A rothmans porsche for sam

[exmoor]

20170817_102150 by Paul Shapland, on Flickr
20170817_145526 by Paul Shapland, on Flickr

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started the build found these spot ligths in my spares box not sure yet but with a little bit of prep they may fit.
20170818_091058 by Paul Shapland, on Flickr
20170818_091143 by Paul Shapland, on Flickr
then started on priming useing Ultimate gray and black gloss then a finnish coat of alclad alloy got started on the masking of the body for the first coat of tamiya white
20170818_121841 by Paul Shapland, on Flickr
20170818_123810 by Paul Shapland, on Flickr
20170818_133527 by Paul Shapland, on Flickr

[Twokidsnosleep]

Sweet, you are off and running
I like the hood lights

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Cheers Scot did think the hood lights was a bit big but when looking at pictures on the net they are big so I may go with them after a bit of

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progress on the porsche spraying the red and gold i have a problem after detacking the masking tape am still pulling paint off when takeing the tape off
would it pay for me to give it a coat of x22 first any help would be greatful.
20170819_135342 by Paul Shapland, on Flickr
20170819_172029 by Paul Shapland, on Flickr
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progress decaling done suspension painted with alclad just waiting now to give the body a gloss coat next will be the inside and wheels
20170821_121958 by Paul Shapland, on Flickr
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20170821_131345 by Paul Shapland, on Flickr

[Paul]

Looking good mate, nice work so far

[kiwigav]

great work. would love to partaking in this build if I had the spare coin.
looking forward to more great work

[Twokidsnosleep]

That is fantastic!!!
Love the body and chassis painting
Solid work

I detack my tamiya tape on my hand before I apply and or use the white curvy Tamiya tape, detacked as well
That method served well for the Thunderbird Phantom paint scheme and the tri-coloured Phantom I did in January
Paint can be hit and miss and you are already definitely on the high end of the skill level doing what you do

Karma will have me tear off all the blue when I do the orange stripe on my 928 body now...unless I pre-unjinx it

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hi scott yep detack the tape like you said lift the paint 24hours and it still happend dont really know . what do you think about the looks of the gold am so tempted to do it again.

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an update gloss the car with x22 then misted with self level thinners wheels and some of the interior done.
20170822_081631 by Paul Shapland, on Flickr
20170823_172209 by Paul Shapland, on Flickr
20170822_121935 by Paul Shapland, on Flickr
20170822_122004 by Paul Shapland, on Flickr
20170823_172153 by Paul Shapland, on Flickr
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[Twokidsnosleep]

hi scott yep detack the tape like you said lift the paint 24hours and it still happend dont really know . what do you think about the looks of the gold am so tempted to do it again.

Arrgh, from one OCD to another I know you want it perfect, but that is so tough
Is there a small lip between the colours that could be fine wet sanded flat maybe?? Then perhaps a touch up blending spray if needed
You know once you start messing with it too much you will wind up redoing it...I am like that
The gold will probably look fine with a touch of gloss on it

Honestly, I thought of stripping my car's base after looking at your marvellous paint job on your underbelly...lucky I am at work and so the car is safe for the moment

Edit: you already did that while i was typing, it looks fine mate, just fine

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Scott know what you mean am a little bit apprehensive in touchIingit so may late it go this time and put it down as learning curve has for the weathering the bottom it's Ultimate primer and gone around the edges with a pencil

[RossiM1]

Looks great Paul I cheat for stripes you can get various colours of stripe decals gold , silver, black etc and they come in various widths on the same sheet
Studio 27 do them and a Danish company called DMC decals do them as well

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Thanks Gary great tips they was a pain

[gaz45]

Great work there mate