paulyoung666 Posted May 17, 2021 Share Posted May 17, 2021 (edited) As soon as I saw this I knew I was walking out with it , only went in for a bottle of paint as well !!! Very crisply moulded and appears to be from 2017. I had seen this trick done before so I thought I would have a go , dipped a toothpick in a puddle of liquid superglue to recreate the dial lenses , seems to be effective !!! Primer time , used mr surfacer 1000 grey , wet sanded it and then used mr surfacer 1500 in black…. Edited May 20, 2021 by paulyoung666 Update 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulyoung666 Posted May 20, 2021 Author Share Posted May 20, 2021 Bit limited for colour unless I buy more paint but I quite like the look of this , mr aqueous 88 metallic blue , thinned 50/50 with mr levelling thinner , 5 light coats for now , sprayed in opposite directions for each coat….. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco F. Posted May 21, 2021 Share Posted May 21, 2021 Lovely colour 😍 Marco F 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulyoung666 Posted May 21, 2021 Author Share Posted May 21, 2021 (edited) Thanks , just put the wet coat on , looks amazing 🤩 Edited May 21, 2021 by paulyoung666 Photo edit 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiny Posted May 21, 2021 Share Posted May 21, 2021 Got to agree that's a good colour for this type of car. Looks as though you've made a good start. Shame you got attacked by the dust monster, but happily (and it must be said quite unusually) it seems to be in places which you ought to be able to polish out reasonably easily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulyoung666 Posted May 21, 2021 Author Share Posted May 21, 2021 (edited) 25 minutes ago, Spiny said: Got to agree that's a good colour for this type of car. Looks as though you've made a good start. Shame you got attacked by the dust monster, but happily (and it must be said quite unusually) it seems to be in places which you ought to be able to polish out reasonably easily. Thanks , yeah , I’ll leave it a few days and gently attack it with my weapon of choice , a piece of worn out 3000 sanding sponge 🤣 Edited May 21, 2021 by paulyoung666 Typo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulyoung666 Posted May 22, 2021 Author Share Posted May 22, 2021 Flatted and wet coat , again ….. No dust bunny’s this time 🤣 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiny Posted May 22, 2021 Share Posted May 22, 2021 That's tidied up really well - I'd say it ill look really striking (in a good way) when finished. The fates dealt their revenge on me today for mentioning the dust monster - mid spray today's item (an interior) had the CA bond to its BBQ skewer fail dumping it on the floor of the spray box. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulyoung666 Posted May 23, 2021 Author Share Posted May 23, 2021 11 hours ago, Spiny said: That's tidied up really well - I'd say it ill look really striking (in a good way) when finished. The fates dealt their revenge on me today for mentioning the dust monster - mid spray today's item (an interior) had the CA bond to its BBQ skewer fail dumping it on the floor of the spray box. Thanks , I’m a firm believer of crocodile clips on sticks wherever possible !!! , hope you got sorted ok 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiny Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 All sorted thanks, I had another look this morning and had really lucked out (and it was primer so not so bad) - it had landed on a bit which was easy to sand back and which won't really be visible so easily fixed. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulyoung666 Posted May 25, 2021 Author Share Posted May 25, 2021 All that masking for 2 window surrounds , and then I’ll have to redo it for the side windows 🤪 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulyoung666 Posted May 25, 2021 Author Share Posted May 25, 2021 And we have success !!! , just need to let that dry and then I can do the side windows 🤦♂️ 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toftdale Posted May 25, 2021 Share Posted May 25, 2021 Great result on the surrounds. Out of curiosity is that just wide masking tape you used, or something a bit more specialist? - Andy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulyoung666 Posted May 25, 2021 Author Share Posted May 25, 2021 1 hour ago, Toftdale said: Great result on the surrounds. Out of curiosity is that just wide masking tape you used, or something a bit more specialist? - Andy I masked with 2mm Tamiya yellow tape , the big stuff is Prodec advance precision edge , Amazon iirc but I’m confident that the likes of b&q etc stock it , I’ll definitely be getting another roll for around £5 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan R Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 17 hours ago, paulyoung666 said: Prodec advance precision edge Found it on the Toolstation website - 3 quid for 50m x 24mm Cheers, Alan. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulyoung666 Posted May 26, 2021 Author Share Posted May 26, 2021 Just do the usual putting it onto clean surface first trick to get rid of a bit of the sticky , although it’s not overly sticky anyway 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulyoung666 Posted May 26, 2021 Author Share Posted May 26, 2021 (edited) That’s all the black framing done to the windows , bit hard to pick out on the photo but I’m very happy indeed !! Edited May 26, 2021 by paulyoung666 Typo 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulyoung666 Posted May 30, 2021 Author Share Posted May 30, 2021 (edited) So, did a test fit of the body on the chassis and was distinctly unimpressed with the ride height, so what do you do, fire up the 3D resin printer and make some more suitable ones 🤣 Best modelling investment ever 👍 Edited May 30, 2021 by paulyoung666 Typo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted May 30, 2021 Share Posted May 30, 2021 This looks very nice and what a cracking colour. Great job on the paint. Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulyoung666 Posted May 30, 2021 Author Share Posted May 30, 2021 Thanks , I’ve got one side to decal , clear coat and put it together , hopefully be done Tuesday 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galaxyg Posted May 30, 2021 Share Posted May 30, 2021 Looks good so far, not a kit I've seen built before. Will be watching further. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulyoung666 Posted June 2, 2021 Author Share Posted June 2, 2021 And finished …. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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