cmatthewbacon Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 ...this was supposed to be a quicky! Very nice Hasegawa curbside kit of a car I nearly bought back when I was 25. The complete lack of service history, registration document and cracked windscreen put me off.... I don't know why ;-P. But I wish I had (it was only £2500 in 1990...) if it was throwaway money! Interior is simple, and easy... Primer, German Grey, then drybrushed with Citadel Shadow Gray and Necronomicon Grey. Neat dashboard with a bit of detail painting: Nice, a bit simplified, chassis goes together well with basic painting... now this to deal with: The clear coat has leached the red dye out of the plastic, through the primer and yellow base coat,. So I have to see whether isopropyl alcohol will fetch the clear-coat and base yellow coat off. I'm reliably assured that it will, so we'll see what happens next week while I soak the plastic in IPA for several days... Annoyingly, I think this would have been finished in a weekend if it hadn't been for the body screw-up! Anyway, good to have a "quicky" there or thereabouts... bestest, M. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul A H Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 The ultimate hot hatch Shame about the paintwork, it's really irritating when something like that happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shood23 Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 How the body has gone is quite funny it looks as though is all happened where the paint would be at its thickest, maybe the clear i when built up is a bit too hot which has led to it pulling the plastic colour through somehow Shaun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Noble Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 I don't know what causes that problem with the dye coming out of the plastic, I had the same issue with a Mitsubishi Lancer Evo which was red plastic and I sprayed white. Well you can imagine the whole thing turned pink..!! Nice work on the interior, it looks really good so far Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamden Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 Nice - shame about the paint! Roger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heloman1 Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 Shame about the red bleed through, one solution is to sprey with blue first. Maybe you could strip it and try again? Colin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmatthewbacon Posted January 27, 2015 Author Share Posted January 27, 2015 Ta, chaps! Paint? What paint...? ;-P Finishing touch for the cabin: seat belts. The belts themselves are etched brass, and nicely textured, though you can't see it. The idea is that they are "sprung" slightly outwards, and will slide up the inside B pillar and look as if they are attached as the body goes on over the chassis. That's the plan, anyway... ...and I think we can safely conclude that IPA does indeed strip Zero 2K clear and base coat! It's tenaciously hanging on in the seams where the coloured clearcoat gathered and is thicker, but I hope that if this is where we are after 24 hours, by Thursday evening when I'm back home it will have even stripped those last corners. It doesn't seem to be having any effect on the Tamiya Fine Surface Primer, mind, so my sealer may have to go on top of that! bestest, M. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmatthewbacon Posted January 27, 2015 Author Share Posted January 27, 2015 Well, that's the running gear all done. Not so many parts, but I think it does the job -- it certainly looks like the pictures of the "ordinary" Integrales I've found, if not the "550BHP Sprint car" which has been more than a bit "fettled..." I think this is about as far as this goes until the body is fully cooked, sealed, primed, base coated and clear coated... again ;-P bestest, M. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Noble Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 (edited) Yes, the alcohol is the best method for stripping the Zero bases and the 2k clear. Brake fluid is a poor substitute and leaves the plastic brittle. It also makes the dye bleed even worse. The alcohol won't strip the Tamiya primer, not properly anyway, which is actually a good thing. Just sand it back gently and apply your sealer straight over the top of it and it will be fine. Look forward to seeing the new paint work, hopefully without that nasty red bleed through. Why don't manufacturers simply mould all body parts in white..?? Would save a whole lot of problems with colour bleed Edited January 31, 2015 by Steve Noble Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shood23 Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 I may be wrong but in the pics of it stripping it doesnt look as though the red touched the primer Shaun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuck Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 Very neat and tidy work, I love the velour effect on the seats, ( I presume thats what its supposed to be ! ). has put me off painting anything yellow, hope you can put it right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmatthewbacon Posted February 11, 2015 Author Share Posted February 11, 2015 Thanks, all... This has taken a while, but now I'm back where I started! Stripped, sanded, coated with sealer (the greeny-yellow stuff), primed again in white, shut lines washed in black with Citadel wash, and finally repainted in the Zero yellow base coat. It is rougher than it would have been if I'd got it right first time, here and there, but it's a balancing act between getting it completely smooth and sanding away the surface detail you want in some places... ...and just in case anyone was wondering why I like the Zero 2K system, despite the fact that it's poisonous and a real faff to clean up after, this is it. I've done no polishing at all on the roof or bonnet here. Not even had to take out the odd dust mark... Bearing in mind that there's satin black trim to go all over the place, but especially around the windows, I'm pretty happy how this has turned out straight out of the spray booth. There's no red bleed anywhere, except for one small and inexplicable circular spot on the rear bumper... bestest, M. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmatthewbacon Posted February 14, 2015 Author Share Posted February 14, 2015 Slow but steady progress... A couple of hours masking, ten minutes spraying, and 30 minutes clean up! And what's this interloper on the bench? One I'm saving for later... bestest, M. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Noble Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 Nice work and a good save. I'm glad there was no bleed this time and all went well. I agree you about the 2K clear. It is amazing stuff. I just wish there were no health risks with it. Don't get me wrong, I take all the necessary precautions of gloves, goggles, mask and extraction booth, but I still sometimes wonder if it's enough..?? Apart from an air fed mask there's nothing more that can be done regards it's safe spraying. Bet you had fun painting that red inset on the grille..?? I gave up with mine and used the Studio 27 grille upgrade (sadly no longer available) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmatthewbacon Posted February 15, 2015 Author Share Posted February 15, 2015 So, that was one of the more nerve-wracking episodes of putting the body on the chassis. Talk about "tight fit"... Now all I have to do is figure out how to dislodge the small flakes of yellow paint that have pinged off the body or chassis and static-electricity-ed themselves to the windscreen and side windows. I need a feather! bestest, M 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamden Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 Every inch a Delta - Stunning finish Roger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heloman1 Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 Stunning, nice and a save with the paintwork. Congratulations. Colin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyG Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 Very nice. I built one of these many years ago, but in red. Doesn't look as good as this one though. Always liked the Deltas, used to have a HF Martini (far too) many years ago. Loved it, it's probably the only car I regretted swapping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmatthewbacon Posted February 16, 2015 Author Share Posted February 16, 2015 Thanks, chaps... I'm calling this done now. Better pictures to follow when I can break out the "studio" (and find a feather to clean the inside of the windscreen!) What a great little kit, even if I could have done without the red plastic bodyshell! bestest, M. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shood23 Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 Looking great and what a save with the paint work i think if that happened to me it would have gone back in the box or in the bin Shaun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rikdegraaff Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 What a nice car! Great paint job, it suits very well with the car. I would like to see more photo's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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