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Post by Mr Hirakawa Fri 13 Nov 2015, 6:41 pm

From Revell.
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Stripped the chrome from the engine parts. It just doesn't look right all mirrored.
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Assembled the engine, gave it  couple of base coats of aluminium, washed it with black ink and highlighted with silver.
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I then wired it up and dealt with the exhaust manifolds.
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After I removed all the flash lines and seams from the body I then gave a dry fit for all parts. Perfect.
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I then put the body to prime and after a couple of days drying I smoothed it out as best as I could.
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The bodywork was given three coats of Tamiya's TS12 orange.
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After a week of drying I masked off all but the roof ready to give it a coat of semi gloss black.
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It's always nerve wracking when the masking comes off but this turned out very well.
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After the bodywork was polished and all the panel lines were inked, it was time to get the interior sorted and some seatbelts added.
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The engine, interior and wheels were al finished. All that remains is the body.
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A little bit of artistic license was used by adding black to the bodywork to break up the orange a bit.
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Post by Sam Fri 13 Nov 2015, 8:29 pm

Beautiful work!
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Post by Speed Racer 65 Fri 13 Nov 2015, 9:06 pm

Wow, very crisp. I struggle with trying to get that clean of a build.
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Post by GaryDainton Fri 13 Nov 2015, 9:19 pm

Simply lovely work Mr H. Lamborghini Diablo V/T 1705482731
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Post by Geezerman Sat 14 Nov 2015, 10:43 am

Lookin' GOOD !!
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Post by Guest Sat 14 Nov 2015, 5:03 pm

Super job on this kit. All the colors work so well together. Super clean also.

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Post by harron68 Sun 15 Nov 2015, 12:57 am

My my MY!!!!  Excellent work on that bull, or bullet!  Engine still looks pretty shiny, but added parts and wiring put things in perspective.  Nice job on the "dark wash."

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Post by Johnag Sun 15 Nov 2015, 3:07 pm

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Post by Guest Sun 15 Nov 2015, 7:52 pm

Very Nice

What do you use to glue in the spark plug wires?

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Post by webby Sun 15 Nov 2015, 9:34 pm

Another quality build!
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Post by Mr Hirakawa Mon 16 Nov 2015, 10:23 am

Hi 2whl. In this case there was plenty space behind to just push in without glue (0.5mm) but if i'm putting 0.2mm wire into, say a distributor, I always use CA gel.
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Post by Guest Mon 16 Nov 2015, 2:47 pm

Lovely job mate...

As far as your artistic licence on the rear light cluster surround, it does look a whole lot better ... i'm sure they used to do that on the 1:1 in some Diablo versions thinking about it.

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