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Cesar Muniz (Designinja)
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Mazda RX-7 Efini

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8 25 August 2017, 20:41
Spanjaard
looking nice
25 August 2017, 22:19
Alexander Grivonev
Hm, never thought of flattening car wheels on my models. If you want to add some camber, i guess there is no way around it....that blue is awesome btw!
26 August 2017, 06:38
Cesar Muniz
Thanks for the coments, Alexander, this set from Aoshima is meant to be with camber already, for that the tire comming with the kit is in a kind of cone shape that actualy looks weird if you try to mount it straight, but when we do airplanes the tires are very often flattened to look weightened, something that all cars in real live have in some degree, I will train with the tires that came with the kit to put a flat spot by heating up one screw driver and touch the ruber to see if it give us a good effect.
I was just wondering that should be one reason for car makers to not do this that I can't see yet until is too late :-/
26 August 2017, 17:39
Stefan Schacht
hi Cesar, nice start. count me in. Cheers Stefan
26 August 2017, 18:13
Alexander Grivonev
What is this leveling thinner? Where is the difference to "normal thinner"? I am wondering because you diluted the acrylic Tamiya color with as well as the solvent based mr. Surfacer...
1 September 2017, 07:17
Cesar Muniz
Alexander, the funny thing with Tamiya "acrylic" is that it is syntetic, it is alchol base, thinning with isopropyl or X-20A but also can be thinned with soft lacquer thinner (not the one from hardwerstore), Thinners like the Tamiya Lacquer Tinner with the yelow top, Mr. Hobby Lacquer Tinner or Mr. Hobby Leveling thinner, all of them works, with lacquers you have one result smoother then the acrylic thinner, less tip dry, the gloss is deeper and the flat paints from the XF- range turns down to be more satin than dead flat, you can overspray the paint with plain thinner to soft the result even further alowing more time for it to level, the Mr. leveling thinner have more retardants to give it even more time, the down side is that it also alows the paint to catch more dust, ask me how I know that... 🙁
2 September 2017, 01:16
Alexander Grivonev
Wow, the more you know...i will definitely try Tamiya acrylics+lacquer thinners, having tried countless methods of painting my car models i still haven't found the "holy grail". Every paint job is a new challenge with sometimes not so pleasant surprises 😛

Considering dust, every car modeler feels your pain....hell you could paint in a grade 1 dust free biolaboratory clean room, there will be always one single dust particle finding its way at the midle of the car hood. Always! This is a law of nature!😉

cheers, Alex
2 September 2017, 09:36
Alexander Grivonev
Those rims really turned out fantastic!
18 September 2017, 10:38
oudlad
Looks great! Those wheels look class man! Niiiice.
21 September 2017, 21:33
Scott Hastings
Great paint, great wheels, really nice
6 October 2017, 03:13
Alexander Grivonev
Fantastic result, Cesar! Thanks for the detailed WIP, it was very interesting. Very nice paint and finishing job!
6 October 2017, 08:21
Murad ÖZER
lovely build, it's also great that all pix have captions so i can read what is going on - i am a complete illiterate when it comes to civvy auto modeling, one day i'll build tho!
9 October 2017, 11:34
William Monette
Jeez that is absolutely stunning!
13 October 2020, 20:34
Urban Gardini
Lovely work mate! I'm not a car modeller myself (will try some in the future) but I couldn't tell that you isn't a car modeller from what I see. I hold car modelling as a tougher level of modelling than AFV's and warbirds that I'm used to.
13 October 2020, 20:53
Weekend Hobbyist
This is your first car model? Impressive build. Sorry for all the questions. Which set of wheels are those? The polished chrome/lip is spot on. Were the wheels hard to mask? Did you sand before polishing the body? Any modifications to lower the car? I see you said the kit already provided the camber. Wheel camber and tucked wheels are perfect. What ratio did you thin and PSI did you use? Was the muffler/exhaust tip aftermarket? What paint did you use on the exhaust system? What is your technique to paint the black trim around the turn signals? I'm preparing to build a Celica GT XX and planning. thanks
Thanks
14 October 2020, 00:54
Cesar Muniz
Jimmy, thanks a lot and sorry for taking too long to answer, I used this little tutorial to lower the car, check it out: rextremescale.blogsp..ring-techniques.html . Also I sanded the model with fine sand paper prior to polish but Tamiya's clear coat are not very thick or durable so you can't send it too much so be careful, today I use 2k urethane for clear coat, the wheels were very tricky to mask because the masking tape refused to adhere to the smooth chrome from Aoshima wheels, but I got that in the end, it is not a necessary step though, it all depends on the style you want, the pipe from exhaust muffler was quite simply a metallic cover from bicycle cable cover, it was laying here around, paint was alclad polished aluminium and trim around turn signals was achieved masking the circles and spraying the surroundings all from behind, there is a video showing some explanations in a slide show form and have one turn table zooming the results, I hope this can help you, cheers! Youtube Video
 
9 November 2020, 22:38
Brandon H
Gorgeous paintwork!!
9 November 2020, 23:47
Martin Oostrom
Great paintjob Cesar!
10 November 2020, 07:33
Weekend Hobbyist
Thanks Cesar, I love your video. I meant to ask about the orange side markers. Do you have a technique to color the gasket edge black? So far I've been masking then masking again for the color which is tedious. I tried the sharpie but can't get the edge consistent and dark enough. Thanks
11 November 2020, 21:43
Cesar Muniz
Hi Jimmy, I painted with a brush, number 2/0, first I paint the whole thing black using Stynylrez or UMP primer(you can neat up the contour using a toothpick lightly damped in IPA after the primer is dry), 2 or 3 coats, than I painted the inner part silver with Vallejo Metal color aluminium. than once dry I gave it a coat of Tamiya clear orange, x-26
13 November 2020, 20:45

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My first car, going to use Tamiya Acrilic Paints and Aftermarket wheels, as well as some 3d chromed logos

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