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  1. Hi all Thank you very much. Yes, alpha model kits seem to improve from kit to kit and with this being one of the newer ones it's really pure fun painting and assembling it. The only thing I'm disappointed are the carbon fiber decals provided in the kit. I love the HobbyDesign carbon fibre decal sheets, but these carbon decals reminded me more to the Studio27 decals which I absolutely don't like. Thank you very much Let's move on to this week's progress now: The interior has been mostly completed. Now I'll only have to install the seatbelts, the seats and the middle console / dashboard. The dashboard / middle console part has been completed And on the diffusor the exhaust pipes and the meshes around them have been installed. The only parts missing now on the diffusor are two small red clear parts. But as I dropped every single piece at least 23 times yesterday before I was able to attach it to its position, I gave up and will attach them later... And finally the body was clear coated and left to dry and harden for a few days. Now I'll soon start sanding / polishing it and once this is done, it will soon be time for final assembly That's it for this week's update Urs
  2. Hi all Thank you for your kind comments On the doors it was quite easy to mask as only the part above the armrest and below the grey part had to be masked off exactly as a big part of the paint separation can be done by the separate part that looks more or less like an axe. On the dashboard it was a little more complex, but not that hard neither. The biggest problem there was the liquid mask I had used in some spots where it was difficult to mask it off with tape. In most spots it came off without any issues, but in some spots I didn't apply enough masking, so I couldn't peel it off that easily. In two or three spots I wasn't able to remove it at all and had to paint over it to hide it... Unfortunately I didn't have that much time to continue this build during the last two weeks, but nevertheless I reached a point where I can't continue without clear coating the body. I hope I'll be able to do so upcoming friday, if not then surley / hopefully / maybe one week later First of all the floor mats have been painted. For the "Roma" lettering there are two decals provided in the kit, but only in red, which I thought wouldn't really match with the rest of my interior. So I decided to use some Tamiya Panel Line Accent Color Brown instead, let that flow in the lettering's recesses and wipe it off the surrounding faces with a moist q-tip. I only saw on this macro that I didn't manage to wipe it off completely in some spots. Also the black parts look much worse in this pic than in reality, as it is the case so often... After that the steering wheel was completed, with a total of 5 decals, measuring only 1 x 1.5 mm partially. Usually I tend to do without such small decals as they almost aren't visible in the end and because they usually stick everywhere but in the spot where they should when I try to apply them. But somehow I must have had the luck of a good moon-/star-constellation as this time most of them went on without any bigger issue The dashboard was completed too. Unfortunately I didn't notice that the large instrument-cluster-decal went on quite lopsided until it was too late. But as hardly anybody will be able to see it in the final model, I can live with that, even though it annoys me... And finally the headlights have been completed and are now ready to be inserted in the clear coated and polished body, once I had the time to do so That's all for now. Maybe there will be a larger gap until my next update because it's now depending on when I'll have time to clear coat the body. Urs
  3. Hi all Unfortunately I had to postpone clear coating as my son caught a flu just before his school holidays, so he was at home on my intended clear coating day. And as this 2K stuff is quite aggressive, I only use it when he's at school to be able to give the whole apartment a thorough vent before he comes home. Now I think I'll have to wait until mid march for my next attempt at clear coating. But first of all nobody is pushing me and second there is enough other work to do on the Roma (and the McLaren Senna and a figure I started some time ago and an additional build which runs alongside and... I think I just have too many concurrent projects going on at the moment...). First of all the painting of the rear seat has been corrected. After that the buckles for the rear seats and the first few PE parts have been installed. Additionaly the grommet (I hope it's called like that ) had to be removed because I noticed that i misinterpreted the instructions and these parts should have been attached to the inside of the body. The spot where I had installed it first won't even be visible once everything is put together... After this work on the dashboard continued And finally the door panels could be completed. Each panel consists of a total of 6 individual parts which makes painting much easier That's it for this week's update Urs
