Tamiya Nissan R89C

[papa 695]

That is looking sweet Marc great work so far

[Marc Stock]

Just a quickie. My next model

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[Marc Stock]

cockpit dash done. Not hugely happy with it but it looks ok.


I took one of the numbers from the decal sheet and placed it in the cockpit to mimic a bay number for pits.

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[Marc Stock]

Did the windshield tonight, fitted dashboard was going to gloss the main body but decided to leave it and have an early night. That's it for now as next week work is nuts probably won't get any time onight it until next weekend.

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[Marc Stock]

Not particularly happy at the moment. One of the large decals that cover the rear arch cover a large blue decal split as soon as it got wet and started disintegrating as I put it on. And the rear wing decals don't fully cover the white areas which doesn't look particularly accurate. Only thing that does look accurate is I cut out the wing brace at the back and in the kit it's covered by the decal but in real life it's exposed and is metal. I did some racing marks on the tyres which look good though.


Now now sure what to do.

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[takeslousyphotos]

That is looking really very very good Marc

[Snowman]

Just a quickie. My next model

I'm jealous!!


Great build thus far!!

[Marc Stock]

I'm very disappointed. The large decals just break up and disintegrate when I apply them. So I'm binning the decals all togther just using the small nissan badge and going to an unliveried version in blue.

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[takeslousyphotos]

I'm very disappointed. The large decals just break up and disintegrate when I apply them. So I'm binning the decals all togther just using the small nissan badge and going to an unliveried version in blue.

That looks absolutely stunning Marc. I really like it without the large decals.

[Marc Stock]

Okay so I think I'm feeling a little better. Just done the 1st coats going to let them degas and will rub down over the weekend and see if it needs a second coat. Then gloss up and ready for minimal decals. Just going to use the white nissan badges and that's about It.

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[Marc Stock]

Top coat done tonight. Just go to wait to degass and then do the gloss coat on top.

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[Marc Stock]

Really loosing interest in this build now. Just want to get it finished. Also I'm a little fed up with the quality of humbrol enamels. Plus they are smelly and a pain to clean. I might finish the model and chuck my enamels away and go to acrylic.

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[flyjoe180]

Looks good to me Marc. Don't throw the enamels away, even if you convert to acrylics they will keep for decades and would be useful for small detail painting.

[Marc Stock]

Guess I'm feeling a bit discouraged. thanks for the kind words. But I feel like chucking the lot in the bin

[flyjoe180]

Well, that blue looks nice and smooth and gives a nice depth to the finish.