Progress - Modena 360 Build

[mickbench]

Did some more tonight.. Getting lots of parts in the box now. Need to leave the body for another 10 - 14 days and then I can polish it, if my tamiya compound gets here from HLJ..

Also sprayed the rear window, but the mask supplied by Tamiya leaked.. Grrrr...!! I applied that really well and pushed down hard, almost bending the plastic and it still leaked.. Must be my airbrush pushing to much paint out and forcing the paint underneath the tape.. Thankfully not done the other windows yet, so not all lost yet.!!

Happy with the underbody, as it has a slight orange peel that makes it look like smooth underseal.. Camera doesn't do it any justice really. I need to learn how to take decent pictures..!!



Not going to apply a clear coat to the body.. It's really shinny already, and very little orange peel. There is some, but not a lot.



I'm getting there, but I've made a few mistakes, but I'm learning..!! And most of what I'm doing here is thanks to the help on thiis forum..

[Vric]

Look fine to me ! Only engine hatch look to need more paint.

No clear coat needed. In Fact, Pman (one of the great modeller here) never use clear coat with Tamiya TS paint, and always have great result..

[mickbench]

Do you mean the enginer hood, as the top half will be semi gloss black, and the engine bay wheel arches will be black, and then the inside engine surround will cover the rest up.

I agree with you about the clear coat. I won't bother.

[mickbench]

Here is the progress so far. Fitted the engine, done the underbody, fitted the cockpit onto the underbody, started the dashboard and done nearly all the small parts, plus the dreaded clear windows.

OK - I hated the Window masking off job. It was not a nice job, and I've messed them a little, but they will do. It's my fist time EVER masking windows off. I used to skip them before, but not this time. I overcome the fear and had a go..!!

Here are some pics. Many thanks for looking.

[Hyperkinetic]

For someone who's been out of business for 15 years: I say.
Thumbs up! You've really done some excellent work!

[Lurchio]

Looks great - I'm currently building a 360 spider as my second model in 15 years.

I'm assuming yours is the tamiya version?

Did you mix the paint for the interior according to the instructions? I did and painted mine two days ago but really don't like the colour.

Also, the spider has backs to the seats but yours does not appear to - strange.

Lovely build though - engine looks better than mine!
I also liked those tips about colour washes and will try that in future!

[mickbench]

Thanks for the comments.

Lurchio, I mixed 6 parts flat flesh, 1 x orange, and TBH, it is a little bright. It looks semi gloss due to the gloss orange, but I'm sure it will look OK when I get the body on..!! I hope.

TBH the car is full of mistakes. I broke the clear plastic undercarriage, I messed up the masking for the side windows, the body has a small dark area where there wasn't enough primer, I lost a wheel decal, and I got a massive glue build up for the engine mount at the rear.

I also didn't spray the seats or the cockpit, as I wasn't able to use an airbrush until 2 weeks ago. Now I've managed to spray nearly every thing else, and paint the small details. That's why the dashboard isn't done, as I had to strip that and start again.

Thankfully, I've managed to hide, fix or patch up these faults. Apart from the decal, but I hope to get a new decal soon.

As for the seats, I should have added backs, but I didn't and they do look pretty toy like.

But I've learnt so much from building this model.

[MidMazar]

looks great, haven't lost your touch, i want to see this one done!

[Lurchio]

Originally Posted by mickbench

Thanks for the comments.

Lurchio, I mixed 6 parts flat flesh, 1 x orange, and TBH, it is a little bright. It looks semi gloss due to the gloss orange, but I'm sure it will look OK when I get the body on..!! I hope.

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That's the tamiya mix that I did - I wasn't to keen so I'm going to try and soften it with a lighter mix but hopefully retaining some of the oorangey colour as a basecoat.

Also - considering you think you've made mistakes it still looks pretty good in the photos to me!

[Trial_Style]

It's comming together nicely, and the red is real shiny!

[mickbench]

Thanks everyone. Some great comments coming from you all, and I really am grateful for all these wonderful remarks.

I've done the dashboard, apart from the radio controls, might do them if I can learn to use a toothpick to put paint on. I even managed to put the dash decals on without messing any of them up. I'm happy with that..!!

I just wish my utlra fine compound and tamiya wax from HLJ.com would arrive, mind you I've got another 5 days to let the body harden yet, so perhaps a good thing, but once I get the body polished I can then fit this car together.. Getting closer and closer..!!

Here is the latest picture.. Thanks all..!!