BMX Addicts Posted June 18, 2013 Share Posted June 18, 2013 What was that movie???.... It was something like "You had me at hello".... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austin T Posted June 18, 2013 Share Posted June 18, 2013 Well I finally got started on my kit, the Tamiya Toyota Celica GT-Four RC 92' safari rally winner. As for my decal problem I coated them today with some liquid decal film to save whats there,once I put them on I plan to make this thing look like if just finished the race covered in mud and dirt. Now one question I have that I can't find with google is the color of the chassis on this car, the instructions say clear orange but I want to see it before I paint it. Anyone just so happen to know what color it's suppose to be? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sportandmiah Posted June 19, 2013 Share Posted June 19, 2013 Small update. Wetsanded with 1000, 2000, 4000, 6000, and Scratch X for a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinfan5 Posted June 19, 2013 Author Share Posted June 19, 2013 (edited) Looks great, you did a good job, I give you props I have one thing left to do on the Minolta and then its finished, I just need to tint the headlight covers, I will get some pics posted soon I have picked out my next build, since I am back on a Nissan kick, its going to be to the Pennzoil R34 GTR Ok, getting started on the R34 Body in a quick coat of white primer and the chassis in aluminum and started working on the front suspension Edited June 20, 2013 by martinfan5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinfan5 Posted June 21, 2013 Author Share Posted June 21, 2013 (edited) I have one last thing to do, and that is add an antenna to the roof, but other then that, the Minolta is finished Edited June 21, 2013 by martinfan5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
o-man Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 Looking sweet Jonathan!! Now hurry up on that Mustang. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelby 427 1965 Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 Still great work here as always! Keep it up lads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sportandmiah Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 Slowly making progress. Mounted the windshield with smoked windows. To get the proper stance, I had modify the suspension, which again eliminated more parts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinfan5 Posted June 23, 2013 Author Share Posted June 23, 2013 Nice stance, that is a race car stance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maltsr Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 Hi Jonathan Think I'm ready to join in now if I may. My first choice was the Simil R Pescarolo but that can wait after seeing Juan's build , so I'm going with this instead: I thought someone else had chosen this too, but can't see it being built so I'll give it a go. I don't have any alternative decals so this will be a box stock build, although I intend to use the new Tamiya metallic orange that featured on my Cannonball Run Mustang Off to the workbench Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sportandmiah Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 Nice choice Maltsr. There are aftermarket decals avail from Studio 27 if you want some variety. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinfan5 Posted June 23, 2013 Author Share Posted June 23, 2013 Paul, welcome, I am happy you are joining us, I really enjoy seeing your builds, I built the MP4 about a month or two ago, decent kit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2whl Posted July 13, 2013 Share Posted July 13, 2013 I'll be joining in on this CBP. Two other forums I frequent are doing a 911 build in honor of the 50th anniversary of the 911. So what I'm doing already fits in with this CBP. A pic of the box art and contents. I decided to do a chassis stand/jig for possible display purposes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinfan5 Posted July 13, 2013 Author Share Posted July 13, 2013 Nice to have join Paul, off to great a start Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2whl Posted July 13, 2013 Share Posted July 13, 2013 I assembled all of the chassis pieces together and painted them grey. It's not the color the instructions call out, but I like the way details in the interior stand out with that color. The instructions called for white. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maltsr Posted July 13, 2013 Share Posted July 13, 2013 Great start Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2whl Posted July 13, 2013 Share Posted July 13, 2013 Thanks Paul I did get the basic engine and transmission pieces together also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maltsr Posted July 14, 2013 Share Posted July 14, 2013 I too have made some progress this last two weeks. I had to finish a trailer combo for my club's theme night, but got some colour on the Maclaren and finished the chassis - good to see it up on wheels but the paint still needs polishing. The trailer combo featured a race car but didn't qualify for this CBP: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2whl Posted July 14, 2013 Share Posted July 14, 2013 From the pic, that paint is already shiny. If you polish it, it will be blinding !! I'm going to try p/e belts for the first time on this kit. I got the first couple of steps done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2whl Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 Been working on the front suspension. Since the sponsor decals say it has Bilstein shocks, and the Bilsteins I had back in the day were yellow, I took the liberty of painting the shocks yellow. I added the Tamiya jar to get a sense of the size. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
o-man Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 That Porsche is coming along great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scuderia Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 That Porsche is coming along great! I second that, this should be a good comm. build. Shades of the general race car build, but nice. I also had a breakthrough with my Shelby race conversion so I should be getting some good stuff going on that soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
o-man Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 Even though it doesn't have much chassis nor interior detail, I figured I'd go ahead and post some RX-7 pics. The decals were too big for spoiler and ended up cracking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hvymtl Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 Well i was going to post pics tonite but i seemed to have lost them . But i do have pics of paint and details i am building the Tamiya Calsonic GTR-35 car so i will post pics very soon . Michael Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2whl Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 Thanks Oscar and Lawrence. Along with painting all of the front suspension pieces, the rear stuff was done at the same time. So it got assembled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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