discussion Tamiya Mercedes Benz 300sl 1/24

[Marc Stock]

Thank Polux. Work has been flipping busy. I mixed up my paint for this bit over a week ago, and it started to clump. So it took me 40 mins of thining and filtering to get it airbrush ready. Here is the result. The artificial light doesn't represent the colour in its true form but you can see from the test bit I did over a week ago that the colour is close enough.

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[Guest]

Thank Polux. Work has been flipping busy. I mixed up my paint for this bit over a week ago, and it started to clump. So it took me 40 mins of thining and filtering to get it airbrush ready. Here is the result. The artificial light doesn't represent the colour in its true form but you can see from the test bit I did over a week ago that the colour is close enough.

Looks nearly spot on. Your colour temperature on the camera is out a wee bit and so is the the other one, in opposite directions so they may well be very close. If your happy, who cares?! Looks good to me.

 

[Marc Stock]

Masking off. Popped the seats haven't glued them yet in I might satin coat the seats and dash to enhance the leather finish.

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[Guest]

Very nice dude, good work

 

[Marc Stock]

Need to get the DB 396 blue mixed up from zero paints.

 

[Marc Stock]

Very nice dude, good work

Thanks buddy.


Trying to decide how many coats of satin I'm going to go for on the seats the door cards and dashboard. On the reference pic the seats have a slight sheen on them and the rest of the interior is quite matt looking. I'd imagine the door cards to be a little more shiney due to surface wear also but again a nice matt finish suggests leather that has just been fitted and not worn so I have done three samples 1 2 and 3 coats to see what looks best starting from bottom test bit to top.

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[Guest]

I like how much effort your putting into this. I can't make an opinion on the sheen as I don't know anything about the original but a very soft sheen would be like most leather.

 

[takeslousyphotos]

Masking off. Popped the seats haven't glued them yet in I might satin coat the seats and dash to enhance the leather finish.

That is some fine work Marc.......Looking really good.

 

[Guest]

Brilliant choice of colour and the grey upholstery to go with it will look perfect. Glad you went for that shade of blue, rather than a darker shade and it wouldn't have suited yellow. I have one of these kits in my stash and I think I will use the same colour, when I get round to building it.

 

[Marc Stock]

I like how much effort your putting into this. I can't make an opinion on the sheen as I don't know anything about the original but a very soft sheen would be like most leather.

Yeah I think im just going to go with the 1 coat. And I'll mask off the sides of the seat and just apply it to the seating surface.

 

[Marc Stock]

That is some fine work Marc.......Looking really good.

Thanks mate.

 

[Marc Stock]

Brilliant choice of colour and the grey upholstery to go with it will look perfect. Glad you went for that shade of blue, rather than a darker shade and it wouldn't have suited yellow. I have one of these kits in my stash and I think I will use the same colour, when I get round to building it.

I just hope I don't mess it up right at the end. Like getting glue all over the glass or something...


I'm glad I went for this colour choice too. Often find if you trawl through the Web you can get a good idea on how you want your car to look.

 

[Marc Stock]

Ok another test fit with the satin coated seats. They do look like real leather now so I'm happy with that. I'm glad I did another test fit as some of the paint has made it very tight and I had to do a bit of filing to get it to fit again.

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[Guest]

You are right Marc, those seats do look like leather, with that satin finish. Once you have the blue on the body, it will show them up even better. Nice job Marc.

 

[Marc Stock]

Yay something I did turned out exactly as a wanted woo.

 

[Guest]

Satin seems to be a great finish. Using it on carbon fibre decals also looks great!


Looking very nice so far.

 

[Guest]

That's looking great, keep up the good work

 

[Marc Stock]

Thanks guys. I sent an e-mail to zero paints about mixing me up the colour and I haven't even got a response from them...

 

[Guest]

Zero paints or hiroboy?

 

[Marc Stock]

Zero paints or hiroboy?

Zero paints is hiroboy. I spoke to the owner today and hiroboy is the company that is jointly owned with zero paints under the same owner.


Very knowledgeable chap, I have me colour choices now so will be making an order when I get back from my holiday.