Fnick Posted March 6, 2022 Author Share Posted March 6, 2022 Evening all Quick update. With the interior done the next step was to polish the body in preparation for all the BMF work required. I still find it really hard to have a setup that really shows the true colour with enough lighting. I'm tempted to get one of those hobby booths with integrated LEDs that you can get for about £30 but I'm not sure if they are good enough. Thanks for looking, Nick 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnlambert Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 That's going to look spectacular when the chrome goes on. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr22 Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 Lovely paintjob Nick! Keith 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fnick Posted March 7, 2022 Author Share Posted March 7, 2022 Thanks gents! I've couldn't help but grab a few minutes whilst the kids were watching TV yesterday and started putting the BMF on. Only did a small section but it certainly gives a good hint of what it will look like. Assuming it goes on ok (the top of the fins is looking quite tricky...) then I have to admit I'm quite looking forward to seeing in too! 😊 Cheers, Nick 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiny Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 Still looking good, good luck with the BMF. 23 hours ago, Fnick said: I still find it really hard to have a setup that really shows the true colour with enough lighting. If you're just after the true colour, you're better off playing around with the white balance on your camera (if that setting is available). If you have LED or fluorescent light sources, the lamp should say on it what the colour temperature is (expressed in K). Tungsten lamps would be 3000K, old-style light bulbs 2700K. Or, if your camera is like mine, it will give you some preset options, so inaddition to those two 'daylight fluorescent' would equal 6500K while 'fluorescent' is probably 3500-4000K. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fnick Posted March 7, 2022 Author Share Posted March 7, 2022 (edited) Thanks Spiny for the photo tips. I'm being a bit lazy with my photos and am using my phone camera which isn't actually that bad but colour reproduction for the model isnt the best. White balancing isn't available on it. I tend to use my DSLR only for RFI pics. I have just ordered a photo light box so that may help a little bit. Nick Edited March 8, 2022 by Fnick Tyop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fnick Posted March 10, 2022 Author Share Posted March 10, 2022 Evening all My photo booth arrived today and once the wife had stopped rolling her eyes around when I told her what I got and why I got it...😄 I tried it out. Here's the result with some chrome being applied. I hadn't realised BMF adhesive left so much gunk behind...☹️ Luckily I was able to get most of it off bu I think I'll need to repolish the rear wing. For the other side I'll protect the paint job with masking tape. Heres a few pics. First two are against a white background,then black then grey. Thanks for looking, Nick 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toftdale Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 Brilliant results, both foil and photos - Andy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr22 Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 Lovely! Keith 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengalensis Posted March 11, 2022 Share Posted March 11, 2022 Looking very nice indeed! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyCrank Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 Great result with your BMF Chrome 👏 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fnick Posted March 20, 2022 Author Share Posted March 20, 2022 Morning all The BMF work on the body is now complete. As I thought the rear fins were a bit of a female dog to do...😄 The fins are not curved like on the real car but have some sort of step. If you cut the foil on the inside it's just not enough so you need to cut right on the edge. Again a new blade was used. It's surprising how quickly blades dull when cutting BMF. Here's the status. As you can see I am still experimenting with the different backgrounds. I also redid in foil the front badges that I had painted before. Thanks for looking, Nick 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnlambert Posted March 20, 2022 Share Posted March 20, 2022 That's some impressive work with the BMF! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyCrank Posted March 20, 2022 Share Posted March 20, 2022 Stunning BMF Chrome job, have no better word ! Well done 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengalensis Posted March 20, 2022 Share Posted March 20, 2022 Lovely! A bit of sunlight shining at that... 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fnick Posted March 20, 2022 Author Share Posted March 20, 2022 Thank you all for your kind words. 😊 1 hour ago, Bengalensis said: Lovely! A bit of sunlight shining at that Well since you insist!🙂 Had to do that fairly quickly whilst trying to keep and eye out on the kids! As the next step is to insert the interior tub in the body Ill wait until I've done that before more outdoor shots. Thanks again Nick 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengalensis Posted March 20, 2022 Share Posted March 20, 2022 1 hour ago, Fnick said: Well since you insist!🙂 Glad I did, that's really looking great! 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiny Posted March 20, 2022 Share Posted March 20, 2022 There's some very nice work going on with the BMF here, I can't say I envy you with all of that to get done and doesn't look the easiest shape to deal with either. I'd imagine it's a bit of a wallet-breaker too with all that chrome! 11 hours ago, Fnick said: Again a new blade was used. It's surprising how quickly blades dull when cutting BMF If you're getting through a lot of blades, consider a whetstone for the blades. I got a cheap 3000/8000 stone off Amazon and am still on the first blade for BMFing. That said, if I get the angle wrong when I 'sharpen' it as I have a couple of times you can really blunt the blade! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lvp Posted March 20, 2022 Share Posted March 20, 2022 5 minutes ago, Spiny said: There's some very nice work going on with the BMF here, I can't say I envy you with all of that to get done and doesn't look the easiest shape to deal with either. I'd imagine it's a bit of a wallet-breaker too with all that chrome! If you're getting through a lot of blades, consider a whetstone for the blades. I got a cheap 3000/8000 stone off Amazon and am still on the first blade for BMFing. That said, if I get the angle wrong when I 'sharpen' it as I have a couple of times you can really blunt the blade! Nice work on your foiling! I use a stone as well. Still getting a feel for keeping the angle. It does extend the useful life of the blade, but when I really need a sharp tip I end up reaching for a new blade. Currently building the Heller 1958 Biarritz and trying to decide between the BMF or spraying Green Stuff chrome or using Mr.Hobby super silver chrome. The 1:1 cars had stainless and chrome on different parts 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fnick Posted March 20, 2022 Author Share Posted March 20, 2022 (edited) 50 minutes ago, Spiny said: I'd imagine it's a bit of a wallet-breaker too with all that chrome! Well here's how much I have used of the sheet. I had multiple attempts for some bits especially for the doors as they were quite fiddly but I also tried to minimise usage on the body by using templates. So I reckon I used probably a bit more than half the sheet. Nick Edited March 20, 2022 by Fnick 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiny Posted March 21, 2022 Share Posted March 21, 2022 Ouch, that looks like a lot of chrome been used (not surprising given the car!). Incidentally, it looks from the right hand side of the sheet in particular that you may be pressing harder than you need to to cut the foil when it's on the backing paper - you can press verylightly so it's just barely leaving a mark on the paper and it will still cut the foil fine (while hopefully also making the blade-blunting process a bit slower). 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fnick Posted March 22, 2022 Author Share Posted March 22, 2022 Hi Spiny you're right. I realised quite quickly how that you really don't need to press hard to cut through the BMF. In my defence 🙂 I was using another blade to cut through the backing sheet but yes that was totally unnecessary to do it that way! 😊🙄 Nick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toftdale Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 Hi Nick, top work on the foil, I particularly like how you have managed to colour in the shut lines through the foil on the doors and rear spats. - Andy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fnick Posted March 22, 2022 Author Share Posted March 22, 2022 Thanks Andy! That's just tamiya accent panel line wash in there. No special tricks for that one! 🙂 Nick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fnick Posted March 25, 2022 Author Share Posted March 25, 2022 Morning all Quick update. The interior tub is now in the body! Starting to look like an Eldorado now. 🙂 That's the good news... The other news is that I then tried to mate the chassis to the above and it didn't go too well... The engine is an absolute pig to get in and in fact it got disconnected from the drive shaft in the process... I also realised that the underneath of the interior tub would show and I didn't fancy pink as a colour you could see! So I applied a quick coat of black this morning to remedy that. A couple of other bits fell off the engine in the process but nothing major. All fixable but mating the chassis to the body is going to be not easy! Nick 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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