Revell MG TC 1945 - WIP

Very simple kit. Not many pieces. 

No more chrome 

Used 400 and 800 grit to sand the body mainly to give the primer something to grip. 

Sanded bonnet (hood) 

Closer look at the difference between the original un-sanded surface and the sanded one.  

Annoying pin marks. Gave up trying to remove them completely  

Used Bare-Metal's panel scribing tool for the first time. In the model the door is simply raised from the body but I wanted an actual panel line. 

Pretty happy with the result. Looks better once the primer is on. 

Using Stynylrez's yellow primer as under coat for the red base coat. 

 

Primer really shows up the imperfections in the plastic. 

Forgot to mention that I'm using my new Iwata Revolution CR for this build... and probably for every other build going forward. The only negative is that it's too easy for me to flood the paint. Might look into getting a limiter.  

Sanded the sharp edges and re-primed 

Got this weird pitting on the hood/bonnet  

sanded it and re-painted 

Still came back. I think it's coz I didn't thin the paint enough? 

The body came out nearly perfect. Did three thin coats. No clear coat yet, just X-7 at this point.  

 

 

 

Remnants of pin marks much more visible now. Oh well. 

Just love Liquid Chrome. Makes some jobs so easy. 

Et vola! 

Found a store nearby that had Alclad II paints. Got the gloss black primer, aqua clear, chrome and gold plate. Very excited to see how this turns out. 

Did two coats of gloss black. Goes on very nicely. 

This side of the MG's radiator after the gloss coat dried. Very impressive. I've never had anything this shiny before! 

Chrome all shiny and new again. Alclad was really nice to work with. 

Clear coated this piece with Alclad Aqua clear gloss to se how it looked. Shame about the dust bunnies. 

Did two coats of Aclad Aqua clear but then did two more coats with Future.  

The body came out the best. Had virtually no dust bunnies and only slight texturing of the clear coat (4 coats of Future).  

 

 

Finally go more done 

Just these left to finish. Going to try using oils paints for the seat leather and canvas. Not sure about the dash. it looks hard. 

De-oiling the oil paints 

Got inexpensive Winton series 1 

Also trying out micro mask for the first time... 

Canopy covering 

The seats... now wait for them to dry 

Seats and canopy dry. Doing a quick dry fit to see how it looks. Seats are too much like the body. Will paint them a dark brown now. Need the canopy to be darker too. 

Using oil paints to try to create a wood texture... 

Had a little break through on detailing the dials. Just thinned out the paint with Tamiya Retarder and flooded the dials! Yah 

Used Epoxy resin to create glass for the large dials. 

And it's complete!