Gulf BMW Z4 GT3

[Veyron]

Doing a quick build of Fujimi's new kit with Gulf livery inspired by the Gulf Marine McLaren 12C.

First I painted it with Finisher's Gulf Blue then masked the curved areas with Micron Masking Tape .4mm



Next I filled in with Tamiya tape.



Here it has been sprayed with Hiroboy Gulf Orange.



The inspiration:

[nugundam93]

looking nice! definitely gonna be watching out for this build

[lovegt40]

looks nice. Is a fantasy car or really existing one?

[Veyron]

Originally Posted by lovegt40

looks nice. Is a fantasy car or really existing one?

Thanks!

Just fantasy.

[lovegt40]

wonderful ! also I like a lot such subjects and the freedom to finish theme as u want. Gulf livery is always stunning

[Veyron]

A couple hours of masking, good practice for some F1 liveries I'll be doing later, and luckily no leaks after spraying on a mix of Tamiya TS15 and TS55. I'm pleased with the design.




hmmm...what color for interior....

[RonCla]

Thats a creative color scheme. It will be interesting to see how this new kit from Fujimi goes together

[MidMazar]

wow, that livery fits it perfectly.

[ffreak]

Awesome start there Brian. Gotta follow along on this one !!!

[Robi J]

Outstanding masking job and creative livery, truly nice start Brian...!

R

[mike@af]

Looking awesome, Brian! I'll be watching this one!

[John18d]

Brian - that's some nice masking and paint work -I know what paints are you using, but is it from the paint can or do you decant and airbrush? Thanks - John

[RunFlat]

Great start already. Super job on blending all the masked lines.

[Veyron]

Originally Posted by John18d

Brian - that's some nice masking and paint work -I know what paints are you using, but is it from the paint can or do you decant and airbrush? Thanks - John

Thanks!

It's all airbrushed. You can do paint jobs like this from the can but you're going to have more tape bleed issues... and build the paint edges too high because of too much paint going on.

It can be done but with an airbrush the control you have and chances for successful paint sessions is raised exponentially.

[John18d]

Originally Posted by Veyron

Thanks!

It's all airbrushed. You can do paint jobs like this from the can but you're going to have more tape bleed issues... and build the paint edges too high because of too much paint going on.

It can be done but with an airbrush the control you have and chances for successful paint sessions is raised exponentially.

That's what I thought, but I just wanted to confirm your method - I also airbrush my work using Zero paints or decanted Tamiya TS paints - I always use Zero 2K for the finish - I do not use Tamiya TS clears and have had no problems ever. - John