First AF Project (warning: lots of pics)

This is my first time posting on AF but i have been browsing around the board for a little while now. I figured i should post some pics of my latest project so that i can get some tips and comments. So anyway here it goes.

First, its a Tamiya 1/24 Clk Dtm Warsteiner car
http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/443846box.JPG

I have completed the interior and motor detail and am beginning to paint the body now. I had a little trouble getting apropriate primer as this is the first model that i am really taking seriously.

Picture of the motor (sorry about the blurryness)
http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/730903engine.JPG

Some pictures of the interior
http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/503456overheadInterior.JPG
http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/316116frontInterior.JPG
http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/223966rearInterior.JPG

As always i have taken the usual "artistic interpretations" :eek7: on some of the colors and such (as well as the 2 smaller roll supports on the rear bulkhead). Today i am hoping to primer the body so that i can get the real painting done soon. If anyone has any comments or things that look bad i would love the advice. Next up is a Toyota GT-One so ill need all the tips i can get.

Ill probably be making another post of some of my previous models ( i have about 12) so that you guys can laugh at my first attempts. :lol:

thanks
Matt

welcome to AF!
the CLK looks great!
more pic plz!:bigthumb:

:iagree: :iagree:

:bigthumb: :iagree: :iagree:

Rtuned :worshippy :worshippy :worshippy

Welcome to AF MajorA :bigthumb:

Good to see more mercs here.
I am sure huudo will be please :biggrin:

Nice touch ups on the small buttons. I see you have an eye for details :wink:

This is the best way to introduce yourself!

Welcome:wave: Nice work!

Welcome to AF. :wave:
Can't wait to see more progress pics.

Originally posted by flyonthewall
This is the best way to introduce yourself!

Welcome:wave: Nice work!

:iagree:

Welcome and make sure you keep us update!

Like Huudo always says:

"Good to see yet another Merc overhere" :biggrin: :biggrin:

Well thank you all for the warm welcome. Its nice to see an online message board that dosent always flame people and is actually friendly. :bigthumb: Unfortunatly to all the mercedes fans i am actually more of a toyota/lexus guy (my next big project is a toyota gt-one) although serious respect is due to this pimp car.

I spent most of my day off trying to find some tamiya rubbing compound but there is aparently none in the state of Massachusetts. The closest i got was some crazy sounding guy at one store told me to try Stop&Shop brand hand cream. He says thats what he uses and it is abrasive enough.... I now have smooth hands but the car i tried it on is still rough :frown: . Anyway i finally gave up and orderd about 5 tubes online ( i heard it is going out of production. rumor?).

I also got the primer coats done so i took some pictures kinda quick. They are kinda blurry so they arent too helpful but you guys can take a look.

Primered (<-- not sure if that is a word)
http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/219997primer1.JPG
http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/378864primer2.JPG

the photos make the primer seem a little rough but it is smooth in real life. And as always critisism is welcome.

thanks
Matt

ps. The CLK DTM Original-Teile done by Chain is the most beautiful thing i have ever seen....im still crying :worshippy: :worshippy:

Originally posted by flyonthewall
This is the best way to introduce yourself!

Welcome:wave: Nice work!

:iagree:

The primer seems a bit rough indeed, but when you say it's ok, then no problem. Nice spray-stand you use there :wink:

Oh and, it's a very friendly place here indeed. We have kinda of a Police-Squad-Mods :biggrin: :biggrin: who are patrolling overhere. So flaming is stopped even before it starts. They do a :bigthumb: -job overhere!

hey its another dude from mass. what part u from? and your car looks good. lot better then what im able to do. :cool:

Originally posted by huudo
The primer seems a bit rough indeed, but when you say it's ok, then no problem. Nice spray-stand you use there :wink:

Oh and, it's a very friendly place here indeed. We have kinda of a Police-Squad-Mods :biggrin: :biggrin: who are patrolling overhere. So flaming is stopped even before it starts. They do a :bigthumb: -job overhere!

