Completed: Renault RE20

This was my first superdetailed 1/12 kit. It was all brush painted with Tamiya acrilic paint. :naughty:

As other models i made the clear coat were brush painted.

I try to detail it the best i could without using any aftermarket piece, because i can't afford it.

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I don't have photos of the bottom of the monocoque, but all the wires and radiator cables where reproduce by references.

I try to give it a old/used chassis apperanced, but it was a very timid try :uhoh:

Hope you like it! Commentaries and suggestions are welcome.

João


PS: you could see my completed Alfa 155V6 Ti in http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbu...ad.php?t=438560
and my completed Williams FW14B in http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=439497

looks great! how do you brush paint so smooth?

That's amazing for brush painting.. Very impressive.

Very nice. I bet that would be big and impressive in the flesh (so to speak). Did you build all those models recently or years ago?

Very nice work!

Your work is great, but why are you photographing your models in such a position? I noticed in another of your threads you also had the car sitting on the corner of a box. Why not set the car on its wheels and take some pics of it like a car is supposed to be sitting? Real cars don't hover in the air, why should your scale car?

Great job!

Building on a budget....brush painting...heavy detailing without aftermarket parts...that's the heart of modelling. WELL DONE! :bigthumb:

Thanks guys

g00eY - I give one heavy dissolve coat of Tamiya acrilic paint with a thick brush in a not very hot conditions to the paint not dry very quickly. I brush from the front to the back (or the top to the bottom). Them i leave it drying for a day or two and remove the excess of paint, engraving the lines. I only have one try.... because of that, i look to it about 15 min after paint to see if everything is allright; is not, i remove the paint with running hot water and start again!

RallyRaider - This kit is very impressive when you see it live! I like the Williams too much, but this Renault are some glamour. I build it in the summer of 1995 (in that period i only built kits in summer vacations!). It take 3 months. The Williams-Renault was built in the summer of 1996 and finnished in the 1997' summer when i started the Alfa 155 (that was built in 4 years!!!!! because i start working). Now i'm doing a superdetaing Lola t93-00 Ford project and a Rosso Ferrari 512TR (the last one by inspiration of this forum).

bhop73 - I take these picture only to test my digital camera and to have any memory of my cars (i don't have them in the place that i'm frequently). Some time ago I thought in stop building because i haven´t time for it and i became a little depressed, but looking to these pics and to your's (and F1m.com modellers) work, i start again. I plan to take some "normal" pics soon (has i take to my Alfa 155 and Delta kits). I post those pics because were the only one i have! But you are completly right.

klutz_100 - You said everything. I like it that way, even if i spray some pieces now. I try some PE parts and i like it to much. But i can´t spend much money in it (the kits and paints are very expensive and allmost out-budget).

João