BMX Addicts Posted May 24, 2013 Share Posted May 24, 2013 (edited) If I might be the devils advocate here, why did you need so much glue? Why not tape them in place from the top, and then a small dot of CA on a toothpick at the joint from underneath? Yes Rob, from a logical view it would have been common sense to do it like that, but you would certainly need "some sort of deal with the devil" to be able to hold the slat with the tweezer while having the body upside down and be able to reach that far down with a little dot of CA at the tip of the toothpick... . Keep in mind the nose is a lot wider at the bottom and the slats are supposed to be overlapping each other. The excess of glue is mainly because I lack the skill but at the same time, I use Medium strength tire glue which is also CA but gives you about 10 seconds before locking... Because of its composite, you can break it of (Or sand it) because it does not melt the plastic like Crazy Glue or similar CA glues would do. On a separate note, right after going outside to curse in frustration, smoking a couple cigarrettes back to back and drowning a cup of coffee, I came back to my bench to deal with the problem at hand I had to cut the decals in half because they are a bit longer than they need to be, but I sure feel much better now!!! Edited May 24, 2013 by BMX Addicts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sportandmiah Posted May 25, 2013 Share Posted May 25, 2013 I somehow missed this thread....can I still join??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BMX Addicts Posted May 25, 2013 Share Posted May 25, 2013 Welcome Arnold, everyone interested in joining has a full year to produce any Race Car build... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nacho Z Posted May 25, 2013 Share Posted May 25, 2013 Just want to give a quick shout out to you guys that are already kicking butt on these builds. I am watching and starting to get a little excited to get a kit picked out and get started myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BMX Addicts Posted May 25, 2013 Share Posted May 25, 2013 Bring it John... Jonathan had the greatest idea of creating this thread, this site sure could use a whole lot more GT and race builds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
o-man Posted May 25, 2013 Share Posted May 25, 2013 I haven't forgotten about you guys. I'm still trying to decide what I am going to stink up this build with. I have washed a BMW, RX-7, Imprezza, 956, and NSX. The decals on theses things scare me. I don't think they are as complicated as Juan's, but some of them are huge and/or in multiple layers. Yeah! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinfan5 Posted May 25, 2013 Author Share Posted May 25, 2013 (edited) Doug, yes you may, I would be happy if you did , I enjoy seeing your work John, we are all waiting for you to join Oscar, dont let them decals scare you, if you take your time, use the products that help with decal application, you will be fine, like they say, practice makes perfect I want to try and keep a list of who is building what, I will be adding it to the OP Tomo, and Juan, nice work so far Edited May 25, 2013 by martinfan5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kennyboy Posted May 25, 2013 Share Posted May 25, 2013 Thanks to Juan, I will be joining this build with a Tamiya Porsche 911 GT2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BMX Addicts Posted May 25, 2013 Share Posted May 25, 2013 Oscar, is your Impressa the Blue Rally Edition?. Good stuff Ken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
o-man Posted May 25, 2013 Share Posted May 25, 2013 Oscar, is your Impressa the Blue Rally Edition?. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanesteele240 Posted May 25, 2013 Share Posted May 25, 2013 (edited) Im in with this jewel Thats right, squid girl is back for part two. Cant wait till i get my Gt350 1/12 87% finished to start this build Edited May 25, 2013 by lanesteele240 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BMX Addicts Posted May 25, 2013 Share Posted May 25, 2013 (edited) Yeah!!!... I always wanted to build that Impresa (Not sure what is it about that car but my die cast collection has them all... Even the electric track version ). Oscar, build the NSX, other than the PIAA and the 64 on the doors the decals are pretty straight forward, and the kit itself is a standard Tamiya build; The Hood slats are similar to the ones on the Supra (They fall right in place) and the small wings in the front are easy to attach with CA glue... I started this project and left it aside (Mainly because it has the Raybrig decals and they are extremely hard to apply), but some day in the near future I look forward to finish it... Really like the NSX Did it in Blue Violet (As instructed by Tamiya) but the color was too dark... So I decided to do a custom color (Blue with Red wheels