MGB 1/24 Aoshima

[PaulTRose 9,091]

typical Aoshima......standard road going car in the box with extra sprues to turn it into a racer, so end up with a box full of spare bits...............2 sets of seats, wheels, bumpers etc plus soft top up or down....or hard top

plan is to do it British Racing Green if the paint i have is close enough, if not it will go red

 

 

 

[Mad Steve 21,924]

Nice one Paul 

[MikoLee 1,395]

Cars, hmmmm, good idea!

 

Miko (opening eBay as I type)

[Mad Steve 21,924]

21 minutes ago, MikoLee said:

Bikes, hmmmm, good idea!

 

Miko (opening eBay as I type)

Fixed that for you Miko 

[MikoLee 1,395]

Tsk! some people! . . .Ha!

Now, must get back to eBaying four wheel vehicles

(ooooh, Tamiya 1/20 scale F1 cars! been a while!)

Miko (never built a bike kit, but once considered a Honda Super Cub kit)

 

 

[Mad Steve 21,924]

Damn.... oh well, I tried  

[Col. 7,843]

Lovely subject choice @PaulT Which is higher praise than it may first seem as I'm really not a big fan of cars.

1 hour ago, MikoLee said:

Miko (never built a bike kit, but once considered a Honda Super Cub kit)

There's a cure for that you know

[PaulTRose 9,091]

so first thing is what colour?....these are the choices

 

second thing is ive been doing a bit of fiddling and im not sure i shall be using the hard top.........fit dosnt look too good so it will probably be the soft top down option......or maybe soft top up if it goes over the roll cage.......but i wont know until it comes to that point in the build...decisions, decisions lol

[Col. 7,843]

1 hour ago, PaulT said:

so first thing is what colour?....these are the choices

That X-5 green looks a decent British Racing Green to me so gets my vote.

[Mad Steve 21,924]

Yep, X5 for me too (although you can get BRG in a tamiya can, its called British Green TS 9, if you wanted to give the moths in your wallet an outing )

[PaulTRose 9,091]

improvised some seat belts since ive run out of aftermarket pe ones......ribbon is a little bit wide, made worse by the narrow race seats i think

interior is done apart from the roll cage which is going to be sprayed the same colour as the body..........which is tomorrows job

 

[Mad Steve 21,924]

Nice one Paul 

[PaulTRose 9,091]

well its gone green but it might just go in the paint stripper and get redone, im not too impressed it it all, going to leave it a few days to really harden off and then have a think about if i should

[Gorby 18,713]

Looks good to me. What don't you like about it?

[Tolvcat 4,033]

I'm also confused. From the photo it looks deep, even and shiny. What am I missing that makes you unhappy about it?

Andy

[PaulTRose 9,091]

thin paint here and there (you can see it on the rear wing) and the gloss varnish i used was rattle can, pressure is a little low and its gone a bit orange peely

[Mad Steve 21,924]

Yep, I agree with my learned friends, looks ok to me. 

(But also know exactly what youre going thru. That DBR9, i think i painted 3 or 4 times)

[Col. 7,843]

Is a light rub-down and a second coat an option?

[PaulTRose 9,091]

so  i tried spraying it green again and got an even worse result than the first time

im blaming myself as i used Tamiya paint which is not my usual choice so im on a learning curve with it

so its gone red .......needs another coat of gloss clear yet, then im going to let it harden off for a few days as im thinking of trying BMF for the trim ....which is something ive only used twice before, and not for this sort of thing

 

[Mad Steve 21,924]

That red does actually look better Paul 

[Gorby 18,713]

The red does look good.

[PaulTRose 9,091]

trim didnt goes as planned..........i wanted to use bare metal foil but it just didnt work...........so i masked up and painted with chrome, even with some touchups  its a little scruffy......my hand isnt steady enough

putting the shell onto the chassis wasnt as straight forward as i thought it was going to be, tolerances are a bit tight in places

and ive discovered the soft top down isnt an option......dosnt fit with the roll cage fitted, so it will have to be either soft top up or the hard top, luckily i have painted both already lol

but at least im making progress

 

 

[Mad Steve 21,924]

I think that looks alright Paul. Okay neaten up the cheatline a bit, but I like it 

[steelpillow 818]

I have the same problem with sprays, be they rattle can or airbrush. My preferred method these days is the old craftsman's tradition: many well-thinned layers applied with a fine sable brush. The brush may not be cheap, but it is a lot cheaper than an airbrush and compressor. Lightly sand between coats with very fine paper: start with 1200 and go finer as you feel the need. Used to be called flour paper, nowadays you can get wet-and-dry that fine. Takes forever, but then so do most things worthwhile.

[PaulTRose 9,091]

and finished!

not my neatest work but i like it

decals were surprisingly thin so needed to be gentle with them

i really want another of these so i can do a road going version with the soft top down

more pics in the gallery