Trumpeter Ford GT40 1/12 Scale, Part 11

Next up is the dashboard. The kit came with decals for the instruments, but I'm using these embossed metal dials. Honestly the decals would probably look fine...

After several failed attempts at getting a good look on the dials, I finally came up with this. This is a combination of a light black paint wash followed by a flow of india ink. India ink is interesting stuff in that it is 1) black. Like really, really black. 2) It is thin and flows well on the right surface. It did not flow on the bare metal, for example, but a thin coat of paint worked wonders. 3) The ink has a surface tension the cases it to easily stay off the raised details of the dials. 4) The ink is easily removed from anyplace I don't want it.

After the paint and ink, and touch up, a thin dusting of a matte clear sealed it up.

The red needle for the dial is a separate PE part on this set.

Here's four dials, and some toggle switches, in place. I used Micro Kristal Klear over the dials to create a glass effect.

           

The body parts get sanded, primed, sanded, primed, painted, sanded, painted, etc. Then clear coated, polished, decals applied, then clear coated a few more times.

It's at this point that I made a monumental error that there's no coming back from. But more about that later.

Yes, this is the black number two car, the official Le Mans winner, not the blue Ken Miles number one car. I figure everyone does the #1 car (the rightful winner).

See all the posts on this project here.