Progress has been getting along, albeit slowly. Finding the motivation to work on models is coming back slowly. Having said that, some progress has been made. Once the black was sprayed on the bodywork. I waited till that was dry and applied the metallic black coat. The metallic is a thinner coat so requires the gloss black as a base coat. The gold stripe decals were added using softener fluid and a hairdryer to make sure they covered perfectly. Trouble is i should of sanded the black gloss coat a little smoother as some parts of the decals had a little 'ripple' effect due to the coats below. Although nothing to be noticed too much but a lesson to learn for future decals. Once the decals were dry and fixed, the car received it's Diamond Gloss coat, then a great sanding and polishing finished with a wax using Zero Paints polishing wax to finish off an amazing paint job.
The metallic shine really shows up and finishes off the colour.
The hood had clips which were not part of the kit, so I cut the tip of two cocktail sticks off and used scale cabling to form the rings and wires. I painted them chrome before fitting but they will need another coat to finish off the glossy chrome look. I left the clips to dry before folding the wires under the hood.
The chrome parts were easily painted with a primer and base coat of black and then a couple of spray coats of the World's Mirrorest Mirror Paint and they turned out great as always. This paint is amazing for chrome although fairly expensive. I don't think I will use anything else for chrome.
A few chrome parts needed a little extra work, for example the rear light cluster needed a dab of clear red paint for the lights. Painting it onto the chrome really gives it a glassy shine.
As you can see, these look great! I can't wait to see them on the finished model. The grille needed a little extra too. So I coated it with some black wash that filtered into the ridges, making the depths go black and giving the grille that extra realism.
Lastly the wheels needed a little extra. The called for a black centre so I tried to paint black paint in there, however I feel black wash would of worked batter as I had to reapply chrome on the black paint that was over painted. However, with tyres and the centre decal applied applied, I feel they look amazing.
That's it for now, These details took a good couple of hours but will look fantastic when applied to the model. I still have details to work on but those are for next time.
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