rastta Posted March 24, 2019 Posted March 24, 2019 My wife bought this for me for Christmas and I've had a fair amount done for a while, but messed up the paint on the shell. Therefore, the resulting silver didn't turn out so well. My own fault though - and after three tries I simply settled for the final product. However, I'm very happy with the rest of the model.
'70 Grande Posted March 25, 2019 Posted March 25, 2019 Stunning build! I'd be very, very pleased with the paint finish on the kit's body. The detail work on this build is spectacular!
Yahshu Posted March 25, 2019 Posted March 25, 2019 I wish my paint jobs turned out half as good as yours, very nice.
espo Posted March 25, 2019 Posted March 25, 2019 Beautiful looking build. The interior really stands out and I like the way you posed the doors open.
olschoolkid Posted March 25, 2019 Posted March 25, 2019 Very nice. This is probably my favorite Mercedes Benz of all time.
Slimguy Posted March 25, 2019 Posted March 25, 2019 Joe, I think it looks terrific! Really well done.
89AKurt Posted March 25, 2019 Posted March 25, 2019 The most important part, YOU FINISHED IT! Silver is a PITA, so don't feel bad. It took me 3 tries on the Mercedes 170V Roadster. I'm tempted to get one of these kits every time I see one built. Looks good!
DiscoRover007 Posted March 25, 2019 Posted March 25, 2019 Nice job man. What paint did you use for the silver? I've found that you can get better results with mica and metallic colors by color sanding your second to last coat of paint before clear coating it. You'll get the particles to lay down much smoother.
Lunajammer Posted March 25, 2019 Posted March 25, 2019 I know these kits are fussy, but everyone, including yourself, seems to make them spectacular.
Funkychiken Posted March 25, 2019 Posted March 25, 2019 great looking build! i tend to leave clear chassis like that too - to show off all the detail! the openings fit well...
rastta Posted March 25, 2019 Author Posted March 25, 2019 3 hours ago, DiscoRover007 said: Nice job man. What paint did you use for the silver? I've found that you can get better results with mica and metallic colors by color sanding your second to last coat of paint before clear coating it. You'll get the particles to lay down much smoother. Originally I used Testors Model Master - German Silver Metallic out of my airbrush. Not sure if it was the paint or just me but the color had a very odd greenish hue to it that didn't go well with the blue interior. I only did one coat. I had some minor runs and cleaned it up. At this point, with the enamel base, I looked for other enamels and made the poor decision to go with Testors Silver metallic in a can. I needed it for a base for another model I'm doing Candy Apple Red, so I figured I'd give it a shot. I liked the dullness of the finish and color overall, but it kept settling and pooling no matter how hard I tried to lay down smooth coats. After cleaning it up a couple times, I shot one final coat. You can see some bubbling in some of the crevices etc. I finally said enough is enough.
rastta Posted March 25, 2019 Author Posted March 25, 2019 4 hours ago, 89AKurt said: The most important part, YOU FINISHED IT! Silver is a PITA, so don't feel bad. It took me 3 tries on the Mercedes 170V Roadster. I'm tempted to get one of these kits every time I see one built. Looks good! Thanks! Nice build in the Roadster. The Tamiya kits are always a nice build.
DiscoRover007 Posted March 26, 2019 Posted March 26, 2019 3 hours ago, rastta said: Originally I used Testors Model Master - German Silver Metallic out of my airbrush. Not sure if it was the paint or just me but the color had a very odd greenish hue to it that didn't go well with the blue interior. I only did one coat. I had some minor runs and cleaned it up. At this point, with the enamel base, I looked for other enamels and made the poor decision to go with Testors Silver metallic in a can. I needed it for a base for another model I'm doing Candy Apple Red, so I figured I'd give it a shot. I liked the dullness of the finish and color overall, but it kept settling and pooling no matter how hard I tried to lay down smooth coats. After cleaning it up a couple times, I shot one final coat. You can see some bubbling in some of the crevices etc. I finally said enough is enough. You definitely want to ditch the testors enamel silver. Go for Tamiya Mica Silver or Gloss Aluminum for darker silvers. Vallejo has actually released an aerosol version of their silver. I ordered a can to see how close the scale of flake is. Will let you know how that goes.
Red318 Posted March 26, 2019 Posted March 26, 2019 Looks good and as others have said silver can be really difficult to lay down but I think you've done well. I really like the interior, that dash looks great.
Dann Tier Posted March 29, 2019 Posted March 29, 2019 I think it still looks KILLER!!!!….love the blue interior too!!!
NOBLNG Posted March 29, 2019 Posted March 29, 2019 Super nice job on this! I just bought this kit and you've given me something to aspire to.
rastta Posted March 30, 2019 Author Posted March 30, 2019 Thanks for all the kind words everyone. Yes - the interior is probably my favorite part of the build - and the engine compartment second.
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