Aston Martin DBS Build Journal Volume 7: Conclusion

I’ve been quite busy lately and was not able to post any updates on my Aston Martin DBS project.  I did however manage to sneak a few hours of modeling every now and then, but was too tired to post anything on my blog.  I finally found some free time to go online today and do a wrap up for this project.

A few weeks back I started work on the exterior of this scale model.  The first thing I had to do was to inspect the body for areas that needed some preparation before the paint job.  The Tamiya body was quite clean; however, I did find some excess casting lines that needed to be sanded down.  After that task was done, I went ahead and primed the body for painting.

This needed some sanding down...

Trying to keep the work protected from dust in between coats...

The following week I stated painting the body.  The instructions called for the use metallic black to simulate “Quantum Silver” from the DBS used in the James Bond movie Quantum of Solace.  I didn’t really want a black car and wanted more of a greyish color, so I opted to use Tamiya TS-42 Light Gun Metal instead.  While waiting for the paint to dry I went ahead and applied some carbon fiber decals to the side mirrors and front bumper trims.

Once everything was done, all that was left was to give it a coat of clear gloss and finish the assembly.  Here are some pictures of the finished product.

The V12 engine under the hood.

Front profile.

Rear view.

For the last photograph, I wanted to play around a bit... So I staged a scene using a picture from one of my architecture books as the background, my newly assembled kit and a collectible 3" James Bond figurine by Corgi that was released back in 2001.  It is quite unfortunate that they didn't get to produce a Daniel Craig - Bond figurine to add to this collectible line after the iconic role was passed to the new actor.  It would have been a better match for this DBS miniature.

Oh yeah before I forget, I’ve also added a simple “rating” feature at the bottom of my posts, feel free to use it to rate my work.