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.
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| This needed some sanding down... |
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| 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.
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| The V12 engine under the hood. |
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| Front profile. |
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| 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.
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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.
