After preparing all the sub assemblies and parts I gave them a good wash with lukewarm water with some dish washing soap.
While the parts were drying I decanted Tamiya surface primer (white and grey) into some paint jars.
All the parts received a grey primer coat to check for blemishes or spots that need to be reworked.
After everything is checked the wings and body will be primed with the white surface primer.
After the grey primer, this is how everything looks.
Apart from the front wings and the rear wing, everything looks ready for a splash of color.
The front wings need some extra work filling and sanding to get rid of the ejector pin marks. The ejector pin marks on the rear wing are hardly visible anymore. Only a few short shot spots on the back of the rear wing need some attention.
After sanding, the front wings, rear wing and the body got a coat of white primer in preparation for the color.
In the meantime I already painted the suspension, cockpit and engine/gearbox assy semigloss black.
I used my own mix of 80% X18 and 20% XF-1 for the black.
Getting going with the airbrush took some time though.
It took a few sessions to get back to a level I was happy with.
In the end I'm very happy with how the floor of the car turned out. It took two attempts, but it was worth it.
Less happy I was with my Harder & Steenbeck Infinity airbrush.
In the past I've had troubles with air escaping through the paint cup. I thought I'd left those problems behind. But sadly, they surfaced again when trying to paint the front wings gloss white.
Leading to a very sloppy paint job. So that's a bit of a setback.
I do fear that the fact that the paint was probably not thinned enough played a big part in the end result.
So that's left me with some additional work.
Another setback I had with my Alclad paints. I was planning to paint the radiators with ALC105 polished aluminium.
But the paint wouldn't mix properly... Even after vigorous shaking of the bottle...
It seems that all those years sitting unused in the cellar hasn't done the paint much good.
Luckily I have other paints that will do just fine. But that's for another update.
That's it for now. More to come in the near future.
See you soon.
Previous update
While the parts were drying I decanted Tamiya surface primer (white and grey) into some paint jars.
All the parts received a grey primer coat to check for blemishes or spots that need to be reworked.
After everything is checked the wings and body will be primed with the white surface primer.
After the grey primer, this is how everything looks.
The front wings need some extra work filling and sanding to get rid of the ejector pin marks. The ejector pin marks on the rear wing are hardly visible anymore. Only a few short shot spots on the back of the rear wing need some attention.
After sanding, the front wings, rear wing and the body got a coat of white primer in preparation for the color.
I used my own mix of 80% X18 and 20% XF-1 for the black.
Getting going with the airbrush took some time though.
It took a few sessions to get back to a level I was happy with.
In the end I'm very happy with how the floor of the car turned out. It took two attempts, but it was worth it.
In the past I've had troubles with air escaping through the paint cup. I thought I'd left those problems behind. But sadly, they surfaced again when trying to paint the front wings gloss white.
Leading to a very sloppy paint job. So that's a bit of a setback.
I do fear that the fact that the paint was probably not thinned enough played a big part in the end result.
So that's left me with some additional work.
But the paint wouldn't mix properly... Even after vigorous shaking of the bottle...
It seems that all those years sitting unused in the cellar hasn't done the paint much good.
Luckily I have other paints that will do just fine. But that's for another update.
That's it for now. More to come in the near future.
See you soon.
Previous update
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