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1972 Ferrari 312PB
mrm replied to Chris Smith's topic in WIP: Other Racing: Road Racing, Land Speed Racers
Looking amazing so far. I would just try to dull the seat surfaces. Those were covered with woven cloth material that was almost corduroy like and were definitely not shiny. Considering you are weathering the engine and the chassis, I think it would benefit greatly the overall look of your build if you do the same to the seats. Either way, it's an impressive model in impressive size (with impressive price tag ?) that you are doing an impressive job on. Nothing sounds like those flat 12s. -
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Thank you Cliff Thank you Daniel. Thank you Jon. For me personally the MCG '32 photo etch Grille set, which comes with dash, vents, pedals, steering wheel and other details, is the aftermarket product of the century.
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On my recent visit to the Corvette museum in Bowling Green, KY, I was really surprised to see The Impostor on display at the end of the tour. A truly spectacular machine built to a different level of quality, which I guess is the standard for Foose. Pictures don't do it justice. Your project is a big undertaking and it is impressive how well it is going so far. It's really cool how you built the blower. It's one of those "I can't believe I had never thought of that" moments. I will be following this build for sure and I hope you see it through this time.
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In my opinion clear coat is just a must every time, no matter what. Unless you are painting something like a rat rod and you want that flat finish. For many reasons. It will definitely provide better finish. It will protect it in more ways than one. It will provide better surface for foil and decals. It will save your build big time if any mishaps happen etc. etc.
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This generation Mustangs are my least favorite in real life, but I always liked kits of them. Looks like you’re off to a good start.
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You would be absolutely blown away, how there is absolutely no difference in color, no matter the primer, when paint is shot properly. ?
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Who doesn't love a mock-up? Let's see yours!
mrm replied to Belairconvertable's topic in WIP: Model Cars
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I believe you are about a decade late to that 20th anniversary, so I would just skip those decals. Besides, that magazine is not even published anymore, which is a shame really. Anyway, looking forward seeing how this evolves.
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Three things stopped me from gluing the roof on and completing my chassis/monocoque. The windows, seatbelts and the rear view mirror. Well, I did not research the rear view mirror on a real Huayra, but I decided it is a safe bet that it is made out of carbon fibre, so that's what I did. The detail-up set from Aoshima, interestingly enough includes two rear view mirror pieces. One photoetched and one metal transfer. I went for the metal transfer, as it is more mirror like. Interestingly enough, there is no seatbelt detail whatsoever in the detail-up set. I dug into my aftermarket stash and found it amusing that the only seatbelt material I had left from who-knows-when was white and blue. HA!. I contemplated over white seatbelts over the seats bolsters or blue ones behind the sets. I decided to go with the blue. Opened a fresh pack of MCG seatbelt hardware that I didn't even know I had and end up with a couple of nice buckles. Now we're good on safety... I like it that the detail is there, but it is very subtle, almost unnoticeable. Next I turned my attention to some grilles. Switching from carbon fiber madness to photoetch is not much of an improvement, but it's some variety at least. What a sexy a$$ that is..... So, we finally have a complete roller. Something that looks like from one of those cool picture from the Pagani factory. A new car that just needs its body panels. A naked Huayra. If you are building this model, the instructions are calling for the roof to be assembled with the bottom before many of the steps I have taken. I believe that NOT to be the best way to go about it. A perfect example why, is that little tank on the passenger side, which is supposed to be glued on way earlier in the assembly than I did it. The instructions are very vague on it and there are no marked spots or indentations on the monocoque where the piece is supposed to go. So I left it for last and placed it according to some reference photos, which also showed it had the yellow label on it. There is some extras from those on the decal sheet. For small add on jobs like that, I like to use Gundham markers for painting small details. In this case tank was painted with silver marker and the cap with their chrome marker, which I find to be better than Mollotow and actually slightly cheaper. And they are available in HL. The body panels are now painted Tamiya Pearl White, but they still need to be clear coated. Quite few hick-ups occurred here, but more about that next time. After the clear coat, which would be a gamble on some parts. For now just a teaser mock up... Stay tuned and thanks for looking!
