Funkychiken

Im still undecided on that, but leaning toward just finishing as is....

This was sanded (carefully) from Tamiya Wet and dry 1000 grit, 1500, 2000, then Micromesh 3200, 3600, 4000, 6000 & 8000. Then Tamiya compounds Coarse, Fine & finish. The first 2 images show how shiny I got it. It is "scuffed" and scratches, but with a clean shine. Its not perfect, as the bumpy areas were not sanded thouroughly to avoid burn through. I did actually burn through in 1 bit, the last 2 photos show the burn through and the prep to re-coat this area... Happy so far!

The Body was coated with Tamiya Aerosol metallic black, it seemed to go OK (first pic). But the clear coat - Tamiya Clear Aerosol did not go down so well. The last pictures you see here are all after micromesh (3200 to 8000) then Tamiya polishing system Coarse, Fine, Finish. I'm not happy with the result, but its not the end of the world, I'll be finishing the kit as is. Next up is masking and the trim parts...

So now the interior, chassis and engine are assembled, just waiting to get started on the body shell! Wish me luck, my clear coating has been awful recently...

Thats a neat charger!

Superb build, love the attention to detail!

Its a beautiful car to see on the roads... I've only seen one at work (I work for Ford) they have a yellow one that is often used at shows. looks stunning "in the flesh"!

Interior tub is now finished, the extra details took some effort, they don't look perfect, but through the windows they will look good enough. The body shell was clear coated with Zero 2K on the BH weekend. not great results, mostly heavy orange peel. going to have to get the sanding and polishing kit out...

Looking amazing! Tha js for sharing all the detail and steps you are taking, love reading along!

Cool build, i do like this livery. These Fird GTs look the biz.

Looks fantastic, especially for the scale. Those mods make the model much better. That paint finish looks amazing, im assuming it isnt clear coated? Looks much better than from the aerosol can.

Wow, that dash is something else! Great build as always!

That's much better than the kit suggested grey. Cool build!

Its a cool build, snd you have given it a custom type colour, so it's almost in keeping with your other builds

Cool charger! Looks mean and moody in those colours

Vwry inventive,.nice volour combo too.

Despite the fact that you are not a big fan of R34s, you've built a beautiful one. Love it!

Amazingly good finish on the body, looks perfect. I really like the subject too. Cool build!

An interesting custom! I really like the colour combo

Cool porche, looks great in Pink

Minor update, the extra pieces I've scratched have been assembled into the interior tub. Next up is final assey of the interior, then I still need to 2k Clear coat thebody shell...

The Chassis is now assembled The dash's glue is drying The light clustoers took a while, this is the 3rd attempt. Each piece is tiny and handling made them fall appart. SO i ended up using super glue ILO PVA... not fogged up, so I'm happy. Each light cluser is 5 pieces, each light housing is 3 pieces, very detailed, and so far looking OK.

Super cool Countach, looks the business. I do love the colour pearl white on those black wheels!

Thanks Bob, so far so good. I do love Tamiya kits for their great engineering

Hi Kari, Proscale are fairly similar to Zero Paints from Hiroboy. They are "airbrush ready" so perfect for Airbrushing, but they are not suitable for paint brush brushing like the LP paints from Tamiya are. I mostly Airbrush & find that I have to thin Tamiya LP by about 30 to 50% (up to 1 to 1) for airbrushing. So they smell just like LP, Zero paints they are not as bad as Tamiya Aerosol, but I use an Organic filter mask every time I use all of these paint. Tamiya Acrylics are obviously less harmful and less smelly, but airbost fin chemicals are bad for you eitherway, so I ALWAYS use my organic filter & also have excellent ventication too... hope that helps