GeeBee Posted September 19, 2011 Posted September 19, 2011 The only Morgan I have ever driven was a 4/4, in bright red, so this model will be done in Ford Radiant red, with a light tan interior, the kit I'm using was bought off ebay, but was missing the clear parts when it came, but I kept the kit and managed to get another built up one to use as a donar car, but that one the front screen was a mess, but I did get the top up option which was as new, so this model will be built with the roof in the up position. Today I built up the parts on the bodyshell that needed to be painted body colour, (Front Grill surround and rear lamp pods), as I am building this kit out of an incomplete kit, I am grabing some parts from the built up model I stripped down for parts, in the kit the front grill surround was broken, I used the one off the donor car, I had to clean off the glue residue, but it turned out o.k, for most of my builds I use good old Cellulose paints, but for this build I decided I would give automotive Acrylics a go, coverage was good and the shine right out of the airbrush was very good.
W-409 Posted September 20, 2011 Posted September 20, 2011 Great color choice! Paintjob looks very good too. I'll be following this one, your projects are amazing. Keep it going.
Dr. Cranky Posted September 20, 2011 Posted September 20, 2011 Beautiful red. Nice job. This one is going to look spectacular.
Deathgoblin Posted September 21, 2011 Posted September 21, 2011 I need to find one of those. I love Morgans
GeeBee Posted September 22, 2011 Author Posted September 22, 2011 I have left the bodyshell and bodyparts to dry out for a few days in a sealed plastic tub, which keeps the dust from settling onto the paintwork, now the smell has gone, the paint has gassed out, I should be able to start the polishing process very soon. The seats are molded in two parts, the seat bucket and the back panel, although the back of the seat won't really been seen once the model is built, I still went to the trouble of making the join as good as I could, and has now had a small coat of Squadron white putty, I will leave this to dry out overnight before sanding smooth
GeeBee Posted October 7, 2011 Author Posted October 7, 2011 Well today I managed to get into the model room, it's the first chance I have had since coming back from the IPMS show in Dublin, the body polished out very nice, and I didn't even need to break out the Minicraft drill and polishing mop, I used meguires NXT tech wax polish on a microfibre cloth, and after letting the filler dry on the seats, I have sanded them flat as well, and they have now had a coat of Tamiya XF-59 Desert yellow to match the interior.
GeeBee Posted October 17, 2011 Author Posted October 17, 2011 A little bit done to this over the last week, I can't really go any further as I'm waiting for the flocking to arrive for the interior, which needs to be fixed to the chassis before the bodyshell can be fixed on, all the little parts were either airbrushed in satin black or Alclad aluminium, the interior seats and dash were airbrushed in Tamiya XF-59 Desert Yellow, the bodyshell was masked off and the bulkhead and inner wings were airbrushed satin black.
GeeBee Posted October 17, 2011 Author Posted October 17, 2011 (edited) Edited October 17, 2011 by GeeBee
charlie8575 Posted October 17, 2011 Posted October 17, 2011 Very cool. I love Morgans, and it's nice to see one being built. Charlie Larkin
GeeBee Posted December 4, 2011 Author Posted December 4, 2011 This has been on the back burner since I started writing and building models for a magazine, but I decided I needed to spend a little bit of time on my own models, as I don't want to loose interest in my own work, I decided I would add some flocking to the interior, I've never tried it before so I thought the Morgan would be the guinea pig, I had originally painted the steering wheel to match the seats, but decided I wanted it to have a bit of contrast with the interior, so decided it would have a wood rim, but again, I have never tried to do this before, so I went over the Tamiya XF-59 with clear orange, I think it might need a little dry brushing with artists acrylics, but I shall try that later when things have dried out. I also got round to painting the hood, this is moulding in clear, I simply masked the parts that needed to stay clear, and painted the hood using Tamiya semi gloss acrylic. I still need to pick out the parts that need to be done in aluminium using BMF
PARTSMARTY Posted December 4, 2011 Posted December 4, 2011 hey man, your morgan looks great so far.i just got one a couple weeks ago as part of my birthday present.one thing i wanted to mention that clay kemp said it in the competition the way he does woodgraining,i tried it and it was awesome.here's the formula in order: 1>tamiya desert yellow 2>light drybrushing with bronze 3>clear orange it works great.i hope this will help.again,your morgan is looking good! parts marty
David G. Posted December 4, 2011 Posted December 4, 2011 (edited) Excellent paint and detail. Can't wait to see more. David G. Edited December 4, 2011 by David G.
surfjunke Posted December 4, 2011 Posted December 4, 2011 Beautiful build. Very clean work & awesome paint. Who's acrylic paint did you use for the body? I have had this kit in my collection for years & it is a beauty.
Bill Eh? Posted December 4, 2011 Posted December 4, 2011 Geoff, your Morgan is looking amazing. Your painting style is clean and crisp, as can be seen on the detail painting of the steering wheel. I'm really enjoying this.
GeeBee Posted December 4, 2011 Author Posted December 4, 2011 (edited) Who's acrylic paint did you use for the body? It's Hycote automotive lacquer, decanted from the aerosol and sprayed on with my Paasche H airbrush Edited December 5, 2011 by GeeBee
Junkman Posted December 5, 2011 Posted December 5, 2011 ...the way he does woodgraining,i tried it and it was awesome.here's the formula in order: 1>tamiya desert yellow 2>light drybrushing with bronze 3>clear orange it works great.i hope this will help.again,your morgan is looking good! parts marty Does this mean metallic bronze?
Junkman Posted December 5, 2011 Posted December 5, 2011 Geoff, your Moggy looks fantastic. Can you tell me more about this Meguiar stuff? Do you use the spray on, or the paste?
GeeBee Posted December 5, 2011 Author Posted December 5, 2011 Geoff, your Moggy looks fantastic. Can you tell me more about this Meguiar stuff? Do you use the spray on, or the paste? It's a thick liquid, Usually use a cutting polish, but there was no need for it on this build
GeeBee Posted December 5, 2011 Author Posted December 5, 2011 hey man, your morgan looks great so far.i just got one a couple weeks ago as part of my birthday present.one thing i wanted to mention that clay kemp said it in the competition the way he does woodgraining,i tried it and it was awesome.here's the formula in order: 1>tamiya desert yellow 2>light drybrushing with bronze 3>clear orange it works great.i hope this will help.again,your morgan is looking good! parts marty I shall give that a go in the future, Thanks !!
GeeBee Posted January 15, 2012 Author Posted January 15, 2012 I picked up another tip on here, and thought I would give it a go, Tamiya XF-59, dry brushed with bronze then given a coat of clear orange, I hadn't got any copper so I used dark copper, but now it's done, I have a bit of a problem, I have no decals for the dials, anyone on here have any suitable, or know anywhere than does decals for dials ??
GeeBee Posted January 17, 2012 Author Posted January 17, 2012 The gearstick, handbrake and pedals were fitted into the tub using 5 minute epoxy glue, the interior tub fixed to the chassis by tabs at the front of the tub and cut out by the rear axle, a few spring clamps were used to get the two parts to fit tightly together, the rear dampers were fitted after the parts had dried, a fiddly job, but easier than trying to do at the same time as fitting the interior tub to the chassis
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