1/10 Toyota GT 2000 Re-strip and build.

[Hawkmoon]

Hi All

This will be my next build which will include a full strip of the metal parts and a re-chrome of the chrome parts too. Most of the GT 2000's produced were either red or white but they also came in silver,green,blue,yellow and a one off gold one that Twiggy owned.

My chosen colour will be Zero Paints Bendix Yellow [ a sort of primrose yellow] and for the re-chrome I will be spraying Molatow. some of the smaller panels are plastic so they will just have a good rub down and respray.

At the moment I am striping the white using Nitro-mors paint stripper, an update will be pending when this is complete.

Andy

[Kingdan]

Ooo that'll be nice

[Twokidsnosleep]

Cool project indeed

What do you use to dilute the Molotow?? or can it be sprayed Neat??

[barryf1fan]

One of the best looking 2+2's ever... this gonna be gud!

[Paul]

Hi hawk moon. Could you upload your pictures to the forum via the likes of Flickr etc rather than uploading attachments. This provides better pictures and you can upload more than 3 at a time

[Hawkmoon]

Thanks for looking in and your comments every one.

@ Scott for airbrushing Molatow there is no need to thin its like mercury out of the refill bottle I use for spraying just remember for the best results flood the parts to the point where it is about to run then leave them for a minimum of 4 days before handling them. If you touch the parts before that you will ruin the finish, also its not happy with a clear coat it dulls it down and looks crap.

@Paul will be sorting the photos this W/E.

[Hawkmoon]

I have been delving deeper with the paint and have found a difference in the references . I think the Zero paints Bendix yellow colour is a direct match but with a different name to the yellow in the Toyota paint names listed in the link below its called Bellatrix yellow perhaps because Toyota has this colour's name still under copyright or that was the name used for US cars and Bendix yellow for European examples.

http://importarchive.com/toyota/2000gt/paint

Also as a side note only 351 were ever made. Two of them were converted into convertibles for a 007 James Bond movie and one got obliterated by a fallen tree in Japan, another three were given to racing legend Carol Shelby to create the Shelby-Toyota 2000GT SSCA for the race track.

It's most famous screen appearance was in the 1967 James Bond movie 'You Only Live Twice', most of which was filmed in Japan.

The GT 2000 was only produced as a hard top but when Sean Connery tried to get in the car he was too tall , a bit like trying to get in a Suzuki Cappachino for most of us . So they converted four cars into convertibles so he could fit in and as above one got destroyed by a tree the others went to Shelby.

[Hawkmoon]

Bendix yellow

[Hawkmoon]

The body and metal parts have been striped of the white paint then a grey undercoat was added to the parts . The grey was rubbed back and prepped with micromesh to get an even finish where needed. Then a coat of white primer has been placed on the body the doors ect will be getting the same treatment ready for the 1 st coat of yellow after another prep with micromesh.

P8254099 by andrew purchase, on Flickr

P8254100 by andrew purchase, on Flickr

[Hawkmoon]

The doors, hood ,boot ,hatches and other parts have now been sprayed white. The main body has had its inside sprayed with two coats of yellow the other parts will be sprayed in turn .

P8264109 by andrew purchase, on Flickr

[Hawkmoon]

More painting done the main body is done and the other parts are starting to get there coats on too.

P8314176 by andrew purchase, on Flickr

P8314163 by andrew purchase, on Flickr

[Hawkmoon]

The main body has now been clear coated.

P9284511 by andrew purchase, on Flickr
P9284513 by andrew purchase, on Flickr
P9284514 by andrew purchase, on Flickr
P9284516 by andrew purchase, on Flickr
P9284519 by andrew purchase, on Flickr

[Hawkmoon]

More bits have had there clear coat.

P9294520 by andrew purchase, on Flickr
P9294525 by andrew purchase, on Flickr

[Twokidsnosleep]

Looking good
Some nice progress

[jmurphy18]

Very lovely car and build Hawkmoon! Excellent find

[Hawkmoon]

All done

Body pics-
PA024589 by andrew purchase, on Flickr
PA024583 by andrew purchase, on Flickr
PA024573 by andrew purchase, on Flickr
PA024571 by andrew purchase, on Flickr
PA024541 by andrew purchase, on Flickr
PA024538 by andrew purchase, on Flickr
PA024534 by andrew purchase, on Flickr
PA024529 by andrew purchase, on Flickr

Engine-
PA024558 by andrew purchase, on Flickr

Side panels drivers side contains the battery and the near side the airfilter and screen wash resevoir .
PA024556 by andrew purchase, on Flickr
PA024563 by andrew purchase, on Flickr

Interior-
PA024554 by andrew purchase, on Flickr
PA024560 by andrew purchase, on Flickr

Boot showing cover panels then removed to show spare tyre and last of all trye removed to show tools , fuel filter/pump and fuel tank-
PA024545 by andrew purchase, on Flickr
PA024547 by andrew purchase, on Flickr
PA024548 by andrew purchase, on Flickr

[digger303]

That's damn perfect

[Hawkmoon]

Thanks for looking in and your comments Digger

[barryf1fan]

Just beautiful!! The interior detail is amazing - all of it, interior, engine bay, spare tire area... incredible work!

[Hawkmoon]

Thanks for looking in and your comments Barry

[Kingdan]

Very nice mate the colour make all the difference

[Hawkmoon]

Thanks for looking in and your comments Dan

[Kevthemodeller]

Very nice

[Hawkmoon]

Thanks for looking in and your comments Kev

[DRUMS01]

Kudo's to you as both the message string and the end result were well with your effort! GREAT JOB!

I have a 1/16 Fujimi (I think) of a 2000GT. My goal is to finish it as one of their endurance racers with the red or blue hood on a off white body and rounders with numbers, etc.

Ben

[Hawkmoon]

Kudo's to you as both the message string and the end result were well with your effort! GREAT JOB!

I have a 1/16 Fujimi (I think) of a 2000GT. My goal is to finish it as one of their endurance racers with the red or blue hood on a off white body and rounders with numbers, etc.

Ben

Thanks for looking in and your comments Ben , your Fujimi kits sounds good and there are a few clips on youtube of the racing GT2000'S.