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Yesterday I went to my "local" hobby shop. Read driving 50 miles through traffic to visit a shop that is 95% RC. However, every once in a while they amaze me with some products, exactly because they are mostly RC oriented. Like for example, who knew that Tamiya makes these packs of 8.5X11 sheets of fine masking tape? And to top it off they make two different kinds- plain and one with printed measuring squares to help keep things squared off, centered or symmetrical. AND they are printable, which meant you can print on them and then cut following the lines. I found they work great for window masks. Aoshima provides masks in the kit for all the windows, but for one side only- the inside. The windows of the Huayra tho, have these ridges on the outside, which are rubber on the real car. So I used my newfound masking sheets to cut me masks for the outside, which allowed me to paint both sides and have those rubber ridges. I love the result. From the shop I also got some really nice Tamiya vinyl masking tape. It comes in 2mm, 3mm and 5mm widths. Purfect for curves and complicated shapes. Very stretchy. So, first grey primer went on and then it got lightly sanded with 2500 sandpaper. Then a white basecoat was sprayed. In this case the base for Bianco Fuji. It's a Ferrari color, which is actually a tri-coat. so after the base, a pearl white candy gets sprayed and you end up with an amazing pearl white. It's like a $65 000 option on Ferraris. I've built quite few models in that color. Here tho, I decided that I wanted a more "crisp" white metallic, so I will not be following with the Bianco Fuji midcoat, but I will be topping it with Tamiya's Pearl White. However, first a thin blue stripe was masked off at the bottom of the doors and the rear hood. Same Mica Blue paint was used as under the carbon, but it looks a lot brighter without the decals over it. Such stripe is very popular option and can be seen on quite few Huayras. It creates a line in contrasting color, following the character line of the edge of the rear hood, continuing to the door and disappearing on the bottom behind the front wheel. It picks up again shortly in front of the wheel and around the sides of the front bumper, disappearing on top of the front grille. Tomorrow, the blue line will be masked and the Pearl White will be applied. Then everything will be completely unmasked and cleaned very well with soapy water and then a clear coat will be sprayed over everything. Then everything on top will be masked again, the underside will be painted gloss black, completely covered with carbon fiber and then clear coated. After that the top will be sanded to even out the edges between the different coats of paint and decals and then cleared again and sanded again to level everything and make it seamless. If lucky, I'll be able to polish it at that time and call it good. Or it may take a couple of extra cycles of clear, sand, repeat.
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Thank you Dan. The updates will slow down a little, because of paint and mostly my wife being fed up with me taking over any available flat surface in the house and spending more time with my model than with her. ? You know how it goes - Happy wife, happy life. Gotta keep the balance.
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You know, I was thinking.... Everyone wants some one off never-before-done part or body etc.... How about some really simple stuff that everyone can use on a multitude of models and would save us lots of time Tylenol pills and help us cut back on the cursing?? Like for example a spark plug with the boot on with a predrilled opening on the other end? A three of 8 of them at 90 degree angle and 8 straight ones. This ay you just drill a hole in your engine and add the plug with the boot in it and just put in the wire on the other end. Or a set of few seatbelts? Like the buckle that is on the belt, the receiver with the button and the the little loop with the swivel on top that belt is guided through on every car's B-pillar. A three with 8 of those would cover at least two cars. How about shift boots that correspond to the photoetched surround plates from Model Master's Hurst shifters? Or predrilled crab distributor for Revell's Flatheads and for the Corvette C4 motors, like the one found in the Beatnik Bandit II? These are all super simple things to design and the cost to print them should be minimal. Yet they would save some much time and effort while adding great detail. I know I would buy bunch of them.
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Thank you Sonny. Thinking that I want to do three more Paganis. My back hurts just thinking about it. LOL
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And it's white. You don't see many of those. I'm loving it.
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When you first said "side pipes" I was like NOOOOOO. It would not go with the modern look. Then I saw the black bumpers and I was thinking definitely no side pipes. But seeing it now, it works very well. They actually complete the look. Thank God you left them black. I am not a fan of chameleon colors on hot rods, but your Merc looks killer. Great job.
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Thank you. It’s all in the comments above.
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Thank you. The plate behind the grille came out of necessity actually. I forgot to fill the bottom of the grille shell, so its attachment points and worse- the slot where the spring goes through the crossmember were visible through the grille. So the plate was the solution to hide that mess. Thank you Dave, I appreciate it.
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After the first coat of clear. some areas may need a little paint correction and be water sanded with some 2000 grit and receive a second coat of clear. Overall, I'm satisfied. More to come...... Thanks for looking.
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Thank you Anton. Thank you David. Yeah, carbon can be tricky to work with. The best tutorial you can get is probably on Scalemotorsport website. Still, it just takes a lot of experience dealing with it and you need lots and lots of patience.
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Looks like a very neat kit. I never even knew it existed. The colors are perfect, classic McLaren. And everything is done in a perfect way - very clean. Great build.
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Finally, the first batch of parts to receive the first of many upcoming clear coats is ready. Meanwhile, this photo revealed a mistake which I will have to correct. The backs of the headrests are very visible through the rear window and their back sides should be in carbon fiber. The seats are already glued in place, but the roof is not so it shouldn't be extremely hard to do. There is still so much more carbon to do.......
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Wow, that's a lot of putty!