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Did some painting today.  Thought I would show some of the steps I take before painting the body.  Warm up cans, spray water in the booth, wipe off body with alcohol wipes, finally Tamiya brush off.  Then, hope for the best.  Was doing okay, then the metallic burble on the top of trunk.  Gonna let it dry a bit, then another coat.  Hopefully, get the clear red on today, if it looks ok.  Painting the ram air hood, but, hopefully the other dual snorkel hood will come sometime soon.  Almost forgot, gotta dig out the scoop.  Also forgot about my paint can spinner that I modified to fit the Tamiya cans.  Invaluable tool.

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No primer on this car, by the way.  After the gold base, I put 1 light coat of clear red on,  paused 15 minutes, then a heavier coat, another pause of 15-20 minutes, then a heavier coat, then done.  Covered it up.  Almost forgot the ram air scoop.

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Looks like a nice finish!  Just out of curiosity why the odd color paints on the chassis and not typical chassis black or body color? Is that the color they painted it on the real car?

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  On 2/12/2025 at 5:51 AM, keviiin86 said:

Looks like a nice finish!  Just out of curiosity why the odd color paints on the chassis and not typical chassis black or body color? Is that the color they painted it on the real car?

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Good question.  These are considered race cars, not restored cars, so some leeway is allowed in paint colors.  You can paint it any color you want.  On all the 1:1 race cars I have had, I have always painted the chassis/undercarriage a lighter color in order to show up any oil, trans, and rear leaks.  Discovered some runs on the passenger side that will have to be fixed.  One of the disadvantages of using a clear red.  Painted the engine blue after masking the trans off, touched up the dash due to some overspray from painting the body.  Glued the differential cover on and installed rear and front suspension.

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  On 4/10/2025 at 9:10 PM, Tony Coomer said:

Looking good so far…

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Thanks, Tony.  Got the 3 hoods cleaned up in Purple stuff, then primed with Tamiya white primer.  Noticed some runs where I had painted the body with clear red.  Sanded it down, noticed a couple of other spots, so, decided to start again and dunked it in 91% alcohol.  This took place on Friday.  

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Saturday was a full day with timeouts in between painting.  Primed with 1 light coat, then 1 medium, base gold the same way, then clear red (1 light, then 2 medium), clear (1 light then 1 medium).  This was all done in 1 day.  I usually waited 5-10 minutes between coats, then, an hour or so between different colors.  Finished about 2 o’clock this morning.  It looks good, so, moving on.

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