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Beautiful, those later shots do the model the justice it deserves!
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Thanks Lloyd, much appreciated. Thanks to you too, Mike. Yes, it's a simple trick but I like the result too. Thanks a lot, Dann, I sure hope so. Btw, I am currently working on fitting the aftermarket wheels and brake discs to the chassis in such a way as to have a proper stance. Only after that I will start shooting the body color, paint the rims and finish the interior. Not least in order to later remember how exactly I did those things (in the likely case I will be using these ScaleProduction parts again on another Porsche model), I will show a detailed WIP later on.
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Looking great! Clear did work out exactly the way it should imho. Details on the chassis bottom pretty much go to show what can be done on such a simple kit! -
Stance and Fujimi wheels are looking fine already, looking forward to seeing this painted...
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Another great one, Ludwig!
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Thanks a lot, Dann! I'll take that as compliment... Thanks, Gary appreciated! Thanks, Alex. Also for your suggestions, I'll try to take my photos to another "level". Thanks, Kurt. I didn't really like the Diablo either when it was first released in 1990. But the car matured on me in the course of the years. To me the major improvement in the design was changing the pop-up headlights for the beautiful under-glass headlights in '99. I LOVE under-glass headlights! By the way, the ones used on the Diablo are same ones like on the nice Nissan 300 ZX (starting in 1990). Thanks to you too, Terry!
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Excellent build! Love it...
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Fortunately I was able to get one of these "gems" again: Anybody wanna take a guess on what my favourite Porsche is...? (no, they are not all for me...)
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Thanks JC and Alex, there'll be more flocking for the floor mats. Moreover I am planning on making the seats and belts the same color scheme like on the iPad photo. I gather a bit of a "friendly grey" and red belts will lighten up the otherwise dark interior. And I will use Dann's way of making the buckles... Thanks, William! It's a great compliment that my build might inspire you to go for a Porsche build yourself. Would like to see that! Danke, Dann! As mentioned above, I will use your way of making the buckles. Hopefully they turn out to be half as good as yours...
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Koenig Competition Ferrari Testarossa (1/24 scale by Fujimi)
Tommy124 replied to Tommy124's topic in Model Cars
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NJ, first of all, nice model! I especially like the varnish, interior and the wheels. I also visited your website, especially the "About" section is a very amusing read. I like that style! Your website domain is saved as I will sooner or later come back to you on US car decals. You seem to have a lot goods ones of them on offer. Final question: as on your website you state that you do all paintjobs except for metallics with a brush, has the Road Runner been done with a brush too??
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Thanks folks, appreciated! Thanks to you too Atin! Not quite sure about what you mean. True, the glass has been a bit out of shape and so had a rather bad fit, especially in the A pillar area. But I don't remember it as being thick. But I applied a decal on top of the windscreen in order to simulate a "sun protection stripe" of tinted glass (I don't know the English word, would be happy to learn it...), maybe that is what makes it appear thickish to you...?
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I fully agree!
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Koenig Competition Ferrari Testarossa (1/24 scale by Fujimi)
Tommy124 replied to Tommy124's topic in Model Cars
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Hi folks, I'd like to show another one I built some time ago. This was actually the first model I finished when I got back into modelling in 2016 after a 20 year hiatus (so please be mercyful on your judgement). I had seen lots of scratch builds on the internet back then and I had the urge to try some of that on my own. As a result, I built the ROG Lambo (this one: https://www.scalemates.com/kits/155383-revell-07351-lamborghini-diablo-sv) and added quite some scratch-building, mostly in order to create some kind of a "raceday look". I used Evergreen parts in order to make an overall widening on the body. Moreover, horrible ROG kit rims and tyres were replaced using a Fujimi set of OZ Futura 18" rims and wider tyres from the spare parts box. Styrene sheets and CF decals were used in order to make a front splitter and a rear wing. Wire end ferrules have been used to create an exhaust system looking similar to that of the Diablo GT (the Aoshima Diablo GT kit hadn't been released yet at the time). Metal mesh has been used to replace the plastic in the rear engine cooler. The cover of the quick filling system is a PE part from Scale Production, just like the seat belts and several "racing" decals used. Painting has been done using ZP Graphite Grey and 1k clear, the latter being quite a disappointing product. Hope you like it anyway!
