Nacho Z

Thanks, Bruce! I had one heckuva time getting this to post. I cleared everything, restarted the laptop and started over and it took. I added a few pics to the original post.

Here is what is next up on the bench. The Fujimi Fina liveried McLaren F1 GTR Long Tail. I know the Aoshima kit is a better kit but Fujimi has the Fina livery. Here is the kit and the kit contents. You may have noticed the Hobby Design detail up set and an aftermarket masking set in with the kit contents. These items were purchased through Hiroboy. Someone at Hiroboy thought it would be a good idea to send this fragile PE set from England to the USA in a bubble mailer. I was not impressed. The PE sheets were badly bent up. It makes me question buying anything from Hiroboy in the future. The Hobby Design set is very nice. Lastly, two pictures of the real thing. I think she is beautiful!!

Very, very nice, Mario!

Very nice, Marc! Such a cool car. Thanks for sharing it. I have this one in the stash and have some aftermarket items for it. I want to do the same livery that you did. Whose paint did you use? Looks like a nice match.

This one put a smile on my face! Cool looking pavement pounder!

You gotta love the Tide Ride! Great job on it, Kevin!

A very heartfelt and sincere thank you to everyone who liked and commented on my post!! I truly appreciate it!

Love it! I love that airplane. I have always read and heard that Eduard kits are very nice. You did a stunning job on the shading and weathering on this! I'm so glad that I decided to take a look at it. Great job!

Todd, Gravity Colors, Zero Paints and Splash Paints are lacquers. I have used all three brands. Zero has a reputation for being "hot". That has been my experience. However, I have used their Pure Brilliant White on several models with no issues whatsoever. I cannot speak to Fire Scale, MCW or Scale Finishes. I have not used these. Fire Scale does have lacquers.

I have had absolutely nothing but wonderful service from Gravity Colors! Their primer is all I use these days. They are the first place I look when looking for a specific color. I’m glad that you had a positive experience with them.

I thought that I would share my latest completed model with you. This the Revell 2005 C6 Corvette. Here is the link to the WIP thread in case you are interested. My overall impression of the kit is a good one. I would recommend it. Fit was good, no flash to speak of, and it looks the part. I wanted a dark blue Vette with red accents throughout. There are pictures of the inspiration for this build in the WIP. It is painted in Gravity Colors (Spain) Lexus LFA Liquid Blue. The hood and roof are done in Scale Motorsports carbon fiber. The kit's chrome wheels were stripped and painted in AK Interactive Xtreme Metals Metallic Smoke. I felt this tied in with the CF decals quite well. On to the pictures. Let me know what you think! Forgive me for a gratuitous picture. I finished this model the night before the show. I will admit that it was a smaller show, but I was very pleased with the results of its debut outing. Thank you for looking!

Fandamntastic!!!

Time to look at the body. I primed the body in Gravity Colors (Spain) Dark Gray Primer and then shot it in their Lexus LFA Liquid Blue (see my first post for a picture of the paint). I shoot thin coats and set a timer for 10 minutes between coats. Even with this, I ended up with crazing on the hood, roof, and a couple of small parts on the body. I was able to fix the body, but I had no luck fixing the hood and roof. More on that later. Here is the body in color after repairing the areas that were crazed. Here she is after clear. The clear is still wet in these pictures. Masked up to paint the black areas and the marker lights. So, what did I do about the hood and roof? Carbon fibered them of course! Note that this picture was brightened up a good bit so that you could see the CF. The blue is nowhere near this bright. This is the last update. I will post some "glamour shots" in the Under Glass section. Thank to everyone who checked in, commented and liked this thread!

Another beauty, Rich! Those McLarens....WOW! Great job on yours, my friend, thanks for sharing!

Oh man, Anton, I completely missed that detail. Thanks for the heads up! Unfortunately, the model is done so I won't be able to correct that, but I will definitely keep that I my to do list for the next model.