Lamborghini Miura

[mattbacon]

A great kit of probably the best-looking, if not best-driving, supercar ever...



It's very green... Tamiya Lime Green from a can, polished with Novus. Interior just getting started...

bestest,
M.

[ales]

Excellent choice of topic and colour.

Can't really see from these pictures but did you blend in the body-colour section of the scoops behind the side windows to the body before paint?

[auw12]

That color was a killer! And I agree with you the look of the miura was simply incomparable! Definitely watching this.

[countach79]

absolutely nailed it with the colour!!

pistachio green was the original green i believe and the best

[stevetriumph]

Hi Matt,
beautiful car. Is this the Hasegawa kit, I have the Hasegawa Miura Jota, it looks like a very nice kit.
Looking forward to seeing the progress on this one.
Regards, Steve.

[CrateCruncher]

I'm w/ Ales. Great subject, great color! It'll be fun watching this one come together.

[cinqster]

Lovely! Are you going to make a scale Twiggy too?!!!

[mattbacon]

Thanks, guys...

It seems like a million years since I did anything on this: building Box Art dioramas for the Classic British Kits SIG display at Scale ModelWorld 2011 (UK Nats++++) has been keeping me busy...

Anyway, there HAS been progress:




...a Symphony In Black. This is all OOB, including metal "transfers", and painted with a variety of different textures of "black" including Halfords Satin auto spray, Plastikote "Velvet" for the carpets, Vallejo German Grey for leather dash and console, and Citadel "Chaos Black" for seats etc... The decals are excellent, although the carrier film is too big and misaligned, so the dials need trimming so they'll fit.




The "engine" clicked into place (it needs to pop out again to fit the rear suspension). It's very well thought out - it looks great where you can see it (behind the wheels, through the window behind the seats) but isn't over engineered, given that the engine bay cover doesn't open. It's not exactly "kerbside", as you can see, but it's not loads of hidden, wasted, detail... either.

bestest,
M.

[corvettekid_7684]

Looks very nice!

[countach79]

nice progress
can't wait for more

[mattbacon]

Thanks for the support, gentlemen...

The chassis is now completed:




It all fits together very well indeed. I followed the numbered sequence so that everything fits around and through everything else, except that I added the poly caps and brake discs to the wheel bearings right at the end.




The back end looks the part - it's exactly detailed enough, and no more. What a contrast to that Fujimi "Enthusiast" 288 GTO...



The eagle-eyed among you will note that I've highlighted the panel gaps a little. I happen to have a full set of Citadel coloured washes that are intended for wargaming figures, so I thought I'd try the transparent dark green to wash the lines with. I think it looks OK... not too stark a contrast, but clearly there...

bestest,
M.

[corvettekid_7684]

Panel lines look perfect!!

[DominiqueBeerts]

I always find panel lines in black too dark and somehow too contrasting. I prefer to do them in a darker shade of the body color to make them blend in smoother. Thank you for confirming that I am not the only weirdo on this planet

[corvettekid_7684]

I also don't care for dark black panel lines...however I haven't been able to paint them with much success however I try them lol

[mattbacon]

Thank you, gentlemen...

I've completed window trims using BMF:



...and oh, look! There's a bit that needs touching up... grrrr.

...and started to add the grilles and lights



I need to decide whether this one is going to have external rear view mirrors or not...

bestest,
M.