These two steps were about the seats and interior door panels. Here are the two galleries: I tried two different types of masking for the seats (flat black vs. semi-gloss black). The easiest approach was wide masking tape and trimming…
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Tamiya Mazda MX-5 – Step 9
This step was about the interior cabin. Here’s the gallery with 18 images of this step. For me the real star of the show was the black embossing powder on top of the Pledge Revive-it (floor wax). It gives some…
Tamiya Mazda MX-5 – Step 8
This step was about the dashboard details. Here’s the gallery with 18 images of this step. The trickiest part of this step was how small everything was. When the decals are only a few millimeters wide, sliding them off means…
Tamiya Mazda MX-5 – Step 7
This step was about the instrument panel. Here’s the gallery with 11 images of this step. This step went smoothly — paint, assemble, and apply some decals. Lesson learned: Use gloves when handling semi-gloss painted surface so you don’t leave…
Tamiya Mazda MX-5 – Step 6
This step was about the wheels and exhaust. Here’s the gallery with 47 images of this step. Lessons learned This step took about 4.6 hours.
Tamiya Mazda MX-5 – Step 5
This step was about the underbody. Here’s the gallery with 39 images of this step. For this step, it was about combining a single piece with some assemblies created in previous steps. The challenge is that the underbody has three…
Tamiya Mazda MX-5 – Step 4
This step was about the rear suspension. Here’s the gallery with 19 images of this step. The shock absorbers and brake assemblies worked pretty much like the previous step. Getting things to line up was tricky because there are three…
Tamiya Mazda MX-5 – Step 3
This step was about the rear axle. Here’s the gallery with 32 images of this step. Although there were only six sprue pieces, all of them involved multiple paint colors. I also spent a little extra effort sanding off seam…
Tamiya Mazda MX-5 – Step 2
This step was about the front suspension. Here’s the gallery with 6 images of this step. This portion was fairly straightforward, although I forgot my yellow paint (did this on vacation), so I went to Michael’s and got acrylic ink….
Tamiya Mazda MX-5 – Step 1
This step was about the front suspension and brakes. Here’s the gallery with 17 images of this step. Lessons learned in this step: This was the first time I’ve used a rattle can to apply paint. It didn’t take but…