da_ashman

Great work, Its such a great kit that one!

Not a bad obsession to have!!! Looking good!

Hey Guys Had another successful weekend of painting! heres my progress! Interior, I added some "carpet" to the floor & rear seat delete. then spraypainted it matte black & airbrushed in some colour variation with a dark grey. Then made progrerss with the body, got the dark brown & caramel colour masked & airbrushed on seperate days. Still got 2 more colours to add to the body before I clearcoat it, & a few touchups. Now considering a matte finish, not sure If I gloss clearcoat it first to sand it. Stay Tuned Ash

Great work, looks awesome!

Nice work, looks awesome!!

Hey guys! I made a heap of progress over the weekend, by the time i realised i hadnt taken any photos the sun was setting, so theyre not great pics... but progress is progress. Masks were applied to the SMS Sand in prepartion for the next colour, forgot to get pics of this before I masked it up ready for the next colour which I didnt end up getting a chance to spray (family popped over for a visit...) but you can see the colour difference in the first pic. Chassis got clearcoated & now just needs the carpet area painted. I'm pretty stoked as to how my wheels come out, Saw a picture a few weeks ago of a similar S13 silvia that had the same wheels but they were Matte Black with Bronze lips, I thought that was just awesome! So i wanted to do it, which proved harder than expected, theres currently no chrome bronze paint I could find, so Lips were painted gloss black & 2K clearcoated, then Alclad Chrome then Badgers Minitaire paint line 'Ghost Tint Brown', basically an acrylic candy bronze. & voila they look awesome! Pics arnt great, i'll get some better ones over the weekend when Im home & the suns out (fingers crossed!) Still got lots to do, but now with an almost complete chassis, parts can finally start to be placed together. Stay Tuned Ash

Nice!! Love the colour, Great work!

Perfect Wheels, Perfect body & bonnet combo, Perfect colour! Great Job Mate!!

Looks great in blue!!

Nice work! Love the Murcielago, such a beautiful car that got better with age!

Nice one Rick! Firebird looks awesome!!! The Stool truck is my favorite! Great idea! Cant wait to see more!!! I managed to make a bit of progress over the weekend! Painting has finally commenced! First Basecoat is on, I've used SMS paints sand, which covers increibly well, 2 light coats over grey primer & its perfect! Sadly there will be very little of this colour left once Im done. I needed to do this one first as it was the only Laquer paint im using. The Masks have been cut & ready to go, next up is the main slightly darker colour & the darkest brown. The Soviets decided to paint the interior in a colour they're familiar with, so after much research they decided to paint the interior in Russian Cockpit Turquoise, to match their MiG & Su fighter planes. This was actually a very difficult choice, but a post on another aircraft forum regarding different colours that could be used I struggled to get hold of one that was "accuarte" but managed to find a Vallejo colour that was pretty much what i wanted, it was very difficult to paint, had to thin it with water! trying to get the right consistency took a few attempts! Pretty happy with it overall, the photos don't really show the right colour (looks closer to the colour on the spoon) & it needs a clearcoat. More soon! Ash

Jhedir - that colour looks fantastic!! Cant wait to see more!! Ive had the last 2 days off work being sick & looking after sick kids, so while they were napping I got some bench time! Had also made some decent progress before that too. Scratchbuilt the roll-cage, went with a Tigercage design. Added A little something Russian to keep the soviets ahead.... Also mostly finished up the pipping for the turbo / intercooler etc. I'm going to lift the rear turbo up a bit. & with big brother... Decided to piece everything together to see how it fits, what changes needed to be made etc. I was pretty happy with how things were looking at this point, but realised the turbos needed some fresh air... So I cut a massive hole out of the bonnet, kinda wish I didnt, bit i did... I'll fill this area in with some PE mesh & paint it with the car. Speaking of colours, Ive got them all now! Hoping to get some painting done over the weekend! Fingers crossed! Ash

Great work as always Mr Zoom Zoom! Such a cool little car! Really great to see it beside some of your other work! Does it fit in the tray of the F150? prob not far off...

Looking Good!!

Cheers for the tip on the fitment issue! It'll be good to see one in Red!! Are you also using Plamoz's etch set? the plastic grill mesh is awful in the kit! Agree on the boxes too, Tamiya / Fujimi / aoshima / Revell USA all have 2 part boxes that are so much easier to work out of!

Hey Mate, they're from C1 Models RWB 993 Transkit, it came with 2 sets of wheels I choose the other set for my RWB build. I cant remember the name of the wheel but pretty sure its not Work Mesieters S1, the spokes are too narrow, he doesn't sell wheels separate anymore, which is a BLAH_BLAH_BLAH_BLAH shame coz he does some great wheels!

Looking Good!!!

I like this idea, but maybe hybrids too, imagine a Big V8 with a F1 style Hy-KERS system, hell Porsche just shattered the lap record round the 'ring with a turbo 4cycl Hybrid with 1100hp! applications are endless!

Had another succesful eveing at the bench! Wheels are ready for paint, trimed down the lips to suit the tires. Got stuck in & finished off the rear exhaust system, pretty happy with how its come out, still lots of tidying up to do tho. Also got the majortiy of the twin turbo exhaust built. Still lots to do!

Great project!!!

Oh as for ideas for next years theme, What about v8s? to keep those that didnt want an inline happy... or 4 Doors Revell Kits only (that could be a challenge, depending on LHS stock....)

Nice one Rick, Welcome! "2JZ No S#!T" The Soviet Silvia has been making progress lately, I decidied to remove the spare wheel well to allow for a better exhaust setup & the tunnel was also enlarged. The engine bay is now complete, Ive added alot of detail with different thickness vinyl shapes that ive cut. & finally the missing rear bumper support structure was constructed. Made a start on the exhaust system & spent alot of time refining the fit of the bodykit & sanding it smooth. Hoping to have it in the paint booth in a couple of weeks, got the first base colour now just need to scource a couple more! Stay tuned! Ash

Simply amazing!!! Great detail!!! So whats the next Z to be finished?

I can let the admin guy know, its a pretty small group, only about 300 i think, but great community! We also have a monthly meeting where we share our builds & talk $#!+ for a few hours

Great work, Looks awesome!!