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I like it.
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I don't have a chassis for this so it will end up on eBay at some point - but I have the urge to paint something teal (turquoise, whatever ). I've mixed up some more of my Wallace & Gromit "Anti-Pesto Van Satin Blue" to airbrush on.
It's a re-release buggy champ body with the bottom 10mm taken off all round so it looks less heavy, holes drilled for the driving lights on the sides, primed white & sprayed with VW Alpine White. Roof has had the lighting tabs cut off, the panel on the top has been widened & had sides put on for mesh attachment & a visor panel added to the front. |
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Another nice body
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Sure. A classic electric vynil tape sticks better...
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Sprayed the Buggy Champ body - the "new" compressor works fine, even if the noise is totally unacceptable for a semi-rural Sunday afternoon . At least it filled the tank in less than a minute, and I only had to do it twice.
First up was a coat of flat clear just before lunch, followed by three coats of the "teal" mix after. Thunderflies were a real hazard. I used one of the DA siphon airbrushes (0.35mm) as it produces much finer droplets (and therefore less orange peel), but it isn't really appropriate for larger areas & I got a lot of overspray. I took that off with 2500 grit wet & dry, then finished with one of the SA badger fakes (0.8mm). This time I had to worry about flying ants - over about 5 minutes they came up out of the ground & looked like they were "boiling" on the patio & grass. after another 5 minutes, they took off after some unseen signal & headed off southwestwards. After another 5 minutes it was all over. Taking the tape off, the masking had only failed in one area, and I made that much worse by trying to "fix" it I've used Kyosho 0.7mm tape on the edges & will clear over it all at some point |
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I love this blue. And the lining gives a super finish.
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Take a look at this
Not just the orange peel, but it looks like I used 120 grit paper to finish. I don't know how I managed to A) make it look this bad , and why It only showed up after what was a quite heavy, second coat of clear had cured overnight. There should be enough there to rub out out, but there isn't. I can only think the colour coat was super absorbent & sucked it all up. I've put another heavy coat of clear on in the hope it'll fill in the gaps. |
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