Suzuki Fronte 1968 Arii 1/32 OOB

Kit and tool boxes 

Contents 

First steps 

Seats , floor and side-walls, and dashboard painted. 

Dials were cut with a Waldron Punch & Die set from a 1/32 decal, which I guess came from a Porsche 911  

Radio and dial decals in place. 

Front piece glued in two steps. That way I could force left side to its proper form. 

Primed with a rattle can that I had bought long long time ago .... To my surprise the color is black ... arrrggggg ... that's why the cap is black
😉 ... I should have read the label. 

Apart from being black , the paint was not in good condition .... I should have tested it on a scrap piece of plastic ... more ARRGGGGG .... The primer left some spatters in a difficult place to remove. 

This is my trick for those difficult to reach places. Wet & dry paper wrapped around a balsa wood stick carved to a thin form.  

I'm beggining to think that this is not my lucky week ... As you can see in the left ,,,,. The Matchbox Starfighter fell to the table and one wing tore apart. 

Much better in grey 

More trouble. I sprayed a coat of Tamiya blue from a rattle can that also was not in good condition. 

The spray can is not so old ,,, but it seems that's not good. Lesson learnt ,,, I'll never use cans directly to the model.
🙁
It's a pitty becaus i like the hue of that blue. 

This laquer paint is not as easy to strip as the acrylic paints. The model was submerged in 96º Alcohol for a day. Paint and grey primer went away easily , but not the black primer. Not really a big problem.
 

A new coat of paint ... this time Tamiya TS 53 

Second coat. Texture on the model is a bit rough ,,, but I have two precious tubes that can mend it .... 

Well .. .those precious tubes of compound .... cut thru the paint ..... so more paint stripping ... This time with Tamiya Paint Remover .... This is the best paint stripper I've used ... a bit expensive , but really does the job. More anon ........ 

At long last I've got it right. Now it's pretty clear to me that old rattle cans can't be trusted ..... I bought a brand new TS50 Tamiya Rattle can.  

Calling it done !