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Originally Posted by Cychalen
Looking good!
I have this kit too 
FYI. There are photo etched parts for this model. Can't remember who makes them now.  |
Thanks Cychalen. I've never used any photo etched stuff yet. I'm still a rookie.
"How new is he?", you ask.
Well this is the first model that I made my own parts on. Mirror, wires going into the injectors, butterfly valves for the injectors, tube to hold the spark plug wires (going down the middle, top of the engine) and wiring harness going around the top of the engine.
This is the frist model that I used a black wash to detail door and trunk edges. I used a scribe to get some depth in the grooves and then a 8:1 thinner
aint wash. I think that ruled. I added a drop of orange paint into the black wash, just to get a little better feel. Although, it's really hard for the eye to see it...you feel it instead.
I'm in the process of building a wing. I snapped the one that came in the kit.
I learnt in this model to read the instructions ALL THE WAY THROUGH before step one is started. The last step in the instructions has one painting the two colour trim around the windows. (yeah right!) I had to take the whole model apart, pull the roll bar and windows to paint the trim. And lemme tell ya, 2 colour trim SUCKS BIG ONES. It's SO hard to do. Tamiya doesn't give ANY room to paint the orange on the A frame. One the 1:1 it's HUGE, on the model, it's non-existant. I had to cheat just to get 'some' orange in there.
Still, this is the most fun model I've did since the last one. I'm learning a ton and trying new stuff every build. I really love building and now that I'm getting into some of the finer aspects of modeling, I'm having a blast.
What it's all about man.
J. Barry