YOUR CUSTOM MADE LAMBORGHINIS

WHAT! What is this supposed to mean?

 

The rear vents above the taillights have been carefully masked off and sprayed black
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Then all the black has been polished. That is where you are going to spend most of the time on any model by the way.
Black paint is considered by many the most difficult color to paint simply because it shows every imperfection( however I would rate yellow as the most pain in the arse). It is said that the quality of a paint job is mesured by how far can you see in the mirror image on the paint. This is the only way I can show you this on a picture. Sorry it is the best I could think of.
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It is not even the correct color. It would be adjusted later on and as said earlier needs some touch up with black. Then the whole thing gets sprayed satin finish, but we did not get there yet.
This was done just to show people how to make the piping. I've always said that the main joy of the hobby is to learn from others experience and of course to try to pass on what you have already learned. Otherwise our lovely hobby of model building would simply die.

 

Next, the mirrors were first covered with black primer.....
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.......And then gloss and clear cote. Then installed into the doors, the door panels (already painted) installed onto the outer shells and the complete doors put on the model. At this time the taillights were installed too.
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At this point there are only two areas to be addressed. The interior needs to be finished, which means some touch ups and equalizing the finishes. The other thing is finishing the engine cover- installing the "glass".

 

Cool!
Last time I was in Switzerland I saw a real Strossek one like the models, but it was black. Nobody paid any attention to it, just sitting on the parking lot, but everyone was impressed that my uncle was driving a Corvette. They are weired over there.

 

So next is whatever is left in the interior. Lets start with the dash. firs you spray the color you like over the area you like. Remember always lighter color on top of darker(you need base though-I use white primer). Then you mask the area you like in that color and spray the rest black(in this case). I like using Bare Metal Foil, which you should find in any good hobby shop. It is very thin, never lifts, conforms to any surface and it stays there and it is extremely easy to cut with exacto blade once it hase been laid down.
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After you spray the black just peel off the foil and if necessary touch up where needed .
Also at this point I painted the instrument surrounds
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...then some more detailing is done to the dash. The whole unit has been sprayed with Dull Cote to give it the flat "leather" feel. The instruments in the center console and the vents have been picked out with semigloss black. The whole interior tube has been made flat black and the seats received same treatment as the as the dash.
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The interior tub needs some touch ups around the center console and this together with the seatbelts,shifter and shifter gate being detailed is done at this time.
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Everything is then test fitted and eventually some adjustments are made
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I don't know if you have noticed but the front "lips" on the body work are not yet painted. Because of their complex curves it is really hard to mask. We'll deal with this and the finishing of the engine cover next time.

 

Hey, practice makes perfect.....