rsxse240

Looking good! You know it is the Revell/Monogram kit, otherwise it would be a Honda Integra. LOL Contrary to what you might be thinking, I am NOT an RSX owner...my screen name is referring to the Nissan my wife and I bought 14 years ago. rsxse240= ouR SeXSE (pronounced sexy)240sx.

James, the bubbles appear to be from heavy final coat being applied to thick If you are using rattle cans. The paint from a rattle can takes a while to de-gas and paint likes to "wick" into cracks and crevices and that may be your bubble issues. I do like the colors you have chosen and all the work is outstanding.

I really like how you made the door open like a real car, rather than having the trunk/boot lid style hinges that make the door swing way out from the body. Did the fender flares come with the kit? My GN doesn't have them. Is your's the Revell/Monogram?

I would suggest, on this kit, you should fill the channel the chrome fits in with styrene, either strips from the hobby store or by utilizing the sprue to keep the material as perfect a match to the body, then sand down the filling plastic to match the contour of the body and fix any high/low spots or other imperfections with a glaze of putty. if your body work was done correctly, you could simply use a high build primer and sand it to perfection and not even use any putty at all. Sorry for answering for you, Blair, I've built this car a few times....same car 3 times. It turned out to be one of my best ever builds as customs go. I like the style with the smooth sides and wide whites.

I've been watching this thread for a while now. There is some very good work going on in your hobby room. I was looking on eBay.au and happened across something you may be interested in. A Holden LJ Torana resin body. I thought it was yours at first, but you don't seem to be quite done yet.

Very cool! I have a friend who's dad owns a real mako shark. I am not sure if it is real or replica, but it's cool. I've only ever seen pics of it.

I don't think it's red enough! Lol. Great looking Viper!

Don't do this again, dang-it, Blair! I swear, every time I see your builds, I get side tracked because you are so inspiring and I end up starting another project. I love what you've done so far. Might I suggest a slightly shorter tire for the front, if possible? though I don't know what direction you're going with it, so the ones you have may be a perfect fit.

the top and windshield are the 2 reasons I've not started building mine. But it has come in quite handy for custom parts for other builds. I think with a little lower and more raked windshield, using the kit supplied tonneu cover, slick dark colored paint and as much chrome as possible, this car would be the BEST looking T-Bird ever. Keep it up, I can't wait to see what you do with it.

I was learning to pinstripe from my uncle, an old school sign painter, who did all sorts of custom pinstriping on dump trucks, store fronts, custom rods, and the likes. One thing he taught me was to practice on clean glass. since it is quite possibly the slickest surface you will ever paint on, you will be forced to learn brush control and techniques. NEVER LIFT until you need to re-load, your lines will be much cleaner. One shot is quite possibly the best paint on the market right now. The best paint for striping EVER, however, is old school lead based paint. It seems to never dry out as long as the lid is sealed and will rejuvenate easily with some mineral spirits. My uncle has a 45 year old can of black striping paint that he promises to leave to me if I learn to stripe.

I was just at lowe's and they had a really nice hobby knife kit that had padded handles, several different style blades and it came in a nice storage/carry case. It was more of a carving kit as the blades were quite large and the shape of the blades suggested more of a whittling style, but the case had a very nice refillable blade storage box. I almost bought one, but I have about a hundred handles already.

I also have several cars that I've owned in project form. Like the 84 Mustang GT350 T-top hatch that was stripped of it's "whimpy" (as the previous owner called it) 2.3 Turbo and a 351 marine engine and a Tremec T5 was put in it's place, then a worse than Maaco white with olive green 2 tone was sprayed over an un-prepped oxidized original paint job. The car was as horriffic as they come, but man, that car was FAST! Or the 96 Ford Ranger extended cab that I bought when I came home from Korea. It was the newest car I ever owned, LOVED that truck. The 68 Ford Ranger that I bought just after I got married, which is a future project as soon as Mobeus debuts right around my birthday next year (or so they say). The 240SX that got me into imports, which I have now had for about 14 years now and have done some very extensive modifications to. I would LOVE to do a model of my first car, a 1980 VW Caddy/Rabbit Pickup, but just getting my hands on a decent MKI golf kit seems a daunting task without adding in the modifications to make it a pickup. The reason I build is because I can't build real ones all the time, plus if I did build real ones I'd get too attatched and wouldn't ever let them go to make room for new ones. Not only that but I couldn't ever do to real cars what I do with models. The reason I build the subjects that I build is the same as why I only collect certain hotwheels, I do what I like. plain and simple. I like custom, realistic cars. Muscle cars, hot rods, street rods, sport compacts, VIP, 4x4, big rigs, but the only race cars are ones that I think are cool like IMSA, GT, GT-R, some Le Mons cars, or anything that I think is cool that might also be a streetable car. as for the "track rat" mustang, I too keep coming back to that thread for inspiration. I thought it was a well done build and good for getting ideas of what to do and how to do it.

Thomas Edison said that he didn't consider the thousands of trials that didn't work as failures, but as thousands of ways not to make a light bulb

So it goes in the custom car industry. I don't know how many times I've seen people have to put spacers on wheels to make them fit, or roll/pull/cut fenders or inner fenders to keep wheels from rubbing. Will you be adding a rock guard to the fuel tank since it is so close to the wheel? lol I love what you're doing here. I never realized how high tech these old customs were. I always thought they were on VW chassis and T-bucket frames. A mid engine flat six, weather corvair or porsche, is pure sports car and obviously built for performance....or to be able to hide the engine. Either way, very cool

Very unique subject! I've never even heard of a 4L. I know of Renault, but we don't get these little cars here in the U.S. and if we ever see a kit, it's only because someone has imported it. You seem to be doing a fine job. I look forward to seeing it progress.

That's not stop motion. They used technology from model rail roading. Magnets under the table on tracks to pull the cars along. The cars on the road, if you look carefully, you'll see someone's hand just after shoving one past at high speed. Very cool video, I have always wanted to do a model car layout like that, but in 1/24/25, it would be overly massive.

Cadillac made one on a slightly newer chassis:

I wonder if Polyphony would license the gran turismo name to anyone. I would have to imagine Fujimi or Aoshima would be the companies to do it, since they have most of the cars already in their line up.

The siphon feed external mix units are great for painting large areas, but are really just slightly better than spray cans. That is true for all of that type of gun.

Look on eBay, there's a guy in england selling chineese airbrushes for like $25. I have one and use it primarily since it is dual action, internal mix, gravity fed and its super easy to keep clean.

Fujimi is a decent kit, but the interior and chassis details are merely representative of the 1:1, not that Tamiya is much better, but I will say Tamiya is a much better FITTING kit. Don't forget the Aoshima kits either. The Aoshima kits are right on par with Fujimi, so just pick your poison, but stay in the family to do a front end swap. As for the whole reason to DO the front end swap to build a Sil-Eighty, it makes no sense, however, to build a U.S. spec 240SX COUPE, it is manditory. Now the Tamiya kits only offer what us S-chassis nuts call the Pignose. It's the 89-90 or early version of the S13 which has 2 simulated vents in the front bumper that remind a person of nostrils. So if you want to do the "shark nose" you'll HAVE to get the Fujimi or Aoshima kits.

I didn't even notice that. There it was the guy in the Ferrari's fault. No lights at night. The guy in the jeep didn't see him. hahaha

It is possible, as they are the same basic chassis, but you'll have to swap the rear section of the chassis as well as the front body work, as the shape of the rear end is dramatically different. I did the same swap with some Aoshima kits. Both were from the Initial-D series. I built what you called the "one-via" since I owned a 1:1 but it's really just a US market 240sx coupe, and if you want it to be accurate, it has to be left hand drive. I've not done the Tamiya swaps, so I can't guarantee perfect fit, but it stands to reason you should be able to swap quite easily, just use a very fine cutting tool and make your cuts at the front of the doors, and I think there's a mold line at the rear of the chassis where you can cut and it should mostly be hidden by the fuel tank.

You must work for the Highway Patrol. lol Set up, I don't think so, over exaggerated, very much so. At least his insurance won't have to pay to fix the jeep. unfortunately, the damage to the wing and decklid on the ferarri will make his insurance company drop him. Or, since it's at what would be considered a "Motor sport event" insurance may not cover it at all.

Looks to me like the rims for the rear somehow ended up on the front and the front to the rear. Tires look to be in the right spots, though. This may be the reason the rim is poking out of the tire in the front. other than that, I'd say you've done a fine job for your first weathering attempt.