Carsenault
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Well I decided to have a go at this kit after all. I was gonna enter it in the Automotive category of the SMA Spring Contest but since I was fortunate enough to win a nice H&S Evolution airbrush at last weekends CAMS show, I figured one contest entry was enough. THis is my entry however for the Ferrari group build over at www.britmodeller.com
The kit I have is the clear bodied 1990 French GP edition of Fujimi's F190 kit. I originally wanted to do Nigel Mansell's car for the 1990 French GP until I came accross some stats I forgot about. Nigel had a DNF on that race, but his teammate Alain Prost won the race, on his home circuit. That was also Ferrari's 100th grand prix win. So with that in mind, I decided on doing Prost's car instead. (I am more a fan of Mansell though). I've also got a set of Tabu Designs tobacco sponsor decals and so Model Factory Hiro harnesses. Plus I have some color matched paint from Zero Paints.
I cut the first bag open this morning and started work assembling the engine block/transmission so I could airbrush it as a whole. I airbrushed it with Model Master Metalizer "Jet Exhaust" which is a nice very dark metallic shade, similar to a matt gun metal. I also airbrushed some other components with Tamiya satin black, and picked out other details using various Model Master and Testor's paints. The only reference I could find for that engine was at www.gurneyflap.com and showed the cam covers in a gloss red, according to the kit instructions, they should be metallic grey, but the red looks better.
The kit I have is the clear bodied 1990 French GP edition of Fujimi's F190 kit. I originally wanted to do Nigel Mansell's car for the 1990 French GP until I came accross some stats I forgot about. Nigel had a DNF on that race, but his teammate Alain Prost won the race, on his home circuit. That was also Ferrari's 100th grand prix win. So with that in mind, I decided on doing Prost's car instead. (I am more a fan of Mansell though). I've also got a set of Tabu Designs tobacco sponsor decals and so Model Factory Hiro harnesses. Plus I have some color matched paint from Zero Paints.
I cut the first bag open this morning and started work assembling the engine block/transmission so I could airbrush it as a whole. I airbrushed it with Model Master Metalizer "Jet Exhaust" which is a nice very dark metallic shade, similar to a matt gun metal. I also airbrushed some other components with Tamiya satin black, and picked out other details using various Model Master and Testor's paints. The only reference I could find for that engine was at www.gurneyflap.com and showed the cam covers in a gloss red, according to the kit instructions, they should be metallic grey, but the red looks better.
