Toolmaker72 485 Posted March 26, 2020 Holes filled now. The tops of all 4 wings I’ve removed the moulding marks. The rear lights, number plate holder and nose cone will be glued on this evening. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toolmaker72 485 Posted March 27, 2020 Body all glued together, I went for the tilted sunroof panel. Ready for first coat of primer now. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toolmaker72 485 Posted March 28, 2020 After first coat of plastic primer the roof holes have vanished but as all ways the front needs extra paint and rubbing down inbetween. Once the front is good the metallic top coat can be applied 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toolmaker72 485 Posted March 30, 2020 After a few coats of the primer and rubbing down in between I’m happy the filled holes have blended in. The inside of the body had a coat of satin black yesterday and today a coat of dark grey metallic. Tomorrow I’ll mask the inside and start putting colour on the outside. I’ve gone for two tone grey in a scorcher esq scheme which I think blends in with the dark chassis. The driver figure will be wearing a modern crash helmet head finished in champagne gold. I tend to use Ford paint shades as they seem to have the best variety of colours in Halfords Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toolmaker72 485 Posted March 31, 2020 Masking those side panels was grief! That needs to dry for a good 3 days now before the clear coat goes on. Otherwise the clear coat dissolves into the colour and ruins the work so far. Driver figure nearly finished also. My eyes struggle these days with the painting of small details. Not as neat as it could be, looks effective held in place though. 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Killajb 1530 Posted April 3, 2020 Hang in there buddy.. I struggle with paint jobs and this particular body (Scorcher/Beetle) has been a nemesis at times.. Admittedly, I'm a novice compared to many who belong here, but time and patience have allowed me to improve my results little by little.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toolmaker72 485 Posted April 3, 2020 Gotta be honest, I’ve run out of masking tape now. So probably just leave the body as it is paint wise. I’ve got a few scorcher decal stickers to go through to pick out a yellow/gold and black theme rather than just apply the whole sand scorcher set. The sun is out and a bit warmer today so a good day to apply the clear coat 🙂 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lesgrandepotato 3 Posted April 3, 2020 Looking good! I’m just about to do mine in mica red metallic as a change from the box art Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toolmaker72 485 Posted April 3, 2020 3 hours ago, lesgrandepotato said: Looking good! I’m just about to do mine in mica red metallic as a change from the box art Monster beetle or sand scorcher? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lesgrandepotato 3 Posted April 4, 2020 On 4/3/2020 at 5:59 PM, Toolmaker72 said: Monster beetle or sand scorcher? Monster beetle :-) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toolmaker72 485 Posted April 4, 2020 25 minutes ago, lesgrandepotato said: Monster beetle :-) But the box art picture is a red monster beetle 🤔 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lesgrandepotato 3 Posted April 4, 2020 7 minutes ago, Toolmaker72 said: But the box art picture is a red monster beetle 🤔 It is, but it’s flat red, not a deeper cherryish metallic that I have in my minds eye Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Re-Bugged 10007 Posted April 4, 2020 On 3/31/2020 at 10:13 PM, Toolmaker72 said: That’s a nice colour 👍🏻 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Problemchild 2149 Posted April 4, 2020 On 3/20/2020 at 12:00 AM, Toolmaker72 said: I tried my blue Subaru brat body on the chassis earlier. Looks quite good I thought as it’s wearing mudblaster 2 decals 🙂 That’s stunning!!! JJ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jonboy1 2929 Posted April 6, 2020 On 4/3/2020 at 2:27 PM, lesgrandepotato said: Looking good! I’m just about to do mine in mica red metallic as a change from the box art On 4/4/2020 at 6:51 PM, lesgrandepotato said: It is, but it’s flat red, not a deeper cherryish metallic that I have in my minds eye I don't think Tamiya do a metallic Mica Red - they do a metallic red, TS-18 which is quite bright, and mica red (along with Ferrari mica red) TS-39 and 85 respectively. To get the deep cherry metallic red, I think you really need to do a gold base coat and then several coats of clear red over the top. I did this on @Peter_Bs MB: 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toolmaker72 485 Posted April 6, 2020 ^^^ have the decal stickers been clear coated? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jonboy1 2929 Posted April 7, 2020 11 hours ago, Toolmaker72 said: ^^^ have the decal stickers been clear coated? yeah I think I did on that one. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toolmaker72 485 Posted April 7, 2020 Managed to spray the clear coat earlier today. The metallic looks good in the sun but not very noticeable indoors. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toolmaker72 485 Posted April 7, 2020 Gradually coming together now 😊 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jonboy1 2929 Posted April 8, 2020 13 hours ago, Toolmaker72 said: Gradually coming together now 😊 that looks beautiful - really great work! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kevin_Mc 411 Posted April 8, 2020 Yeah, that looks great. A lovely choice of colour. The top picture shows the metallic quite well. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toolmaker72 485 Posted April 9, 2020 Body complete with the wing mirrors fitted and the sand scorcher front indicators in the nose cone. I’m really pleased with how it looks, so I’ve decided not to put any stickers/decals on the body. It does however need stickers for the 3 monster beetle spot lamps. Overall not bad for a restoration using a mix of old and new parts 😊. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mtbkym01 3946 Posted April 10, 2020 Really nice MB 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites