Re: Kona Kapu 1994 - epic unicorn
So I cleaned up the frame and forks this weekend. The colour is more of a blood red than the paprika red that the earlier, slightly oily shots showed which is cool. As you can see there's a fair amount of patina. Nothing that can't be resolved with some careful touching up (oooo er).
Sadly my local model shop has gone bust so I popped into Warhammer. Jesus Christ, it's not changed since I was a teen when I had a brief flirtation with painting orcs and things before realising that it was sad, sad geeky, not sad, cool geeky like Tamiya models. That said the staff were helpful and the paints are as hard-wearing as before. I have a two reds, a grey some white, black and clear lacquer.
A base coat of grey was applied to the various bits and pieces, then the darker red. That's already made a big difference. I just need to apply the lighter red before a coat of lacquer. Of course they will never match exactly but, as mentioned, it'll look a lot better.
Another top tip. To remove the edges of flaking decals, borrow your other half's cuticle scissors! Super sharp tiny blades with a a curved edge, mean they are great for trimming without damaging the frame or paint.
Decal damage.
Worst bit of the patina.
Check out the fluted seat-tube
Base coat applied.
Let the painting continue!