Hasegawa Lamborghini Miura SVJ

[Justin Porter]

This is an older project of mine that I pulled from the stack to try and get it wrapped up. It's the Hasegawa 1/24th scale Miura Jota kit to which I've been adding details from the Studio 27 PE fret for the kit. This project went back into the box after 3(!) trips into the brake fluid trying to get the paint to where I was happy with it. There's still some orange peel and a bunch more parts to attach, plus the A pillars were damaged at some point, but I'm glad to show that I'm working on making my stash smaller.

[Dann Tier]

I think its looking great, Justin!!,  You don't see this built-up very often. I had to go back and start finishing previous builds too, and it feels great when their finally done.

[Funkychiken]

The build does look good, and it will be beautiful on the shelf, maybe it's the picture, but the paint looks kind of textured!

[da_ashman]

That looks awesome, Ive always wanted to build one of those!!

[Ich_Will]

I like that color.

[Justin Porter]

Thanks all! 

The color is, if I remember right from when I painted this several years ago, a Duplicolor automotive lacquer (possibly Ford Toreador red but don't hold me to that) that has a strong metallic which unfortunately makes the orange peel look a lot worse than it is. My standing plan right now is an 8000 grit polishing pad and a hit of Tamiya Clear to try and correct it but since this is paint job #4 of the model's life I'm at the "on the shelf, off the stack" point with it. lol

[Tommy124]

On 3.12.2018 at 4:48 PM, Justin Porter said:

My standing plan right now is an 8000 grit polishing pad and a hit of Tamiya Clear to try and correct it but since this is paint job #4 of the model's life I'm at the "on the shelf, off the stack" point with it.

LOL, that's a good attitude! Like the Jota too and I think it's worth the try to polish the paint a little. Maybe use the 3 Tamiya polishing compounds step-by-step, never underestimate what those can do... 

[Justin Porter]

Bit more accomplished on my Miura Jota. A little bit of time with my panel scriber cleared the molded mesh out of the fender vents so I could replace it with the PE from Studio 27, and a bit more wet sanding has helped the finish while I've masked and shot the silver for the rocker panels.

[Dann Tier]

9 hours ago, Justin Porter said:

Bit more accomplished on my Miura Jota. A little bit of time with my panel scriber cleared the molded mesh out of the fender vents so I could replace it with the PE from Studio 27, and a bit more wet sanding has helped the finish while I've masked and shot the silver for the rocker panels.

Wow!...that IS looking better!!...keep it up, bud!!!