Tamiya McLaren MP4/5B

[The Sheene Machine]

Originally Posted by stevenoble

Maplins electronics store supplied the Isopropyl Alcohol.There should be one near to you.I have also heard that you can buy it at most chemist shops.

Thanks Steve - I have one right here in Southampton.

[Scuderia.]

This build is really coming along well, you must be pretty damn close now. I know how frustrating (not to mention expensive) it can be to stuff the paint job after all the hard work. The exhaust looks great, I have a couple of sets on order and I'm keen to test them out. Are they easy to apply? Do they rub off easy? Do you have to clear coat them?
Keep that progress going. Once you finish your car, I'm to start working on mine again.

[stevenoble]

Originally Posted by Scuderia.

The exhaust looks great, I have a couple of sets on order and I'm keen to test them out. Are they easy to apply? Do they rub off easy? Do you have to clear coat them?

Thanks for your kind words.They are simple to apply,Tamiya include a sponge applicator,but I also used a wide sable brush to apply the powder,which worked equally well.If you rub them with a wet cotton bud/Q-tip they do rub off,but in general they stay where you put them and you can blend them together to get that shaded appearance.I didn't try a clear coat over them,I don't think it is really neccessary.I think it would probably destroy the finish,though I'm not sure.I would test it on something you are not bothered about first perhaps.

[tehSAC]

where did you pick up your conversion decals?

[stevenoble]

Originally Posted by tehSAC

where did you pick up your conversion decals?

You can get the Marlboro logos only or full sponsor decals by Tabu Design at Hobbylink Japan or Mediamix Hobby.Links below.

http://www.hlj.com/ http://www.mediamixhobby.com.sg/cata...p?currency=GBP

[Viccario]

Looks excellent so far, interesting to hear of you using Isopropyl Alcohol, I've not heard of it until now either. I have always used brake fluid to strip paint which seems to work ok most of the time but works better with some paints than others and is horrible to use too. I always wear latex gloves but end up splitting them and getting it all over my hands, not good!

I take it the alcohol is also dodgy if you get it on your skin?

[stevenoble]

Originally Posted by Viccario

I take it the alcohol is also dodgy if you get it on your skin?

It evaporates very fast.Not sure if it harms the skin as such but it's pretty strong smelling stuff,I wear gloves to be on the safe side.

[stevenoble]

Just a quick update to let you all know I haven't forgot about finishing this one off.The Mitsubishi Lancer I was working on is now complete.Building the Mitsubishi gave me a much needed break from working on the McLaren and I was also waiting on some replacement decals.Luckily whilst I was waiting Tabu Design released a brand new sheet with the full sponsor markings on it not just the Marlboro logo's,so this is on it's way from HLJ.I wish I had known this at the start and I could have used them for the entire model not just the engine cover.Anyway enough of my ramblings.Here's a picture of the freshly re-prepared engine cover in Tamiya white primer.



The plan is to let it dry for a few days/a week and then re-paint it.Hopefully the decals will be here by then.I hope to have more luck with the painting 2nd time around.I've also invested in a new spraybooth for extracting the painting fumes which should arrive soon.With any luck it should get to me in time to test it out on the McLaren painting.I'll update again when I get the colours on.

[billypee]

Looks like a nice white base. Keep it up

Regards,
Billy P

[Shunter]

Nice to see you back into it....this build deserves to get finished.

[stevenoble]

Quick update on the engine cover.It's painted again!!! It went very smoothly second time around.I used the Finisher's paints as before.They really are good paints and dry incredibly fast.I've also painted the front carbon type screen and added the Tag Heuer decal.I'm going to polish the whole thing up and try to get away with no clearcoat to avoid the fiasco I had with the last attempt.The decals have not yet arrived from HLJ but they should be here any day now.Here's a few update pictures of the engine cover.

[Decs0105]

Ohh that looks BEAUTIFUL!!!

I hope my paintjob will turn out as good as yours when I'm at this point with my mp 4/6

[Jamme]

Hello,
Really Nice clean work.....!!!!!

Really Great.

I like it very Much.

Cheers,

Jamme

[davesans]

Came out looking great Steve can't wait to try Finisher's paints Mp4 red on my McLaren. I bought foundation white to be the base coat for my Williams

[Shunter]

Sweet job...