Benetton B188 - Tamiya 1/20

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Benetton B188 - Tamiya 1/20

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Hello, first post here as I found this site poking around looking for engine shots of the Benetton I'm building. Have been over at ISM for several months now but saw so many beautiful builds of F1's (prob my favorite racing) that I decided to join. Looks as though I could learn a lot from anyone, and everyone, in here. :lol:

Anyway, here are a few shots of my "slow-going" Benetton build. All done with paint brush and rattle cans. This is BY FAR the most difficult paint job I've ever attempted, and have made a few "faux-pauxs" already, but learning as I go. Tips and critiques welcome.

[the kit was off ebay and when I received it in the mail, there were a few pieces broken and the decals had yellowed]

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I know the engine is all wrong, the valve covers are completely the wrong color - I was trying something different and it backfired (but I don't hate it, soooo... )

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Have started decaling where I can, from a new set of decals (I believe they are Shunko - or something :?: ) pretty nice set too.

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Masking nightmare :shock: :shock: :lol: But not looking too shabby for my limited skill set.

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Thanks for looking and hope to share more progress from the weekend. :wink:
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looks good so far!
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Looks like a good Start, Wellcome 8) .
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Reminds me of my masking/paint job on the Larrousse LC90...but yours is spot-on, cannot see anything wrong with that paintwork! Beautiful model you have there!
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Very Good Work!
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The multi-colour bodywork looks great. Even if you have slight problems, you can always use a little bit of Tamiya polish compound to rub it off.

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Thanks all, appreciate the kind words. Just taking it slow right now and working on it when I can - for the moment, my modelling time is limited so I try not to start anything I can't finish, you know??

Hoping to finish up the monocoque painting this weekend and then I have some Scale Motorsports decals I wanna try. Never used them before, so again, will take my time as I don't want to mess up since this is an older kit (1988). Acquired it off ebay for a fairly good price, but like I stated in the original post, their were a couple broken bits (one was the steering column was broke off the wheel) and the yellow decals. . .

Here it is fixed up

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I tried to use some sprue section but they were either too thick or on the thin side, and just didn't look right. Ended up sanding a toothpick and then trimming it to length. Came out okay, and the little piece that broke off must have fallen out of the box. :lol:
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Welcome to the forum and what a nice build to introduce yourself with. Such a colourful car, love the livery. Look forward to seeing how you get on with this.
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Don't be afraid to ask about spare parts to replace whatever is broken, we will surely help you out. Masking job looks fine. In what order did you paint and mask the engine cover for the various colors?
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tubegenius wrote:Don't be afraid to ask about spare parts to replace whatever is broken, we will surely help you out. Masking job looks fine. In what order did you paint and mask the engine cover for the various colors?
Thanks, I never thought about checking to see if anyone had spares and such. :D

Painted in this order...
  • 1. Red
    2. Blue
    3. Yellow
Figured it would be best to paint the darkest first, lightest last... as long as I didn't have a big overlap (which is what I really focused on).
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