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I finally finished the Aston Martin DBR9. It only took me 5-6 months or so!
Obviously, a lot of that was just procrastinating, sitting there looking at it and only doing like tiny little bits at a time. I did really enjoy it though and I didn't want to rush any part of it. But I think if you saw how little I did in each little session and how slow I went you would want to punch me in the face.
It is the first pure model like this that I've done and it's far from perfect. I only used the stuff that came with the starter kit apart from a few little obvious extras like tooth picks, cotton buds, craft knife and tweezers etc. But essentially it's all hand painted with the water based acrylics and the size 0 and 4 paint brushes that came with the kit. While reading these threads throughout the build I learned a lot more advanced techniques and ways of improving each little bit I was doing but they would all have involved me buying extra stuff and investing more and more into the hobby and I didn't want to do that just yet. I just wanted to stick with the basic set and see what I could do.
If I did do another kit though the first thing I would invest in is some proper modelers masking and fine line tape. Man, that would have saved me some grief. I am also thinking of getting some of that decal fix as I do still have some issues with a couple of loose decals.
Overall I'm happy with it though and like I said, I really did enjoy making it all.
