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kingofthering
02-20-2006, 03:47 PM
Thanks for all your advice, but i have finally found the secrect to acrylics. paint carefully, in several coats. Anyway, i purchaced a Porsche 959 kit yesterday.

henk4
02-20-2006, 03:49 PM
Thanks for all your advice, but i have finally found the secrect to acrylics. paint carefully, in several coats. Anyway, i purchaced a Porsche 959 kit yesterday.

still: keep the paint flowing.....

kingofthering
02-20-2006, 09:39 PM
the tamiya kit is a hundred fold better than the fujimi kit i had,more challenging and the parts fit better.
but what are the ratios for?

Matra et Alpine
02-21-2006, 04:57 AM
If it's #24065 then it's one of the motorized range 1/24s that Tamiya make.
So you can fit a motor to it. Never worked out why anyone would bother :D Sadly it means some detail is lost on the underneath but for kerbside models it's OK.

henk4
02-21-2006, 05:06 AM
If it's #24065 then it's one of the motorized range 1/24s that Tamiya make.
So you can fit a motor to it. Never worked out why anyone would bother :D Sadly it means some detail is lost on the underneath but for kerbside models it's OK.

24065 is not motorized, it has an opening rear end and a detailed (plastic) engine. It could however be kit 24071, which is actually a Porsche 961, as driven by Metzge and Ballot-Lena duirng the 1986 LeMans. That has an electric engine.

Matra et Alpine
02-21-2006, 06:03 AM
Hand up !!

Yep, the one in the stash pile is the Tamiya 959 detailed engine that I was thinking of.
The one I've BUILT is the Gunze, which is motorized.

brain-fart


So the quesion back to K ..... what kit number is it you have and what do you mean by "ratio" ?

( hmmm some of the Tamiya 24xxx series are motorized ! Coul it be a re-release or earlier one ?? )

kingofthering
02-21-2006, 08:14 AM
it has to do with the paint, and i don't know if its about mixing colors or are they seperate colors and it is not motorized, but it has a detailed engine.

henk4
02-21-2006, 08:51 AM
it has to do with the paint, and i don't know if its about mixing colors or are they seperate colors and it is not motorized, but it has a detailed engine.

if it says (as an example) 3X5+5X7 then those are the amounts of paint you have to mix to get the desired colour. What colour do you plan to paint the body?

kingofthering
02-21-2006, 10:18 AM
black or dark gray to make it look like the real car, mabye even dark blue

Matra et Alpine
02-21-2006, 12:01 PM
black or dark gray to make it look like the real car, mabye even dark blue
I went with ivory white ....http://www.qv500.com/Porsche%20959%20P1%207.jpg

carsnut
02-21-2006, 05:26 PM
pics??? go with palisander(graphite) like the motorbox 959,

kingofthering
02-21-2006, 06:56 PM
pics??? go with palisander(graphite) like the motorbox 959,
i'm still building the engine, so the painting of the body will have to wait

henk4
02-22-2006, 01:19 AM
i'm still building the engine, so the painting of the body will have to wait

In terms of saving build time, it is advised to start with the body first, as doing a good paint job will take some weeks, and in between you can work on the rest of the car:)