Tamiya 1/24th Nissan GTR :D WIP

Topper · 1 Mar 2009 at 15:26

My first serious attempt at a car model. Not done much model making at ll but this was fun. Hope its ok to post in this section.

Still a fair amount to do and I'm not totally happy with it so far but meh, its fun.

Cheers

Von Smallhausen · 1 Mar 2009 at 15:28

I have just bough a Tamiya model of the aircraft carrier Enterprise. They do some fantastic kits.

Good luck with it.

MrMoonX · 1 Mar 2009 at 16:09

did u paint it yourself or was it pre-painted ?

Topper · 1 Mar 2009 at 16:37

The kit comes moulded in grey and black. Used Halfords car paints and some Tamiya acrylics. Used Vallejo acrylics for the detail stuff. Itys not as polished as I'd like but hopefully i'll get better. Yeah, Tamiya seem to be the most equal of the kit manufacturers

Hxc · 1 Mar 2009 at 16:41

I love making these things but I can't paint to save my life... do you spray these instead? I can do that half decently, it's just using brushes I can't od!

Goliath · 1 Mar 2009 at 17:07

Von Smallhausen said:
I have just bough a Tamiya model of the aircraft carrier Enterprise. They do some fantastic kits.

Good luck with it.

The 1/350 scale one? Have wanted that for 20 years now but have never had the space

[FnG]magnolia · 1 Mar 2009 at 17:30

That's pretty neat! How long do they take to put together?

Mystique · 1 Mar 2009 at 18:00

Looks good! You've got a far steadier hand than me

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Von Smallhausen · 1 Mar 2009 at 18:23

Goliath said:
The 1/350 scale one? Have wanted that for 20 years now but have never had the space

That's the onw. It is about a meter long when finished.

I have started a thread on it and will post progress reports. I just need to get a decent airbrush kit for to paint the hull / deck etc.

Topper · 1 Mar 2009 at 19:48

LOL trying to reply on my touch

halfords spray paints are really easy to use. Just spray them lightly and build up the layers. I have very small brushes

that carrier model is the dogs.

DampCat · 1 Mar 2009 at 20:06

Von Smallhausen said:
That's the onw. It is about a meter long when finished.

I have started a thread on it and will post progress reports. I just need to get a decent airbrush kit for to paint the hull / deck etc.

link?

KnightStalker · 1 Mar 2009 at 20:30

thats looking very good from here, the main thing is get the body nice and polished when painted, really would make it stand out and take away the focus from any imperfections in the detail painting.

Topper · 2 Mar 2009 at 09:19

Yeah, was looking at some polishing compounds but might try turtlewax

Now all i need is a super detailed alfa 8c

LukeTW · 2 Mar 2009 at 09:28

My bro used to do it, used to watch him for hours doing some

Good luck finishing it matey

Skii · 2 Mar 2009 at 09:33

Looking good! , I'm really liking the aluminium surround on the dash and the red seat lining, excellently done

iv-tecman · 2 Mar 2009 at 09:41

I think that looks very smart. I so wish I had some time to continue model building but i've got a lot of other stuff in my life to sort before i can invest time to building model cars.

Detail in the interior is looking very sharp, good work so far. Keep it up.

Topper · 2 Mar 2009 at 10:38

Thanks guys!! I'll post some more piccies when I get more done.