e30lover Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 Hey all, Here’s my full build post in 2024 - Aoshima Lamborghini LP400! I wanted to simulate chassis #1120176 in Oro Metallizzato Longchamp, which has a unique metallic orange with a hint of copper hue. Here are the steps I took: wet sanded the body with 800 > 1000 > 1500 grit and painted silver instead of primer (I wanted to preserve the sharpness of the body by making the paint as thin as possible) mixed Mr Color’s GX red gold, clear gold, and clear orange and airbrushed on top of silver laid first clear (Mr Color’s super clear III) and wet sanded with 2000 grit laid two more clear coat and fully cured the paint wet-sanded the clear coat with 3000 > 6000 > 8000 grit polished the paint with tamiya three compounds, hasegawa ceramic compound and finished it off with hasegawa polymer coating mixed brown, red, yellow and white to simulate the tri-tone interior and laid flat clear to get some texture used PE parts and ignition wires for the engine bay removed silver plating from wheels and painted with black > chrome silver painted tires with mixture of brown and flat clear made the muffler tip thinner Overall the whole process went super smoothly - fit and finish on this kit is pretty great, and the parts are engineered to be put together relatively easily without ton of masking and other extra work. Thank you for reading and I'll come back with Moebius Belvedere build soon! 16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phildaupho Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 Stunningly beautiful. All 31 photos are spectacular. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spottedlaurel Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 Chang, so glad I can get in early so I can use words that will be repeated several times over. That is amazing! Everything just looks 'right' about it, and it's so cleanly built. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yeah Nah Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 Well your meticulous approach has certainly paid off. This is one stunning model. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karbuildr Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 Gorgeous. Very well done, the color is beautiful, the details are superb. Interior, engine compartment, all your work produced a stunning replica. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim B Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 Beautiful Lamborghini. Really well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kah puts Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 Boy I’d be mighty proud if I built that 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
70 Sting Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 Excellent build. Your paint is absolute perfection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Cole Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 Museum quality build. Just outstanding! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisR Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 Awesome build! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
louis Carabott Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 Beautiful work Sir 👌 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David G. Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 A truly spectacular build! It looks perfect from every angle. David G. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy124 Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 (edited) Hi Chang, another great model from you, congrats! It seems like we chose to build the same 1:1... one of my recent Tamiya builds was done in the same color combo (although the Tamiya kit is of course much less detailed). I also chose the brown-orange (or is it orange-brown?) interior to go with the Oro Metallizzato Longchamps. I used a mix of Tamiya acrylics to create the colors, how did you do it? Edited January 18 by Tommy124 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ncbuckeye67 Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 That is beautiful, especially the paint! You're talking about sanding the bare plastic, correct? Did you sand the silver before you shot the color coat? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bainford Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 That is a stunning Countach. I love the colour and the paint work is beautifully done. Very nice clean work. This is quite simply a gorgeous model of a sports car icon. I love it! I really dig the LP400, though all other iterations of the Countach leave me cold. Once they started tagging wings and flares and gills on it, ruining those gorgeous original lines, I lost all interest. The LP400 also had the nicest looking of all Countach wheels, which are only 14". This requires a fat sidewall tire, which has a dramatic effect on the look of the early Countach. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragonhawk1066 Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 Beautiful color and paint job on an outstandingly built Lamborghini!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 Simply stunning !, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiscoRover007 Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 This one is just phenomenal. You should see if Lamborghini will buy it from you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1959scudetto Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 Superb model of the nicest Countach of all - this is the benchmark for any LP 400 and I will keep your pictures for future reference. Marvellous color ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PappyD340 Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 Super nice Lambo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H.A.K Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 This looks great. Well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radiohd10 Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 beautiful!! looks like a tough build but you nailed it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadkill Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 Model my aunt fanny, admit it, you drove this incredibly beautiful, supremely shiny and built to within gnats breath of obscenity to the photo shoot, beautiful job sir, so very well executed, luvit. Kind regards Michael, (roadkill) from Western Australia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angelo7 Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 You sir, are a professional. This is amazingly well built. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ismaelg Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 Beautiful model of a beautiful car! Great job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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