instead)... Right after I finishing painting the blue body I realized I had forgotten to glue the exhaust panels on the side Good stuff gary... Edited May 25, 2013 by BMX Addicts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinfan5 Posted May 25, 2013 Author Share Posted May 25, 2013 Got a little bit more work done on the engine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelby 427 1965 Posted May 25, 2013 Share Posted May 25, 2013 That is one GORGEOUS engine, I love it. Great work by everyone so far! I was in my LHS to get some paints I needed.. Saw a certain gem in there that I couldn't pass up, and fits into this category nicely. Gonna see about aftermarket Castrol decals - After building this kit before and they went horribly wrong, I'm gonna look for an alternative. And if not, I'll try to do the Castrol anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinfan5 Posted May 25, 2013 Author Share Posted May 25, 2013 NIce kits Tomo, So you are going to do the Corolla next? Gary, welcome to the CBP, glad you are going to join Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BMX Addicts Posted May 25, 2013 Share Posted May 25, 2013 The engine is coming along nicely Jonathan Tomo that GR5 has been batting her eyes at me for a couple weeks now This is not directly related to this thread, is not up to scale and is a quick fix, but I was just growing tired of not having a place to take photos of the finished models (Nice weekend project too). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinfan5 Posted May 25, 2013 Author Share Posted May 25, 2013 Ohhhh Juan, I like that, very nice, how did you do that?, I might have to try that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BMX Addicts Posted May 25, 2013 Share Posted May 25, 2013 Pretty basic Jonathan... One shelve panel, One tool box liner, A fraction of a wood moulding stripe, PVC Electric tape, Metallic tape and a couple nails.... Only took 2 hours Always wanted to make a big Diorama, I'm talking a full table piece... One of these days when the stuff being built comes out looking right, I may just make a quick claim of the dinning room and spend my last years playing with it... Something like this (Only mine would have a tunnel): Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelby 427 1965 Posted May 25, 2013 Share Posted May 25, 2013 That thing is awesome. Once I'm old enough to move outta my parents' house and venture into the big world, I'm sure as hell putting something like that in a model room. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TFchronos Posted May 26, 2013 Share Posted May 26, 2013 (edited) I've been watching this for a while now, I really like this idea and being a huge GT fan since GT2 I would really like to join in too. I've been busy with another cbp and that's chewing up a lot of my time but if I can free up and get a kit I'd love to join. Great work so far to everyone building! Edit: Fighting the evil forces of typos lol Edited May 27, 2013 by TFchronos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
o-man Posted May 27, 2013 Share Posted May 27, 2013 Ok. I've finally decided what I'm going to do first. So far have washed kit and patched pin holes in both front fenders and gotten rid of mold lines on both rear fenders. More pics to follow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BMX Addicts Posted May 28, 2013 Share Posted May 28, 2013 that is a nice one Oscar... Good luck. Slow progress at this end, taking all the time with each piece.. I'm loving the quality of the Cartograph decals even though most of them seem either a bit too short or a bit too long. What are you guys up to? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelby 427 1965 Posted May 28, 2013 Share Posted May 28, 2013 I've just bought a 1:1 scale Golf Mk2 GTI project, my time is a little occupied at the minute! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinfan5 Posted May 28, 2013 Author Share Posted May 28, 2013 Congrats Tomo, I hope you will be back soon, you should post a pic of it Juan, nice job on the decals, its looking good I have been working slowly on the 88-C this weekend, and here is what has been done front and rear suspension is almost done, still have some work left on the engine to do, brake rotors are installed, and the seat in place in the cockpit I know its hard to see, but the body has been painted , I used MM classic white lacquer and then after a day, masked and ready for the blue started to do the wheels, up first the white and the wheels with the chrome trim done, and in the tires with transfer on, I have since put some miro sol on them and sanded the mold line on tires Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BMX Addicts Posted May 28, 2013 Share Posted May 28, 2013 NICE!!!!.... GTI Peep show Tomo... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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