Veilside RX7 Underway

[primera man]

Here's a few car pics after being primmed.

[Jay!]

Keep it coming!

[primera man]

Jay...heres the MS Range of paint FYI....

They are a 90ml can, were the others are 100ml. Dont ask why as i have no idea !!!
Here's the blue and the red one's i have

[XenoKryst]

Hey Primera!

I was wondering if you modded the rx-7 before priming it to look like that? Where did you add putty to get that nice realistic look? Or is it just box stock like that? Modded stuff like using putty or filling gaps or anything. It looks a lot better than the example model.

I have a Veilside Silvia S15 ECI in my closet somewhere I think I want to start soon! The skirt on it looks a bit dull and crummy, i need to find out how to liven it up and make it look nice!

[Twist]

:looks at Warren's primed RX-7:

AHHH! DEVIL CAR! KEEP IT AWAY!

In all seriousness that is one awesome yet mean looking car!

[Pimp88Accord]

damn, its lookin great. i just wish i could've have gotten to it first

but i'm still waitin for the one thats in my sig.

good luck, and keep us updated

[hiro]

Looks like the rear under spoiler / spat thing sticks out of the body from the side shot, is it supposed to be like that?

[primera man]

XenoKryst.......the kit comes with the side skirts etc already molded. The fit wasn't the best. had to add putty to fill the gaps between the skirt and body.

Hiro....yeah i wondered the same...kinda looked weird, but after doing a search on google and seeing other pics it was correct. Maybe not quite as much as the kitset though

[tazdev]

looking good so far Warren. That red looks like the perfect coulour for the Bathurst GTR what paint code is that one?

[primera man]

Originally posted by tazdev
looking good so far Warren. That red looks like the perfect coulour for the Bathurst GTR what paint code is that one?

MS-3 Bright Red

[primera man]

P.S. The bumpers on this pic below and the Nissan 390 i done in the gallery are painted MS3

[tenzoracerevovii]

man....that looks nice......the pieces look like they were made very well....probably due to the fact that you had to trim them.......i think the color will look pretty nice too...but i like the dark blue color for the fd3s.....like the ones in gran turismo like , i think, guiddy said......

[primera man]

Today was spray day !!
Car has turned out really well. Has a real nice deep gloss to it which im very pleased with.
Only problem is the paint was so god darn thick I have never known a Tamiya paint to be so heavy and thick to apply.
It's almost like the spray putty.
The first coat was meant to be a mist coat, which almost drowned the poor body

The second coat was looking like orange peel
Luckly by the third and final coat i had the nack of what it was like to appy and managed to end up with a good finish.
The one think i must say about the paint is that even though it was so thick to get on it never run.

The other problem now is that with the paint being so thick its filled up all the window and door seems
Thats why it only got the 3 coats.
Hopefully over the next few days as it dries it will shrink into the gaps.

[daggerlee]

Thick coats probably protect the RC cars from scratching and chipping and stuff, I guess it might even be an enamel or modified enamel instead of a lacquer

How'd you reduce the orange peel on the 3rd coat? Im interested

[primera man]

Originally posted by daggerlee
Thick coats probably protect the RC cars from scratching and chipping and stuff, I guess it might even be an enamel or modified enamel instead of a lacquer

How'd you reduce the orange peel on the 3rd coat? Im interested

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I noticed after the second coat that the paint wasn't running in one place that was quite heavy with paint. So i sprayed the rear spoiler with a big heavy coat to see if it would run which it didnt.
So i thought if i give it a nice heavy coat of paint on the body it wont run and will get rid of the orange peel....which it did.
There is still a little bit of orange peel on one of the doors but it will be covered by decal