Tamiya 1/24 Aston Martin D B S

[Marc Stock]

This is the next model ill be building over the next 5 months or so.


Made a start on the brakes. These are the carbon ceramic brakes so i mixed up some light grey metallic and airbrushed that on. And did a mist coat of matt black to simulate the carbon ceramic look.


The kit itself isnt as nice as the 300sl kit. Its still a nice kit though and im looking forward to spending many hours on this.

 

[eddiesolo]

Nice start Marc, looks a good kit.

 

[Polux]

That's a beautiful car, Marc.


Good luck with this new project

 

[Ssasho0]

good luck, I will be following it!

 

[takeslousyphotos]

Good luck with this one Marc. I'm sure you'll make a Cracking Job of it......

 

[jono]

Looking forward to following this build Marc,


John.

 

[Marc Stock]

Brake discs are complete. Did a light dusting of tamiya oil stain onto the discs themselves to make them look more dusty.


I am running low on supplies so i have made a start on the kit. But need to get some paints and thinners etc

 

[Plastickitbasher]

looking good

 

[papa 695]

Just seen this one I'm not a car builder but this is looking good, looking forward to the next instalment Marc.

 

[Adrian "Marvel" Reynolds]

I built this kit last year as part of the forums "I'm a TV Car" GB. Really enjoyed it but as I wasn't a car builder I made a few mistakes so its on my side bench in bits now waiting a revamp


Will watch with interest as to what you do


Adrian

 

[Marc Stock]

Thanks guys for your positive comments, this forum is awesome.


Some progress on the front suspension wishbones & steering rack. Added some black weathering powder on the wishbones to bring out the recesses and a small buff up.


Attached the wheels to protect the brake discs while in storage.

 

[Polux]

very nice and clean work so far!


I like it

 

[dougie]

Looking ace, you really did a top job on the brakes mate, fantastic

 

[Marc Stock]

Did the inlet manifold this evening. Added some weathering to bring out the manifold a little. Otherwise its just going to look like a lump of white plastic for a toy car in my opinion and it just needed some real life injected into it.


I used zero paints white primer for the base colour, polished up with micromesh added a top coat of white primer and polished again. Then distressed the manifold with humbrol weathering black powder, this made the manifold go completely black and smudgy. Then under a running tap of warm water i apply toothpaste to clean of the excess black to leave detail in the gaps and recesses. Apply decals, add a spot of semi gloss over the badge. The air hoses were painted matt black and a dry brushing of semi gloss. The throttle bodies were painted silver aluminium, with some small amounts of tamiya oil stain brushed over to tone it down a little.

 

[Steve Brodie]

looking very good

 

[takeslousyphotos]

This is looking very very good Marc...... I'm going to have to tag along and watch this build.

 

[roymattblack]

Are you building it as -box, or convert it to RHD?


It's not a difficult conversion.


I did mine a few years back - the pics make the interior look pink but in reality it is Salmon and ox-blood - a genuine Aston scheme...


Roy.

 

[Plastickitbasher]

Looking very good so far

 

[Marc Stock]

That looks great. I think as its a brittish car its got to be right hand drive. How did you convert it?

 

[roymattblack]

I've got some pics somewhere showing what I did.


I'll search them out and post them with a description...


All the best, Roy.