Randy D Posted June 6, 2016 Share Posted June 6, 2016 (edited) Hi Folks, For some reason this one caught my eye at my LHS. I have a couple of large scale Tamiya auto kits in the stash but have never built a car model from this company. Have built a good number of Tamiya's aircraft and armor kits over the years and have been impressed with their newer offerings. I am counting on Tamiya's engineering reputation to make all these body parts.... come out looking like this and be functioning.... In other words ....I hope I don't screw this up Some work on the motor... Adding some plug wiring and plumbing for the Kers system... Thanks for looking in! Randy Edited May 13, 2017 by Randy D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
showrods Posted June 6, 2016 Share Posted June 6, 2016 Functioning?? Judging by the work on the motor you might be able to drive it when you're finished. Great work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mooneyzs Posted June 6, 2016 Share Posted June 6, 2016 Randy.... WOW... I am sure looking forward to seeing you put your skills to work my friend. Excited to see you back at the bench. The detail you have done on the engine is amazing so far. I will be following along and looking forward to more on this build. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afx Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 Looking forward to this project Randy. Are you taking a break from the GT40? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelson Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 Nice work on the engine so far,do you plan on painting it something other than red?,I've seen them in yellow and white. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intmd8r Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 Off to a great start! Can't wait to see more Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rider Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 Engine always need wiring, grea start. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinfan5 Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 Nice start, curious, since me and some fellow friends are still waiting for ours from Japan, what did you pay for this kit at the LHS? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twokidsnosleep Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 Hey, don't you usually build things in brass???? With your talent, this is gonna be spectacular Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTJUNIOR Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 Nice progress so far. Look forward to seeing more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy D Posted June 7, 2016 Author Share Posted June 7, 2016 Hi Folks,Thank you Peter !Chris, Thanks buddy and hope you get your a/c fixed today!!Hi JC, Thank you, I am taking a little break on the GT40. Got a little frustrated on the next parts for the engine.Thank you Curtis, l did like the yellow one but leaning towards the box art but maybe more of a candy red????Thank you Steve !Appreciate it Lloyd.Jonathan, It was listed full price at $64...their price of $57..I used $10.00 off in coupons. Add back some sales tax and I'm all in at just under $50.00I picked up the pe set and the carbon fiber decals for this from Mega Hobby for I think $23.00Hey Scott, Glad you like it so far my friend ! That house getting done yet????Thank Tony! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BVC500 Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 Nice start! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bennyg Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 Very nice! Mine is on the boat. I want to wire mine up as well.Ben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nacho Z Posted June 8, 2016 Share Posted June 8, 2016 Nice to see this one already on someone's workbench. As others have already said, looks like you are off to a nice start. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarLover Posted June 8, 2016 Share Posted June 8, 2016 Nice start! Can you please detail about the colors you used? Thanks Great job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmfowler Posted June 8, 2016 Share Posted June 8, 2016 Off to a great start. Will be following this as I picked one up recently myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy D Posted June 8, 2016 Author Share Posted June 8, 2016 hi Folks, Thank you BVC500 ! Hi Ben, Glad you like it so far. Thanks John ! Hello Elyashiv, Thank you for commenting ! Thanks Chris ! Curtis had asked about color schemes for this one. I'm going with the box art. I did find some renderings of this scheme that displays a bit of a different red. I'm thinking of almost a candy red....... For Ben G, Hard to find much wiring and plumbing reference on these cars right now. Best I have so far is using the street version, La Ferrari, as a starting point....... I'm combining these pics plus the parts catalog pics and a few shots of the car with the rear clip raised to give me a plan.. let me post this then I will add more... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy D Posted June 8, 2016 Author Share Posted June 8, 2016 (edited) The parts catalog is available online at.......http://www.eurospares.co.uk/ Elyashiv, The engine so far has been painted using these...... They have quite a few colors in this line. The trany was using the Gold and the block Dura aluminum. You will see more of these as I go along. They come ready to use thru an airbrush, go on really nice and dry in 20 minutes. Best used over the gloss black primer they have. I got mine from Sprue Brothers..... Bottom of the page. http://store.spruebrothers.com/category_s/2293.htm?searching=Y&sort=7&cat=2293&show=60&page=9 Small progress tonite.... Since the exhaust is only seen from above at a distance I used the screen material in the kit to create the texture with paint... The shielding over the pipes coming off the block is a bit more visible and closer so I replicated those parts with tin foil embossed over a pin vise Thanks for looking in! Randy Edited June 8, 2016 by Randy D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twokidsnosleep Posted June 9, 2016 Share Posted June 9, 2016 Sweet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mooneyzs Posted June 9, 2016 Share Posted June 9, 2016 Randy.... Your are rocking this one and it looks good. I am loving the Heat shield that you made from tin foil. It looks so great!! Keep at it my friend. I can't wait to see more of those Vallejo metal colors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bennyg Posted June 9, 2016 Share Posted June 9, 2016 This is easily the best wiring job on this type of engine. I want to copy your method Randy. Ben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daddyfink Posted June 9, 2016 Share Posted June 9, 2016 That is some seriously clean building and attention to detail! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTJUNIOR Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 That is some seriously clean building and attention to detail! Agreed!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrKerry Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 I'll be watching!!!!!! Looking good so far!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scale-Master Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 Excellent work (as usual) ! And thanks for sharing those reference photos too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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