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Model Pictures Elva-BMW Mk8S

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  • Member since
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  • From: New Zealand
Model Pictures Elva-BMW Mk8S
Posted by nicholma on Sunday, May 30, 2004 12:33 AM
This is slightly different to the normal subjects chosen but as I'm participating in 2 group builds I thought I had better reduce some of my workbench clutter and finish some partially built kits. A cold and intermitantly rainy weekend helped. This is the first finished, the car Chris Amon drove in the 1965 Tourist Trophy in England. The kit is by the French company Axel 'R and is a resin 1/43rd kit with vacformed screen and headlight covers and a p/e wiper, the rims are turned aluminimum with resin centres. It was painted with a Tamiya spray can.






This shows the fine instrument decals provided with the kit. In fact the decals all went on easily althoug the a decal softener was necessary for the front number 15 as it had to go over a compound curve.





The only thing still to do is the vacformed headlight covers. An easy kit to build and if I'd got on with when I'd first started it would have only taken a couple of nights work.
Kia ora, Mark "Time flies like the wind, fruit flies like bananas"
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Posted by luke on Sunday, May 30, 2004 3:16 AM
good work - do you use wax or future-floor-polish type materials for auto model overcoats?
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Posted by leemitcheltree on Sunday, May 30, 2004 9:22 AM
Nicholma,
What a little beauty. Excellent work.
That's one great looking race car.......the 60's and the 70's really produced some beautiful caochwork.......

Cheers, LeeTree
Remember, Safety Fast!!!

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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, May 30, 2004 11:32 AM
Great Job!!!!! Hey Nicholma,
She is a Beaut!!!! Excellent Overall, especially the Amazing Red Paint and Decal Job!!! Love it!!!! Keep It Up!!!!! Thumbs Up [tup]Thumbs Up [tup]Thumbs Up [tup]Thumbs Up [tup]Thumbs Up [tup]Thumbs Up [tup]
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Posted by lizardqing on Sunday, May 30, 2004 12:41 PM
Nice job all around on that one.
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Posted by fightnjoe on Sunday, May 30, 2004 7:15 PM
nicely done.

joe

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Posted by nicholma on Monday, May 31, 2004 3:54 AM
Thank guys.

QUOTE: Originally posted by luke

do you use wax or future-floor-polish type materials for auto model overcoats?


I don't tend to highly polish the paint job on a car of this era because they weren't highly shined as they are today. I will use the Tamiya polish to smooth out the final coat but not to impart a mirror-like shine - unless its a road car . The shine on this paint job is basically straight from the spray can. I never spray anything over the top of decals. However looking at vitually any racing car today from NASCAR to Aussie V8's to F1 its apparent that most/all the script is covered with a high polished surface so I suppose any kit of a "modern" race car needs a Future or clear gloss over spray.
Kia ora, Mark "Time flies like the wind, fruit flies like bananas"
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