Revell 1/24 Ferrari Enzo

[Mr Bowcat]

So tonight I've been trying to decide on the body colour. These are the choices.



My girls both like the titanium silver (middle). I like the blue, but the other Ferrari I built is also blue, so that's probably out.



The gold is my least favourite, unless I was building it for the Sultan of Brunei.

Decisions decisions.

 

[Deleted member 7181]

Out of those it would be the gunmetal for me, with the titanium as a second choice.

 

[Bortig the Viking]

Hi, is yellow not an option, other than that I'd say gunmetal.

 

[Bortig the Viking]

Hi, this looks nice. (Picture just for discussion)

 

[Bortig the Viking]

Hi, or this. (Picture for discussion only)

 

[Mr Bowcat]

Cheers for the input guys.

Mark, the gunmetal was my favourite, but having now seen it in silver I really like that.

Mark, I really wanted to do a metallic so yellow isn't an option. The green would look nice on a Lamborghini.

 

[Bortig the Viking]

Cheers for the input guys.

Mark, the gunmetal was my favourite, but having now seen it in silver I really like that.

Mark, I really wanted to do a metallic so yellow isn't an option. The green would look nice on a Lamborghini.

Hi, I think I'm a bit biased to the green as I have an Mercedes AMG a class in elheit green unfortunately it seems to be only available on the Mercedes GTR now, must start saving my pennies.

 

[Jim R]

Hi Bob
All coming on a treat. Love those wheels. I am sure it will look well in whatever colour you decide. I like silver.
Jim

 

[Mr Bowcat]

Well, I've decided, and it's none of the above.

I made up a couple of mixes and I'm going with a 50/50 mix of gunmetal and titanium silver. It's the bottom left in the pic below.

 

[Deleted member 7181]

I like it

 

[Bortig the Viking]

Hi, can't wait to see it applied.

 

[Mr Bowcat]

Cheers guys.

It went down well, I'll post pics tomorrow after glossing.

 

[Mr Bowcat]

Got this glossed this morning, still not quite as glossy as I was hoping so might give it one more coat of very thin gloss followed by some polish.

 

[Jim R]

Hi Bob
Very nice choice of colour. I am sure your idea of another gloss coat and a polish will be worth a go.
Jim

 

[Mr Bowcat]

Cheers Jim.

It actually feels completely smooth so I'm not sure if it's just the metallic finish, but I'll give it another gloss coat anyway.

 

[Deleted member 7181]

It could be down to the metallic colour.

The aluminium flakes within it can leave a rougher surface than a regular solid colour so they often need extra depth of clearcoat / varnish to level out that unevenness and produce a good gloss.

Really like the colour though.

 

[Deleted member 4539]

Looking real nice Bob .

 

[Si Benson]

Hi Bob,
You’ve made a cracking job of the build and paint, all looking very good
I’ve only ever built one car, which was metallic paint and had similar problem getting a nice shiny look. Hope you can get it as you want it to look

 

[Mickc1440]

Good choice on the colour Bob, hope you can get to the finish you want but it still looks great as it is.

 

[Mr Bowcat]

Cheers guys.

I agree with Andy, the metallic flakes might make getting a deep gloss more difficult than with a solid colour.

I've actually decided to put the decals on first, I'll leave them to dry for a few hours then hit it with the gloss again