Funkychiken

I was on a roll a few weeks ago I clear coated my Mustang with Zero 2K, it came out fairly good. With that one I used 50% Mr Levelling thinner for the thinner part. For this one, I thought I'd try and use 100% thinner for the thinner part of the mix. It turned out great. the smoothest finish I've had so far. Biggest problem was dust - and this may have something to do with the retarder in the thinner. It's going to take a lot to sand out the bits of dust, so I'm going to focus next on the chassis and engine.

That's a stunner!

The carbon decals are looking great! Bad luck with the pair coming away with the templates... Still coming along nicely!

The coach had a split in the rear left hand corner, so I glued in the interior door card to hold it together, and then went through a few rounds of filler and sanding. then the body parts were primered in Zero grey & base-coated with Zero interior cream. I'm not looking for authenticity, it's just a paint I had lying around, and it looks good!

I used the body again as a jig to pre-assemble the 2 bits for each of the Left & Right sides of the engine cover. I had wanted to put a piano hinge on it, but that would have been too much hassle and beyond my skill set, so thats why I added the magnets. the fitmets points are not great, without doing this, it would be wonky

Wheels were stripped of chrome, I used Zero 1k clear over Zero black & the silver trim is actually Alclad II chome - just too many layers of it. I wanted a more silvery look as there is so much chome on the car it would all look the same...

Chassis was assembled using the body as a jig, its not got great attachment points for the cross members, so I did this pre-painting to ensure I stood half a chance of a strait and square chassis

I've stipped all the chrome from the kit, and there was a lot of it! lots of awkward sink marks like these to deal with

Great tip with the cables, and love the frankenstein type build... how many ferrari does it take to make a ferrari?!

Lol!

I've also added magnets to the engine cover, i've had too many hoods/bonnets fall off cracking the paint to not do it...

Its a big kit for 1:24, but probably about right considering how big the original is, here is the body shell pitched against a chassis for a 1:25 Ferrari 250 GTO

I bagged this off eBay a while ago, and whilst its a detailed kit, it has its flaws - especially with the sink marks & injector pin marks. I'm pretty sure I've seen this very car - if not one very similar in Henry Ford's Museum in Michigan. I remeber it being a beast. so its a nother build to hone the skills, looking forward to getting a good shine in 2K clear - even if that's either considered out of scale, or not appropriate for this age of car.

It's a great mash up, ford should have done this in real life...

That's a cool truck!

A Stunning set!

Is a stunning build! You've opted for more interesting decals than the kit came with for sure

Neat build!

Looks fantastic, I also love the subject!

Really sharp build, love it!

It's perfect! Love it

This is the first car kit I ever made, and 2nd kit ever too. I still have it! Love the car and those details are going to make this build super cool!

I've primered with Zero grey, several coats and light sanding with Tamiya 1500 then 3 coats of Zero Pagini Red then 2 coats of Zero Smoke (transparent black) then 1 mist, and 1 wet coat of Zero 2K diamond clear. It's probably my best finish yet, but far from flawless... a bit of dust & pitting on the bonnet, will need to be sanded

We are about 6 years later after starting this "3 month build", but after hacking up the interior, it stayed on the bnech getting overlooked... Only a small amount of clean up and filling required...

This has been assembled now for a few weeks, only got the body to do - which is ready for primer... Typical Tamiya Quality, goes together nicely and quickly. I'm just slow...