Tamiya porsche 911 GT2

20170816_152559 by Gary Wilcox, on Flickr

Now that the body has been primed there are a couple of visible seams on the top of each front wing these will be sanded when the primer is dry and then reprimed

20170816_155020 by Gary Wilcox, on Flickr

20170816_155031_HDR by Gary Wilcox, on Flickr

20170816_155006 by Gary Wilcox, on Flickr

20170816_154959_HDR by Gary Wilcox, on Flickr

The rear suspension is built along with the mufflers and dry fitted these will then be primed

20170816_161044 by Gary Wilcox, on Flickr

20170817_213156_HDR by Gary Wilcox, on Flickr

The rear suspension is painted up with AK Xtreme metal polished aluminium and tamiya x-1 and xf-1
the mufflers are painted with xf-1 black, xf-56 metallic grey and mix of x-12 gold leaf:1 mr hobby h-17 cocoa brown:1 and xf-16 flat aluminium:1.
The chassis and the bottom of the engine are primed and painted along with the springs, wheel hubs and other parts.

20170826_202259 by Gary Wilcox, on Flickr

20170904_113507 by Gary Wilcox, on Flickr

20170826_202306 by Gary Wilcox, on Flickr

20170826_202314 by Gary Wilcox, on Flickr

20170904_113917 by Gary Wilcox, on Flickr

With the seams taken care of on the front wings and reprimed this was then painted with zero paints Lotus F1 Black and after this is dry it will be given a clear gloss coat ready for applying the decals

20170826_202341 by Gary Wilcox, on Flickr

The brake discs the tiny holes were drilled out before priming in the glossy black primer and painted with AK Xtreme metal Chrome and tamiya x-7 red

20170829_215951 by Gary Wilcox, on Flickr

20170904_114245 by Gary Wilcox, on Flickr

The front suspension and a plate for the underside of the chassis

20170904_114532 by Gary Wilcox, on Flickr

The interior parts primed, painted and decaled

20170904_114837 by Gary Wilcox, on Flickr

Then the roll cage built up

20170904_114947 by Gary Wilcox, on Flickr

All these parts fitted except for the dash which is fixed to the roll cage which needs to be painted first

20170904_141025 by Gary Wilcox, on Flickr

20170904_141032 by Gary Wilcox, on Flickr

20170904_141058 by Gary Wilcox, on Flickr

20170904_142422_HDR by Gary Wilcox, on Flickr

20170904_143232 by Gary Wilcox, on Flickr

20170904_143247 by Gary Wilcox, on Flickr

20170904_143302 by Gary Wilcox, on Flickr

That is all for now

Post by **exmoor** » Tue Sep 05, 2017 1:55 pm

Hi gaz looking good what red did you use it seems to have problems with red

Post by **gaz45** » Tue Sep 05, 2017 3:01 pm

Hi Paul thanks i used tamiya X-7 Red applied 2 coats with a brush over Ultimate glossy black primer

Post by **exmoor** » Tue Sep 05, 2017 4:57 pm

gaz I will be trying that

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Tue Sep 05, 2017 5:29 pm

WOW
Showing your skills for sure

I love the shiny drilled out brake disks...and everything else

Post by **gaz45** » Wed Sep 06, 2017 1:31 pm

Cheers Scott

Post by **Matthaus** » Sun Sep 10, 2017 7:31 pm

Great pics. I've wanted to build this kit since I saw it. I shall be following this thread closely! Ah, Which size drill did you use for doing the brake discs?

Post by **kiwigav** » Mon Sep 11, 2017 5:52 am

Very Cool. Nice progress

Post by **gaz45** » Mon Sep 11, 2017 3:03 pm

Matthaus wrote: Sun Sep 10, 2017 7:31 pm Great pics. I've wanted to build this kit since I saw it. I shall be following this thread closely! Ah, Which size drill did you use for doing the brake discs?

Cheers mate i used a 0.4mm drill bit

Post by **gaz45** » Mon Sep 11, 2017 3:04 pm

kiwigav wrote: Mon Sep 11, 2017 5:52 am Very Cool. Nice progress

Cheers mate

Post by **gaz45** » Wed Sep 13, 2017 4:30 pm

All the remaining parts have been primed in Ultimate glossy primer and painted accordinly

The wheel centres were primed in the glossy black primer with a brush and when dry painted up with Tamiya X-31 Titan gold and then Titan silver for the wheel nuts

20170906_111410 by Gary Wilcox, on Flickr

20170908_110554 by Gary Wilcox, on Flickr

The rollcage and the door panels have been painted up and the dash fixed to the cage

20170908_111158 by Gary Wilcox, on Flickr

20170908_111125 by Gary Wilcox, on Flickr

and then fitted to the chassis

20170908_112315_HDR by Gary Wilcox, on Flickr

While this was drying i painted the indicators and brake light with clear orange and clear red

The splitter was then added and the decals applied to the body
most of them went on ok but a few did rip

20170908_105817 by Gary Wilcox, on Flickr

20170908_105824 by Gary Wilcox, on Flickr

20170908_105830 by Gary Wilcox, on Flickr

20170908_105836 by Gary Wilcox, on Flickr

When the decals were all dry i clear coated it again with a 50-50 mix of X-22 and Mr hobby leveling thinner

While this dried the seams on the tyres were sanded

20170908_114214 by Gary Wilcox, on Flickr

The windows are now added along with the decals wheels door mirrors and handles and the lights

So i think now i wilol call this finished

20170913_153630 by Gary Wilcox, on Flickr

20170913_153615 by Gary Wilcox, on Flickr

20170913_153643 by Gary Wilcox, on Flickr

20170913_153650 by Gary Wilcox, on Flickr

20170913_153706 by Gary Wilcox, on Flickr

Thanks for taking a look and for all your comments

I will post the finished pics in the reveal section

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Wed Sep 13, 2017 5:45 pm

Looking really sharp

You are a master at making each sub assembly look like a masterpiece so that the whole assembly comes out spectacular
Need to work on that myself

Post by **gaz45** » Wed Sep 13, 2017 6:16 pm

Thanks mate I guess i need not to be hard on myself

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