Nataan92 Posted March 4, 2018 Share Posted March 4, 2018 Hi All, The other week, i was overseas for work, and went to a toy shop near by to get some presents for my nieces and nephews. The store also had a small hobby section, so i couldn't leave without getting myself a present too I bought the Revell AMG GT kit along with the Revell Mk1 Golf GTI, which i will build sometime in the future. Normally i dont like revell kits, but i heard that they have gotten better. (we'll see) first up i sanded back a few mould/part lines on the body and prepped it for painting. My plan for this build was to do a matte or semi gloss colour to do something different. Tamiya have recently come out with a new colour for their GT3 version of this car which is a semi gloss light gunmetal. My LHS didnt have this colour in stock, so i got the Gloss version of the colour (TS42) and will do a Semi gloss clear coat over the top. This kit does have some engine detail, but like most new cars, it as a large intake manifold / engine cover which doesn't allow you to see much of it. This kind of explains the limited detail revell have added to the kit. Its decent, but not great. Because of this i didn't spend a great amount of time on it, as you wont be able to see it once the kit is complete with the engine cover piece. Another strange detail is the rear diff and exhaust. Both parts have a decent amount of detail, but these wont be seen at all once the kit is complete as the chassis covers it all. Next part was painting the chassis. This is one big piece with moulded in exhaust and transmission. The chassis was painted in semi gloss black, then masked off and then sprayed with bare metal silver. I plan to add a few extra colours to weather the exhaust, but haven't done that yet. Thanks Nathan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superbike-shaun Posted March 4, 2018 Share Posted March 4, 2018 Good start so far Nathan! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bennyg Posted March 4, 2018 Share Posted March 4, 2018 Very nice. Spray can or airbrush? Looks like the paint went on well. Ben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nataan92 Posted March 4, 2018 Author Share Posted March 4, 2018 1 minute ago, Bennyg said: Very nice. Spray can or airbrush? Looks like the paint went on well. Ben Thanks, this was done with a tamiya spray can. I really like their paints, best cans I've used Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rider Posted March 4, 2018 Share Posted March 4, 2018 Good start, paint looks like it went down with no trouble. Tamiya rattle cans really are the best in the hobby. The Dupli-Colour auto cans are pretty good too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nataan92 Posted March 10, 2018 Author Share Posted March 10, 2018 Hi All, I got a lot more done on this kit today. First up I flat clear coated the body. I'm relatively happy with how it came up. It was an experiment doing this type of finish, but probably not something I will do again. I do think it suits this particular car though. (i forgot to take a photo of this step) While the body was drying, I started on the interior. The last few models I have done ,have had black and dark grey materials. I wanted to do something different for this build, so i had a look online to see what colours the car comes in, and I found one with brown & black leather. I really liked the look of this. So I went to the LHS and got some tamiya TS-1 Red brown. I think It came up quite nice Certain parts of the interior are really nicely detailed. I was particularly impressed with the detail of the decals. They give the interior a really good finish. During the assembly of the interior, I masked off the dry body and gloss clear coated the carbon fibre parts of the car (roof and the front & rear bumpers) The contrast of gloss and matte finishes looks really nice, and will look even better once I polish those sections The final part that i did today was the engine cover and part of the engine bay. The engine cover is meant to have a small carbon fibre accent on it, but no decal is provided with he kit, so I made a template and made one using some scale productions carbon fibre decals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOBLNG Posted March 10, 2018 Share Posted March 10, 2018 Looking good! Fantastic job on that interior. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bennyg Posted March 10, 2018 Share Posted March 10, 2018 Wow! Very nice. I might have to use that colour on my truck interiors. Ben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mecklm Posted March 10, 2018 Share Posted March 10, 2018 Cool body color! I think that looks really good with the flat finish. About that engine cover, the throttle bodies would really pop with a little bit of black wash. Keep up the good work! Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nataan92 Posted March 10, 2018 Author Share Posted March 10, 2018 6 hours ago, mecklm said: Cool body color! I think that looks really good with the flat finish. About that engine cover, the throttle bodies would really pop with a little bit of black wash. Keep up the good work! Mike Thanks, yes that was the plan. I usually leave that til the end once it's all complete. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinfan5 Posted March 10, 2018 Share Posted March 10, 2018 Nice start Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelson Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 fantastic job on the interior!,is the Tamiya color out of a spray can or bottle?. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nataan92 Posted March 12, 2018 Author Share Posted March 12, 2018 On 3/11/2018 at 4:43 PM, kelson said: fantastic job on the interior!,is the Tamiya color out of a spray can or bottle?. Thanks, yes its just straight out of the can. Its just the right level of gloss to still look like leather. Its more of a semi gloss finish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Louis Posted March 13, 2018 Share Posted March 13, 2018 cool, nice touch with the GPS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nataan92 Posted April 7, 2018 Author Share Posted April 7, 2018 Hi all, Its been a while since my last update. I'm in the process of final assembly. A few things in this kit haven't gone to plan. Fitting the body shell to the interior and chassis was very difficult, and it doesn't quite fit together. everything is too tight. im getting sick of this kit and want to finish it already. Below are some photos of where i'm up to. Just a few more things to add and then this build is finished. Thanks Nathan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nataan92 Posted April 7, 2018 Author Share Posted April 7, 2018 Got there in the end, it turned out OK, but glad for it to be finished. It definitely has a good side and a bad side for viewing. The final parts to put on were the wheels and tires. The wheels that come with this kit are terrible. The tires side wall profile is too big, and the wheels are pretty boring. I bought some aftermarket wheels from BNA Model world. The wheels are iForged Milano wheels, made by Factory eighty one. These wheels came with tires too, but i didn't like the look of them, so i salvaged some tires off an old model i did many years ago. The last bits to put on the kit were the side mirrors and a few decals. Below is the completed build. Thanks for looking Nathan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluenote Posted April 7, 2018 Share Posted April 7, 2018 I noticed you have tamiya enamels on your workbench. How do you like them? I'm in Canada and I recently bought a few from eBay and I really like them! They are my new go to brush paint now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjordan2 Posted April 7, 2018 Share Posted April 7, 2018 What’s up with the right-hand drive? Does the kit also offer LHD? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Hall Posted April 7, 2018 Share Posted April 7, 2018 5 minutes ago, sjordan2 said: What’s up with the right-hand drive? Does the kit also offer LHD? The kit has LHD and RHD parts. The builder in this thread is in Australia, so it would make sense they would go with RHD... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brizio Posted April 7, 2018 Share Posted April 7, 2018 Nice build! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hooked on Chaparral Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 VERRRY nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nataan92 Posted April 8, 2018 Author Share Posted April 8, 2018 13 hours ago, bluenote said: I noticed you have tamiya enamels on your workbench. How do you like them? I'm in Canada and I recently bought a few from eBay and I really like them! They are my new go to brush paint now. Yeah, I mostly use the enamels, as that is what my Dad used when he got me into the hobby some 15years ago. I also use some of the tamiya acrylic paints too, but only use them for window trims or little detail bits, as i can just wash them off with some water and a Q tip if i mess it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nataan92 Posted April 8, 2018 Author Share Posted April 8, 2018 13 hours ago, sjordan2 said: What’s up with the right-hand drive? Does the kit also offer LHD? 13 hours ago, Rob Hall said: The kit has LHD and RHD parts. The builder in this thread is in Australia, so it would make sense they would go with RHD... Yep exactly right. The kit does offer both options though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milo1303s Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 Very nice !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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