Lamborghini miura

Just painted the body on my Lamborghini Miura.Here's a couple of pictures just after painting.I think it will need a bit of compounding as the Tamiya TS-13 seemed to go on a bit lumpy.It looks ok in the pictures but there is a bit of the orange peel effect up close.I've put the Porsche 356 Speedster on hold for a while and am working on this now.

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Sweet :smokin:

Orange looks great on it.

Ah, the miura. Great car, it looks best in those flashy colors like orange. Keep it up!

nice paintjob

Yum Yum! Delicious

Lovely lines to that car - great colour choice IMO :bigthumb:

Magnificent Miura!
Chris

Looks great on the paint job, can't wait.

Lovely color! I have mine done up in an orange. Came out a little darker than that though. Keep up the awsome progress!

Gotta remember that color. Looks like a beaut!!!

Murray

I need to get this car! Great paint btw

Pretty two tone...

I need to get this car! Great paint btw
I know how you feel! :naughty:
I had it in my hands last week in my LHS but I just said "No! - you have too many kits already!"
I felt really proud of myself at the time - now I'm just kicking myself :lol:

Paintjob looks super!! :bigthumb:

Ahh, Lamborghini Muira, does any car have sweeter lines? The paintjob and colour look spectacular.

You MUST have orange peel with this colour ;-)

Lovely color! I have mine done up in an orange. Came out a little darker than that though. Keep up the awsome progress!


It's a weird colour.I had it mixed at the local Car paint suppliers.Lamborghini Arancio Orange.It actually looks a lot darker in my photos than it does on the model.The colour seems to change depending on how the light catches it.It looks really light from some angles and less orange and really bright,more orangey from others.

A quick question for anyone who has built this kit.Didi you use the kit decals for the black sections around the headlights or mask and paint it.I wondered how well the kit decals fitted?

Wonderfull Paint!!!

Very nice!

Here's a picture of the almost complete model.It just needs the front indicators,rear lights,side door vents and a few badges etc.I'll be glad to get it finished as I had my fair share of problems with the model,not the kits fault more me but I got a bit frustrated at times building it.:banghead: It'll probably be my last road car kit and I'll stick to the rally cars in future,now where's that 1/24th Lancia Delta S4.:grinyes:

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Beautiful car... one of my favs....

The frustration doesn't show!

Did you put a wash on the wheels?

No, I never put a wash on the wheels just sprayed them with the same silver as the sills.

No, I never put a wash on the wheels just sprayed them with the same silver as the sills.

I don't want to sound smart - coz I'm not (smart, that is) :grinyes: but you might want to consider it. It helps bring out the features of the wheels.

I only asked because on each of the total 4 cars I have built and posted here, in each one someobe has suggested I wash the wheels - and they were right IMHO ;)

Yeah,I'll give the wash a try.What colour paint would you suggest I use for the wash? Black,or will that be a bit much on the silver?

Beautiful color to me! Like the Miura too. It's really nice.

I think well thinned out black or dark grey will do the job nicely - it's going to settle in the edges and grooves anyway and put the shadow there.

Start lightly and you can always come back and add more if needed. As the saying goes, "less is more" :)

Yeah, definately give those wheels a wash. I have this one in my stash, and the engraving detail on those wheels is fabulous. Put a light wash of thinned black and they will look incredible. There's a How-To in the directory on my favorite method.

Terrific looking build- especially the paint job. Very clean. I love seeing the Miura in all the beautiful not-red colors it came in.

I Know how you feel!
I had it in my hands last week in my LHS but said "No! -you have too many kits already!"
I felt really proud of myself at the time - now I'm just kicking myself :rofl::lol::grinno:
And you thought you could walk away! Sucker!

Very nice - but keep it away from any JCBs....:wink:

Fantatic looking model. My orange Miura is my all time favorite build.

I washed my wheels with Tamiya Smoke, diluted with water. It really brought out the details.

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Wow this Arancio is awesome: did you spary over the silver? amazing, It's from few time that I consider a new all orange lambo's collection: those'll be a good start

Wow this Arancio is awesome: did you spary over the silver? amazing, It's from few time that I consider a new all orange lambo's collection: those'll be a good start

I sprayed the Arancio Orange over white primer then masked and sprayed the silver and finally Tamiya TS13 clear over both colours.

Holy Cow. . . errrr BULL!!!!!

What a knock-out job and unique color choice!!!

Outstanding finish through and through!!! :bigthumb:

Grrr nice...

Holy Cow. . . errrr BULL!!!!!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

And I agree with everything else Lambo003 said as well! :bigthumb:

Just finishing off the kit today and discovered that both the door vents are broken off the parts rack and floating around in the polythene bag.I contacted the UK importer who says they are out of stock for at least a fortnight and to try again later.Very poor service and dissapointed that the parts were broken in the first place.Never mind I'll move onto building something else in the meantime and finish the door vents later.:frown:

Ooh bad luck about the door vents. If you like you could just call it a warmly "Jota"-ised version and leave them off.