Jabba
SMF Supporter
Recently finished this one. It fought me all the way, especially the bodywork which didn't want to play ball and took considerable fiddling to get a half-decent fit, but frankly, as you can see from the photos, its still far from perfect, but I'm wary of forcing the panels for fear of breaking something... I still think it looks reasonably good, so I'll cheat and display it mostly with the body off.
A couple of points worth mentioning ; 1/ there was a considerable amount of masking to do to get the body colours right and I used Tamiya masking tape for the very edges and 3M blue masking tape for the bigger areas. I have used the 3M blue tape for years in my job without any problems as it is not supposed to leave any residue, However, I was proved very wrong here! Once i had finished the painting and peeled it off there was loads of stickyness all over the place! It took some considerable time to wash it all off. So beware! Don't make the same stupid mistake that I did. Use the Tamiya throughout. (I'll have to have a word with 3M)
Also, as you probably already know, don't use acrylic paints on rubber tyres. I did , and its not a pretty sight. Enamels stick and flow much better on rubber.
Anyway, see what you think.
A couple of points worth mentioning ; 1/ there was a considerable amount of masking to do to get the body colours right and I used Tamiya masking tape for the very edges and 3M blue masking tape for the bigger areas. I have used the 3M blue tape for years in my job without any problems as it is not supposed to leave any residue, However, I was proved very wrong here! Once i had finished the painting and peeled it off there was loads of stickyness all over the place! It took some considerable time to wash it all off. So beware! Don't make the same stupid mistake that I did. Use the Tamiya throughout. (I'll have to have a word with 3M)
Also, as you probably already know, don't use acrylic paints on rubber tyres. I did , and its not a pretty sight. Enamels stick and flow much better on rubber.
Anyway, see what you think.
