Thank you guys. I am a huge fanboy of rotary Mazdas and 767/787 is an icon for me and one of the most favourite racing cars.
All the other parts are being prepared or waiting for their turn but I do have them James.
Haha I also have my own 787 which I occasionally drive as well... in Assetto Corssa. :D Wow Patrick that must have been quite a sight for you friend. By the way the one which I am building is 767 which technically is quite different from 787 even though they look the same. J. Herbert was driving '91 Le Mans winning 787B mine 767B was driven during '89 and finished 7th.
I finished painting the body. I am not not completely happy with the result as quite a lot of dust got onto the paint job and and while detailing a small part I missed my target with brush and painted outside it on the body. I tried to quickly clean it with a q tip but just made it worse. Now around this part I have some green shade. It is small area but it still bothers me.
I put the body on the chassis to have a look what end result I could expect and of wow it looks so good.
And I have also installed headlamps.
For this kit I started using H&S Evo
airbrush and Vallejo
Model Air paints. So far I am very pleased with the
airbrush and paints. It is very important for me that the paints do not smell bad and toxic and Vallejo
Model Air is more than that. They actually smell like candies. :D The quality and self levelling ability is also very good. I do not understand why people complaint at all about these paints. They say they are weak but once you prime the surface I would say they are quite durable. I used enamel mixed with hardware store turpentine and this compo is total crap I had problem that paint will come off after handling for detailing. But it is solved when I used recommended thinner for the paints. The only disadvantages of
Model Air would be that they drying super fast and could clog AB but once you get used to it they are very good. I sprayed without flow improver thinned to 1:3 ratio and haven't had any problems. You just need to prepare more or less exact amount of paint that you need for particular part and clean the AB immediately after painting.
I painted some parts with Humbrol enamel. And it also goes beautifully through AB and the finish is nice as well.
Now some questions:
1. I would like to apply varnish after I apply all the
decals. I will be using Vallejo
Model Air glossy varnish. Should I apply a coat before placing
decals and then another coat after or could I apply
decals directly after painting and then apply a coat of varnish?
2. Being a racing car it has a lot of
decals an some of them need to be laid around uneven surfaces and cavities. I do not have decal set so is there other way to soften
decals and apply them nicely? Decal setter and fix is on my next buying list since I like to have bigger order and buy what I need at once. So I am wondering if there is another solution to set
decals nicely.
3. Any glue that could adhere paint to paint and do not make a mess. It would be very useful for me when working with small pieces which are already painted. I gooogled and found out that some guys are using bob industries glue. Do you have experience with it?