Revell's new Z06

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Started on Revell's new Z06. Spent the better part of Tuesday evening sanding mold lines, but when I painted the body silver I noticed a good amount of waviness to the body, primarily the hood and front fenders. I already did a bit of rescribing; Revell's body molds just aren't up to snuff w/the Japanese. So there was an extra step of block sanding/repriming/reshooting the silver before applying the clear. However what you see paint-wise all was accomplished over a 4 hour period w/help of a hair dryer and dehydrator...prime (Tamiya white), color (Tamiya TS 75 Mica Silver), dry, micromesh 2400/3200, spot prime (airbrush), spot color (airbrush), dry, micromesh 2400/3200, apply panel lines, respray silver (airbrush), airbrush a few light coats of TS 13 clear, then a couple mist and wet coats of clear. I'll micromesh one more time and recoat the clear.

I also Dremeled away the grille mesh and opened up the side vents to a better scale thickness before painting.

Here she is; looks decent so far, and I like the Ferrari F430 "optional parts" wheels-considering how similar C6's and 360 Modenas and 550 Maranellos look. Got the wheel idea from the BBS rims on the LeMans C6R's. This will have a black/red interior. I may use some Ferrari seats as well.

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[Dennis]

That looks awesome!! Great color too!! Any plans for interior color yet?? Maybe a blue or red?? Looking good Bob!!

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That looks awesome!! Great color too!! Any plans for interior color yet?? Maybe a blue or red?? Looking good Bob!!

Thanks. Black/red interior; probably Ferrari seats.

My F430 Challenge car from Hobbylink just showed up. This Z06 might have to wait; or get built together w/the F430 which will get started ASAP. First impression of the F430 is that it's awfully sweet.

[freakmech]

I would love to see some pics of the 430 competition kit!

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I would love to see some pics of the 430 competition kit!

I'll try to get a few soon; perhaps a quick comparo w/the stock version as well. The interior bucket looks 100% new, the passenger side has engraved details not seen on the stock version, the door panels are much different, seats/rollcage look very nice. My only disappointment so far is the mesh on the separate rear grilles (Challenge-specific) are not molded open like all the other meshed panels are.

I started hitting the mold lines w/a sanding stick tonight; I'll have to scribe a few lines a bit deeper before paint. I'm going to try to get the model finished over the weekend. I reaaaaaaly want to get the ZO6 done as well.

[crispy]

The Vette looks aweome Bob. Those wheels "fit" too. I have an infatuation with black and chrome wheels, I do believe that would look sweet with that style set-up.
Look forward to more shots as you progress!
Chris

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I made some minor progress this weekend on the Z06. On Friday evening I polished the body with 3600/4000 and Tamiya fine and finishing compounds. It's amazingly glossy; my pics don't show that off too well. I feel like I cheated; this was an easy finish to achieve with a minimum of effort. The Mica Silver is a cooler shade of silver than gloss aluminum. I also painted the window and aero spats in Acryl flat black.

On Saturday at Venabalooza I cleaned/fitted some resin racing seats I bought at the NNL East from Arrowhead Aluminum (they're supposed to be vending at our show :cool: ) and will use some Museum Collection belts on it.

I glued the engine/torque tube/transaxle together, did some minor work on the seam line, attached the other parts to the engine/transaxle that were to be painted in aluminum and shot them w/Krylon Dull Aluminum (which works well and didn't seem to affect the plastic). I also removed the battery and will fit an oil sump tank in it's place under the hood.

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[Dennis]

That is looking awesome Bob!! Looks like ya'll had a productive day at Brians!!!

[Matt Wadlinger]

The paint on this car came out awesome.

Mica Silver will definately find it's way on to a future car of mine.

[GTmike400]

Saw this in person the other day, it looks fantastic. That shade of silver is perfect.

[Ferrarifreak]

Looking beautiful Bob. Did you have any of the paint vs. plastic issues with this kit that so many people are having trouble with???

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Looking beautiful Bob. Did you have any of the paint vs. plastic issues with this kit that so many people are having trouble with???

Thanks.

No real problems w/the paint/plastic. Krylon dull aluminum didn't seem to affect the raw drivetrain, but the white Tamiya primer did slightly etch the hood where I had blocksanded the surface. That's a case where Tamiya may etch anyone's plastic. No issues after primer or in the color/clear. I'll paint the interior/chassis w/mostly acrylics.