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Originally Posted by potsie
Thisis such a cool little kit and I know you will do it justice. Looking forward to seeing progress!
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Thanks, I'll do my best!
I wanted to paint the car in Capital blue - a dark, almost violet shade of blue that Honda offered starting in 1985.
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The problem was - I didn't have the paint, and with all the local stores closed, I wasn't willing to wait for it to be delivered. Sooo, I decided to mix my own. TS15 & TS8 in 3:1 proportion.
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Painted a spoon to see how the color would look - was very satisfied with the result.
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Prepped the body, re-scribed panel lines, gave it a coat of white Tamiya primer, and painted the lower portion in MM magnesium silver.
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Then the lower portion was masked off, and I laid couple of coats of clue paint:
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Followed by 2 coats of clear:
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Turned out great.