And finally the last upholstery work. Black painted on the sides of the seats and varnished in satin with a little matte.
For interior doors I follow the same procedure with seats for the leather parts, and applied the carbon fiber decals, which this time are varnished gloss to give the shine that has in the real Carrera GT.
Was funny to give the leather pieces shadows and highlights, and next time maybe a little more depth to the seats.
All the pieces that compose the dashboard, steering wheel, central console, etc, already are mounted.
It cost to me to imitate the skin, since with satin varnish it was too much shining and with flat varnish it was too flat, but in the end after giving veeeeery light hand of flat varnish on the satin I like the “almost nonbrightness” that it has left.
Final washings with Enamel from Tamiya and here it is…
With the assembly of the main lines of fuel and oil the engine is finished and ready for its assembly inside the car.
For the wiring I used tin thread to weld of 0.8 and 1,2mm. I like to use the tin thread for being easily malleable, is very easy to give the required shape.
In order to detail the engine I’ll add the electrical wiring and the fuel lines.
The main fuel line that enters the injectors is very visible, and I do not know why Tamiya does not add it, since in the model on 1:12 scale it is a piece aside. So I simulate with nickel-plated tube of 1,2mm which I solder 0,8mm tubes to simulate the injectors. I add a connector in resin to which I will fix the fuel lines.
After mounting the engine and preparing the drills for its wiring, I have painted it with Alclad Aluminium on black primer. Now it needs a slight wash with oils to emphasize the unions of the components, but it must be clean, I do not imagine an engine as this dirty… it would be a crime.
While the pieces that I paint get dry I initiate the work with the carbon fiber decals… in this case with the most visible, the one than crosses over the engine. They have been almost two hours of dryer and decal softener, but it has been smooth and of a single piece…
I have received from SPOTMODEL a kit of improvement designed by Hobby Design for the Porsche Carrera GT of Tamiya.
It consists of four photoetched plates, although one only brings the support of the windshield wiper, and resin pieces for the calipers.
This kit allows to replace brake discs completely and to add too many details to the car, and mainly replaces the horrible transparent part with decals that brings the original kit of Tamiya for the engine covers with a grid, that is what mounts the real vehicle.
A little progress … I started the vehicle interior and finally I decided by Ascot and Black color for the interior, so I applied a coat of paint combining Tamiya acrylics for Ascot Brown and using Alclad Aluminum for silver color…
This it is the model that I have chosen for MODELLING FIGHT of this year.
It is the Porsche 917 with psychedelic decoration of 1970 of “MARTINI RACING”.