Aoshima Aristo completed!

[chaos]

Chasis -


Interior - needs some touching up with a brush. Colours used were flat flesh, german grey and flat brown


Body - finished painting yesterday with duplicolour automotive paints (3 wet coats) and 3 coats of duplicolour clear






Wheels are going to be from the Tamiya 350Z. Since I don't have a dremell, I had quite a hard time getting the wheels to sit well in the wheel arches. Thinking of adding a SAS wing too.

Question - there is quite a bit of orange peel on the body - what grit of sandpaper do you guys reckon I ought to start sanding with (after about 7 days or so)?

[Vyacheslav]

When i used a dupli color automotive paint, i could smell a burning reaction between plastic and paint. I think it melts it?
Looking good anyway, u got some orange peal there.

[flyonthewall]

Originally posted by chaos


Question - there is quite a bit of orange peel on the body - what grit of sandpaper do you guys reckon I ought to start sanding with (after about 7 days or so)?

I would suggest using 3600 grade or thereabouts, If you cant get hold of such fine grades then 1500+ will do. I have acheived mirror finishes on auto paints sanded with 1500 followed by lots of rubbing with the appropriate rubbing compound. The great thing about auto paints is that they are very durable and very forgiving, if you put the work in you will get this model gleaming!

[chaos]

Thanks for the help, FOTW

[mentel]

hey!!!!!!!! i got the V-I-P explosion kit, exact same model car!! just got it today. now im waiting for SAS Wing set for it

[Vyacheslav]

Originally posted by flyonthewall


I would suggest using 3600 grade or thereabouts, If you cant get hold of such fine grades then 1500+ will do. I have acheived mirror finishes on auto paints sanded with 1500 followed by lots of rubbing with the appropriate rubbing compound. The great thing about auto paints is that they are very durable and very forgiving, if you put the work in you will get this model gleaming!

I found something out by testing. The heavier amount of paint, the less orange peal on the body. I just did that to my mazda, and got reflection everywhere. Still you can see small ripples but its not a biggie now eh?

[chaos]

Finally got to polishing the car after using a polishing kit for the 1st time.





Up close however, you can still see what would be orange peel - thing I don't know if its the metallic colour that does that (1st time with metallics) - either that or I haven't really used the polishing kit well enough. Oh well, live and learn I guess

Sitting on the wheels from the 350Z.



Put the final touches soon.

[Vyacheslav]

love the interior color, what color is that?

[chaos]

Majority of the interior is flat flesh XF15. Others are german grey and flat brown

[daggerlee]

Just some tips using Duplicolor paints: you should spray them on thin, and you should spray a LOT of coats. Hawk312 uses as many as 10 coats of Duplicolor Clear before he's ready to start polishing, this is cause the Duplicolor Clear is so thin. Also, don't spray 'wet' coats in the sense of flooding the model with paint, as it won't dry even. Then you can start polishing after it cures (which the can says takes 48 hours.)

[supratuner]

looks pretty good so far!!!!!

[SpoonMan Dos]

The 350Z wheels give the car a nice touch.

[Vyacheslav]

Originally posted by daggerlee
Just some tips using Duplicolor paints: you should spray them on thin, and you should spray a LOT of coats. Hawk312 uses as many as 10 coats of Duplicolor Clear before he's ready to start polishing, this is cause the Duplicolor Clear is so thin. Also, don't spray 'wet' coats in the sense of flooding the model with paint, as it won't dry even. Then you can start polishing after it cures (which the can says takes 48 hours.)

My friend used dupli color or something else, and it melted his model.?!?!

[daggerlee]

Originally posted by Vyacheslav

My friend used dupli color or something else, and it melted his model.?!?!

That's because he didn't prime it with the right primer, and sprayed too thick. Duplicolor is a lacquer paint which attacks plastic, if you use a good lacquer primer it won't.

[chaos]

Originally posted by daggerlee
Just some tips using Duplicolor paints: you should spray them on thin, and you should spray a LOT of coats. Hawk312 uses as many as 10 coats of Duplicolor Clear before he's ready to start polishing, this is cause the Duplicolor Clear is so thin. Also, don't spray 'wet' coats in the sense of flooding the model with paint, as it won't dry even. Then you can start polishing after it cures (which the can says takes 48 hours.)

Thanks for the tip on duplicolour daggerlee. Unfortunately, I've learnt that the hard way - my Evo III body is now sitting in brake fluid cos I sprayed 'conventionally' - ending with the wet coats. But, thanks anyway.