Acrylic Mini X-11 Chrome Silver - Paints - Tamiya

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What I also forgot while trying to get more done at the end of the sitting time was to take care of the camera window. God knows how I missed that. The bottom part fits quite well and its an interesting piece of engineering - in all places BUT the rear part were some shimming was necessary: Works rally/race 1600/1800 cars of the same years differ from this and must be studied as individuals.

The preshading is heavy (as the final paint will be dark gray) but it does look much more dark then it is in real life - probably due to the lighting used when taking the photo. I then commenced with my regular Badger Stynylrez white primer - which shot nicely on almost all parts. I get spots where the cover is not good. I'm not sure where the problem is. Session started with working on the left rear door - where the radar thingy hangs. This had to be cut to allow the elbow to protrude.This has been sitting in an unfinished state for many years since I messed up the paint on the body. put some Tamiya Wide Tape on the ares to become the mask, then put very wide tape on top. This will allow to remove the upper take without tearing paper. Onto the more positive stuff; I'm really pleased with the front and rear screens, the frames were probably painted in Tamiya X11 or Humbrol Silver.

I've got both kits, the road one and the Monte version with the proper 6 spoke wheels. I stopped work on the road one ages ago as the wheels are wrong; wrong pattern, even for a standard car, and moulded with 4 studs - Alpines only have three.I've assigned them pseudo-numbers following PS-64, as that seems to be around when they were introduced.)