Bentley EXP Speed 8 - Le Mans winner 2003 - Provence Moulage 1/43

Ok, I can at last show you some photo's of the painted model. It's far from completed, but as I always like to think : I've taken the first and most important horde :)

http://www.misteryracing.com/sennake/bentley_exp_speed_8/bentley_01.jpg
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Looks awesome so far Guy!

What types of primer did you use, seperate metal and resin types or just the one? Green looks great, is that just a hint of metal flake to it?

When LMM update their 1/24th Bently to a 2003 version I'll be very tempted to get one...

Great progress, looking forward to more photos. (I'd like to build one myself, but am not sure whether I can handle 1/43 resin).

Originally posted by RallyRaider
Looks awesome so far Guy!

What types of primer did you use, seperate metal and resin types or just the one? Green looks great, is that just a hint of metal flake to it?

When LMM update their 1/24th Bently to a 2003 version I'll be very tempted to get one...

I used the white Tamiya primer. One primer to do all the work :)

I bought a spray can of Motip acrylic car paint n° 53598 (the kit recommends "Renault English metallized green R 963" which matches the Motip car paint according to the color catalogue of Motip) to spray paint the body (2 layers). After drying I put a layer of Tamiya clear on top.

Actually this kit recommends "Rolls Royce Green 9560016", but I couldn't find that color in any color catalogue and since I still had my Bentley building plan of the 2001 model, I took that color instead of the recommended one. They are indentical in my opinion.

I also did 2 major stupid things, I'm almost to embarrassed to tell them...

1) After fixing the windows and thouroughly masking them (they are partly painted in the same bodycolor so this was the only way to do it) I started to primer the body. Only after the body was dry I found out that I forgot to mask the window insides!! They were completely covered with primer from the inside, so I had to remove it with aceton. I've been feeling like a gyneacologist for a few hours, because the body is only 1/43 and on top of that the tiny windows are very hard to reach from the inside!! After the cleaning job I put a clear coat on the inside of the windows with a brush. The damage was 95% healed. I was happy again.

2) After spraying the 2 green layers, I thought that the body needed at least 1 coat of clear on top. While I was spraying the Tamiya acrylic clear coat, suddenly I thought it would be a good idea to spray the inside of the windows as well to smoothen the brush job even more and to achieve the 100% healing stadium again...

AArrhhggg!!! Have you ever seen the movie "Bean", where Mr bean tries to clean off the painting of "Whistler's mother" and after a few seconds the chemical reaction starts to ruin the complete painting? That was how I felt when I realized that i had just sprayed a layer of acrylic paint over enamel paint : DISASTER!! Everybody knows you should never do that, I also knew that, but in a stupid moment I thought it to be a good idea...

So once again I have been playing for gyneacologist all night and once again the damage has been healed. One thing is for certain : I will never forget this lesson for the rest of my life!!

Originally posted by Sennake

I've been feeling like a gyneacologist for a few hours


:lol: That has to be a candidate for quote of the year!

Happy to know you sorted everything out Guy! Working in 1/43rd has to affect you sanity just a little bit.

MORE PICS!!!!!!!!

I'm working on it :)

Very beautifully done...want more...:bigthumb:

Rtuned

Definitely going to be a stunner!!:bigthumb: :sunglasse

Love that paint. more pics please.

Looks great! How's the cockpit's detail?? Can u post more pictures??

I will post more picstures as soon as I have something to show again :)

Currently I'm working at the interior as well as at the outside (puuting on decals)...

Don't worry : I will eventually overload you guys with pictures :)

looking great so far!

Sorry about the misfortunes you had. Sometimes, I run into that too. Have a set plan, executing that and then at some point, there's a wild idea, you go for that and nearly destroy half the work you've done. So no more wild idea's without giving it a deep thought.

I agree with Rallyraider on the gyneacologist quote, being the best so far :biggrin:

Great work!

Some photo-updates : (more to come, and especially of the interior)

http://www.misteryracing.com/sennake/bentley_exp_speed_8/bentley_07.jpg
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The break-disks are not on the right position yet because the wheels are not fixed yet :)

The CF of the dash seems a bit heavy IMHO, but changing that would mean a lot of 'surgery' work and probably it won't be that visible once closed. Looks good so far. Will be an impressive piece once finished!

Keep 'em coming, those pics.

Looking good so far. Try some Future on windows to clear them up. It can be apllied with a cotton swab(Q-Tip)

very nice..

is the shine from the automotive paint or from clear coat??

Sexy small Bentley! nice deep green.:bigthumb:

Originally posted by Biting_Point
very nice..is the shine from the automotive paint or from clear coat?? yeah how'd you get that shine?

using bare metal for masking... it's nice to have money :bigthumb:

good job

Yeah money is great isnt it.

Originally posted by 454SS
yeah how'd you get that shine?

1 layer of Tamiya white primer,
2 layers of automotive paint,
1 layer of Tamiya clear.

That's it. No polishing.

Originally posted by 935k3
Looking good so far. Try some Future on windows to clear them up. It can be apllied with a cotton swab(Q-Tip)

That is a new product to me. Can you give me some more info please?

Ok, thats cool i cant stand polishing anything unless its my truck, gotta look good when you hit bourbun street and whatnot.

