1/24 Renault 5 turbo (marlboro rally and road car)

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Small update. 3 light coats of clear currently drying out before flattening.


You can see the orange peel forming as the 1k clear dries out, I'm trying out my infrared lamp to help this process along.


[GALLERY=media, 8691]1461920586765153741508 by dougie posted Apr 29, 2016 at 10:04 AM[/GALLERY]


[GALLERY=media, 8692]14619214449041397870371 by dougie posted Apr 29, 2016 at 10:18 AM[/GALLERY]

[Guest]

Very smooth & shiny Dougie!


That's why I don't build cars, even though I'm a confirmed petrolhead - I can never get a finish like that.

[Guest]

Very smooth & shiny Dougie!
That's why I don't build cars, even though I'm a confirmed petrolhead - I can never get a finish like that.

Mate if I can do it anyone can! It is possible with and airbrush but... a mini spray gun really really helps. You can keep a full wet coat on the whole body as you spray with minimal over spray.


I guess if I used 2k clear I'd get less orange peel but I'm not risking my health more than I do with these paints for a model car!


Cheers for the compliment

[Snowman]

Ooooh, revving my motor!!


Looking very good!

[Marc Stock]

Looking good Dougie. Nice colour

[Guest]

Looking good Dougie.


Nice bodyshell colour.

[Guest]

Quick update from this morning. Have sanded and polished the body. Not shown are the panel lines I have washed. They will require a tiny tidy up...

[Guest]

That looks beautifully shiny Dougie

[Snowman]

Mirror, mirror......very nice! B|

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Cheers guys. It looks pretty good. A couple of minor blemished but so far my best body to date. Just need to make the window surrounds semi gloss black and she is done well the body is...

[PaulTRose]

nice colour, what type of paint are you using?

[Guest]

nice colour, what type of paint are you using?

It's zero paints, bleu olympe, I think there is a picture right at the start of the thread. The metallic fleck is stunning

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Attached are pics of the lenses I'm making for the fogs. Literally just hollowed out the flat lights, painted white then yellow and filled with microscale krystal klear. You can see its starting to dry. Wished I'd sprayed the lights gold.

[Marc Stock]

Good work dougie. Love the fleck on the paintwork, wonderful finish. 


Zero paints really are the top choice aren't they? I wont use anything else now for car bodies.

[Guest]

Good work dougie. Love the fleck on the paintwork, wonderful finish. 


Zero paints really are the top choice aren't they? I wont use anything else now for car bodies.

I love them they are just the best to work with and the finish is great!