Then it was time to do the same on the outside. I first had to set it up on another piece of styrofoam, just to better reach lower areas of the body.
Body painted
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A little too runny paint on the door
I got a little too much paint on the door which created runnings. Barely visible on the pic, but still there and needs to be sorted somehow. Possibly by sanding/polishing after it has cured properly. I hope I can make it look good and also give it a clear cote without messing up.
I also painted the inner rims, including the one I got printed for me.
Painted inner rims
The printed one doesn’t look very nice, but with the brake plates on, it looks ok.
Rims with breaks
I think it will look ok and it will not be very visible once I got it on the shelf!
According to the instructions, some parts are supposed to be painted silver, but after looking at some pics it seems like most of them have a polished steel or chrome look. So I decided to try my chrome colour in the airbrush for the first time.
Some parts painted with chrome
It turned out looking a lot better than I had expected. I need to paint some of them on the other side as well, and I might give the tank a few more layers. Actually not very much colour used to achieve this look.
More painting! This time aluminum.
Some parts painted aluminumMore aluminum
Engine and transmission sits together in one pice, and I just have to work with that.
Engine and suspension parts
I started assemble the engine parts just to notice that I hadn’t got paint everywhere it was needed, so I had to sort that before I could continue.
Most of the engine assembled
The oil filter needs a decal that I’ll put the when the gloss blue have cured.
Speaking of decals, the interior have quite a few.
Interior decals added
Getting the decal on the stick was quite fiddly!
The body frame needed some more paint and I also masked and painted parts of the exhaust system with chrome.
Chrome and aluminum painted
The exhaust system was touched up some and the tape removed.
The painted exhaust system
I decided to add ignition cables so I’ve drilled holes for them, but I need to figure where the other end should go. According to the pics I’ve seen it seems like they go somewhere under the black boxes on the valve covers.
I’ll also continue assembling the chassie once everything else is in place.
I bought this kit some time ago, just because it looked cool and had Shelby in the name. I wasn’t aware that Shelby had constructed a car of his own, but evidently he had. Anyway, I thought it was cool, and put it on my planned build list.
I order to do this kit justice, I decided to have something to practice on, and that’s why I started the BMW 507 Cabrio. That build have partly come to a halt, due to missing pieces. I will still try out the metal paint on the body, and hopefully I’ll manage to get it good enough to try it on this one as well.
Boxart
As usual it start by preparing parts, and on this I started with both engine and interior parts.
Preparing parts
Some parts needed a mix of black and gold.
Special mix painted
It’s only about 5% gold, so it’s barely visible except maybe that it has a slightly different hue.
Then it was time for some aluminum.
Aluminum painted
Then some steel/iron.
Steel painted
On some parts the instructions called for silver, but after looking at the pics on the box, it looked more like chrome or polished metal. So I decided to try my chrome colour in the airbrush for the first time.
Chrome painted
It turned out better than I had expected, but I think some parts need another cote to look real good, and also some parts needs to be painted on the other side.
It might not fully look like chrome, but good enough to look like polished metal.
The instrument panel and the panel for the gear shift was masked and painted dark grey.
Panels painted
Tape removed.
Masking tape removed
Seats and side panels was painted.
Seats and door panels painted
After some detail painting the interior parts looked like this.
Interior parts painted
Some decals needs to be added to complete the interior.
I’ve started assembling the engine and painting parts needed for it. Also some other parts will be sorted and painted before assembly. Many parts will be painted in aluminum.
I bought this kit 2nd hand quite a few years ago, and the main reason for building it, is to test some kind of silver metallic as body colour.
This is what it looked like when I started.
Partly started car parts
The engine got some more parts.
Engine almost built
To be able to test colours, the hood got some primer.
Hood primed
I decided to have a black leather/vinyl interior.
Interior painted black
Then I masked parts of the interior and painted the engine room with steel.
Engine room painted
Perhaps not very visible in the pic, but the ejection pin marks, I thought I had scraped away, was still visible. Time to sort that!
Pin marks sanded and puttied
Time for some more primer.
Some more primer painted
I should have masked the interior better, so now I had to redo it, after painting over the red with flat black.
Gloss black primer painted
It turned out the body had some mold line and other flaws to take care of, and the hood and underside of the chassie got some steel paint.
Steel painted
Then the engine room was painted again.
Engine room repainted
After sorting the flaws, the body got some more primer.
Primer painted
I wasn’t happy with the steel colour, partly because I had problems painting it good enough on the topside. I’ve also had problems with Vallejos primer. Anyway I decided to use Vallejos new metal colours. I tried aluminum on the hood.
Hood painted aluminum
I changed to medium grey and gave the body a cote.
Body painted grey
The outer rims was painted aluminum.
Rims painted
The exhaust pipes was painted with brass.
Exhaust pipes painted
Some parts was painted black and the mufflers was painted with gun metal.
Parts painted
I’ve also assembled engine, transmission and exhaust system.
Exhaust system in place
Two problems have arised during this build. 2 parts are missing and I should have checked better, but as my my intention was to test body colour, my check wasn’t as thorough as it should have been.
I’ve asked for help, and possibly a friend of my son can print the parts on his 3D printer. I’ll see how that goes. Possibly I can make one of them myself if I can get the plastic material needed.
I’ll build and paint as much as I can, and hopefully the parts will be sorted so I can continue.
This is a kit that have been sitting on the shelf for several years. When looking for something else I found the instructions and “missing” parts, I decided to try and finish it.
Little shelf queen
From the start I intended to do somekind of what if future vehicle, but decided to build it as it is this time.
Revell has it own colour markings with their colour brand and very often mixes which doesn’t make it easy to translate, and it isn’t always easy to find the right corresponding colour.
I was told that Hu29 with some white might work, so I tried.
Dark earth paintedTurret in place
While handling it I accidently broke the barrel. Have to sort that later. I wasn’t happy with the colour though, so I ordered a colour I think should be a proper match and repainted the vehicle.
Repainted
Now I’ll just mask it and paint the od colour. Then I need to paint the tracks and wheels and all the details.
After getting the cockpit and the exhaust addition in place, things went pretty fast, and the fuselage, wings, stabilizers and fin was assembled.
Body, wings and things assembled
Not entirely without problems as there are some things to sort.
Seams and fin to sort
I had to cut a little to make the prolonged exhaust fit with the locator tabs on the inside.
Inner part of the exhaust
Just to check, I fit the outer part of the exhaust to the body.
Exhaust pipe test fitted
I think that turned out looking pretty good, and I’ll only need to touch up a little.
Next will be to sort out all the seams and also sort some panel lines to connect the upper and lower body panels. Then it’s time to start sorting the landing gears and some other stuff that will be needed later.
