Revell BMW Isetta 250 1:16 scale

[robemcdonald]

Just what no one asked for. Another build thread

A slightly odd scale for a slightly odd car..

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Gratuitous sprue shots

[Plinth]

Looks like a fun little kit, bubble cars are very cute.
On the main sprue there are two very fine curved mouldings (top left) – what are they for?
Looking forward to see it painted and finished!

[robemcdonald]

An engine assembled!


Those fine frame parts are a luggage rack that sits on the parcel shelf


Mrs McDonald has a friend over today so I have some "me" time. I'm going to crack on with it.

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Quite a lot of masking later

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Body and chassis preview

[dr_gn]

Nice work so far.

[g3org3y]

Thanks for sharing. Looks fun.

[robemcdonald]

So after a fast start I was stricken down with a horrible case of man flu. Only felt like doing a bit more this evening. Actually it's not far from being complete to be honest.

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Finished this last night.






It's a long way from perfect, but looks pretty good in person.

I need to up my game for my next project.

[Plinth]

robemcdonald said:

Finished this last night.



It's a long way from perfect, but looks pretty good in person.

I need to up my game for my next project.

That looks excellent.
Very well put together and great colour choice.

[dr_gn]

robemcdonald said:

Finished this last night.

I do like that very much - the colour and overall finish look spot-on.

The door demarcation curves - did you mask them or hand paint them?

[robemcdonald]

It was a bit of a balls up with the masking to be honest and it ended up with a bit of both on the front door.
The rest was masked.

[dr_gn]

robemcdonald said:

It was a bit of a balls up with the masking to be honest and it ended up with a bit of both on the front door.
The rest was masked.

You could cut out some 3 mm wide strips of white decal paper to the right curve (Hobbycraft sell some French curves), spray them blue (or white for that matter) and then apply them over the demarcation. It might sharpen things up a bit, and would be a low risk option.

[robemcdonald]

dr_gn said:

You could cut out some 3 mm wide strips of white decal paper to the right curve (Hobbycraft sell some French curves), spray them blue (or white for that matter) and then apply them over the demarcation. It might sharpen things up a bit, and would be a low risk option.

Are you proposing this as a fix? If so I am quite interested, but don’t quite follow the process.
Surely the decal paper would be visible? I’d appreciate a bit more of a detailed explanation if possible,
The real answer would be to strip it back and start again?
It’s on the shelf now (has been for a couple of weeks) I’m not sure going back to it would improve things.

[dr_gn]

robemcdonald said:

dr_gn said:

You could cut out some 3 mm wide strips of white decal paper to the right curve (Hobbycraft sell some French curves), spray them blue (or white for that matter) and then apply them over the demarcation. It might sharpen things up a bit, and would be a low risk option.

Are you proposing this as a fix? If so I am quite interested, but don’t quite follow the process.
Surely the decal paper would be visible? I’d appreciate a bit more of a detailed explanation if possible,
The real answer would be to strip it back and start again?
It’s on the shelf now (has been for a couple of weeks) I’m not sure going back to it would improve things.

As a potential fix, yes.

If you use the same finishing process on the decal that you used on the door, it might not be too obvious. Decal edges are often invisible to the naked eye if applied correctly with a prep coat of Klear and Micro Sol on top, followed by varnish. Also, if the strips were the bare minimum to cover the demarcation, that would help too. Is there a slight ridge along the line anyway?

Yes, the ideal answer would be to strip and re-paint, but I'm with you that if you've called it as finished, don't go back to it! Of course, if you applied the decal and it looked worse, just remove it and don't bother. It's a very nice model, but the demarcation caught me eye straight away.

If you re-paint, try to mask on a gloss or at least satin surface, use a newly cut edge (no choice in this case), and burnish the edge with a cocktail stick to make sure it's well and truly seated. Then mist a few coats along the edge and flash with a hairdrier to seal before the main coats. I always use Tamiya tape and rarely have issues with it.