Tamiya Nissan Skyline GT-R V R34

[MrBowcat]

Morning all.

I'm staying on the car theme for another build, there are a few more techniques I want to try and nail down, in particular trying to get a better paint job. I picked up this kit to practice on as it was cheap.

So far I have just de-seamed the body, attached the front & rear bumpers and side sills, and cleaned up the running gear.

[WordenB]

Good idea using a cheaper kit for practice, if things don't go as planned you don't feel so bad abandoning it. I did the same when playing with different 2k finishes, I used a Tamiya Mitsubishi GTO which spent more time in a plastic bag of IPA getting stripped than anything else (3 times if I remember correctly)!

[Twokidsnosleep]

Nice I like this body style on the Skyline

[MrBowcat]

Afternoon all.

I've been working on the body paint and have to say I am really pleased with my results. One of my aims has been to get better at paint jobs on cars and this is definitely my best attempt yet. I have a coupe of small dust specks in the paint, but hoping to remove these with flattening before the gloss coat.

The colour (Tamiya Racing Blue) is gorgeous, and the pictures don't do it justice. It changes from a very dark blue to a blue/purple in real life, it doesn't really come across as well in the pics.

[BigWall]

Looks like the paint came out very nice! Great job!

[MrBowcat]

Cheers Joe.

[WordenB]

Looks like you did a very good job, well done, lovely colour. I do have that paint but never used it, think I will before too long!

[MrBowcat]

Cheers.

[MrBowcat]

Morning all


Got the underside detail painted and all the running gear installed this weekend.

The wheels had been painted semi-gloss black in preparation for a metallic, but I'm thinking the black might look good against the body colour so I'm going to hold off until the shells on before I make a final decision.

I still need to add a wash to the underside parts, although there are skid plates that hide most of the detail so again will wait until they are on.

[MrBowcat]

Morning guys.

I got the interior together this weekend. My first try at embossing powder for carpet, it didn't go perfectly, particularly at the rear of the transmission tunnel. I used matt varnish as an adhesive, I think next time I will try PVA. Still, this is just a practice kit so overall I'm happy as I learnt something.

[digger303]

[BigWall]

It looks great other than those two tiny spots and those won't even be seen once the body is on. Nice work!

[MrBowcat]

Cheers guys.

[Twokidsnosleep]

The flocking looks great...really stands out
Just a smidge of touch up paint for those two spots and you are golden

[Casper]

looking sweet MrB really like the blue and your interior looks the business. Nice clean build
casp

[MrBowcat]

Cheers guys.

Calling it done - viewtopic.php?f=46&t=29345