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Post by Skid Mon 20 Jun 2016, 12:28 am

Since my room and bench are new again I decided it was fitting to kick of with a new build.

Curbside kit, which shouldn't take long:

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Post by Sam Mon 20 Jun 2016, 12:38 am

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Post by hotrodmax Mon 20 Jun 2016, 1:01 am

Cool! I am looking forward to this!!
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Post by RetiredMike Mon 20 Jun 2016, 4:07 am

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Post by GaryDainton Mon 20 Jun 2016, 8:27 am

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Post by Skid Mon 20 Jun 2016, 9:16 am

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Post by GaryDainton Mon 20 Jun 2016, 11:34 am

I trust it will be adorned by the Union Flag Al. 2012 WTCC Chevy Cruz. Robb Huff 1705482731
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Post by Skid Mon 20 Jun 2016, 11:59 am

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Post by Guest Mon 20 Jun 2016, 2:31 pm

I will follow along as I have this kit.

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Post by beowulf Mon 20 Jun 2016, 6:41 pm

that looks a nice kit
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Post by Guest Mon 20 Jun 2016, 6:43 pm

beowulf wrote:that looks a nice kit
It is nice.

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Post by Guest Mon 20 Jun 2016, 7:54 pm

Looks like a great kit with some nice detail and masking bits.

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Post by webby Wed 22 Jun 2016, 2:25 pm

Ohh, thats on my want list! If its 1/24-5 & General Motors, I want it!
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Post by RetiredMike Wed 22 Jun 2016, 2:29 pm

Is the masking for a design on the windscreens, or for painting the car after installing them?
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Post by Skid Wed 22 Jun 2016, 4:58 pm

The masking is for the glass work Mike.

On the body, only the rear bumper needs masking as it's darker than the rest of the body.b

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Post by KatsZenJammer Sun 26 Jun 2016, 6:00 pm

A beautiful little kit and an ideal way to 'inaugurate' your new workspace!
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Post by Skid Wed 06 Jul 2016, 5:40 pm

Right... it's back to this one.

As mentioned above, the rear bumper is a darker blue and needed masking. So I thought I'd try an idea shown to us by Nigel a while back.

Masked the demarcation line with Tamiya tape as usual but then masked off the rest of the body with cling film:  

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Using the cling film was SO much easier to apply and SO much easier to remove than any other way I have used in the past.

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Post by GaryDainton Wed 06 Jul 2016, 5:45 pm

Looks brilliant Al, 

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Post by Guest Wed 06 Jul 2016, 6:28 pm

Great turn out. I will have to try Nigel's method out for sure.

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Post by Guest Wed 06 Jul 2016, 7:09 pm

It looks good and...cling film is so cheap.

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Post by Skid Fri 08 Jul 2016, 12:37 am

There are several 'electronics' boxes moulded into the floor and unfortunately, so is some of the wiring. And of course it looks awful.

It's not really feasible to remove it and I fear painting the 'tops' of it would look equally awful.

SO...... I'm attempting to add my own wiring by going over the top of the moulded in stuff. So far, so good.

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Post by Guest Fri 08 Jul 2016, 12:44 am

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Post by GaryDainton Fri 08 Jul 2016, 8:12 am

Good thinking Al. 2012 WTCC Chevy Cruz. Robb Huff 1705482731
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