  4. Hi all Unfortunately I didn't find that much time to continue this build this week as I would have liked, but there is some small progress I'd like to show you Let's start with the pic where I had a minor shock moment when editing the photographs for this W.I.P. As you can see, the brown areas are of different size... 🤔 Luckily the reference pictures show that the driver's side is correct, so I'll only have to cover some brown with grey. The other way round would have been a little more laborious. Then the Ferrari badges have been applied to the body. Therefore the body is now ready to be clear coated. With a little luck I will be able to do so upcoming friday And finally the seats have been completed. As mentioned in my last update, the badges for the headrest are slightly too large, but in my opinion they're ok the way they are. And I think nobody will really notice it, unless he/she is a Ferrari Roma expert That's it for today's update. I hope I'll be able to show more next time Urs
  5. Hi all Thank you The last few days I applied the few carbon decals on the body. Also the PE parts for the Ferrari logos have been attached. Just in case the carbon is not that obvious in this picture: It's the splitter and the side skirt After that, the diffusor received its last pieces of carbon and the first few PE parts. There would have been a decal for the unpainted spot, but somehow I didn't find out how to apply it correctly. In the only way it made sense to me, the pattern didn't match at all with the surrounding decals. So I decided to do without it and paint this area in black one the clear coat has been applied. The rims have been painted with Alclad Magnesium first (rim at the left in the picture underneath), as I thought, Gunmetal would be too dark. But then I had the idea to apply some Hasegawa Mirror foil to the spokes, paint over it and remove the paint on the foil afterwards. But as you can see on the rim in the middle, there was almost no difference between the Magnesium and the mirror foil, so I decided to paint it in Alclad Gunmetal anyway. The (almost) final result can be seen on the right rim in the pic. It's only almost the final result because I had the idea to apply some nuts from a 1/12 MotoGP detail set. So far I didn't take a picture of the really final result 🙂 Finally the seat has been completed. Whereat... it's only nearly completed too 😉 Just when I thought, I had it done, I saw that there is a Cavallino Rampante on the headrest. alpha model provides you with a red decal for that. But by looking at pictures of the 1:1 seat, the horse seems to be embroidered and therefore has a certain thickness. So I looked at my leftovers from previous builds and found two PE parts, which are a little too large, but still acceptable. As the embroidery on the original seat is a little darker than the rest of the seat, I'll use black primer before applying the same brown (Ferrari Cuoio) I used on the seat. That's it for today's update. With a little luck I'll be able to finish body work prior to the start of my son's school holidays, so I could clear coat it before Urs
  6. Hi all Repair? Why are you talking about repair?? 😁 Thank you very much for your kind comment Thank you too Yes, every unboxing video I saw on youtube had this piece broken. I think the packing for the parts isn't that bad, as everything is wrapped in bubble wraps, but what is missing is some kind of a protecting frame as Tamiya and other manufacturers do on their sprues. As mentioned in my previous post, the body had some spots where I had to sand it to get rid of dust, so I repainted these spots afterwards and after that was done, the whole body got two more layers of paint. Soon I'll apply the few carbon decals and the Ferrari badges As the primer's grey was much darker than I had it in mind, I first sprayed the interior white, before applying Ferrari's Cuoio paint. I was so pleased by the color that I changed the color scheme of the interior to have more Cuoio and less black surfaces. One of the seats has alreday been masked and painted on the backside. Now I'll only have to paint a small area around the headrest in semi gloss black and add the additional parts, then this one will be finished and ready for final installation That's it for today's update. I think I should be able to show more of the interior next week and maybe also a body that is ready for clear coating, with all the decals on Urs
  7. Hi all A few days ago I took my finished Lamborghini Aventador Roadster with me, when I went to the studio with my son, so he could take some pics of his treasures I know, the paint on the doors is not perfect and the break caliper on the left front wheel must be out of order somehow, but I'll leave it as it is as in the end I was only happy to have it finished. I don't know if it was the kit or me, but somehow it was a struggle from step 1...