Couldnt have said it better myself :lol: Anything to do with Mercs, ask huudo. Check out his website if you have the time and also dont forget the AF gallery MajorA, lotsa gems in there.

Originally posted by MajorA
ps. The CLK DTM Original-Teile done by Chain is the most beautiful thing i have ever seen....im still crying :worshippy: :worshippy:

haha thanks alot MajorA, I try not to disappoint especially when there are Merc fans around :wink: giving you tips.
But try to look around when U have the time. there are much much better projects than mine being posted. You'll be surprise, trust me. You will also find that the Toyota you are planning to do has be done before, so there wont be a shortfall of projects to help you out there.

These people are so passionate about modeling! :bigthumb:
You came to the right place for all your modeling FAQs too.

Talk about FAQs, hope you read it.

Hello!!! Nice work on the Merc. Keep the progress pix coming!

wecome to af :dogpile:

nice looking project you got there! keep it up and happy modelling :bigthumb:

OK, after a long journey this thing is finally complete. Since i last reported this car has been renamed to "Project Disaster". The story goes like this... The Testors Classic Black spray that i was using aparently is a bad can or is just really bad paint. I painted the car and it had lots of bubbles and orange peel. So i stripped it but the stuff i was stripping it with ate some of the plastic, no biggie. But when i painted it again the same thing happened. Stripped once again but with much less satisfactory results. :bloated: Here is what followed:

After Stripping
http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/622391Reprimer1.JPG


Some of the primer paint combination would just not come off so i had to press on. After priming again and an application of TS-14 (tamiya paint rules, im never going back) the thing looked half way presentable:rolleyes: .

http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/428795paint1.JPG

Now on to the decals which go on beautifully. Then to a clearcoat... Now I know you are suposed to put on some mist coats and I did but aparently it was not enough. 3 decals ran a bit.:mad: The warsteinger logos on the hood ran a bit where the hood is a valley. One of the side DTM boxes ran a bit. The rear warstiner logo has lost half of its 'E'. Besides from those big problems and the fact that the car is now about 50% putty it was a good build . :thefinger Pics follow and commetns are appreciated.

http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/808393Overall.JPG
http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/965413FrontSide.JPG
http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/456064rear.JPG
http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/347906EngineDone.JPG

thanks
Matt

Excellent stuff Matt. :bigthumb:

Looks great considering all the trials and tribulations it put you through! Good to see you didn't give up when things went wrong (as they inevitably do from time to time) and pushed on to completion. The lessons learnt will only help you in the future.

Great job! Nicely done! Did you leave the gull parts at the rear on purpose? :confused: :biggrin:

im not sure what you mean by the gull parts...:dunno:

I might be mistaken but I think mech0t0 is talking about the louved grill sections that fit on the rear wheel arches. They've been left off in the rear photograph. I think I've seen photos of DTM Mercs running without those, maybe the Warsteiner car was like that?.

Ahh, no those parts were actually damaged beyond repair in the seccond stripping. But now that you mention it, Of course they were left off, the warsteiner car always ran withouy them :wink: ....

Very nice job. Shame that half of it is putty. However, when I was reading about it on previous pages lots of people said ,''Mercs''. This confused me at first because i refer Mercury's to Mercs. But then i put 2 and 2 together and got 4 and an A on the quiz. Oh, wait different story. Is there a reason that some Mercedes owners don't like calling their cars a Benz? Just wondering.

Originally posted by MajorA
Ahh, no those parts were actually damaged beyond repair in the seccond stripping. But now that you mention it, Of course they were left off, the warsteiner car always ran withouy them :wink: ....

Yeap, that's what I mean. Ops, sorry for not doing enough research before asking question... :redface:

:dogpile: Welcome to AF, nice recovery on the paint job lets see some others :smile:

Great work.:bigthumb: