ADVANCED BUILD
MERCEDES-AMG GT3
ADVANCED BUILD
MERCEDES-AMG GT3http://www.airfi xmodelworld.com 55careful filling and sanding to
eliminate the seam. The best
way to address the hard-to-
reach corners was to wrap small
amounts of abrasive paper
around cocktail sticks
Once completed, Vallejo
74.602 Black Primer (www.
creativemodels.co.uk) was
applied to the roof interior, front
aerodynamic and side exhaust
exits, while suspended on a
Tamiya spray works stand. The
roll cage was constructed and
pre-fitted to the interior tub,
before it too received black
primer, as did the lower chassis
floor and several smaller items.
The rear wing and primed
bodywork areas were masked
and then airbrushed with 74.601
Grey Primer, in readiness for the
main colour. Zero Paints’ ZP-1467
‘Battlefield 1’ Mercedes AMG GT3
pack (www.hiroboy.com) came
as two 30ml jars; an orange baselayer and candy orange topcoat.
The former was sprayed onto the
relevant sections in several thin
layers, with the compressor set
to approximately 1 2-15psi (0.82-
1.03bar). After this had dried,
the latter was applied in the
same fashion, with the tone built
gradually until the desired hue
was achieved.
Masking was removed from
the body and rear wing, before
Alclad’s ALC-310 Klear Kote
Gloss was airbrushed to protect
the paint and provide a suitable
surface for decaling. This had
an added effect of enabling the
true colour of the candy paints
to become apparent. The idea
behind painting the areas around
the side vents/exhaust apertures
with black was to provide a morerealistic finish than
the kit decals, which may
have required remedial action
had they been chosen.“... couldn’t hold me back”
Attention then shifted to the
models’ interior, with ZP-1388
Textured Black (Engines, Interiors
etc) sprayed onto the seat
fronts to simulate the original’s
Alcantara finish. Rear areas of
the seats were then decorated
with several Studio 27 carbon
templates. Mr. Hobby’s Mr. Mark
Setter NEO and Mr. Mark Softer
NEO (www.albionhobbies.com),
plus gentle heat from a hairdryereased their location.
Black areas of the interior
(such as the centre console,
door cards and rear deck) were
masked, after which Tamiya
X-11 Chrome Silver was applied
to the unmasked areas and the
roll cage. The dashboard areas
were similarly masked and
then coated with XF-53 Neutral
Grey. With the protective tape
removed, additional Studio 27
carbon fibre decals could be
employed to add realism to
these ‘black’ areas. Once allADVANCED BUILD
MERCEDES-AMG GT3careful filling and sanding to
eliminate the seam. The best
way to address the hard-to-
reach corners was to wrap small
amounts of abrasive paper
around cocktail sticks
Once completed, Vallejo
74.602 Black Primer (www.
creativemodels.co.uk) was
applied to the roof interior, front
aerodynamic and side exhaust
exits, while suspended on a
Tamiya spray works stand. The
roll cage was constructed andlayer and candy orange topcoat.
The former was sprayed onto the
relevant sections in several thin
layers, with the compressor set
to approximately 1 2-15psi (0.82-
1.03bar). After this had dried,
the latter was applied in the
same fashion, with the tone built
gradually until the desired hue
was achieved.realistic finish than
the kit decals, which may
have required remedial action
had they been chosen.“... couldn’t hold me back”
eased their location.
Black areas of the interior
(such as the centre console,“carbon fibre decals were
time-consuming to add,
but definitely worth
the extra effort”
The door cards had metal AMG logos from the PE upgrade set applied over the ‘carbon’
faces, which came from Studio 27’s bespoke set. The completed cockpit appeared purposeful and accurate, with the kit parts enlivened by
the aftermarket products and scratch-built driver’s screen.