simonr Posted October 9, 2011 Posted October 9, 2011 (edited) n This is a simple kit that I bought in Miami when I was on a Disney vacation with my family. By the way, the store I bought it, a BMW Z3 and the Aston Martin DBS it’s a huge Tamiya and Revell warehouse with awesome prices. I will use this kit as a comeback from last April, when I was getting ready for the GSL. From that date, I hadn't touched a model. Actually, I haven't opened my GSL model's bag to see how they arrived..if they arrived A dry fit to see how everything looks together. Some primer after I removed the mold lines over the body. Here I did a Scalefinishes paint job for the first time ever and it was on this body. By the way, great paint! I also airbrushed some gloss black paint to the muffler tips and the wheels before an Alclad II coat. I was pretty impressed by how this paint performed since its enamel and there's a lot of detail on this exotic body. The deflection of the inside of the dehydrator can be seen on the hood: Edited October 14, 2011 by simonr
simonr Posted October 9, 2011 Author Posted October 9, 2011 (edited) The wheels tube wholes are too wide to me. I proceed to thin it and then gave an oven cleaner bath, then some Alclad II Chrome. Edited October 10, 2011 by simonr
simonr Posted October 9, 2011 Author Posted October 9, 2011 (edited) The muffler tips also are a little bit thicker, so, they received the same treatment. As this will be a Box Stock model, the engine will receive no add-ons goodies, so I have to take out the brush to enhance it a little bit. Before: After: The dash is a two part assembly, but, an ugly line asked for some putty. Edited October 10, 2011 by simonr
Dr. Cranky Posted October 9, 2011 Posted October 9, 2011 Oh yeah, there you go, Nice pictures, and great progress. This one looks like its on its way. Keep it going.
simonr Posted October 9, 2011 Author Posted October 9, 2011 (edited) The interior tub also has some ugly pin holes. Finally for today, the bottom of the car received also some brushed paint detailing(some difficult task) and to seal everything up some trick I learned at my IPMS local group stay...The Dry brush technique. To be continued... Simón P. Rivera Torres Edited October 10, 2011 by simonr
GeeBee Posted October 10, 2011 Posted October 10, 2011 Looking very nice, I like the way you have thinned the plastic around the exhaust tips, looks very realistic, I shall try that technique.
Lownslow Posted October 10, 2011 Posted October 10, 2011 (edited) heads up you will have to shorten the bumpers on this kit by about 1mm NVM i see its the tamiya kit lol Edited October 10, 2011 by Lownslow
Boreham Posted October 11, 2011 Posted October 11, 2011 nie work.. how did you do this.. drill them out or file..?
simonr Posted October 11, 2011 Author Posted October 11, 2011 I drilled and then shape them with a rounded file. Simón P. Rivera Torres nie work.. how did you do this.. drill them out or file..?
simonr Posted October 12, 2011 Author Posted October 12, 2011 (edited) Update time... Since the plastic has a sort of cream-leather plastic, in order to cover it with the flat white paint, I had to made a good mix to avoid the bleed through. I mixed Gunze Sangyo's Mr. White Surfacer 1000, Mr Color white, and Mr Color flat clear. After I shoot the color, I masked everything up, including the dash... This is how it turned out at first sight with any retouch...Black details over white are alway deficult! The dash is supposed to have a silver face, so, I decied to use a bright one. I selected Gaianotes Star bright silver,but, there's a problem with this one, although its very bright...Its to grainy... How I resolved it?, I used their T-09 Thinner for metallics. This is a thinner that when you use a liltle bit more thinner than paint ratio and leave it about 5 minutes,the thinner disolves the metallics particles and gives you a smoother surface, something like Alclad's chrome. Here can be seen the thinner working.. Edited October 12, 2011 by simonr
simonr Posted October 12, 2011 Author Posted October 12, 2011 (edited) How the dash turned out... After all the silver paint section was finished, the thinner still continued disolving the paint... This is the dash and the center console after some detailing... Edited October 12, 2011 by simonr
simonr Posted October 12, 2011 Author Posted October 12, 2011 The rear wheel after the Alclad coat and how they looks on the model... to be continued... Simón P. Rivera Torres
LAone Posted October 12, 2011 Posted October 12, 2011 looks great simon. i like the improvements on the tips and wheels. the dash detail is fantastic as well.
