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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

Image20180202_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

Image20180123_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.

Image20180127_153718 by Darren Crawford, on Flickr

Re: Tamiya Calsonic GT-R 2003

Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2018 1:19 am
by stellamonster
It was then on to the interior,

Image20180130_213825 by Darren Crawford, on Flickr

Image20180130_213815 by Darren Crawford, on Flickr

Image20180130_213843 by Darren Crawford, on Flickr

Image20180202_220340 by Darren Crawford, on Flickr

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 :bow:: :bow::

Image20180127_235650 by Darren Crawford, on Flickr

Image20180127_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.

Image20180201_222943 by Darren Crawford, on Flickr

Image20180201_222953 by Darren Crawford, on Flickr

Image20180201_222935 by Darren Crawford, on Flickr

Image20180201_223003 by Darren Crawford, on Flickr

Image20180201_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 ) :banana:

Image20180202_220315 by Darren Crawford, on Flickr

Image20180202_231705 by Darren Crawford, on Flickr
I know the inner rims look horrible, not the best of fits ;)
Image20180202_231720 by Darren Crawford, on Flickr

Image20180202_200600 by Darren Crawford, on Flickr

Image20180202_220310 by Darren Crawford, on Flickr

Image20180202_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.

Image20180202_200514 by Darren Crawford, on Flickr

Image20180202_220310 by Darren Crawford, on Flickr

Image20180202_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
Image20180202_231705 by Darren Crawford, on Flickr

Re: Tamiya Calsonic GT-R 2003

Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2018 1:59 am
by stellamonster
stellamonster wrote: Sat Feb 03, 2018 1:57 am Now Im just waiting on the wheels to dry after being appyed with 2k, so here is how its looking now.

Image20180202_200514 by Darren Crawford, on Flickr

Image20180202_220310 by Darren Crawford, on Flickr

Image20180202_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
Image20180202_231705 by Darren Crawford, on Flickr
Image20180202_235155 by Darren Crawford, on Flickr

Image20180202_235212 by Darren Crawford, on Flickr

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! :clap:

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.

Image20180204_165554 by Darren Crawford, on Flickr

More photo's are on the Final reveal thread :thumb1: