Funkychiken

This truck looks real in these out-door shots...

Amazing truck & detail! If it was weathered more, it would look like a real vehicle.

Looks Great! I like the paint job... although I'm not a big fan of those decals... Are they from the kit?

This is the body with the Boston Green Touch up paint applied. It's Filtered through some old tights - due to heavy dark sediments. Not sue if that's part of the colour, or it's a defective mix. It is also diluted quite a lot with lacquer thinner (Tamiya brand) It has 1 mist coat, then 2 medium coats, then a few days drying, a light sanding with 6000 grit cloth, which went through to the silver substrate, then 2 more medium coats. It's a strange colour, it looks really dark, but held up to the light and after a photo, it looks great. Not so great in real life, it's too dark. The spoon is coated with Zero Paints 1K clear. It's had 1 mist coat & 2 heavy coats. Looks great to me. give it a week & I'll be applying the clear...!

Amazing so far...

Thank you Dann! One more bit of progress, the wheels have been coated with 1K clear from Zero Paints, - they came out quite nice!

Great build on this. I have one in the stash, but the interior of this snap kit is awful... You have done the car justice tho, and nice mods!

One of my favourite cars, love it...

Thanks all for your knowledge, it's insightful. When I mentioned 1k, it was in reference to a product that digests through an air brush. So I still have that element of control. But I get the picture with the ddifferent thicknesses and ability to polish... Thanx

Fantastic build so.far!

Excellent tip, I'll be watching if you post your build Thanks

I've just laid down a 1k Zero paints clear coat on a spoon test & on some gloss black wheels. it went down a lot easier than the Zero Paints 2K did & without the hassle of mixing in a separate glass jar. It seemed more forgiving too. less material required for a reasonable shine. So I'm wondering, why bother with the 2k???? What's the benefit?

Well certainly the story behind the kit is brilliant, and if it made the ol' man happy, why not. Good job of trying to mix these old kits tool. I'm working on a cheap fujimi kit, and it is probably more pain than it's worth...

Great job on this! Quick question, did you put the decals straight over the red from gravity? No clearcoat first? No problem with "silvering"? Cheers!

it's got a full engine, but I don't know why, you can't really see it in the finished kit...

With the Stash at 130+ and not really going through them at a reasonable speed, I've been warned multiple times from the boss not to get another kit. Couldn't resist this one though... looking forward to building this kit... looks like a challenge.

Some great cars at my companies annual Vehicle Enthusiast day, the two GTs are company onwed, but there was a great mix of other cars, a few Ferraris, Aston Martins, and a lerge selection of Fast Fords...!

Thanks Dann! Made a bit more progress, I want to get the carpet done in the interior before moving onto the body. I know most people do the body first - probably 'cause it's the easiest thing to mess up... and also takes the longest to do - letting it gas out. Used alclad II dark aluminium for the exhaust - wanted to get a colour contrast in the engine bay. Started detailing the dash, it's coming along slowly & the break discs are almost finished...

Thanks for the answer, sometimes you don't need it - as your build shows... I'm wondering whether to do that myself or not on my current build!

great build, it all looks perfect!

nice clean model of a great looking car...

Looks great so far, we've all got our nemesis model half finished in the stash... at least you are persevering

Great Build, really clean. Quick question - did you use any washes on it? Cheers!

That engine bay is quality, love the build, well done!

Looks flawless, and realistic...