martinfan5 Posted March 15, 2019 Posted March 15, 2019 Finally getting around getting mine built , so lets get to it The plan, yes, I am know, is blue, you didnt see that one coming did ya? Paint is Ford Liquid Blue from Scalefinishes Taped up all the body bits Look at the chassis, its been painted with Mr Surfacer and Graphite Met And the engine detail, just need to apply some decals The rear suspension setup in progress, paint with MM Metalizer Aluminum.
Tommy124 Posted March 15, 2019 Posted March 15, 2019 I didn't see one model finished in Liquid Blue so far, to be honest. Looking forward to see you progress on this!
935k3 Posted March 15, 2019 Posted March 15, 2019 Looking good. BTW I liked your tip about the poor man's carbon fiber TS-40 Metallic Black. I am using it for an Audi DTM I am building.
martinfan5 Posted March 19, 2019 Author Posted March 19, 2019 On 3/15/2019 at 11:07 AM, 935k3 said: Looking good. BTW I liked your tip about the poor man's carbon fiber TS-40 Metallic Black. I am using it for an Audi DTM I am building. Awesome Dale!!
martinfan5 Posted March 19, 2019 Author Posted March 19, 2019 On 3/15/2019 at 3:54 AM, Tommy124 said: I didn't see one model finished in Liquid Blue so far, to be honest. Looking forward to see you progress on this! Ive seen a few in so far in Blue, but not Liquid Blue, I am looking forward to seeing it too
martinfan5 Posted March 19, 2019 Author Posted March 19, 2019 I have made some progress, so let's take a look at what I have done so far. Starting with the chassis Working on the front clip And now front clip and rear suspension are a part of the chassis plate And semi mock up, because who doesnt love mock ups? And getting one step closer to paint , I normally darken the panel lines before primer, this time I waited till after, whoops. On this day, the paint god like person said, let there be paint , first coat of paint.
martin9428 Posted March 19, 2019 Posted March 19, 2019 Looks good. I'll be doing mine in Splash Paints Vivid Red Cocktail
martinfan5 Posted March 28, 2019 Author Posted March 28, 2019 Thank you guys. Two steps forward, one step back, first, the steps forward Interior, just did the basics on it The chassis is pretty much done at this point And how a mock up?, everyone loves a mock up shot And now the one step back, about a week ago, clear coated the body, but my 2k clear got contaminated and the clear coat had a lot debris, too much that wet sanding was going to fix, and I let the 2k clear dry for about 24 hours so its long process of getting it stripped, I am in the home stretch.
MrObsessive Posted March 28, 2019 Posted March 28, 2019 I was a bit put off by the looks of this car at first, but now it's growing on me. Lookin' good so far Jonathan and you've had a run in with "Murphy's Law" unfortunately. I know that feeling and painting believe it or not is not one of my favorite things. I'd much rather be building things up and painting I like to leave for dead last if possible.
martinfan5 Posted April 3, 2019 Author Posted April 3, 2019 Progress, and its the good time , second time is the one that worked, new coat of paint/clear , got the clear on last night, it still has a few spots that I need to address, but its much better than the first time , I am going to let it cure for another day or so and then get starting on the wet sanding the areas that need attention. Maybe bu the end of the weekend I can this one done.
martinfan5 Posted April 3, 2019 Author Posted April 3, 2019 On 3/27/2019 at 10:42 PM, MrObsessive said: I was a bit put off by the looks of this car at first, but now it's growing on me. Lookin' good so far Jonathan and you've had a run in with "Murphy's Law" unfortunately. I know that feeling and painting believe it or not is not one of my favorite things. I'd much rather be building things up and painting I like to leave for dead last if possible. I was too Bill, I didnt really care for it either, but its growing me as well, and I cant to build the second one I have planned, just waiting on the decals to get finished. That is pretty much my life as a builder, I am lucky when things do right, as its more normal for things to go wrong, as for the clear, I knows what going, I am not cleaning the top area on bottle so the hardener is drying , locking the cap on, so when I break take the cap off, pieces of hardener are falling down into the fresh hardener. I got some strainers and that helped a lot, as I the pint of hardener is brand new, I dont want to have to replace it. I understand why its not your favorite thing, I used to feel the same way, and now I enjoy it for most part, just not when things go wrong, well, I dont enjoy painting bodies with spray cans. Painting is one those things that does make or break a model , or how it looks.
Dann Tier Posted April 5, 2019 Posted April 5, 2019 Doing a FANTASTIC job here!!!, I think you may have convinced me to get this kit, but i'd have to change the back end of it...lol
Funkychiken Posted April 6, 2019 Posted April 6, 2019 Love this car, and who wouldn't like another Ford GT build, keep them coming... As usual, your build is great, and coming along so quickly
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