Ratch Posted March 19, 2018 Author Share Posted March 19, 2018 Cheers Patrick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Triggers Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 Nice build! How did you do the wheels? Building an e type in silver as a racing car but not swapping the wheels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratch Posted March 20, 2018 Author Share Posted March 20, 2018 Thanks very much. The wheels were first sprayed with a gloss black undercoat, then Alclad2 Chrome. I gave the spokes a wash with Games Workshop black ink (thinned with water), and finally painted the tyres matt black. HTH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWR-Gordon-4 Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 This Triumph TR4A kit, only cost you £5.00, Ratch? GNR-Gordon-4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenneth ONeill Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 Nice build! How did you do the wheels? Building an e type in silver as a racing car but not swapping the wheels.FWIW whether a racing E-Type (in period, I'm not discussion "historic racing" here) would have the kitted Rudge wires or Dunlop alloys would depend on whether the individual subject was garage/individual perpared (probably Rudge) or a Brown's Lane "works car" (almost certainly Dunlops). As to painting the Rudges, start with Hu11, and let it dry properly. Now black wash the backplates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Triggers Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 Nice build! How did you do the wheels? Building an e type in silver as a racing car but not swapping the wheels.FWIW whether a racing E-Type (in period, I'm not discussion "historic racing" here) would have the kitted Rudge wires or Dunlop alloys would depend on whether the individual subject was garage/individual perpared (probably Rudge) or a Brown's Lane "works car" (almost certainly Dunlops). As to painting the Rudges, start with Hu11, and let it dry properly. Now black wash the backplates.Thanks I will do it soon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timmas Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 My wife bought me this one Ratch and I haven't tackled it yet. I will do, when I've created enough room, and have built the aircaft in my stash.A frend of mine has a really nice TR4A finished in Old English White with a black interior. It's completely original and is still fitted with its factory-fitted steel wheels. For what it's worth, I own a TR6, also in O E White with a black interior (although the interior was red when it came out of the factory). I sorely wish Airfix did a TR6; it's one of a long line of superb Triumph sports cars (some say it's the last of the true TRs) and one of very many beautiful British classics.Anyway, just as an aside, and (a) if it's not too late, and (b) you feel like doing it of course, paint those sun visors black to match the rest of the interior. That will give it a final touch of authenticity. :-) (and I'll have to check with a few other folk) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratch Posted May 8, 2018 Author Share Posted May 8, 2018 Hi Timmas, the sun visors were white in the photo I took reference from. When I build cars I usually try to copy a scheme of a real vehicle and did so in this case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timmas Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 I don't doubt it for one minute Ratch. Owners do a lot of things to their cars and why not? They belong to them after all. Some rebuilt and/or modified TRs (and others) are absolutely stunning, better in fact than they were when they came off the production line in the first place. I've been a member of the TR Register for more years than I care to remember, and know a few people who own them and have rebuilt them. If putting a plastic kit together can be challenging at times, it's nothing compared with rebuilding the real thing! Anyway, as I said, my comment was purely to do with authenticity and only if you felt like doing it.:-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr de Havilland Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 stupid question how small is your brush Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratch Posted July 10, 2018 Author Share Posted July 10, 2018 I have quite a few brusheshttp://pic100.picturetrail.com/VOL761/13303934/23687432/395229343.jpgMy current smallest is a 10/0 (I've just bought) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWR-Gordon-4 Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 A few?! That's more than a few! 😉 😆 You remind of Mr. Bean, in the first episode, with all his pen's, in the exam! 😆 GNR-Gordon-4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trunnion Posted May 9, 2020 Share Posted May 9, 2020 CompleteI'm building one of these but my painting skills don't match yours - is there some easy way to highlight the names on bonnet and boot?cheersRick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratch Posted May 9, 2020 Author Share Posted May 9, 2020 Thanks Rick, the Triumph letters and badge stand proud of the surface. I used a similar technique to dry-brushing - going over the raised areas carefully. It may take practice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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