Don Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 Looks like quite the tricky and challenging kit with all those CF decals and such...way beyond my level of car modeling at this stage. Despite your woes, you are making steady progress and she will look sweet with the work you are doing . Great updates. Cheers...and happy St. Patricks Day... ! Don. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
adambc Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 CF decals are tough as is but definitely tricky on something like this thing. One tip I can provide is soaking a Q-tip in Micro Sol and hold it in each of the holes on the rims with fairly firm pressure. Since yours are already on I would brush some Sol on first and let them soften a bit but this is how I get CF to work into recesses. Other than that keep up the good work, this should be sweet when it's done. Adam Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bigasshammm Posted March 20, 2015 Author Share Posted March 20, 2015 Wheels and tires are done. Pretty happy with them especially when compared to the real thing above. Waiting on my other decals to continue on with the interior. I'll start working the body soon also. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bigasshammm Posted April 1, 2015 Author Share Posted April 1, 2015 Got the studio 27 set and it's very nice. Spent about 2-3 hours decaling the seats and some of the interior yesterday. Didn't even get halfway done. Will do some more today and get pics hopefully. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bigasshammm Posted April 1, 2015 Author Share Posted April 1, 2015 Pretty sure there's more on the sheets that's not covered in the instructions. Decals cover three sheets. Something like 20 decals per seat! Dash so far. Interior tub Bout halfway done with the seats. May get them finished by tonight but there's many that go over top each other so I have to be patient. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trash Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 Looking good, that is a lot of decals Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bigasshammm Posted April 1, 2015 Author Share Posted April 1, 2015 They're a lot nicer than the MP4-27 set I used a year or two ago. Fit good and conform good with microsol. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bigasshammm Posted April 2, 2015 Author Share Posted April 2, 2015 Everything you see here is decal. And I still have I think 5 more per seat. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bigasshammm Posted April 16, 2015 Author Share Posted April 16, 2015 Picking this back up. Should finish the interior soon. Dash, wheel, and center console complete. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Don Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 Beautiful interior ! Looks awesome. Regards, Don. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
marvin20 Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 Looking great! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bigasshammm Posted April 20, 2015 Author Share Posted April 20, 2015 Almost forgot seatbelts. Would have been a shame to do Ll this and not have belts. Checked the spares tub and found this tubing like stuff. Seemed to be the right color and I split it in half and it was a perfect size. Then I realized after looking at pictures what these extra decals were in the Studio 27 set. Finally the interior is finished. Will try n get it all together tomorrow and shoot some pics. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bigasshammm Posted April 20, 2015 Author Share Posted April 20, 2015 And the interior is done. Started adding bits to the body getting it close to paint. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dnl42 Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 Wow, those seats look great in the tub! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bigasshammm Posted April 21, 2015 Author Share Posted April 21, 2015 Most of the body is together. Have a couple spots to clean up then it'll be ready for paint. Gloss black will be first. Followed by a lot of masking ugh. Then chrome and the orange. I imagine it will be a lengthy paint process. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bigasshammm Posted April 21, 2015 Author Share Posted April 21, 2015 Black Will let it dry for several days. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bigasshammm Posted April 27, 2015 Author Share Posted April 27, 2015 2 plus hours of masking. Also wasn't happy with a couple imperfections in the paint so I sanded some spots and had to reshoot the gloss black. Means I should have the first layer of chrome applied hopefully Wednesday. I'm getting anxious I want to see it in orange. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bigasshammm Posted April 28, 2015 Author Share Posted April 28, 2015 Chrome Probably add another layer of chrome. Then undecided on if I should clear before candy paint or not. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
marvin20 Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Great work Kris! What brand of chrome paint did you use? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bigasshammm Posted April 28, 2015 Author Share Posted April 28, 2015 (edited) Alclad Definitely needs another coat there's some weird spots where the paint didn't flatten out properly. Not sure. And I won't deny it's tempting to leave it chrome. Edited April 28, 2015 by Bigasshammm Quote Link to post Share on other sites
adambc Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 The chrome does look pretty good. I would just do the orange over the chrome them clear. No reason to clear in between. Can't wait to see the orange on. Interior looks great too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bigasshammm Posted April 29, 2015 Author Share Posted April 29, 2015 (edited) That moment when something comes out exactly as planned! Put two coats of orange on. I'll take it outside later today and get a really good picture of it but I think it looks awesome. Can't wait to get the masking off. In the sun! Edited April 29, 2015 by Bigasshammm Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trash Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 Wow, that is beautiful. Glad I order the exact same paints for my Aventador Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bigasshammm Posted April 29, 2015 Author Share Posted April 29, 2015 Wow, that is beautiful. Glad I order the exact same paints for my Aventador They'll be twins! Essentially same car. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
marvin20 Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 WOW! That orange looks awesome over the chrome. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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