Goodsmile Racing Mercedes AMG GT3 Build.

Post by **Hawkmoon** » Fri Nov 01, 2019 11:27 pm

Hi

In 2008 the Japanese based Good Smile Company who make modeling products like anime,manga and figures sponsored a GT300 racing team, the team was soon renamed Goodsmile Racing. There cars are known for there in your face graphic wraps that cover there vehicles and this build will reproduce one of there 2016 winning cars.

The kit is Tamyia's 1/24 Mercedes-AMG GT3 with the Hobby design detail up kit and lastly the after market Goodsmile Racing decal set. The kit alone will make a very nice model when made but in my opinion this with the graphics has the edge on it.

Andy

The donor kit-

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The decals will go in the decal stash but nice masks and extra's-

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Upgrade set- notice the tyre masks for the low profile tyres

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Decals

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Post by **newjerseydamo** » Fri Nov 01, 2019 11:51 pm

Holy cow at the amount of decals.

And looking forward to seeing this build, the kit certainly caught my attention, it's a great looking car. Tempted to get it myself!

Post by **Hawkmoon** » Sat Nov 02, 2019 12:37 am

newjerseydamo wrote: Fri Nov 01, 2019 11:51 pm Holy cow at the amount of decals.

And looking forward to seeing this build, the kit certainly caught my attention, it's a great looking car. Tempted to get it myself!

The decals will be a challenge as its a two part layer-the base decals then the in your face girls with swords and the racing spec stuff. This race team has always had mad graphics and I wish I could get every one as a decal set as I would build every one of them. They use the cars to advertise there latest product so the wraps change from season to race season.

The link below shows the 2016 line up of cars and the how the wrap was applied to the car im building. The basic body work of the car is carbon fibre if you can afford the street version then you can have any colour you like over the carbon fibre body but as you can see from the pictures the race versions came as bog standard carbon fibre -

https://mag.moe/68610

Thanks for looking in and your comments NJD

Post by **barryf1fan** » Sat Nov 02, 2019 1:33 am

'dis Gonna be good!!

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Sat Nov 02, 2019 5:47 am

Holy shoot , loaded for bear on this build!
Nice

Post by **pikos** » Sat Nov 02, 2019 8:33 am

seems great. looking forward to watch it

Post by **Hawkmoon** » Sat Nov 02, 2019 11:07 am

Thanks for looking in and your comments everyone

Post by **Hawkmoon** » Sat Nov 02, 2019 11:10 am

The floor panel has been painted and then the running gear added, some carbon fiber decals to be added at the front. Im now working on the cockpit area.

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Post by **Kevthemodeller** » Sat Nov 02, 2019 6:14 pm

Oh this is going to be good

Post by **Hawkmoon** » Sat Nov 02, 2019 7:11 pm

Thanks for looking in and your comments Kev

Post by **Hawkmoon** » Sat Nov 02, 2019 7:18 pm

The cockpit has been finished by adding the seat,dash,steering wheel and roll cage from the kit. The safety net is from the upgrade set and finishes it off quite nicely.

Started to assemble the body shell im slowly working forward adding the parts and etch grills to each before fitting to the shell.

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Post by **jmurphy18** » Sun Nov 03, 2019 2:41 pm

this build looks awesome! Excellent choice

Post by **Hawkmoon** » Sun Nov 03, 2019 6:18 pm

jmurphy18 wrote: Sun Nov 03, 2019 2:41 pm this build looks awesome! Excellent choice

Thanks for looking in and your comments John

Post by **Hawkmoon** » Sun Nov 03, 2019 6:22 pm

The body has had all the parts added that will be the same colour from the kit and add on set. Next was a clean up where needed and then three thin coats of white primer were added leaving 10 minutes before each coat.

Now to leave to cure over night.

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Post by **digger303** » Sun Nov 03, 2019 11:09 pm

Post by **KalebB** » Mon Nov 04, 2019 4:39 am

This thing is going to look absolutely epic with all those decals.

Can't wait to see it!

Post by **Gary30** » Mon Nov 04, 2019 8:57 am

Great start! I've got this kit in my stash burning to get started, can't wait to see how yours comes together once all those decals start laying down

Post by **barryf1fan** » Mon Nov 04, 2019 2:41 pm

Such a cool race car, looks great, even in primer white!!

Post by **jmurphy18** » Mon Nov 04, 2019 3:37 pm

The body looks cool in white! I so want that Leon Kit .......

Post by **Tay99** » Mon Nov 04, 2019 3:43 pm

Great start I’ve one of these in the stash, great looking livery, will be following along on your build.

Post by **Hawkmoon** » Mon Nov 04, 2019 8:50 pm

Thanks for looking in and your comments everyone

Post by **Hawkmoon** » Mon Nov 04, 2019 9:00 pm

First thing this morning the body shell had 3 coats of Zero Paints Mazda Crystal White,probably not the correct white for the wrap used but its a Japanese derived white so should be close enough. This has been curing all day ready for the decal fest to start tomorrow.

The rear wing was made up using the etch parts from the upgrade kit along with the etch upgrade radiator this was made up of several parts and a large amount of tiny rivets. So much better than the kit part that is to the right in the picture.

