Tuesday 6 September 2011

MAZDA R360: Minor Disaster

The Mazda R360 I was working on has been replaced by a spare kit... well the bodyshell anyway.

The Chrome Foil lifted too much paint and it was beyond repair.  It was just too thin.
So the second, back-up kit has had the body sprayed in the same cream paint, only this time a deeper coat.  I also took the opportunity to sand the lump on the bonnet flush to allow the Mazda logo to lie flat without the need to decal setting fluid.
I still need to spray the roof maroon again, but that's a minor job.

The original model will be stripped and repainted maroon.  Luckily the spare kit came with TWO sheets of decals, so both models can be finished without any more decals being sourced.

Hopefully this replacement body will be okay.  Ah the joys of car modelling!

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