Funkychiken Posted April 27 Share Posted April 27 Wanted to do an OOB kit, and have made reasonable progress so for. Looking to get this done within a month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funkychiken Posted April 27 Author Share Posted April 27 Those bonnet pins will be removed the body has been pre-assembled. the wing mirrors sit in a strange place, so they've had pins aded to make them easier to install 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funkychiken Posted May 2 Author Share Posted May 2 Chassis is now painted, with Tamiya Flat black, hand painted details using Tamiya Acrylics and then a coating of Semi-matt clear. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funkychiken Posted May 2 Author Share Posted May 2 Probably the only non OOB thing i'll do is add this cross beam - made out of sprue from the kit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funkychiken Posted May 2 Author Share Posted May 2 Spoon test, this is Zero Grey primer, with Zero Black base & a light coating of Proscale Aston Martin Blue, finished with a coating of Zero 1K thinnned with Mr Color levelling thinner. Looks a bit like Midnight Purple - but in blue... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dann Tier Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 Love the look of this car, and its coming along brilliantly! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funkychiken Posted May 5 Author Share Posted May 5 On 5/3/2024 at 9:50 AM, Dann Tier said: Love the look of this car, and its coming along brilliantly! Thanks Dann, appreciate it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funkychiken Posted May 6 Author Share Posted May 6 Interior was simple and easy to put together. I was tempted to put in some belts, but decided to get this completed quickly rather than faff with that. The Chasis was also simple to put together, just waiting for wheels Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldcarfan Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 Love what you're doing, these kits build up so nice! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funkychiken Posted May 14 Author Share Posted May 14 This has had a coat of Zero Grey Primer A coat of thinned Zero Black (it was called gloss black, but these lacquer base coats always turn out in a satin finish then masked the black bits and coated in Aston Martin Blue - the same proscale paint used on my Mazda Mx5 - It was difficult to get an even coating, so i probably applied too much & coated the black too thick. But its good enough for me, I waan't going to go over it again... then applied decals - added a few additional decals to fill the gaps. I did use Microsol, and that left stains, when I cleaned the car for top coating, the decals came loose, so had to try to re-stick with microsol... eventually coated in Proscale 2k - this time I did add a little Mr Color self levelling thinner. The result as seen is not as deep a colour as the spoon test, but a darker blue than the MX5, the gloss top coat is orange peely, and has a few pits, but minimal dust - which is a bonus - I was woried about sanding / polishing the paint with the decal underneath. Next up is polishing.... https://images2.imgbox.com/a4/89/r3yiF4lg_o.jpg 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spottedlaurel Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 It's coming together nicely Atin, the way it's turned out slightly darker looks good to me. Polishing should be a fairly minimal exercise? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funkychiken Posted May 15 Author Share Posted May 15 16 hours ago, Spottedlaurel said: It's coming together nicely Atin, the way it's turned out slightly darker looks good to me. Polishing should be a fairly minimal exercise? Thanks Nigel, im worried about going through the clear coat where the decals are, but should be minimal! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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