JayMesawitz Posted March 9, 2010 Report Posted March 9, 2010 (edited) So here is my latest project. I've got an itch for 1/43 a while ago so I'm scratching it with this nice little kit from Renaissance (France) This car is from the 24 hours of Lemans '97. The kit is mostly resin: body, chassis & interior bits. It has brass & nickel PE, some white metal and turned aluminum parts for a fairly detailed build in this scale. Edited March 9, 2010 by Beer30
JayMesawitz Posted March 9, 2010 Author Report Posted March 9, 2010 I have made some progress on the interior, cleaned up the body and assembled the wheels. Thanks for looking.
JayMesawitz Posted March 11, 2010 Author Report Posted March 11, 2010 Just a quick mock-up with the wheels to check ride height. The back seems to squat. I'll have to sort that out.
MikeH Posted March 13, 2010 Report Posted March 13, 2010 You've got my attention! Love the Lemans cars. There's an Aston Martin from MCH that I would love to get my hands on.
Dreamsof51 Posted March 18, 2010 Report Posted March 18, 2010 Another masterpiece in the making. I like to watch you work. Thanks for sharing. Chris
JayMesawitz Posted March 20, 2010 Author Report Posted March 20, 2010 MAN 1/43 is small my eyes hurt. Body paint & decals. it should be done pretty soon. thanks for looking
MikeH Posted March 20, 2010 Report Posted March 20, 2010 Uber cool! That thing's gonna look like it's hit 200mph standing still!
JayMesawitz Posted March 20, 2010 Author Report Posted March 20, 2010 head & tail lights. Im kind of fretting over cutting the vac windows & headlight covers : |
Dreamsof51 Posted March 21, 2010 Report Posted March 21, 2010 What kind of paint did you use? The finish looks very smooth.
JayMesawitz Posted March 21, 2010 Author Report Posted March 21, 2010 The paint did come out very smooth. Thanks. No polishing required. It is testors enamel. The little square bottles. I take a 3oz jar (badger airbrush) dump in the whole bottle then refill the paint bottle with testors thinner twice and add it to the big bottle. No substituting a cheaper thinner! Finally since this paint dries slowly I have a drying chamber that really make more difference than you might imagine. It is a small electric de-humidifier in the bottom of a cabinet. I posted a pic of the one I use here before. I use this black all the time for alclad chrome base so I always have a supply of pre thinned gloss black on hand but I follow the same formula for any gloss color coat when using testors enamel. They have given me my two best finishes in my collection. Both laid down like glass from the start and niether required polishing. NOTE TO SELF: stop trying other techniques and stick with what works.
JayMesawitz Posted March 22, 2010 Author Report Posted March 22, 2010 Thanks to all who have checked in and bigger thanks to those who comment She is done!!
Recommended Posts