  8. Hi all After having finished the Lamborghini Aventador Roadster it's time for another italian sports car, but this time it will be a prancing horse from Maranello. I had three different models to choose from: the Ferrari SF90 Stradale, Ferrari Roma and the Ferrari Monza SP2. I would have loved to start all of them, but had to decide for one of them. For the Roma I already had a color scheme on my mind and had the paint needed at home (both points would have been true for the other two builds as well). But the decisive factor was that the paint had already been opened for another build I finished some time ago and I had the impression that I had to use this paint quite soon. So of course I picked the SF90 Roma from the shelf... 😁 Up to know not much happened. All the resin parts have been cleaned (although I have to admit that there was very little cleaning needed) and the one piece that arrived already damaged has been fixed. After that all the parts have been primered so that I'll be able to handle them without the need of wearing gloves The damaged part as it was inside the box and after fixing and putting on some primer. I think the repair turned out quite ok Finally I also put some coats of primer, followed by some thin layers of paint on the body. On the front hood I had to sand some dust, so I'll go over these spots again with paint and maybe I'll give the whole body some more layers before adding the decals and clear coat. This time the carbon work will be on an absolute minimum, so that motivation should stay on a high level, not like on my McLaren Senna (yes, it does still exist) 😉 Wednesday I should receive the interior paint ordered, so I should be able to start with the interior next weekend Urs
  9. I have the impression that it shows up more in real life than on the pictures. But meanwhile I seem to have get used to it, I'm already taking this model into consideration to take it with me for the next exhibition taking place in october... On facebook, one answered that it could have to do with the direction in which the parts have been painted AND stored to let them dry. According to him this could have happened if I let the body dry the way it is supposed to (the side panels in a vertical position) and the doos lying on something so that the surface would be horizontal. The doors haven't been held horizontally to let them dry, but they were held upwards, in an 90 degrees angle from their usual position. I don't know if this could have caused this issue as well, but I think it's something to keep in mind for the future builds
  10. Hi all Yes, that's one advantage of the bonnet being in the back of the car But if I wanted to take it to an exhibition, the car could be looked at from top, so it would be as visible as if it was in front 😉 "Fortunately" there was also another mishap with the paint, so I don't think I'll ever take it to an exhibition... Thank you 🙂 It's on the right side, down from the lower black tip, a very fine vertical, whitish line. During the holidays I took some time to wet sand the body. First I started with 2000 grit to get an even surface. After 3.5 hours of sanding the body looked nice and even After that I continued wet sanding with 3000 / 4000 / 6000 / 8000 und 10000 grit to bring back the shine (best visible in the large horizontal area in the front of the car) Once that was done, I polished it with Zero Paints' polish compounds and finished it all with applying Tamiya Model Wax all over it. Then I only had to bring together the prebuilt subassemblies. So it was time today for the marriage And right after the wedding ceremony it was time for some pictures in the fotobox. Here you can see that I struggled applying the green paint. Even if the body and the doors had been painted at the same time with the same amount of layers, the green on the doors has another, yellowish tint... 😞 That's it from this build. I thank you all for your kind comments during the build and would be happy if you joined my next build as well Urs
  11. Thank you very much for your kind comment on my build
  12. Hi all Thank you very much again for all your kind comments Not much really visible done this week, as it was more or less only sanding / polishing the clear I applied a few weeks ago and apply clear to parts I always forgot to clear coat in the first two occasions... 🙄 First of all the wheels could be completed. I had to wait, because the calipers were amongst the parts I always forgot to clear coat. I think It would have been better I had done something different than modelling yesterday, as it just wasn't my day.... So I was not too surprised when I looked at the picture today and saw that the front calipers are installed quite skew... The part covering the engine bay has been clear coated matte. Now I only have to paint some gloss black (and maybe some metallic) accents to finish this one. And finally I sanded, polished and assembled the engine hood. While sanding with 6000 grit I suddenly noticed some kind of bulge (you can see it in the lower right part in the picture). As I usually see the paint getting thinner and disappear eventually when sanding, I was kind of puzzled, what this was and sanded very careful over this spot with the finer grades. While polishing, the part suddenly started to feel soggy. That's when I realized that it wasn't only the paint, but the whole part had broken... Somehow this particular part made problems from start to end. Fortunately I could stabilize it by attaching it to the lower (black) part. This also made it less obvious, so I'll leave it that way. If it will disturb me too much once finished, I'll think of something I could lay over it (like for example a baseball cap somebody put there). That's it for this week. I hope that I'll find some time over Christmas to sand and polish the body (and hopefully without breaking anything...). As soon as the sanding and polishing will be finished, there is more or less only assembly work to do, as all the subassemblies are finished or almost finished. Urs
