riggy Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 Started work on this kit trying to take the advice given in my last build to improve. Engine and chassis in place. Quick search on the internet showed a car with gold coloured paint on the underneath so addded that also then decided to add a few bits of gold paint to the engine block. Thanks for looking comments and advice always welcome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riggy Posted April 18, 2017 Author Share Posted April 18, 2017 Underneath of chassis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morty_3333 Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 (edited) Hi Riggy! Great start on the Merc, You're going about it the right way,paint as much as You can before glueing the parts together,You may have to scrape the paint away where the joints are with the edge of a knife blade. I work this way all the time now for two reasons:- 1 - You get better access in tight spots 2 - You get a sharper,cleaner definition between different areas. I spray everthing with an airbrush,but the same procedure is used when brushing,just mount the cleaned-up parts on 'handles',made from cocktail sticks,thesee can be shoved in holes moulded into the parts or put a small ball of Blu Tac on the underside of the part and push the point of the cocktail stick into it. The sticks can then be pushed into Oasis type foam block while the parts dry. Another way is to make a loop of masking tape (sticky side out) and flatten this onto a piece of scrap timber (coffee stirrers are good for this and cheap!) When brush painting raised detail on parts,thin Your paint down a little,and put more coats on,if you are putting a lighter colour on a darker one,You can always give the area an 'undercoat' of light grey or white to help with coverage. Best of luck with the project,and if You need any advice just shout,We're all all here and happy to help! Keep Sticking! Cheers, Pete, Buton on Trent Edited April 18, 2017 by morty_3333 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riggy Posted April 18, 2017 Author Share Posted April 18, 2017 @morty_3333 thanks for the advice and comments Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riggy Posted April 19, 2017 Author Share Posted April 19, 2017 Bit more progress made. I have added some gold and silver paint to try and add interest Will had some extra coats of gold when dry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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riggy Posted April 19, 2017 Author Share Posted April 19, 2017 (edited) Edited April 19, 2017 by riggy Duplicate post sorry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheepie Posted April 19, 2017 Share Posted April 19, 2017 Been building this kit myself, really really enjoying how well it goes together! I used Tamiya TS-85 from a can for the body and it's definitely worth it over just hand painting 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riggy Posted April 20, 2017 Author Share Posted April 20, 2017 (edited) @Sheepie I will be airbrushing the body. Last night I actually started doing smaller parts with the airbrush and I am a lot happier with the results Nice build btw Edited April 20, 2017 by riggy Additional txt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riggy Posted April 21, 2017 Author Share Posted April 21, 2017 Chassis and engine all completed and wheels in place . Starting on the interior and body over the weekend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan R Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 Looking good! Cheers, Alan. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riggy Posted April 23, 2017 Author Share Posted April 23, 2017 (edited) Had a weekend of spraying the body firstly sanded down misty spray and first wet coats on Saturday Left till Sunday night wet sanded with 2000 grit and further wet coats added Should I wet sand again after leaving the car to dry around 24 hours, this time with 2500 grit or leave it alone ? Edited April 24, 2017 by riggy Question added 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeastieBoy73 Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 Enjoying this build, it's coming along great. One tip I'd like to share is that I like to paint the car bodies while they're 'in the air'. I've been using a Nescafé Azera tin with cocktail sticks pushed in to the rubber lid. The sticks can be adjusted easily and they stay put with the body resting on top. You can also pick the tin up with the body on to ensure you've applied paint to the underside of the sills and bumpers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riggy Posted April 25, 2017 Author Share Posted April 25, 2017 Cheers @BeastieBoy73 Body painting completed moving onto the interior next 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riggy Posted May 2, 2017 Author Share Posted May 2, 2017 Getting close to completing this one. Pics below show the body on the chassis but this was just to test the fit 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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