Bentley EXP Speed 8 progress (first pics)

O.K. Next new project after the Ferrari is this, Le Mans Miniatures Bentley EXP Speed 8 from Le Mans 2002.

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The quality of this kit looks to rival that of Studio 27, the fitment of the parts is perfect so far with great detail in the mouldings of the body and a large amount of wiring and electronics moulded into the chassis interior. The pic below shows the underside detail, the dark resin chassis with photoetch parts that make up the diffuser and underbody aerodynamics all before painting and adding carbon fibre decal.

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More soon.

Steve

You sir, are a modeling workhorse! :D

That is looking great. Is it resin? I love this LMP car. Hope to see more pics!
Brian

Steve,
That is already looking great, I look forward to more too, I love the Bentleys.
Keep us updated :)

Brian,
Steve mentions it is resin in his text;)

Ray

Nice to see this one Steve, been waiting for a while! I'll have to pop round soon, catch up with the latest kits! I'll be watching this one meanwhile!

I am getting this next month, but....maybe later. Would like to see your complete pict first.:D

Fantastic! Been dying to see one of these built or being built!:)

Are you going to paint it the Ford Jade Green color that many of the 1/43 builders have painted their's?:)

WOW!!!! I got to see the Bentleys up close at Sebring a few weeks ago. All I have to say what beautiful cars.
Good luck on the build.
Later IZ

Veyron,

The colour I've had mixed is the colour that Auto Modelisme suggests, Renault R963, I hope this turns out O.K.

As for:

Originally posted by Guiddy
Nice to see this one Steve, been waiting for a while! I'll have to pop round soon, catch up with the latest kits! I'll be watching this one meanwhile!

OMG!! :eek2::eek2:

Aha, one of the most impressive Bentley's on this planet and our Steve is building it! Can't wait to see more pics of your progress Steve ;)

looking good so fa,r ive always loved that car!

Super looking kit of a super looking car. Looking forward to seeing this one progress Steve.

Might have to get one of these after Bentley (Audi in disguise) win Le Mans this year.

Originally posted by Steve Gibbins
Veyron,

The colour I've had mixed is the colour that Auto Modelisme suggests, Renault R963, I hope this turns out O.K.



Hi Steve,

Keep the progress pictures coming!

I don't understand the part about mixing paint: is there a formula that says "Renault R963" is how many parts this and how many parts that? Or you have a colour sample and figured out the mixing portions yourself?

cheers,
Wong

Wow! I was thinking about buying one of those.

What paint are you planning to use for the Bentley Green?

Wong - when you use automotive paint from paint shops you tell them the name of the colour and the code and they mix it for you according to their samples (chips).

Steve - wow! Great subject.

How much did you pay for that and from where?

I've seen it for £70- at http://www.autosport-models.com


Saw one of them blasting round on a little parade at Silverstone in the wet it was totally awesome seeing the spray blast up everywhere, 2nd only to F1 cars.

I made some ref pics when I was in le Mans last year : maybe you can use some :

http://misteryracing.com/sennake/lemans2002/600x400/alg_009.jpg

http://misteryracing.com/sennake/lemans2002/600x400/alg_041.jpg

http://misteryracing.com/sennake/lemans2002/600x400/alg_004.jpg

http://misteryracing.com/sennake/lemans2002/600x400/alg_034.jpg

http://misteryracing.com/sennake/lemans2002/600x400/08.jpg

http://misteryracing.com/sennake/lemans2002/600x400/alg_008.jpg

And please keep up the great work... Can't wait to see more!!

O.K.

It's been a while since I last posted about this, but had nothing really major to report or show, totally stuck on the chassis until I can get hold of some carbon fibre decal so no progress really on that. The body was firstly sprayed black and then a week later masked and sprayed green and then another week later decals added. No problems with either the masking/painting, quite a simple paint job really and the decals went on really well, the worst being the silver decals along the roof over the vent but they responded well to microsol and have virtually no wrinkles.
Next will be laquer and polish, then I will be stuck again until I can get some c/f decal for the interior/inner door section.

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p.s. Thanks to Sennake for the close up pics, they are a great help as the sheet of pics with the kit is not that clear.

p.p.s Another future project hopefully will be the Scale Motorsports Ferrari 550 Maranello from Le Mans 2002 that has scheduled for release soon. Excellent!!

Steve

Wow. :eek:

:eek2: :eek2: :eek2:

holy crap!!! :eek:

If the background looks real
I would think it is a real car body!

~speechless~

most impressive Steve.

Super job! Love it. Can't wait to see the final piece.

Bloody brilliant! I love this beauty. It's a great example of on of "the world's fastest lorries".

Looking good Steve!

I got to see one of these kits in detail on Sunday, they look absolutely amazing! LeMans Minitures have done a fantastic job with it.

:D

Lookin' Good already! Should be an absolute killer when it's all finished.

Why the dificulty in getting hold of some carbon fibre decal?