Revell 1/25th Scale Ford Mustang
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Your detail painting is very precise. Cant decide if I should start the Tamiya 370z my girfriend bought me or the Tamiya Porsche 959 
Well I have been working on my Mustang Model a bit more so a few couple more photo's for your viewing pleasure: -
As you can see the engine is in now and I have the details painted on the underside.
Looks like I may have to have a bash at resin casting my own wheels as I can't find any of the correct type - either that or I stay with the stock kit wheels.
ETA: The Holts car paint doesn't eat the plastic kit so I have used it to paint the insides of the engine bay and given it a coat of matt clearcoat to bring it down to a buff finish like the actual car. It won't be used for the outside though as it is much too thick for a spray gun and doesn't mix well with model thinners
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Matt
As you can see the engine is in now and I have the details painted on the underside.
Looks like I may have to have a bash at resin casting my own wheels as I can't find any of the correct type - either that or I stay with the stock kit wheels.
ETA: The Holts car paint doesn't eat the plastic kit so I have used it to paint the insides of the engine bay and given it a coat of matt clearcoat to bring it down to a buff finish like the actual car. It won't be used for the outside though as it is much too thick for a spray gun and doesn't mix well with model thinners
.Matt
Edited by mattmoxon on Saturday 28th November 19:04
mattmoxon said:
konamonkey said:
I really like that. Are you plannig on weathering the underside or leaving it showroom?
I think I am going to leave it showroom, as much as I'd like to weather it a bit I fear I may ruin it by doing so.Matt
I'll paint it red instead then!
Right sorry for the hold up peeps I took delivery of the paint from Hiroby.com this week - damn good match it is too. However as I will have to airbrush in the garage I am going to wait for the weather to warm up a bit first as I don't want to be spraying in sub zero or near zero temperatures.
Matt
Matt
Those dashboard decals look fantastic! As does the realistic 'glint' from the gear changer in that first photo.
Now, how about taking strands of 5 amp fuse wire, cut to size and painted black, and carefully glued into the engine bay to represent the HT leads? Tricky I know but they would add more realism.
Well done, so far it looks great.
Now, how about taking strands of 5 amp fuse wire, cut to size and painted black, and carefully glued into the engine bay to represent the HT leads? Tricky I know but they would add more realism.
Well done, so far it looks great.
kenny Chim 4 said:
Those dashboard decals look fantastic! As does the realistic 'glint' from the gear changer in that first photo.
Now, how about taking strands of 5 amp fuse wire, cut to size and painted black, and carefully glued into the engine bay to represent the HT leads? Tricky I know but they would add more realism.
Well done, so far it looks great.
Cheers Now, how about taking strands of 5 amp fuse wire, cut to size and painted black, and carefully glued into the engine bay to represent the HT leads? Tricky I know but they would add more realism.
Well done, so far it looks great.
,I might do that actually I think I have some fuse wire somewhere. Revell thoughtfully provided a chromed plastic gear stick as part of the kit hence the nice glint
The decals are really good I have to say, if a bit thick for some of the smaller details.
Matt
Not quite yet, I have been rather busy plus waiting for an airbrush to be loaned from someone I know. I got bored of waiting and went and bought an airbrush today the body and other air brush able parts are now primed and ready to receive their first coat of colour. I'll have some more Pic's in the coming days of the progression hopefully it won't be too long before it is finished (finally).
Matt
Matt
Well the application of the paint colour could have gone better, the paint has reacted nicely with the primer on the hood so that is almost ruined (thin coat) and as for the rest of it, well here is the body.
as you can see it looks like orange peel basically because I have been spraying on the paint in such thin layers to stop it reacting it is drying in little tiny blobs. I am hoping a rub down will solve it, and a good coat of clear-coat (required anyway) will bring the shine up and get rid of the orange peel effect.
as you can see it looks like orange peel basically because I have been spraying on the paint in such thin layers to stop it reacting it is drying in little tiny blobs. I am hoping a rub down will solve it, and a good coat of clear-coat (required anyway) will bring the shine up and get rid of the orange peel effect.
Red Firecracker said:
What paint are you using? I take it you're airbrushing? If so, what pressure are you spraying at and also how thin is the paint?
Zero Paints custom mixed stuff, it states airbrush ready on the bottle it came in. Yes I'm airbrushing, I'm using a badger air brush with a propellant tin so the pressure is whatever comes out of the tin.I am thinking that the paint (or the thinners in it) doesn't like the base paint, as some of it literally wrinkled up and ate into the primer (satin white enamel paint (Revell) applied thinned with the airbrush) stripping it
Is this one of those always buy the paint and primer from the same place lessons?
mattmoxon said:
Zero Paints custom mixed stuff, it states airbrush ready on the bottle it came in. Yes I'm airbrushing, I'm using a badger air brush with a propellant tin so the pressure is whatever comes out of the tin.
I am thinking that the paint (or the thinners in it) doesn't like the base paint, as some of it literally wrinkled up and ate into the primer (satin white enamel paint (Revell) applied thinned with the airbrush) stripping it
Is this one of those always buy the paint and primer from the same place lessons?
There's your issue. You can use the Zero primer or just use Halfords rattle cans or thin down their tins of primer. I am thinking that the paint (or the thinners in it) doesn't like the base paint, as some of it literally wrinkled up and ate into the primer (satin white enamel paint (Revell) applied thinned with the airbrush) stripping it
Is this one of those always buy the paint and primer from the same place lessons?
From memory you can adjust the pressure of the propellant cans with the screw on the adaptor. I spray Zero basecoats at about 20 psi (depending on the weather) and don't normally need to thin them (does depend on the colour though).
I'd be tempted to drop the bodyshell in some brake fluid or Mr Muscle oven cleaner and strip everything off as you're never going to get a good finish with the enamel underneath, it'll just keep on reacting.
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