Posted February 17, 2017 Author Share Posted February 17, 2017 I then I've put the interior into the car. For some reason Revell want you to put the dash in first then the rest interior. In the end I just couldn't get the dashboard to sit right. So out it came and was attached to the rest of the interior tub. Next up was the side skirts, I just lined them up and they fitted fine. That's it for the moment, I'm just 1k clear coating a couple of bits. Almost there now. Again thanks for looking folks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flipper Posted February 17, 2017 Author Share Posted February 17, 2017 Anyway I'm on the homeward stretch with the car. Next up were the kidney grills. These came in the horrid fake chrome which I stripped off. I then primed them in UMP black primer. I then gave them a coat of Tamiya X-1 Gloss Black thinned with Mr Hobby Self Levelling Thinners. I then gave them a coat of Zero Paints Chrome. The finish is ok but not brilliant I then gave them a coat of Zero Paints 1K Pre-Mixed Clear Lacquer. Once dried I then blew over them with a coat of Tamiya Clear Blue. Once that was dried I went round them with airbrush cleaner and cotton bud, only leaving the inner part of the kidney grill blue. Hopefully this makes them look like the grills in the real car. Also shown are the finished headlamps which I totally forgot to take pics of. And then attached to the car. Next up I attached the door cards to the doors. The doors will probably be the last item I put on the car. Next up is the door mirrors. Normally the top half is black. I decided to add some carbon fibre decals. I then clear coated them. I thought they looked good, well that lasted for a whole 5 mins. I thought they were dry and pressed way too heavily on one and smudged it. Arghhh. I'll strip it back tomorrow and redo it. Then probably the smallest item I've carbon decalled, the roof antenna, and yep that's a cocktail stick, Don't look to closely, as you'll see the weave is the wrong way, doh. Aw well it makes it a bit different, as I ain't doing that again. That's it for this part, so again thanks for all your comments and thanks for looking 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flipper Posted February 17, 2017 Author Share Posted February 17, 2017 Next up was fitting the chassis. I was dreading this and was putting it off as I know Revell car chassis are a pig to fit. Well would you believe it, one click and it was in, no fuss, and just a small bit of CA glue at the front. Not the best of pics I just couldn't resist offering up the wheels, well the rear wheels. Almost just almost looks like a finished car. Only a handful of things to do so hopefully it will be finished soon. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shood23 Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 Looking great flipper I really like the attention to detail especially on the roof antenna (even if the weave isn't the same way as the roof ) also what have you done to the rear window as the shine on it is amazing? Shaun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazzio Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 Wow... that is amazing Flipper! Given me a few ideas for an RX-7/R-34 I have sitting on my shelf of doom. Looking forward to seeing the end result! I've seen a few of these around, one flew past me on the A13 doing at least 90mph. Shame he didn't spot the copper in front of me, I went past him again on the hard shoulder getting a ticket. I did chuckle a bit. Kind Regards, Dazz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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