Alfa Romeo 159 Alfetta, MFH, 1/20

Hi,

I finished another kit, this time the MFH Alfetta driven by Fangio. You can find a little WIP here (http://www.marcosaupe.de/wip_Alfa_159.html).

Short summary:
Typical MFH kit with lots of detail.
Painted with Zero Rosso Alfa and Zero 1k clear, inside of the cowling Alclad Aluminium and TS29 black. Everything OOB except for the seat (I used a different cloth than provided with the kit) and made the bonnet fasteners from parts of a guitar string. Mechanical fit is good, the rear part of the cowling is a bit tight, but you never know if you bent something with the metal parts af the frame. Number 22 was too big and did not fit on the nose, so I just used number 2.

Hope you like it.

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This is absolutely gorgeous Marco!! May I ask, what did you use as a wash on the engine, or was something else used to replicate the grime in the recesses?

Smashing job; the engine looks fantastic! And yes, I'd be interested to know your technique for the heat shield above the exhaust headers,

ianc

Wow, fantastic built of a fantastic kit. The engine looks so real, and all those little details on the outside too!

Thanks :)

I usually polish these parts first with steel wool, then with micromesh 4000 and 6000. Then I just brush on diluted black waterbased acrylic colour like Vallejo Model Air. The more diluted, the more subtly the effect, to the point that the dirty water used to wash out a brush is enough sometimes. Excess is removed with a Q-tip. When it's dried I polish over it again with 6000 Micromesh, and done.
The heatshield you mention was casted a bit roughly; such a washing is then enough to give it this effect.