Ferrari 360 Modena

[Guest]

Just seen and caught up on this one Dougie some great work it's looking very good

Cheers, it's fine for an eBay part build and hopefully I can get the body up to standard before I bite the bullet and paint it haha, patience is not my strongest point. There are still flash marks on some components but I'm not going to lose sleep if it looks good from a normal viewing distance haha

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Two nights ago my Tamiya stand decided to part company with its base, it hasn't done that in ages. It did it mid paint so I'm a day behind! Car landed on its front in dust and on a rough surface on the wet paint. Extra sand and primer coat was needed.


There must have been £30 worth of paint used on this by now and mostly sanded off haha. Lessons learned as they say at work.


I am nearly happy enough to paint, the front vents aren't perfect but I cannot sand them better with the tools I have, one sand left to go but the primer seems to be too soft still.


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Two nights ago my Tamiya stand decided to part company with its base, it hasn't done that in ages. It did it mid paint so I'm a day behind! Car landed on its front in dust and on a rough surface on the wet paint. Extra sand and primer coat was needed.
There must have been £30 worth of paint used on this by now and mostly sanded off haha. Lessons learned as they say at work.


I am nearly happy enough to paint, the front vents aren't perfect but I cannot sand them better with the tools I have, one sand left to go but the primer seems to be too soft still.


[GALLERY=media, 8360]IMG_20150617_072555 by dougie posted Jun 17, 2015 at 8:08 AM[/GALLERY][GALLERY=media, 8361]IMG_20150617_072637 by dougie posted Jun 17, 2015 at 8:08 AM[/GALLERY]

What colour is it going to be .

[Guest]

Red mate, I have Rosso Corsa (I think) from zero paints. I hope I have enough left though as I'm not to great at judging the airbrush settings at the moment and after disaster 1 there is only just over half left.


I think I will make sure I have everything prepped better this time and try to do a good job of 3-4 mist coats before a couple of wet coats.

[Guest]

Red mate, I have Rosso Corsa (I think) from zero paints. I hope I have enough left though as I'm not to great at judging the airbrush settings at the moment and after disaster 1 there is only just over half left.
I think I will make sure I have everything prepped better this time and try to do a good job of 3-4 mist coats before a couple of wet coats.

OK mate, I have zero paints A110 Renault Alpine Blue, for my Alpine, this is a Base coat paint that dries to a matt finish & then you clear coat with lacquer for the shine is it the same with yours?..


Im not that good with the airbrush either just hope I get it right for this one LOL..

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Exa

OK mate, I have zero paints A110 Renault Alpine Blue, for my Alpine, this is a Base coat paint that dries to a matt finish & then you clear coat with lacquer for the shine is it the same with yours?..
Im not that good with the airbrush either just hope I get it right for this one LOL..

Exactly the same mate. I've used their 1k clear over Tamiya mica blue and with Tamiya polish and cloths the finish is amazing. I hear you do need some good mist coats first, certainly you can see what happened with my acrylic base coat - the most coats were fine and that led me on to think the wet would be as well but yes acrylic under lacquer is a no no hahaha

[Snowman]

Awesome recovery!!

[Guest]

Awesome recovery!!

Cheers, I've leaned quite a bit although this £10 eBay part build has now cost a fortune in paint and swear jar money

[Guest]

Ok, I thought stuff it, let's get some colour on this... It has gone on nicely but I need to get a volume tank for the compressor. Too much water hitting the model on occasion even with 2 regulator / filters.


There is a wee bit of sanding required I think, a couple of wee sanding marks from the primer fiasco and a couple of wee marks on the bonnet from a possible filler reaction that seemed to just happen this afternoon. Booger.


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Oh excuse the phone white balance. Like 4 options, none work

[Snowman]

"Progressive resistance", I like to call it!


Nice build up of the paint!!

[Guest]

I'm

"Progressive resistance", I like to call it!
Nice build up of the paint!!

I have had to sand a wee bit on the bonnet but the zero paints are just so nice to use it shouldn't take much more to blend it back in. Should have 're primed the area but thought I'd risk it.


I'm working away now so no updates at the moment. I will get the lights and engine lid done next and clear them as soon as I can, that will spur me on to finish this.

[Richi72]

Looks great so far Dougie,


as Snowman said, nice build up of the paint.


Cheers Richi

[Guest]

Looks great so far Dougie,
as Snowman said, nice build up of the paint.


Cheers Richi

Thanks mate, encouragement always welcome as is cc

[Guest]

Ok, I thought stuff it, let's get some colour on this... It has gone on nicely but I need to get a volume tank for the compressor. Too much water hitting the model on occasion even with 2 regulator / filters.
There is a wee bit of sanding required I think, a couple of wee sanding marks from the primer fiasco and a couple of wee marks on the bonnet from a possible filler reaction that seemed to just happen this afternoon. Booger.


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Oh excuse the phone white balance. Like 4 options, none work

Think I will send you my Alpine Body for the spray job mate...


John.

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Think I will send you my Alpine Body for the spray job mate...
John.

I'm sure you don't need to haha, there are mistakes in there for sure!


what paints are you going to use on it? I have very limited experience but honestly the zero paints are so nice, no need for a wet coat as the clear does that so you can slowly build up the paint and it Drys really quickly as well if you keep the coats nice and thin. Not as good for your health as some but the finish is the main concern here


Cheers