Well,
A few hours of sanding, and filling using pre thinned putty, and I’ve almost eliminated the gap left by cutting the front bonnet off. There is now just enough gap left for paint, and this should look pretty nice when completed.
It would have been such a shame to have covered up the wonderful airbox, as I’m going to, even if it kills me, cover that in CF.
Does anyone know if the whole chassis is CF? I’ve got a stack of pictures; however none show the whole chassis… The engine bay is silver, and I’m looking for a smoker to steal some cigarette foil from him, as this would look just right I think. I know the diffuser is CF, and the front lip, but was the whole think cast from CF?
Still got a whole lot of sanding to do, but the rear engine hatch, and front bonnet is now finished, and I’m happy as it’s the first time I’ve cut a model up, and not slashed my fingers, or cut in the wrong place, leaving gaps that were almost impossible to fix.
As for colour, I’ve got three choices if I want to stick with Tamiya TS, and TS is the preferred paint.
TS – 30 – almost flake free, very flat
TS – 17 – Darker, flakey silver
TS – 76 – lighter, smaller flake, more mica
I’m actually toying with TS 76, as it’s a mica, is lighter then TS17 and I’m not keen on TS – 30, fine for wheels, but not a whole model I feel..