Lamborghini Miura P400 Sv

[Randy Kern]

This is my first try at a work-in-progress, as I thought it would be sort of cool to see the actual progress I make on this kit, with a few new techniques I've learned. This is Hasegawa's recent release of the 1971 Lamborghini Miura P400 SV. It does have an engine, but when done is mostly hidden. Being a curbside then, I'll mostly concentrate on the body and interior. I started with Dupli-Color white sandable primer, then a basecoat of Tamiya Silver Leaf, leaving the rocker panels this color, then the color coat of Dupli-Color Orange Mist, followed by Tamiya clear. A dehydrator really makes quick work of those steps! Next I have to polish out the body (first time trying that, but I have good teachers in my club).

For the interior I'm trying the embossing powder technique. I think it looks better, with a finer grain, and much easier to work with! I left the driver's side un-painted. This is the color of the powder. The passenger's side was painted with Tamiya Metallic Gray, as was the seat. Michael's had at least 10 to 15 colors of embossing powder, so you probably wouldn't even need to paint too much.

Well, that's all for now. I may need tranquilizers polishing the body!

Edited October 23, 2007 by randbugeye

[crispy]

Beautiful color for a beautiful car. I look forward to your progress. So far so good! I think you'll be happy when you finish the polish job.

Chris

[robertw]

That's going to be a nice color for the Miura. I've been thinking of doing an F430 in that same color.

Rob W

[MonoPed]

That looks great!!

[Gregg]

Randy, great job so far.

That's one thing I love about this forum

You get to see some great builds from start to finish

Keep us posted

Can you post a pic of the embossing powder bottles?

We don't have Michaels here

and what breed of dog is that?

He/She is so cute!!!!!

[Randy Kern]

Hi, Gregg. Thanks for the kind words. BTW, it was cool to have you unexpectedly show up at the mid-Atlantic NNL, as I had a chance to meet and chat with you a little as you took photos.

Here's the embossing powder I used. As I said, they have a good selection of colors, including clear, that you might not even need to paint over. There was a post about this a while back, and I'm not sure what brand was used, but this type works great. A couple of fellow club members have had good results trying this, also. Apparently it's used for stamping crafts, and they melt it into stuff with a heat gun, so wherever they sell those kinds of crafts, they should have this powder. The two big chain stores that would have it are Michael's and A.C. Moore.

As for the masked dog, he's a Pug, named Chumley.

[Steve H.]

Good Teachers = Priceless!

Thats a pretty nice paint job so far, polishing should be easy. Just make sure you have enough clear on it to work with.

I'll have to try those embossing powders.

[ismaelg]

Looking GREAT! I'll follow up this one closely as I have one in primer.

Thanks,

[lizardlust]

That ought to look stunning when polished, as the finish looks about flawless as it stands!! What did you use to adhere the embossing powder to the interior surfaces? The results do look cleaner and more in-scale than flocking does. I eagerly await seeing more of this Lambo!!!

P.S. Chumley certainly appears to be a fierce lad!!!

Edited August 31, 2007 by lizardlust

[cruz]

Hey Randy, nice progress on that man, I sent for one of those kits from HLJ and never received it, I love that car too. Nice job on the carpeting man and the color is gonna be sweet. I will try to make it to the meeting tomorrow, hope you can bring it. I am sure you will do just fine with the polishing, don't even worry man............

[MrObsessive]

Ditto what everyone else is saying Randy! That is gonna be extra nice with that color!

I'm gonna sound the siren too about making sure you have enough coats of clear before you rub it out. Clears tend to shrink more than other paints, so while it may look nice and glossy, the coats themselves are a little thinner than your color coats.

For my benefit, I don't wet sand clears with polishing cloths................water tends to "hide" the progress with the clear making it difficult for me to tell how much I'm taking off.

Just a little caveat!

[Zoom Zoom]

The color looks awesome! My only comment...don't give into any temptation for gold wheels. Keep 'em silver

I tend to agree about being careful of the clear; I apply clear in two sessions-the first to build it up, I let it dry and hit it with 2400-3200 grit micromesh, then apply clear again, which generally gets sanded with 3600 only and then liquid. I rarely have problems with that combination.

[Randy Kern]

Just a quick reply, as far as teachers Steve, I think I had two of the best, the Cruz and Geary team! I'll have to show it to them first, and I thought I had enough clear coats (4) to be OK, but maybe add a few more. Kurt, I just put down a heavy coat of Elmer's white glue, poured on the powder (unsifted), let it dry, and that's it. I even managed to screw it up on one side a little, by poking it before it dried. All I did was smooth it slightly, let it dry completely, put down another coat of glue and powder, and it looked like it never was touched. I struggled with flocking, and this is so much easier! Hey Bob, that's a pretty cool feature the 'other magazine' did on you! Just got it yesterday, and NOW I see all about priming AFTER I did the Lambo

[Marc @ MPC Motorsports]

Randy,

One of my favorite colors on one of my all time favorite cars. How much Tamiya clear did you lay down? If you are going to polish it, you really need to shoot the whole can IMHO. I say that based on the "how to" that Pat Covert wrote in the "other" magazine back in 2002. I used that article as a guide when I first sprayed Tamiya paints and it served me well.

Tamiya clear goes on real thin and if you polish it, you'll polish most of it off.

I will have to try the embossing powders too. Being finer grain, they might work well on seats to represent fabric.

[Randy Kern]

This project has been slow going, somewhat by choice, and also because of a new pup in training (a rare moment of rest in the sig pic below). I took my good old time doing my very first polishing job using the Detail Master progressive grit cloths. Two full cans of Tamiya clear baked in the dehydrator worked fine. Again I have to thank my teachers Cruz and Geary for polishing lessons. It's almost done, as I have the taillights, exhaust tips, license plate and bracket, seals and decals, and a few black washes to do yet. I decided to have the louvered hatch open to see the engine. The headlights do have on and off adjustable positions, but then they're sitting in the pods loose. I think I'll glue them in the retracted position, as I can just see one pop off and go flying to the floor somewhere! I should have it done by this weekend hopefully.

[Randy Kern]

[dub]

That looks awesome! It sure is good company for your 288 GTO you finished earlier. I can't wait to see this one at the meeting!

[LVZ2881]

absolutely beautifull!!!!

Edited October 23, 2007 by LVZ2881

[crispy]

Gorgeous!

Chris

[cruz]

I am sure the pictures don't do it justice, can't wait to see it in person, congratulations on the polishing...........

[lizardlust]

WOW......