1980 Mustang

Some work on my 80 Mustang.  I'm planing to build a mustang from every era.    

This model was molded in red so I painted it silver.  Gave it a good sanding and painted it silver again.  Then a few airbrushed coats of white primer.  I thought I had pic in white primer but that's not that interesting anyway LOL

then I painted is all yellow (Tamiya decanted and airbrushed).  Followed by taping off the midline just above the side trim, and shooting Testors black lacquer.

Once that was done I taped off the windshield frame and hit it with some clear to seal in the tape.  Then decanted Tamiya TS-6 matte black for the trim.  I did this separately for each window.  It takes forever to do it this way (versus all at once) but I prefer to focus on one area at a time.

Since I wasn't happy with the yellow cover in the engine bay, I decided to make is matte black.  Its not technically correct for this year Mustang but I'll pretend it is.

I also used some really thin vinyl tape for the red mid stripe.  I've had success painting these in the past but this is WAY easier :)

Window by window seems to work well, thats a really neat job Jeff.

Great looking paintwork, Jeff. Excellent masking.

Great job on the paint and masking   

Quality mask & paint job. Jeff, is the vinyl a thinner version of pinstriping tape?

 

Beautiful combination.

  

Jeff: you may be new to this group, but you're obviously not new to the hobby. Excellent masking and painting.

Brilliant work Jeff.

 looking good, Jeff.

Not a fan of this Mustang but you are doing it proud Jeff. Nice trim work.

webby wrote:Quality mask & paint job. Jeff, is the vinyl a thinner version of pinstriping tape?

It's something I bought at the hobby ship and I think its made for RC cars. It comes in a roll with different size stripes. This is the smallest one.

Thanks for the comments guys.