Hi everyone,
I have been lurking around here for a while learning tricks and tips from all the experts here. Recently I got this two kits from amazon (free shipping!) as I am a huge fan of muscle cars and this is probably the closest I can get to owning one.
Decided to start off with this one. The 2010 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500. Other than being of a weird scale 1/25 rather than the usual 1/24. As this is my first muscle car build (and first revell kit) I was pleasantly surprised by the quality and engineering of the kit (its rather cheap also). The way the kit was designed to be put together is very similar to that of a real car and thus makes the building process very easy. I have also read that the 1/12 scale of the same car is even better engineered.
Below are the reference pics for the car which I am aiming to recreate.
The paint which I will be using was bought from my trip to Japan. Coincidentally there is a metallic cobra blue which should be quite accurate with the original paint intended.
The spoon image above was sprayed with a white base. Upon spraying, i realized the paint was rather clear and has very little metallic flakes in it. Thus allowing the base color to show. Therefore i mixed in more silver and painted it over a base coat of silver. This brought the paint closer to the color I wanted.
Next I proceeded to build the engine and engine bay.
I have also started on the interior, removed aircon vents and Satnav screen for easier painting. Lack of available PE set for this kit made me very disappointed.
As for the seats, the back is covered with CF decal and gloss coated, the rest is painted with white, masked the stripes, then semigloss black.
Out of curiosity, i overlaid the white decals to test the opacity of the decals. Turns out that its rather thin, this makes me worried as i would need to use the decals on the exterior body, especially the side racing stripes with the words GT500. I need to think of a way to make the decals more opaque. Any suggestions?