Airfix Mini

This is to be a simple stick it togther job. Not a major project with lots of fiddling, just glue and basic paint. I bought the kit for hardly any money, and so if it all ends up in the bin, then so be it. 

I'd normally start a write-up with a photo of the kit, but if I did take one, it's lost in a folder on the computer. Not to worry, I always hate cleaning up the background on these shots anyway, so the pain can be restricted to publications paying me money.

The body is mostly a one-piece mouding with just the front and back to be attached. Part fit isn't bad, but I do wonder if they could have been included in the main body. Did the designer feel that this wouldn't be "kit" enough? To my eye, the shape appears really nice, and the detail has a finesse that diecast models lack.

Colour was decided by the handiness of an old can of Halfords ArtFix paint. Not in the current range, I thought a red colour car would be fun, and stuck the body on my painting stick with some Blu-Tack, then applied a few thin coats of paint. 

Initially, this looked like a bit of a disaster, there was a definite hint of orange peel to the finish, but overnight, this settled down to an acceptable semi-matt finish. Not perfectly smooth, but not bad enough for me to want to attack it with T-Cut. The lesson here, is not to panic I suppose.