Nacho Z

Wow! What a great looking Mustang! She is a beauty, Phil!

Outstanding model, Ken! I absolutely love the “look” of this one. Although all of the pictures are well done, that very first one, the full side on shot, that is money! There is a front 3/4 shot that is great as well. I began following the WIP, but somehow haven’t kept up with it. I will definitely go back and read through it. Again, outstanding work!

Although I love these styles of cars, what I would call Endurance Racing style cars, I really don’t know much about them or their history. They are a relatively new subject to me. Maybe at some point I’ll learn more about them, but for now I love seeing posts about something I’ve never seen before. This is a perfect example! I know that I say it a lot, but thanks for sharing this and thanks for the cool little history lesson!

She is beautiful, Damien! You did a wonderful job on this! I built this car a few years ago and it is one of my favorite models that I have built. Thank you for sharing yours.

I typically manage 1 to 2 hours on the week nights and a little more on the weekends. I make it to the bench most nights. We are empty nesters, have a small house and yard, and I’m not much on watching TV.

Another beauty, Rich! Love the color!

Beautiful!!

Very nice, Robert! Such a clean build and great colors as well!

Awww, man, that sucks. ?

Wowzers!! That is drop dead gorgeous!

Fandamntastic!! Really a great build of a not so great kit. You should be proud of her!

She is looking good, Tom! Love the color!

Dang, Tom, this thing is sooooo cool! It just looks right!

Very nice, Stuart! She is one good looking Mustang!

What a gorgeous color!!! And the fact that you laid it down so smoothly sure doesn’t hurt!

Karbuildr beat me to the punch. I was thinking that there should have been some kind of warning that eye protection was required before viewing this thread! ?. Great piece of eye candy! Thanks for sharing.

Fandamntastic, Pierre!!!

She is very nice, Larry! Great color and the mods look great!

Pierre, I know that I am a little late to the party, but I just went through the entire 4 pages of this WIP and I have to tell you how much I enjoyed seeing this come together. It was kind of like binge watching your favorite TV show. Instead of watching one episode a week, I watched it all in one big bite! Fantastic work, Pierre, you should be proud!

It is Monday night and time for an update. This one will get me caught up to where the model sits currently. After the Zero Paints Pure Brilliant White cured, I went ahead a shot some Tamiya TS-13 Clear over it. I did this in preparation for the decals. Once the TS-13 cured, I masked and airbrushed the dash panel and hand painted the headlight buckets. And so it begins! Decaling is my favorite part of model building. I guess that is why I gravitate towards race cars. I enjoy it but that doesn't mean it is always easy or that I do a perfect job. Guys, that is one heckuva compound curve between the front fender arch and the cockpit bubble. To get that long striped decal to lay down was a chore. It came out very well but not perfect. It could have been sooooooo much worse. All of the bits and pieces have been painted and are ready for installation onto the body. Once the body is cleared, cured and polished, I will add the glass and decal it. Headlight covers, door glass and windshield all have decals that need to be applied to them. Thanks for checking in on the build. See you at the next update in a couple of weeks!

Great looking P-38, Keith!

As I had posted on FB, I think this was the first time I’ve ever had to strip a body. I’ve definitely had to sand and reshoot them before. The 91% IPA made quick work of both the LP and the TS paint. After all of these years in the hobby, I still make rookie mistakes every now and then. ?‍♂️ Regarding the decals, they are done, I just haven’t posted that work yet. I’ll probably do that tomorrow night.

Thanks for the heads-up, Rich! I don't know if I can accurately answer your question. I would probably give a tip of the hat to Tamiya TS-26. My FATurbo Express model was airbrushed in Zero Paints Pure Brilliant White as well as this current project. Maybe I will set them up side-by-side and see if I can see a difference.

Time for an update. I have mentioned that I had a small disaster with the paint. Let me explain. I know that the airbrushed white paint layers are very thin. I managed to get a few dust bunnies in my paint and I needed to get them out. I very, very carefully began to rub out the paint, but still burned through the paint to the primer. No problem, I went ahead and got the dust bunnies rubbed out. I thought I would just go ahead and rattle can some Tamiya White on top of the LP-2 White and then I would have a thicker coat of paint to work with. This actually worked, but I hit a snag. My can of Tamiya White was almost empty and it spit. It spit bad. I grabbed another can of Tamiya White and shot it a little heavy in hopes of absorbing the drops of spit. This also worked, but I put it on too thick and it started pulling from the panel lines and I also got a couple of sags in the paint. I decided to strip it. I used 91%IPA and it stripped both the rattle can Tamiya White and the airbrushed LP-2 White. It did not hurt the Gravity Colors Primer. This is the body after approx. 30 minutes. I did nothing more than swirl the container around. Once the body was stripped of the Tamiya paint, I washed it in warm Dawn dish soap water and scrubbed it with an old toothbrush. I then basically repeated the entire process of masking and shooting the interior flat black and masking and shooting the exterior. The difference is I airbrushed the exterior in Zero Paints Pure Brilliant White. Here it is in a fresh coat of Gravity Colors Light Gray Primer. And here she is in Zero Paints Pure Brilliant White. Although it was a lot of extra work, in the end, the finish was better than what I originally had. Silver lining and all of that. I had no dust bunnies in the paint this time around. I let it cure and cleared it with Tamiya TS-13 straight from the can. I did this so that I had a smooth finish fof the decals. Thanks for looking. Comments are always welcome.

Thank you, Rich! The clamp works very well. I also use an old #11 blade taped to a wooden stir stick and I stick it up into the gap at the end of the wing. What I would worry about with the clamp is paint build up on the edges, especially if using a spray can. No issues when airbrushing. I hope that made sense. I can take a picture of what I'm talking about if that would help to clarify.