935K3 is referring to Future Floor Wax. It's invented for the household lady to do the floor etc (in dutch boenwas). So it's very liquid and it can be sprayed. Once dry it gives a nice mirrorlike shine. Can also be used for bodyworks etc. I have a 1litre bottle here. We should get together at some point, then I'll bring some of it. :wink:

Huudo how do you use this stuff and where can i get some?

Thanks Huudo :)

In the meantime I did some work on the interior, which is complete now. Before I put the interior and the bodywork together, I made some pics for our ancestors though :)

It's a pretty basic interior, with some detail, not too much since you won't see a lot of it once the car is finished anyway. But nevertheless it gives a rough impression of the narrow Bentley racecar interior.


http://www.misteryracing.com/sennake/bentley_exp_speed_8/bentley_10.jpg
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And to put the whole image into perspective, to give you an idea of how big (or small) the whole thing really is, I addes a pic with a reference "egg" :wink:

http://www.misteryracing.com/sennake/bentley_exp_speed_8/bentley_15.jpg

That looks really great!

Maybe you could do some "smoke" over the CF-Dashborad decal to tone the light grey down a bit. Just an idea.

Looks fantastic and the egg! very nice idea too :biggrin:

Originally posted by 454SS
Huudo how do you use this stuff and where can i get some?

You can find that in any grossery store. But in the US it's called Jonhson's Clear I believe. You can do it in the spraycan of your airbrush and spray it in very thin layers, until you get the right and desired result. Carefull though, if the layers are too thick, the stuff will start running and things might get messy then. :wink:

You say its available in a spray can, or do i need airbrush?

Looks great, Guy!! Keep it up!!

Originally posted by 454SS
You say its available in a spray can, or do i need airbrush? A correction: In the US it's called Future; outside the US it's Johnson's Clear (or crystal clear?)... It's liquid acrylic in a squirt bottle for use with waxing floors.

Originally posted by jay@af
A correction: In the US it's called Future; outside the US it's Johnson's Clear (or crystal clear?)... It's liquid acrylic in a squirt bottle for use with waxing floors.

Thanks Jay for the clarification. I always mix up the brand names. :bloated:

@454ss
Not in spraycans, you'd have to use the airbrush

Awww DAMNIT! Why do they do that shit to me. God knows i can't airbursh worth a damn.

Insane carbon fibering in 1/43rd. Just one question, shouldn't the sholder buckles on the harness go below the 'sabelt' logos?

Originally posted by 454SS
Awww DAMNIT! Why do they do that shit to me. God knows i can't airbursh worth a damn.

It can be wiped(not sprayed) on without streaks with some practice. I never spray it. It can be wiped on small things like an entire 1/43rd scale car with a Q-tip.

Originally posted by RallyRaider
Insane carbon fibering in 1/43rd. Just one question, shouldn't the sholder buckles on the harness go below the 'sabelt' logos?

Very good remark! I just followed the instructions without really thinking of it, but you are probably right. Unless the Sabelt logos are on the loose part of the belt where you pull them tighter...

Anyway, it doesn't really matter : first of all you can barely see anything at all once the bodywork is fixed (the window is very small and the Bentley anti-sun sticker is pretty large) and furthermore I noticed that the real Bentley used Willans belts :)

Probably the last update before I can show you the completed model...

Ok, so what do I have left to do?

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Fix the headlights and the headlight covers.
Paint and fix the front tow hook.
Fix all the quickfix locks and all the small red arrows pointing at them. (About 16 I believe).
Fix 2 antennas and a pitot tube on the roof.
Paint a small green light on the roof (at the front of the "bubble").
Paint all the air intakes matt black and the mirrors silver.
Fix the 2 fuel locks.
Fix the windscreen wiper.
Clean up the model.
Make lots of pics for you guys and put them online :)
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Originally posted by Sennake

Ok, so what do I have left to do?


Clean up the model.



Is it so dirty/messy? Are you taking it to the car wash? :biggrin: :biggrin:

Looks waayy OK, buddy :wink:

The decals seem to be very good, nearly no carrier film and the white isn't too much "see true" (did I spell that correct :confused: )

Looking forward to see it finished!

Originally posted by huudo
The decals seem to be very good, nearly no carrier film and the white isn't too much "see true" (did I spell that correct :confused: )


I think it should be "see through" :wink:

Originally posted by Sennake


I think it should be "see through" :wink:

:bigthumb: thx

Originally posted by huudo


:bigthumb: thx

If you really want to be accurate you should say "transparent".

Hey is that furture floor wax stuff in like a spray bottle such as a windex type thing?

Originally posted by 454SS
Hey is that furture floor wax stuff in like a spray bottle such as a windex type thing?

No it just comes in a normal plastic "transparent" bottle.

Huudo would it be possible to put a windex spray nozzle on it??? Then i could just use that to spray my finished carS?

http://www.misteryracing.com/sennake/bentley_exp_speed_8/bentley_15.jpg
That is beautiful... the interior is pretty nice too.. heheheehehh

Beautiful work!!! Always nice to see the smaller scale stuff here at AF too!
Great job!!! :bigthumb:

wow, i'm very impressed by your work, love that shine :worshippy

It's completed! Pics of the finished model are here (http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?postid=1137044&t=2892#post1137044).