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Tamiya Calsonic GT-R 2003
Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2018 1:03 am
by stellamonster
Hi Lads,
Here is my entry into the build,
Tamiya's Skyline Calsonic GT-R 2003
20180202_220802 by
Darren Crawford, on Flickr
Re: Tamiya Calsonic GT-R 2003
Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2018 1:11 am
by stellamonster
Everything primed in the lovely Ultimate primer
20180123_163315 by
Darren Crawford, on Flickr
Re: Tamiya Calsonic GT-R 2003
Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2018 1:14 am
by stellamonster
Then decanted Tamiya's TS-44 for the body.....its sprayed beautifully and very forgiving....check out pauls up and coming video on how to decant the Tamiya rattle cans.
20180127_153718 by
Darren Crawford, on Flickr
Re: Tamiya Calsonic GT-R 2003
Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2018 1:19 am
by stellamonster
Re: Tamiya Calsonic GT-R 2003
Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2018 1:26 am
by stellamonster
Now the Decals, It was always a very tricky part of a build for me, doing the decals, but after watching and learning from Pauls video on applying Decals it was really enjoyable and gave me a lot of confidence. Cheers Paul
20180127_235650 by
Darren Crawford, on Flickr
20180127_235631 by
Darren Crawford, on Flickr
Re: Tamiya Calsonic GT-R 2003
Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2018 1:38 am
by stellamonster
Ok now it was time for my first ever try of the amazing Zero Paint 2K, after watching pauls video on how to get the ratio's correct and how to apply, and a little helping hand on the way.....this stuff is amazing, very forgiving and if you stick to the advice Paul gives, its a winner, hopefully get more confident the more I use it.....this is my go to gloss coat.....Cheers Paul.
20180201_222943 by
Darren Crawford, on Flickr
20180201_222953 by
Darren Crawford, on Flickr
20180201_222935 by
Darren Crawford, on Flickr
20180201_223003 by
Darren Crawford, on Flickr
20180201_222814 by
Darren Crawford, on Flickr
Re: Tamiya Calsonic GT-R 2003
Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2018 1:50 am
by stellamonster
Now the detailing parts of adding the light clusters and around the window trim, again , window trims always made me shake, but, by taking my time, I think it turned out, so I decided to mask off the black trim on the spoiler with my new found confidence....( Luck I should say )
20180202_220315 by
Darren Crawford, on Flickr
20180202_231705 by
Darren Crawford, on Flickr
I know the inner rims look horrible, not the best of fits
20180202_231720 by
Darren Crawford, on Flickr
20180202_200600 by
Darren Crawford, on Flickr
20180202_220310 by
Darren Crawford, on Flickr
20180202_220329 by
Darren Crawford, on Flickr
Re: Tamiya Calsonic GT-R 2003
Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2018 1:51 am
by NorthernModeller
Complete and utter.....Beauty

Love it mate, you have done a cracker
Re: Tamiya Calsonic GT-R 2003
Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2018 1:57 am
by stellamonster
Now Im just waiting on the wheels to dry after being appyed with 2k, so here is how its looking now.
20180202_200514 by
Darren Crawford, on Flickr
20180202_220310 by
Darren Crawford, on Flickr
20180202_231720 by
Darren Crawford, on Flickr
There is a little over pant in the gas filler but going to touch it up when it drys.....it was a nervous paint doing that...lol
20180202_231705 by
Darren Crawford, on Flickr
Re: Tamiya Calsonic GT-R 2003
Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2018 1:59 am
by stellamonster
Re: Tamiya Calsonic GT-R 2003
Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2018 2:01 am
by stellamonster
NorthernModeller wrote: Sat Feb 03, 2018 1:51 am
Complete and utter.....Beauty

Love it mate, you have done a cracker
Cheers Ivan!!
Re: Tamiya Calsonic GT-R 2003
Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2018 5:48 am
by Shunter
Looks brilliant..
Re: Tamiya Calsonic GT-R 2003
Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2018 5:05 pm
by DrSprue
Wow that looks great!

Re: Tamiya Calsonic GT-R 2003
Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2018 6:06 pm
by stellamonster
Well she's all finished, this has been a great build, probably the most enjoyable to date.
I have learnt a lot along the way and had some great help, cheers guys.
20180204_165554 by
Darren Crawford, on Flickr
More photo's are on the Final reveal thread
