keefr22 Posted March 20, 2022 Share Posted March 20, 2022 More superb detailing Jorgen, they are excellent! On the subject of glossiness, I've never been able to use 2K as I spray in the house - so I always use 'model' paint, my favourite now being Mr Color laquer. I know it's all very subjective, but to me it gives a better 'scale' gloss when cut back and polished. Keith 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted March 20, 2022 Share Posted March 20, 2022 Some lovely internal details, the fire extinguisher and dragon lamps look great as does the rest along with your seatbelts too. Fantastic work. The paint looks great too, well done for taking the risk and winning. Great job . Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klubman01 Posted March 21, 2022 Share Posted March 21, 2022 More brilliant details. On the subject of "glossiness", I agree with the previous comments. Back in the day, cellulose paint would have been the norm. Good finish, but not ridiculously shiny. Anyway, keep up the good work. Trevor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesa Jussila Posted March 21, 2022 Share Posted March 21, 2022 This white paint problem is interesting. This is often in race cars and those are too much toy like then. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_W Posted March 21, 2022 Share Posted March 21, 2022 Amazing work. Will you be doing the empty coffee cup and scrunched up sandwich wrapper in the door pocket? 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengalensis Posted March 21, 2022 Author Share Posted March 21, 2022 @silver911 @keefr22 @bigbadbadge @klubman01 @Vesa Jussila @John_W Thanks a lot for your kind words gentlemen. Also it is nice to see that many of us are considering the problem with gloss, and sometimes too much gloss. Actually, if this had been a single solid coloured 1970 911 build, I wouldn't have used a clear coat at all, I would just have sprayed with automotive acrylic lacquer and given that a light polish. But with masking for two colours and then decals with carrier film onto black surfaces, a clear coat seemed more or less unavoidable. I did think of using my digital cutter to cut paint masks, but I feared when the white signs would cover the black I would still have too much of paint edges. But then it's all trials in preparation for the next project... 😎 5 hours ago, John_W said: Amazing work. Will you be doing the empty coffee cup and scrunched up sandwich wrapper in the door pocket? Ah, I forgot about that 👍, and the wraps from the hot dogs... 😎 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengalensis Posted March 21, 2022 Author Share Posted March 21, 2022 During the day I have finished the interior up to the point of fitting the seats. I had completely forgotten there should be frame/box keeping the suitcase of track marking equipment in place, so I had to make that in hurry. The seats will be next to go in. Sadly, the whole lot would always be covered under a blanket, folding down from the rear shelf, something like this... But no, I will not do that... I will experiment with something hinting of the cover folded back. 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver911 Posted March 21, 2022 Share Posted March 21, 2022 There is no way you can contemplate covering up all that effort to achieve such superior detailing 😱 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeroenS Posted March 21, 2022 Share Posted March 21, 2022 19 minutes ago, silver911 said: There is no way you can contemplate covering up all that effort to achieve such superior detailing 😱 I'll have to agree with that sentiment! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr22 Posted March 21, 2022 Share Posted March 21, 2022 And I have to agree with the learned gentlemen...!! Keith 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toftdale Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 I have got to agree with everyone else, that detail in the equipment in the rear of the car is far to good to cover up. If I'd managed to make what you have, I would be turning the Porsche into a speedster just to show it off😅🤣 - Andy. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengalensis Posted March 25, 2022 Author Share Posted March 25, 2022 Seats and dashboard have been glued in place. The steering wheel is only dry fitted for now; I'll have to remember that... I'm also experimenting with painting thin kitchen foil to make the rolled back cover blanket. 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr22 Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 That all looks tremendous! Our AFV modelling friends use tissue paper soaked in PVA to make blankets, just in case your foil experiments don't work.... 3 hours ago, Bengalensis said: The steering wheel is only dry fitted for now; I'll have to remember that... Indeed, Officer Stig won't be too pleased if it comes off in his hands! 🤣 Keith 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengalensis Posted March 25, 2022 Author Share Posted March 25, 2022 While paint was drying on the blanket cover piece I started work with Bare Metal foil on the bodyshell, using Chrome, Aluminium and Black. After the foiling was finished some of the detail painting was done. It's quite slow progress... 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klubman01 Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 Nice work with the BMF. Looks like it's all coming together very well. Trevor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengalensis Posted March 26, 2022 Author Share Posted March 26, 2022 23 hours ago, klubman01 said: Nice work with the BMF. Looks like it's all coming together very well. Trevor Thank you very much Trevor. It's slowly getting closer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengalensis Posted March 26, 2022 Author Share Posted March 26, 2022 I rarely paint anything advanced inside of a closed 1/24 bodyshell like this. Just brushing the basic colours, adding some touch ups later as exterior parts like the headlights are added. I have also finished the exterior detail painting, I think, including the black of the front and rear window rubbers. The rear cover blanket next. The kitchen foil; sanded 1200 grit on both sides and sprayed grey on one (top) side and a lighter grey on the other (under) side was carefully glued along the edge of the rear shelf. I decided to try to fold it back and forth two times, following impressions I got from reference photos, gluing down the folds. To avoid sharp folds of the very thin foil I used some round bars to fold around. After a little bit of fiddling around I had this result. The rearmost corners are pressed in a little to fit against the inside of the body that narrows towards the rear screen, and those corners therefore bulge up a little, not too far from what I can see in photos. I think I'll get away with that, actually I quite like it. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr22 Posted March 26, 2022 Share Posted March 26, 2022 3 hours ago, Bengalensis said: actually I quite like it. Me too! It all looks superb, really excellent modelling! Keith 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeroenS Posted March 27, 2022 Share Posted March 27, 2022 That's a great result! Btw when you say "kitchen foil", do you mean the alu foil or something else? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengalensis Posted March 27, 2022 Author Share Posted March 27, 2022 9 hours ago, keefr22 said: Me too! It all looks superb, really excellent modelling! Thanks Keith! 2 hours ago, JeroenS said: That's a great result! Btw when you say "kitchen foil", do you mean the alu foil or something else? Thanks Jeroen. Yes indeed the thin aluminium foil. There are some different versions with varying properties out there, so some trials might be needed. I was lucky with the one we had in stock. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengalensis Posted March 27, 2022 Author Share Posted March 27, 2022 Some exterior parts have been fitted. I should have scratched my own grilles over the signal horns as Fujimi missed the number of slots. Oh well. Windows are coming next. 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klubman01 Posted March 27, 2022 Share Posted March 27, 2022 Looking better at every stage. Trevor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengalensis Posted March 27, 2022 Author Share Posted March 27, 2022 39 minutes ago, klubman01 said: Looking better at every stage. Trevor Thanks a lot Trevor, you're most kind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengalensis Posted March 27, 2022 Author Share Posted March 27, 2022 The windows are in. All side windows in the kit are quite thick and a bit crude, I also wanted the driver's door window lowered a bit, so I cut them all from clear sheet plastic. The last interior details were fitted to the inside of the roof. Then the wipers were fitted. I think it's time to mate the two main sections now. After glueing that steering wheel... 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeroenS Posted March 27, 2022 Share Posted March 27, 2022 Niiice, this will make yet another great addition to the cabinet. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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