in progress : Tamiya Ferrari F40 Body

[randy1kr]

i started it 2 month ago...

now i am compounding it's body..

[Veyron]

Welcome to AF! You are getting a good shine there! What kind of paint did you use?

[randy1kr]

i used Tamiya Fine surface primier white for surfacer
and TS-8 Italian RED for body color.
finishing is Gunze Super Clear..
and compounding with Tamiya Compound...

[vwman]

Looking good for this far !

[EMAXX]

Nice shine you have there. Keep up the good work.

[njh]

Nice shine!

PS: you've got PM

[MPWR]

Lookin' Good!

The one problem wit this kit is the sills molded on the side windows- which are supposed to be part of the bodywork. To do them, you either have to :
-glue the windows in before painting, fill the seam, mask the windows (inside and out), paint as usual, and hope you don't have problems peeling the masking off,
-Paint the window sill separately in body color, and live with the seam,
-Paint the sill black, hope nobody notices, and say "it's like that on the F355!",
-Or, if you're feeling really ambitious, cut the sill from the clear part, attach the sill (or rebuild it) onto the body, and paint it altogether as usual, before installing the winows.

I haven't yet decided what I'm going to do about it- though I'm leaning towards the first option.

Otherwise, this is a completely gorgeous kit!

[Ferrari TR]

Quite nice!
Paint looks wet, very shiny!

[randy1kr]

Originally Posted by MPWR

Lookin' Good!

The one problem wit this kit is the sills molded on the side windows- which are supposed to be part of the bodywork. To do them, you either have to :
-glue the windows in before painting, fill the seam, mask the windows (inside and out), paint as usual, and hope you don't have problems peeling the masking off,
-Paint the window sill separately in body color, and live with the seam,
-Paint the sill black, hope nobody notices, and say "it's like that on the F355!",
-Or, if you're feeling really ambitious, cut the sill from the clear part, attach the sill (or rebuild it) onto the body, and paint it altogether as usual, before installing the winows.

I haven't yet decided what I'm going to do about it- though I'm leaning towards the first option.

Otherwise, this is a completely gorgeous kit!

Thanks your advice...

[skylinehks]

you have swirlmarks on the top of the car, make sure your using clean terrys with the compound.

looks good tho, just becareful