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bossy122
No wonder I hate using primer, leaves that wonderful orange peel. Alas, Hasegawas nearly see through orange plastic required a cover coat.

bossy122
Moving right along....

Kees Kleijwegt
Following! What paints do you use for the Mazda, the Zero paints set?

bossy122
That is a LOT of Tamiya TS 96 fluo orange and is it TS35 (?) Park Green.

Kees Kleijwegt
Thanks for the info bossy122

bossy122
But check these colors Youtube Video

bossy122
Put those colors in the sun and it is a world of difference.

bossy122
GIANT step back....god bless primer.

Julian Herrero aka Yuri
Good eork anyway ,,,, without that syriking deco it looks very much like a Porsche 962 , don't you think ?

Kees Kleijwegt
I feel sorry for the step back bossy122. Pick yourself up and get back on your horse! 👍. And I guess you're right Julian, but then again it also looks like a Sauber C9 or aToyota 88C 🙂. All the manufacturers were searching the holy grail of group C "aero" in the same direction 🙂

bossy122
Thankfully, an overnight soak in 91% alcohol stripped the 10+ coats of TS colors, so, if I did it once, theoretically I should be able to do it again. Keep watching!

bossy122
Looks even more like a Sauber with an alu undercoat.

Scott Hastings
Cool project

Julian Herrero aka Yuri
bossy , indeed looks completelly like a Sauber ,,,, just put some dacals and a three pointed star on and nobody will notice
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bossy122
Take 2 on the orange and green. So far, so good. Oh! I used decanted TS96 fluo orange. First time i've ever tried decanting. The paint looked exactly like the fluid in my Peach Nehi bottle and still took several coats to build that color up.

Kees Kleijwegt
Looking very nice!.....Again😉

bossy122
Got it all striped up....what fun! Hasegawas decals aren't the best, while trying to get the bubbles out of the black, it ripped in several spots. I had to touch it up with a brush (yuck!).

bossy122
These decals are SOOO thin....peach colored number boards.

Kees Kleijwegt
Despite the little mishaps she's still looking great Bossy! 👍👍
I hope mine will look as good as yours

bossy122
I would HIGHLY recommend getting after market decals. I may have to go back and retry this kit with different decals...along with any future Hasegawa kits I build. But I do appreciate the appreciation, thanks!

Kees Kleijwegt
I have the 787b as a project (the Le Mans winner) Aftermarket decals are essential for the project, because I will build it from this kit
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But thanks for the tip anyway! 👍

bossy122
Tamiya uses Cartograph so those shouldn't be as bad. Hasegawa doesn't appear to use Cartograph and it shows. Having said that, I have their Charge 787B and I have Shunko decals for it ( just in case ; ) )

Kees Kleijwegt
🙂👍👍

bossy122
Interesting that the kit instructions call for the wheels to be black with chrome rims but every pic I could find had gold wheels with chrome rims, so...Spaz chrome looks good, huh?

bossy122
All done. Wrestled the pain in the ass glass bits into place, and done. Get some better pics of it when I have more light available. Now I can move on to something else!

Martin Oostrom
Fantastic result. Very striking colours. Definitely worth the wait 👍

bossy122
Thank you. It's funny, i thought the hard part would be masking and painting but that was a breeze. Assembling the few pieces together was a whole other story.