bmd's projects....or attempts should i say!

Looking excellent so far Billy. Great work

looks good Billy, were they 1/43 decals?

thanks dave and brian
they were a set of 1:24 decals for a tamiya kit, just happened upon them a couple of weeks ago, and decided immediately they would be bought and the finsished version would become the sweden car....just need to re-deign the roof spoiler, its going to be a pain as it was almost finished and i was chuffed with it.......ah well, with the proper decla kit it will be worth it in the end methinks.......
cheers lads!

ps thanks for the pic dave.exactly how i hope she'l turn out!

Ah i have that 1/24 kit here. Had i known you needed the decals i could have scanned them for you. If you need any pics of the model kit i can take some and send them onto you

ah thanks brian thats v kind m8, cheers.....i'll give you a shout if i need them

and a wee bit more done to the UT 94 cossie....







not happy with first application of the red decals, for some reason the black and blue ones are perfect but the red and yellow ones have come out very faded...i may apply another decal on top, or replace these ones, or even might consider painting it... but also need to apply microsol to the front bumpers to try to iron out wrinkles - not holding out much hope tbh. don't know if the fading issue is with my printer, or the decals.... ah well..........

the 1:1 version...

http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?q=vatanen+cosworth&hl=en&safe=off&tbo=d&biw=937&bih=536&tbm=isch&tbnid=LWwl7gxDjbeIdM:&imgrefurl=http://www.nogripracing.com/gallery/showphoto.php%3Fphoto%3D148582&docid=VL2wSPeSaB96eM&imgurl=http://www.nogripracing.com/gallery/data/2012/09/medium/8a7c070cd53bb0eea07de6a676805ad8cf9a5ac5.jpg&w=720&h=413&ei=1X3bUJSRNJOR0QXKjoHgBg&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=78&sig=106166519261695988896&page=1&tbnh=136&tbnw=254&start=0&ndsp=14&ved=1t:429,r:0,s:0,i:85&tx=174&ty=72

Billy, good work with the Pug, though be careful because the photo you linked to is from the Monte, not Sweden. They have it wrong. Note the 'Paris' above the door plate.

With the faded red/yellow on the Cossie, it is because the decal is thin and you are getting the silver coming through. Either a white underlay or more of the red/yellow decals on top.

mal, many thanks for the comments and advice m8, i'll try more red decal then..

re the pug, don't worry m8 i know...i originally linked to the 85 monte 'cos that was my first intention....only changed the other day to the swedish 'cos i got decals for that rally....

cheers m8

As mal said, its the silver showing through thats causing the fading. Black and blue would be considered strong colours, so the background colour doest show through. Red, and especially yellow are weak, and would let the base colour come through. Ideally, these should be printed on white, but thats not always possible.

Another option is to print on clear, print the outline on white and cut it to shape following the outline. Apply the white, then apply the red over it (like what the guys at jawi do). This may work for most of the red on this body, but the Red Bull writing will be difficult

thanks brian, yeah thats what i did for the sunstrip as it was pracically see-through lol!!!
i'll keep experimenting m8, sure isn't that what itall about?

bmd wrote:
re the pug, don't worry m8 i know...i originally linked to the 85 monte 'cos that was my first intention....only changed the other day to the swedish 'cos i got decals for that rally....

I only meant the link you did today.

mal, apologies m8, misunderstood you, my mistake!! yeah i see they did get it wrong as you said.....thanks again m8 for helping keep me right, appreciated believe me (i need ll the help i canget lol!!)

pic removed now mal..... cheers m8

bmd wrote:i'll keep experimenting m8, sure isn't that what itall about?

I know where you are coming from. I am doing a silver Subaru for Dr Tumbo and I am sure in my head I have tossed the shell over the back fence a dozen times. What doesn't break you makes you stronger or some such crap.

as long as its only in your head m8 lol!!

aye i find i have to leave it for a few days if im not making good progress, have had to do that with ari's 205 a couple of times when trying to form the front valance.....

Mal wrote:

bmd wrote:i'll keep experimenting m8, sure isn't that what itall about?

I know where you are coming from. I am doing a silver Subaru for Dr Tumbo and I am sure in my head I have tossed the shell over the back fence a dozen times. What doesn't break you makes you stronger or some such crap.

Please don't throw it - you damn perfectionist :p

the whole sill underneath the doors on this 205 needs painted the blue colour, it is currently white....anybody know the colour code for this?

cheers in advance....

Peugeot Talbot Sport Blue

hhhmmmmmmmmmmm........yes.........very good................thanks for that..........!!!

bmd wrote:a wee bit more done to Ari's 205........managed to source a set of decals from 85 Sweden..so upscaled them and they fit fine.....slight changes required now include having to change the flat white roof spoiler to a curvier black item, trimming a bit more off the corners of the front apron (the Swedisn one was a smaller item), and changing the decals on the rear quarter-panels..this won't be too hard as the new decals come complete..... i'll start these three jobs next few days, but this is how she's coming....its slow but am happy so far...

that is so nice

ah thanks mark, its had a wee change of direction since that pic. now doing it as 1985 sweden, roof spoiler now black, and need to paint entire sills blue, plus source/print apply brand decals on rear quarter-panels........ wouldn't do to be bored m8!! lol!
cheers

bmd wrote:just started this, now don't tell gary, juha and the rest of that mad 'cossie saviours' club..... (leave me alone, i got the base motor at good money, and my own one is back on display! aiming to do ari's 94 Acropolis car...








early days yet.........now back to the pug!

At the time of this post Billy I guess it was too late to save anyway - good work mate

bmd wrote:escort done lads, thanks for the tips, added to my slowly-increasing vat-man collection!! overall, not perfect, but quite pleased with it, considering the fact that i've a touch like a baby elephant!!

And here's the baby brother mate http://www.ebay.it/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=350687245143&ssPageName=ADME:B:FSEL:IT:1123