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tamiya wrote:

can i ask what you used to clean the metal parts mine are marked and I have tried cleaning without success

Hi Tamiya Nut, as mentionned by Stingray, first 2000 grid paper, then 1000 and finally "Chromes polishing" from Belgom.

stingray-63 wrote:

Elbow oil, belgom alu and 1000grit paper.

All the remaining dust and small maks came easily off with the Belgom Chromes cleaner.

Here a pic of it



Hope this helps
Manotas

Very small progress...

I had to wait for the best weather conditions to start the paint job.



I'll start masking for the blue paint as soon as the paint dries completely out.

Small update on this one...

I've been thinking lots about how to paint this SS body as easy as possible. I came to the conclusion that going against the common wisdom, i'd change my mind.
So, i painted the body in TS10 Blue.



After that i made some pattern in order to cover all the parts that had to be painted in white. I started with the rear


And cutted the masking stripes according the lines of the pattern



It's looks relly weird, the body colour looks like greyisch...but it's really TS10 blue !!

Going further with the front part.
My first attempt did not met my expectations...

Made agains patterns in order to cover the blue parts. This was the main decision to change the colour from white to blue because i absolutely wanted the edge lines of the hood to be white! I know some could do it easily, but i don't have Jonny's paint skills ha ha ha

Here my first attempt for the front patterns i made from drwings i found on the internet.



Drawed them on a large masking tape



Then cutted it off with a knife



And finally applied them on the body. Well this first attempt did not mask everything as i wanted to.

I used another approach and made my new patterns directly from the body



Then same procedure as before



And applied them on the body



Well, it's still not perfect, but will correct those details tonight.

Thanks for looking
Manotas

Well I'm interested to see how it comes out

andyaus wrote:

Well I'm interested to see how it comes out

Mmmmm yeah me too !

Manotas wrote:

andyaus wrote:

Well I'm interested to see how it comes out

Mmmmm yeah me too !

HEHEEE! +1

Conventional wisdom is you paint moulded bodies light colours first, as dark colours cover light colours better than the other way round (lexan the other way round), but maybe modern paints have improved to the point where you don't have to worry about that so much?

So far I have to say that the masking isn't looking any quicker or easier doing it this way...

Looking forward to seeing the result, the proof is in the pudding they say ...

Nice classic Baja VW bodies there.

I did a decent job using Tamiya tape a few years ago. Now I will have to paint a couple of those myself anytime soon, and to do so I already bought a bottle of Humbrol Maskol. Somehow I suppose that kind of masking will work better than tape. I will have to try and prove myself right on this one, because the original Sand Scorcher paintscheme is indeed a very complex one.

Good luck with your Scorcher!

The white paint looks pretty good and seem to have covered all the blue parts...i'm really happy !
Ill keep you posted





I will take the masking tape this afternnon.

Manotas