Tamiya 1:24 Mazda

[Funkychiken]

It doesn't look like much, but this body shell and the wing mirrors have spent a week and a half in DOT3 Brake fluid, then cleaned, washed, sanded, primered with Proscale grey and them with Proscale white.

so a lots of effort to get to this stage!

[Funkychiken]

My first time using Proscale Paints. The grey was thick and had to be diluted and goes on a little darker than Zero grey microfiller. the white is silky smooth though!

[OldNYJim]

That looks like a great base for the color!

[Funkychiken]

This received a base coat of Aston Martin Intense Blue from Proscale paints, followed by a few coats of 2K clear - also from proscale. This is my first use of their 2K. I broadly followed their instructions and it laid down well. It did have orange peel - which can be seen on one of the 3 images. The other 2 images show the contamination that floated into the paint during painting.

This was sanded & polished over the weekend, pictures to follow soon!

 

Rear showing orange peel:

 

Paint contamniation1:

 

Paint contamination 2

 

[Funkychiken]

Finished the polishing - not burnt through anywhere - which is also a first! no touching up at all.

Final masting, spraying / detailing and then final assembly to follow.

 

I am well chuffed, the pictures do not do the paint job justice, it looks brighter and in scale flakes in real life...

 

After polishing pictures

 

I tried to get 1 shot in natural light, but it was couldy.

 

 

[NOBLNG]

It’s looking really nice.?

[Funkychiken]

It took some time to finish it off, main issue was melting the windscreen wipers with a naked flame - trying to get them to conform to the shape of the windscreen.

You can tell its an old Tamiya kit, the windscreen piece does not sit too well in the space - but a mixture of superglue & white glue had got it in place.

I know the side windows are too thick, but I didn't want to cut them off.

Finished now, and will post some proper pictures later - when the sun is shining!

 

 

 

[Pierre_tec]

On 8/27/2023 at 2:20 PM, kelson said:

A very nice kit,i wish Tamiya would've included the hardtop in the Miata version.

But the kit have the hardtop included, just clear