  13. Hi all Thank you very much for your kind comments, I really appreciate it, especially as I am getting impatient to have this build off the bench. Although I have the impression that not much happened on this build, there is some progress anyway to show you. First of all the diffusor was carbonized Then I tried something new. Instead of making myriad of templates and decals I tried to cover a whole piece with one single carbon decal. In some spots the decal tore apart, but nothing that couldn't be fixed with small patches. I just noticed on the picture, that I still missed two spots which need some fixing. On the front part (upper part in the picture) I had some wrinkling I didn't get rid of, but as this part won't be seen that well in the final build, I can live with that. This part sits right underneath the bonnet and as the bonnets remain closed on my models anyway, I don't care that much about the imperfections. If it would be more visible, I would have some spots more to repair. The parts without carbon decals will be brush painted black after the clear went on. In order to have something that can be hidden underneath the part mentioned above, I also finished the engine compartment. After that the dashboard was painted and the parts from the PE set have been attached. And finally I wet sanded and polished the doors in between the other work, so they are now finished and waiting for final assembly. That's it for this update. At the end of the week should be another clear coat day and after that I'll only have to finish sanding and polishing of the remaining body parts before I can start final assembly of this build Urs
  14. Hi all Thank you very much Are there any pictures of your Aventador? After almost two months there is a little progress on this build. Last thursday was clear coat day. Unfortunately this time I got some really nasty blobs of clear spit on the body. Meanwhile I've found three possible reasons: some contaminants within the clear blobs of clear on the tip of the nozzle which flew off simply an error in handling the airbrush "Unfortunately" I became a little overcautios after the first few spits and 1. did filter the clear when pouring it into the airbrush, 2. wiped off the nozzle from time to time with a brush soaked in cleaner and 3. took more care about the operation of the trigger to not cut off air supply too early. Anyhow I could continue without any more spitting. As I already applied three coats of clear about three weeks ago, I have now six to seven layers of clear on the body, so I can start to wet sand and polish quite relaxed But now, on to the pictures And as the rims got their clear coat as well, I could finally finish the wheels That's it for today. From now on the updates should be on a more regular basis again Urs
  15. Hi all I think, I just managed to update sooner than last time 😁 But as I am quite busy in my new job and was knocked out by a flu last week there's not too much I could show you, but some small progress can be presented anyway In one of my first posts in this topic I showed how I folded these fiddly little thingies for the brake discs and promised to show pics of the final product. I didn't finish with all four brake discs yet, but at least one can be shown, so here's how it looks like [ Additionally work on the carbon decals continued (at least on the outside). But if I look at my progress so far and how many decals are still left on the decal sheet, I think they'll keep me busy for the next few months (or even years??). Not to mention all the carbon decals needed for the interior... 🙄 That's it already for today's update. Urs
  16. Hi all Thank you very much for all your kind comments According to the box art it seems to be the 2015 Macau FIA GT race. This model took me about 85 hours, spread over a 3 months time.
  17. Hi all When I went to the studio about one month ago I also had the Audi with me to take some gallery pics. For those interested in the WIP-thread, it can be found here: But now let's move on to the pics Urs
  18. Thank you all for your kind comments. The way I painted the wooden parts is described in my WIP on the Mercedes-Benz 170 Va Lieferwagen. The main difference here is that for the Benz Motorwagen I didn't use any pigments and I didn't made scratches with a panel liner (means I made no scratches at all ) Thank you too for your kind comment Thank you Thank you. I hope we will see a wip or at least "Under Glass" pictures afterwards If you're interested in my wip, it can be found over at modelcarsmag, as I was only a reading memeber on here the time I assembled the Motorwagen. Also a big thank you to you
  19. Hi all When I took some of my built kits to the studio the last time, I also had the Ninja with me to take some decent gallery pics. The Work in Progress thread can be found here: I hope you like the pics as much as I do Urs [
  20. Hi all Some time ago I built ICM's lovely Benz Patent Motorwagen 1886 kit, which was just pure fun from start to end. Finally I took the time to take some decent gallery pics I can show you now. I hope you like them, even though they might be a little too modern for a vehicle of this period.
  21. Thank you for your kind comments I know, I'm following yours with interest to see where it could become tricky The rims have already been painted in Alclad Gunmetal, I only forgot to take some pictures of them so far.
  22. Hi all Yesterday I took a few of my built models to the studio to take some decent gallery pics. One of the models was alpha model's McLaren P1. The WIP-Thread can be found here: I hope you like the pics Urs
  23. Hi all After having finished the Kawasaki Ninja I'll start with a new build. As already mentioned in the title of this tread, I'll build Aoshima's Lamborghini Aventador Roadster in 1/24 with the addition of the HobbyDesign Detail set. The building instructions start with building the brakediscs and wheels, so I assembled the break disks from the detail set. I just saw on the picture that they will still need some clean-up... Then the engine was assembled and painted. As there won't be seen much more of it, as it is common in temporary sports cars, I'll leave it as it is and insert it in the engine bay as soon as this is painted. The interior tub was painted in Zero Paints' Dark Interior Gray and flocked with scaleproduction's anthracite flocking powder. And finally work on the body started. I primed it with AK Interactive's grey primer and added three coats of green over it. When looking at the color I thought that it might have benn a fault to start with grey as the green turned out quite dull. So I added three coats of a very well covering yellow (Triple Yellow by Zero Paints) and covered that up with another five coats of Lamborghini Verde Mantis to get the bright green I have now 🙂 That's it for the start. I hope to have piqued your interest and am looking forward to your comments, critics and plaudits 😉 Urs
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