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Thanks a lot, Dann. I'm glad you like the progress... That makes sense, JC. A competition racer will be stripped of carpets etc. as far as possible. For "my" car, this is more like a more powerful, lightweight and widebody - but still roadgoing - version of the Carrera. So there may be some carpet. Speaking of which... This is more or less what I am trying to archieve: In order to replicate the "RS 3.8" lettering, I made a small paper printout from an image I found on the internet. I glued it into place prior to the flocking. I added the "lightweight" door handles made out of styrene to the SB door panels. There will be additional red "hand loops" on each side which I will make out of red seat belt textile. I tried it out on one panel already. Test fit: To be continued...
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This is looking like a top notch job, JC (and it sure IS one)! I love the idea of creating an exclusive or rare niche model based on a mass production model. I'd like to see how you do the 4 square air inlet holes on the front of the car. Have you worked that out yet?
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Thanks JC. In fact I was contemplating to do the same "cutting job" but decided to work my way around it. Note that the shape of the "seat pans" is still visible in the car, so to me it's mainly about removing the leather upholstery structure on the seats and backrest and cutting/ sanding down the higher parts of the backrest. I guess this will look alright once the black flocking has been done...
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Fujimi 1/24 BMW Z4 GT3 Presentation Version
Tommy124 replied to Italianhorses's topic in WIP: Model Cars
First of all, this is coming along very nicely, Alex. Looking forward to the next steps... I'm not too big a fan of modern BMW design, but the Z4 sure is an exception, just as it is a very good race car (proved by numerous wins in several 24 hour races). A bit shocked about Dann not being stocked better in the bimmer department... I would definitely go for the Fujimi EM/ ROG BMW 6 series kit. Fujimi has just re-released the BMW M635 CSi kit (https://www.scalemates.com/kits/1107949-fujimi-126500-bmw-m635csi) so it should be easily available. Some guy built the Alpina version of that very nicely some time ago: http://italianhorses.net/Gallery/Fujimi/B7 Alpina/b7.htm As regards the 850i kit, this was released in late 1990 as part of the ROG "Premium" series. That was ROG's counterpart to Fujimi's EM series, although there was a co-operation between them including ROG releasing EM series kits (Porsche 911, Ferrari 246, BMW 6 series). I remember so well because I bought it for 50 German marks then (a lot of money back in the day) and built it right away. The kit basically was fine imho with it's main problem being the fixing of the rear and front bumpers without ruining the paint job. Last year I restored my old 850i - which had practically fallen apart during all those years - with a new paint job and using some new parts like Fujimi rims + brake disks and "M style" mirrors. If you don't mind me posting it here, Alex, I'd like to show one photo of that:
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I guess I know what you mean. I don't think the Porsche has this, but regardless it won't have any effect on my build, as I will have the whole area painted in body color. Back to business... I took a shot at the body with good old grey Tamiya primer spray. Looks okay to me so far: Happy not to see any ghostlines from the sunroof that was filled and sanded earlier on. Let's hope it stays that way... Just like the rest of the kit, the interior is full of flaws. It's all just 911 Carrera/ turbo and as those cars are not lightweight, further modifications have to be made. This is what it looks like box-stock: On the ipad image you can see that there are not supposed to be any back seats. It's all basically stripped back there and covered with black carpet. I will cut, scrape and sand down the parts that formerly were the back seats, in order to have an even area that later will be covered using black flocking. Rear loudspeakers have to go too... The same goes for the door panels, they have that typical 911 leather look, whereas the RS has even, simple panels. So these pieces have to be cut out and will later be replaced by SB parts. As mentioned earlier on, I will use Scale Production race seats as a replacement for the kit's standard 911 seats. As the resin seats do not have the belt holes on their sides, these will have to be made using the hand drill. To be continued...
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Looks good already and the clearcoat will surely eliminate the decals' roughness! Btw, I just noticed on the photo with the Tamiya can that there is a German newspaper beneath it... Any particular reason for that?
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Saw this on the German forum already... Excellent result!
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Guess you are one of the very first to have that kit completed? This looks very nice. Painting and decals are spot on!
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My thoughts exactly!
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Keeps looking great, Dann! But tell me, you're not done yet with masking, right? I mean, not all body parts will be totally covered with clear - and you'll have to cover the inside body parts too, if I'm not mistaken?
