Next was paint: Tamiya TS-16 Yellow and TS-9 British Green over white Tamiya primer did the trick. The roof and windows are molded in one part, made of clear plastic, so there was some trepidation here, but quick shots of TS-13 Clear before putting the yellow on the roof, and before moving to the green, minimised bleed through and the glass, while a bit scratched, is fine.
I used the same technique as outlined in the rattle can primer click here and here), and I am happy with the level of gloss. There are some photoetched script and trim pieces to put on once it all hardens, then I'll put on some clear before polishing.
Finally the dash is made up of two photo-etched bits. The dials are very well done and a thinned Testor's flat black settled nicely into the background, leaving the raised needles and markers nice and clean. Cleaning up required only a light sanding with 4000 grit. I need to work at making the redline on the tach a little tidier... it is too bad this is a FHC because a lot of this will not be visible.
You can almost read the mileage on the odometer... The outer piece of the dash is painted in Tamiya NATO brown, XF-68, as a proxy for wood. Here again a light sanding brought out the raised nuts around the toggle switches and the bezels around the dials.
The raised square panel in the middle of the console needs cleaning up, then it will be time to put in the teensie-weensie toggle switches. This could be challenging. The instructions suggest inserting a thin layer of clear acetate between the two PE pieces, which I intend to do.
Stay tuned!
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