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Post by **barryf1fan** » Mon Nov 04, 2019 10:24 pm

Man!! Looking good, and you're not kidding - that radiator & wing look WAY better!

LET'S DO SOME Decals boys and girls!

Post by **newjerseydamo** » Mon Nov 04, 2019 11:15 pm

barryf1fan wrote: Mon Nov 04, 2019 10:24 pm Man!! Looking good, and you're not kidding - that radiator & wing look WAY better!

LET'S DO SOME Decals boys and girls!

That radiator definitely looks better. Amazing what some detail parts do to a model.

And yes, bring on those decals! Haha.

Post by **Kevthemodeller** » Tue Nov 05, 2019 7:45 am

Looking good, the rad and wing are very nice improvements

Post by **Hawkmoon** » Tue Nov 05, 2019 8:11 am

Thanks for looking in and your comments everyone

Post by **Hawkmoon** » Tue Nov 05, 2019 7:49 pm

The decal fest begins. Im maybe over 1/3 of the way in with quite a bit more to add.

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Post by **tg18083** » Tue Nov 05, 2019 7:50 pm

Wow - very nice. I'll be following this!

Post by **barryf1fan** » Tue Nov 05, 2019 7:55 pm

Post by **barryf1fan** » Tue Nov 05, 2019 7:57 pm

btw Hawkmoon, the finish on your Tamiya car stand looks better than any thing I've ever put down on a model!!

Post by **Hawkmoon** » Wed Nov 06, 2019 7:45 am

Thanks for looking in and your comments more later

Post by **Gary30** » Wed Nov 06, 2019 8:22 am

Yep, this is really going to look amazing! Impressive work so far HM

Post by **jmurphy18** » Wed Nov 06, 2019 3:10 pm

This looks really cool! Excellent build and the decals looks excellent.

Post by **Hawkmoon** » Wed Nov 06, 2019 5:28 pm

Thanks for looking in and your comments both

Post by **Hawkmoon** » Wed Nov 06, 2019 5:39 pm

The main body decals are done just some decals left for the wing mirrors and wheels, the Tyres will be logoed up using the metal masks provided in the upgrade kit. The decal set itself was very good quality and although at times a challenge the results speak for themselves I think. Would I do another car with a decal set like this yes I would the GoodSmile Racing Team also ran BMW's that season each one with a different wrap I wonder if I can find that decal set out there.

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YouTube · Post by **Kingdan** » Wed Nov 06, 2019 7:50 pm

That looks absolutely lovely you've done excellent with all those decals I would have pooped myself if I had to tackle that scheme really nice work

Post by **barryf1fan** » Wed Nov 06, 2019 8:09 pm

Holy crap ton of decals!! That's crazy!! You did an excellent job, though. Fantastic work!!

The following is a shot of me after seeing that amount of decal work. . .

Great job though - can't wait to see it assembled!

Post by **newjerseydamo** » Wed Nov 06, 2019 8:43 pm

It amazes me how quickly someone can do such a great job. Here I am going super slow haha.

Looks amazing!

Post by **Gary30** » Wed Nov 06, 2019 8:48 pm

This is going to be amazing once you lay a clear coat down, great work! I’ve just picked up a decal set for my GT3 but it’s A LOT less adventurous than this, brave man!

Post by **Hawkmoon** » Thu Nov 07, 2019 12:17 pm

Thanks for looking in and your comments everyone

Post by **jmurphy18** » Thu Nov 07, 2019 3:28 pm

WOW, this is stunning! I agree. It is gong to be stunning with the clear coat laid down.

Post by **Hawkmoon** » Thu Nov 07, 2019 5:39 pm

Thanks for looking in and your comments John

Post by **Hawkmoon** » Thu Nov 07, 2019 5:44 pm

The clear coat has been applied to the body, wheels ect now for the final assembly.

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Post by **Tay99** » Thu Nov 07, 2019 8:25 pm

Great job on the decals, that couldn’t have been easy well done

Post by **barryf1fan** » Thu Nov 07, 2019 8:39 pm

Hawkmoon wrote: Thu Nov 07, 2019 5:44 pm The clear coat has been applied to the body, wheels ect now for the final assembly.
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the Snoop Dog approves your hard work!

j/k, it's looking awesome!!

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Thu Nov 07, 2019 8:56 pm

Awesome

Post by **Hawkmoon** » Fri Nov 08, 2019 6:43 am

Thanks for looking in and your comments everyone

Post by **Gary30** » Fri Nov 08, 2019 8:03 am

Hawkmoon wrote: Thu Nov 07, 2019 5:44 pm The clear coat has been applied to the body, wheels ect now for the final assembly.

Post by **barryf1fan** » Fri Nov 08, 2019 1:58 pm

Gary30 wrote: Fri Nov 08, 2019 8:03 am
Hawkmoon wrote: Thu Nov 07, 2019 5:44 pm The clear coat has been applied to the body, wheels ect now for the final assembly.

Nice!! I be like

come on Hawk!! Gary and I are starting to get a little loopy!

Post by **Hawkmoon** » Fri Nov 08, 2019 5:02 pm

All done

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