simonr Posted October 14, 2011 Author Posted October 14, 2011 (edited) Update time... A quick overall view before I attached the dash: Dash in on plus seats: Simón P. Rivera Torres Edited October 14, 2011 by simonr
simonr Posted October 14, 2011 Author Posted October 14, 2011 A better view to the dash: The tub assembly already on the chassis: Simón P. Rivera Torres
simonr Posted January 23, 2012 Author Posted January 23, 2012 After I finished with the chassis, bottom of the car, exhaust system, and the interior tub, I will move on to the last part…Body painting. I airbrushed 2-3 coats of the Scalefinishes Acrylic Enamel Gloss Black. The paint session was perfect, just some minor dust on the hood area. After some light sanding I have a surprise. To me, enamel its supposed to be thick, but, this great paint performed like lacquer and after a 48 hours drying period it was thin as lacquer and when I sanded the body I went through the paint to the primer in some spots. So, I had to give a couple of light airbrush coats. This time I got a perfect buffing and a great gloss on the paint..No clear needed! Simón P. Rivera Torres
simonr Posted January 23, 2012 Author Posted January 23, 2012 (edited) After I finished with the buffing of the body, then, I moved to paint detail it. I used of my favorites paints to color the semi gloss black areas, Gunze Sangyo semi gloss black. Here I started to mask the side scoops: ...The windshield mouldings, grills, wing supports, etc: This was probably the most difficult section to detail, the front direction signals. I think it could be easier if it was molded as a separate part, a simple square to glued on or, perhaps it could be sanded but….this is a Box Stock, so, I won’t altered anything like this. I had to mask and use even aluminum foil for the body, due it was already polished and with some wax already. This is how it turned out… Simón P. Rivera Torres Edited January 23, 2012 by simonr
simonr Posted January 23, 2012 Author Posted January 23, 2012 Side scoops were painted and polished, masked, then, detailed with semi gloss black. The scoops and the rear wing where glued to the body, so, this is a picture of how everything looks until now. Now, I just have to detail the engine cover. This was also a little bit tricky. Tamiya tape as always to the rescue…Instruction sheet call for some semi gloss black, but, since the paint turned out so glossy a contrast is hard to see. To resolve this, I mixed some semi gloss black with some flat clear and I got what I wanted: Here we can see how it turned out. A simple model with a great aggressive look… More pictures in the Under Glass Section.. Simón P. Rivera Torres
A.R.C. Posted January 24, 2012 Posted January 24, 2012 You can never go wrong with a Countach. Nice work!
mrm Posted January 24, 2012 Posted January 24, 2012 Very nicely done. The Countach is such an icon, a symbol of an automotive era. Meanwhile it is such a POS as a 1:1 car.
Modlbldr Posted January 24, 2012 Posted January 24, 2012 Simon- What a nice job on the details of this kit. That paint is as shinny as can be. Great job! BTW- It's nice to see that I'm not the ONLY one to buy a kit while on a family vacation to Disney World. Back in 2006 I bought a Tamiya Morris Mini kit at the Japan pavilion for $12.00. My wife gave me a hard time. I told her to buy the mementos of D.W. that she wanted and I'd buy the ones I wanted! Good Times. Good Times. LOL! Later-
vwrabbit Posted January 24, 2012 Posted January 24, 2012 Is that the old AMT/Italeri LP500S? Looks great! Tim
vwrabbit Posted January 25, 2012 Posted January 25, 2012 Thanks. Must have missed that part in the first post. Tamiya
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