WIP Tamiya 1/24 1976 Porsche 935 Martini livery

[935k3]

Try this next time you do decals. Don't use solvents. Try a hot damp cloth pressed firmly over the decal. It will set and conform instantly with no wrinkles. Use a hot damp Q-tip for smaller areas. You can use a hot soldering iron to heat up a wet q-tip.

[das_auto]

Hi again guys!

Thank you so much for all the kind replies to this thread! It really helps.
Next time I´ll pay more attention to the paint surface. I´ve even bought some Mr. Hobby 501 Topcoat so I won´t ruin the livery. Anyone know how long to leave this before polishing? as I´ve heard it´s kinda soft.

This thread has suddenly taken an unexpected turn. RobiJ offered me his decals and I gladly accepted his offer, so in a couple of weeks I´ll probably have a nice and smart looking Martini body!

So the threads not dead, just put on hold for a while

So keep looking, soon stuff will happen!

And I really have to commend and thank RobiJ, without him this never would have happened. I owe you one amico!

Cheers!

Emil

[Robi J]

Emil,

concerning the Top Coat 501, I’m used to wait at least one week before polishing it, but I’m leaving in a humid area and paint take a lot of time to fully gas out.
I read somewhere people rub the 501 after a couple of days only. My opinion? Don’t rush, you’re doing a fine job on this car.

Concerning the rest, I personally consider AF a place where to share our passion and, when possible, to help someone without expectation. Nevertheless, thanks for your kind words, really appreciated.

Looking forward for the next step

Ciao: Robi

[das_auto]

Well, this did´nt turn out to be the "fast" project that it was supposed to be..

One year on and I´m still hammering away...I´ve just finished scratch building the new front suspension. Nothing very detailed or fancy. Since it´s supposed to be a curbside only I did´nt put much effort in this area...

But in my book it looks right so it´s all good!




Now hopefully I can pick my pace up a bit...


Cheers!

Emil

[ewestra]

Hi Emil, I have the same kit also. I've read your WIP and must say that the start you've made on the wheels is excellent. First dissapointment for me were the wheels. You can't see through them but with your technique they look allright. Then your troubles with the decals started. My technique is like many others. Once the decal is on the prepped body (with paint and laquer) I use decalsoftener and a flatheaded brush an carefully move from centre outwards. I may also carefully use the hairdryer. Well, I hope you can get this Porsche on the "finished" list because I like this car very much. Good luck...

Eric

[das_auto]

Hi Emil, I have the same kit also. I've read your WIP and must say that the start you've made on the wheels is excellent. First dissapointment for me were the wheels. You can't see through them but with your technique they look allright. Then your troubles with the decals started. My technique is like many others. Once the decal is on the prepped body (with paint and laquer) I use decalsoftener and a flatheaded brush an carefully move from centre outwards. I may also carefully use the hairdryer. Well, I hope you can get this Porsche on the "finished" list because I like this car very much. Good luck...

Eric

Thank You for the tips and kind words Eric!

[das_auto]

Right, I´m chugging along with the Porsche and at the moment it is that fun phase of sanding and priming and a little more sanding and some more priming..... But hopefully I should be able to put the first paint on in a day or two..

Cheers!

Emil

[das_auto]

Hi again!

It seems that my sanding sessions are coming to an end, the only sanding left is the smoothing between coats.

I´ve managed to get some white on the body today, the rear wing element and side mirrors are to follow in the paint shop.

I primed the body with Zero Grey Primer and sanded with 600 to 2000 grit in between coats as new flaws kept appearing. All in all there must be about 5 or 6 coats of primer on the body. When it all looked pretty good I made the final sanding with some 6000 grit Micro Mesh and some Tamiya Coarse (red) compound to get some depth in the primer.

After a thorough clean under running water with an old toothbrush and washing-up liquid i dried the body off lightly with an old cotton T-shirt and let it dry overnight.

Then followed the color coats.

I did´nt use a white primer before proceeding to paint the white basecoat as I reckon that painting white-on-white is very difficult, as it is very hard to judge the coverage and it´s also very easy to get runs, because you can´t really see if it goes on too wet somewhere until it´s too late.

I decanted some Tamiya TS-26, Pure white. Thinned it out with some
Mr. Color Leveling thinner to help it flow and to avoid having to use a high air pressure. Then I shot 2 generous coats on the body shell. Leaving about 2 hours drying time between coats.

And these are the results:








I will probably shoot another coat in a day or two to give me some margin of error when it comes to flatten the color surface a little and get rid of the texture. Which I will do in about 3 or 4 days when it has set a bit more.

Then it´s time for decals..

Until then!

Cheers!

Emil

[das_auto]

Hi again!

This build is chugging along at a snails pace but I´ve finally found some time to do a little modeling as I have some time off work at the moment.

So I´ve started decaling the Porsche. A very tense job as the cartograf decals are very thin, which is good. But you have to be very careful not to tear them when adjusting them to the many curves of the body.
I´m really just taking my sweet time and I´m having a really good time seeing the livery take shape.






And I think the livery suit the car and it´s lovely shapes very good.

Cheers!

Emil

[lovegt40]

It is always hard to place decals on curved surfaces, but Martini livery worth it.
I made this model years and years ago,will see if it is possible to find new spare decals to rebuild it.maybe cartograf and not alps printed.

Or convert it in another 935 version ..

good job so far Emil

[das_auto]

Hello Again!

I just want to share some more progress on the Porsche.

The project that was supposed to be a quickie is´nt finished yet 3 years on.....

But now I´ve turned up the speed so I hope to finish within a few weeks as I´ve got vacation at the moment.

The decaling is finished and the body has got some TS-13 clear on it. The shine is actually quite good so I wont go to town polishing it since the real cars were no concours examples if you know what I mean. I´ve got the rear wing left to paint but it´s no biggie.

The inside of the shell is brushpainted with Matt Black acrylic from Lifecolor. A paint brand that I can really recommend for those who use a brush alot. Really good stuff!

The interior is on it´s way...

Enjoy the pictures!





















Til next time! Cheers!

Emil

[rollin80s]

great to see that you never gave up.
its a great looking porshe.

[oregon3]

Great job! I have this one scheduled to be built next. I hope mine comes out as good as yours. It's really satisfying to finish one that's been giving you problems.