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Hey there fellas, I thought I would throw up some pictures of my finished Area71 slotcars kit and pass along some information. There is a decent amount of work involved, but I think the results here are worth the effort. Plus in the end you are left a cool one-off car. The sky is the limit, but I am very happy with the results and for a car I intend to race it looks great.
Here is how I achieved this finish.
1- I start prep on the car by using 400g sandpaper and just giving the flatter portions of the car a bit of a sand before priming. This printing material is TOUGH, you have to go at it pretty good to knock some of the high spots off. If you have any faint lines you want to touch up, I recommend etching them now.
2-I primed the body with automotive Dupont surface primer. It dries fast and is a medium viscosity. Dry throughly.
3-I sand the whole body with 600 grit again, I sand until the black "high spots" of the body are visible. This goes quickly.
4-One more round with Dupont primer.
5-Sand again.
6-Tamiya primer
7- Depending on how you are looking or how good you want the finish, you can go straight to 1500g sandpaper and paint at this point.
8-If the finish is not sufficient I will sand again with 600 and do one more Tamiya primer.
9-Paint with 2 coats, usually 1 light and 1 wet.
10-Clear with 1 light and 1 to 3 wet coats depending on your intended use. This car only has 1 solid coat of color and 1 of clear to keep it light.
The Primer does not add much weight, as you are removing most of it everytime with sanding to just fill in the low spot of the body. It sounds like a lot of work, but realistically most of the time is waiting for paint to dry, and I probably had 3 or so hours into the sanding and painting of the body.
We will see how it performs as I have put it together, I will go through some testing for next year GT3 proxy. I am hopeful as the body is quite light and it is WIDE. It also accepts the Scaleauto RT3 pods with no mods, something I like since I have been having good success with this pod lately.
Anywho, on to the pics. Feel free to ask any questions if you like.
Here is how I achieved this finish.
1- I start prep on the car by using 400g sandpaper and just giving the flatter portions of the car a bit of a sand before priming. This printing material is TOUGH, you have to go at it pretty good to knock some of the high spots off. If you have any faint lines you want to touch up, I recommend etching them now.
2-I primed the body with automotive Dupont surface primer. It dries fast and is a medium viscosity. Dry throughly.
3-I sand the whole body with 600 grit again, I sand until the black "high spots" of the body are visible. This goes quickly.
4-One more round with Dupont primer.
5-Sand again.
6-Tamiya primer
7- Depending on how you are looking or how good you want the finish, you can go straight to 1500g sandpaper and paint at this point.
8-If the finish is not sufficient I will sand again with 600 and do one more Tamiya primer.
9-Paint with 2 coats, usually 1 light and 1 wet.
10-Clear with 1 light and 1 to 3 wet coats depending on your intended use. This car only has 1 solid coat of color and 1 of clear to keep it light.
The Primer does not add much weight, as you are removing most of it everytime with sanding to just fill in the low spot of the body. It sounds like a lot of work, but realistically most of the time is waiting for paint to dry, and I probably had 3 or so hours into the sanding and painting of the body.
We will see how it performs as I have put it together, I will go through some testing for next year GT3 proxy. I am hopeful as the body is quite light and it is WIDE. It also accepts the Scaleauto RT3 pods with no mods, something I like since I have been having good success with this pod lately.
Anywho, on to the pics. Feel free to ask any questions if you like.
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