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Post by Ben_B on Apr 26, 2020 9:15:33 GMT -8
Grassroots Motorsports forum is hosting another 2-week model car build, so this time I chose a street car, so things will (hopefully) go faster. This is Tamiya Mica Blue over gray primer. I was hoping for a darker blue, but the finish turned out so good I'm afraid to repaint it. It looks like a cross between the 10th Anniversary Sapphire Blue and Lotus Laser Blue. I've done all of the preliminary painting on the cockpit and chassis, so it's just a matter of detail painting and putting it all together. I'm thinking about lowering the suspension, since the built model sits too high.We'll see. ![]()  Ben |
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Post by tatocorvette on Apr 26, 2020 9:23:30 GMT -8
Love the color! Great paint job.
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Post by jchrisf on Apr 26, 2020 9:57:25 GMT -8
Looks great.. I just used this color on my Subaru and would love to use it again.
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Post by arcticwolf on Apr 26, 2020 12:48:52 GMT -8
It's close to my favorite colour of all time, I have a can of it waiting for the right car.
Nice job!
ps: for favorite colour, see my Gremlin, lol.
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Post by 2whl on Apr 26, 2020 12:52:02 GMT -8
Nice paint ! I say lower it.
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Post by Ben_B on Apr 26, 2020 13:58:08 GMT -8
Thanks, guys! If I can figure out a simple way to lower it, I will. I'm afraid it would take longer to re-engineer the model's suspension than it takes me to change the shocks & springs out on my '04 (<3 hrs)!  Ben |
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Post by Ben_B on May 6, 2020 7:30:37 GMT -8
Well, I missed the deadline by a few days. I initially lowered it too much and ended up having to rebuild the suspension. If I had left it alone this would have been a very quick and easy build.   Ben |
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Post by bsmooth on May 6, 2020 8:24:08 GMT -8
I read that and saw your model at the end. What happened with that lacquer over enamel, that car was a mess. Talk about a lot of rework !
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Post by mustang1989 on May 6, 2020 10:30:31 GMT -8
That turned out fantastic!! Almost looks like Testor's Icy Blue. Oh man.....you went through the dissimilar paint issues??!! I've been there and done that on one model before I learned that lesson. Looks like you pulled through this build great though.
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Post by Ben_B on May 6, 2020 11:00:56 GMT -8
Thanks for the kind words! I didn’t have any problems at all with the paint on this one. It’s Tamiya lacquer primer & paint with a Tamiya lacquer clear coat. It’s actually one of my better paint jobs!  I initially was a little disappointed that the blue wasn’t darker but I got over that. I did have problems with the paint on my Tamiya 1st gen Miata. That was a Krylon base coat with Tamiya clear lacquer. Krylon is crappy paint and it reacted badly to the first mist coat of clear. I was able to salvage it by sanding and polishing it without a clear coat. Ben |
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Post by bsmooth on May 6, 2020 11:25:59 GMT -8
Sorry Ben I didn't mean your paint job. I meant the one on the thread over at Grassroots Motorsport, there was one earlier in the thread on page 1, I think it was a 68 AMX. Yours came out very well, reminds me of a lot of them I saw at trackdays up at Loudon in NH. I do have to ask why you leave the sprue on while your painting it ? Is it so it makes it easier to handle, so you don't have to touch the body ?
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Post by Ben_B on May 6, 2020 14:24:01 GMT -8
The guy with the Chevelle used the wrong kind of stripper on it and destroyed the body. Oops!
I left the sprue attached to try to protect the windshield frame, because it’s pretty flimsy. I did the same thing with my Tamiya Miata. One of the side frames still broke when I clipped the sprue off. It does make a convenient place to hold the body, too.
Ben
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Post by tatocorvette on May 6, 2020 17:11:58 GMT -8
Turned out great! Love the color.
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Post by Joel_W on May 7, 2020 10:57:38 GMT -8
Ben,
Outstanding my friend. Personally, I just love that color.
Joel
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Post by afx on May 8, 2020 6:01:52 GMT -8
Looks great Ben.
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I initially was a little disappointed that the blue wasn’t darker but I got over that.
