Plastic Modeling

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

Dishes piling up in the sink SMH

Well at l at least two quality as portable dishwashers. Other third looks more like a built in.

[Kaotic Lazagna]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Yep. Just red enamel. The thing is that it is literally a sort of car shaped lump of plastic so I will have to get really creative to even come close to looking real.

You have the skills. I'm sure it'll turn out really good. You have money left over in the budget for styrene sheets and putty. Haha

[Kaotic Lazagna]

Good thing I didn't chop up the suspension like I planned on doing to lower it a mm or two.

This is dry fitting the front suspension using just tape, and just one wheel/tire combo (not the ones included in the kit). I think I'll leave it as is since this is about where I wanted it to be. I assumed based off the built pics on vendors sites with the wheels and tires that were supposed to be used, I would have had to lower it.

[soundman98]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

I think most of the guys on the site drove 1940 Fords when they were new. They would call Hum "Junior"! I think the idea of an engine swap would confuse them.


Pretty much. It is the same place where several told me that making a convincing crashed airplane was impossible. They will spend a fortune on photoetch and resin detail sets because the kit has a gauge that is a scale half inch out of position on a instrument panel. Most of them also make spotlessly clean aircraft and even tanks. I have never seen a spotlessly clean tank.

every tank is spotlessly clean once.

when it leaves the assembly line.

[Tcoat]

Well now we have some door cards and since in for a penny in for a pound I decided too open up the drivers door.


The carpeting in these was either a heavy textured vinyl or a very low pile carpet depending on the options. I went with the low pile carpet. The brown sections were textured using a heavy coat of TET and the stippled with an old stiff brush. hey are brown so they will be a different tone when I spray the interior beige



And here we have the "Realistic rubber tires and hubcaps as proudly proclaimed on the Amazon site! Well worth their price of $78.00.

These have t be painted black, white, body colour and two chromes. Not real sure how I will pull that off yet.

[Kaotic Lazagna]

"Quick and dirty" video =)

[spike021]

Originally Posted by Kaotic Lazagna

"Quick and dirty" video =)

[Kaotic Lazagna]

Wasn't as much orange peel this time around, but still decided to wet sand with 2000 and 2500 grit, then Scratch X, then CG V38 anyway. I did mess up on the hood when clearing and let it dry tilted, so it did create a "drip". The "cooler" pics are the before, and the "warmer" pics are after. Have not waxed anything yet.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Kaotic Lazagna

Wasn't as much orange peel this time around, but still decided to wet sand with 2000 and 2500 grit, then Scratch X, then CG V38 anyway. I did mess up on the hood when clearing and let it dry tilted, so it did create a "drip". The "cooler" pics are the before, and the "warmer" pics are after. Have not waxed anything yet.

I am in total awe of your gloss painting! I can't paint gloss like that to save my life.

[Kaotic Lazagna]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

I am in total awe of your gloss painting! I can't paint gloss like that to save my life.

I think you can. I'm just working with minimal supplies too. This time around with the Chaser, I used a microfiber towel with regular toothpaste instead of a blue shop paper towel and toothpaste during the priming stages. I also laid the last coat of clear pretty thick (which is also why it caused a "drip" like finish on the hood since it wasn't dried horizontally). Then the usual wet sand and polish.

I think you should pick up a cheap kit from somewhere and give it a try. I'm sure you'll surprise yourself. If you really want to get fancy, use those extremely high grit (5000 to 12000) sand paper that I see many builders use. I don't really trust the Amazon ones since many of the reviews say they are no where near those grit ratings.

[Kaotic Lazagna]

After I finish the Chaser, I may put the models on pause since I'll be working on my R32 (not really looking forward to paint correcting that since cleaning the interior already got my body aching).

[Kaotic Lazagna]

Started putting the build models in the display cabinet I finally got and built.

Bottom will be the R32, R33, and R34. Above that will be the sedans (with the EVO6 being the oddball, non VIP). 2nd to top will be the Hakosuka and S15. And the top will be the R34 with the HD RB26, and the other R32.

Ah, stupid forum not keeping the pic in portrait.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Kaotic Lazagna

I think you can. I'm just working with minimal supplies too. This time around with the Chaser, I used a microfiber towel with regular toothpaste instead of a blue shop paper towel and toothpaste during the priming stages. I also laid the last coat of clear pretty thick (which is also why it caused a "drip" like finish on the hood since it wasn't dried horizontally). Then the usual wet sand and polish.

I think you should pick up a cheap kit from somewhere and give it a try. I'm sure you'll surprise yourself. If you really want to get fancy, use those extremely high grit (5000 to 12000) sand paper that I see many builders use. I don't really trust the Amazon ones since many of the reviews say they are no where near those grit ratings.

Nah I will stick to my dirty old flat and semi gloss vehicles. Maybe if I ever get my hands on the 2017+ 86 kit and do it up as the Hakone. They are hard to come by and very costly though

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Kaotic Lazagna

Started putting the build models in the display cabinet I finally got and built.

Bottom will be the R32, R33, and R34. Above that will be the sedans (with the EVO6 being the oddball, non VIP). 2nd to top will be the Hakosuka and S15. And the top will be the R34 with the HD RB26, and the other R32.

Ah, stupid forum not keeping the pic in portrait.

Almost every horizontal and relatively flat surface in my house has models on it at this point.