Tommy124

Thanks Ron!

Thanks, Ken! Good idea about "adjusting" the looks of the Koenig by using slantnose parts. I'd like to see that! Have to disagree though on the taillights. They are Audi 200, not Porsche 944. See the images below...

Hi folks, I'd like to start a WIP on this project. It's about this Fujimi kit: https://www.scalemates.com/kits/966180-fujimi-12450-porsche-911-carrera-3-8-rs Basically, I have started this kit already in May 2017. But gradually finding out about it's numerous shortcomings (more about that later), I put it aside for the time being. Some days ago, after finishing the Porsche 928 S, I opened the kit's box again and it clicked! So I decided to proceed with it. The first step I did last year already, is that I filled the panels of the sunroof. No Porsche RS ever came with a sunroof! I used styrene melted in glue for filling back then. I used this instead of regular filler because I heard that glue can help to prevent the appearance of ghostlines. Someday soon, we'll see if that's true... It does not look too nice but the surface is even and smooth as glass. There are quite a lot of aftermarket parts that I will use on this one. Nearly all of them are coming from Scale Production (SP), a German specialist exactly for these kind of things. Here are the parts: The 964 RS model comes with a different kind of rear bumper but the Fujimi kit has the regular Carrera one. So I cut that out and replaced it with a resin bumper part from SP: It took some sanding and filling with Plasti-Zap CA, but it worked out okay. The big rear wing has been fixed at this stage too: As can be seen, the wing needed filling as it's one part with the engine cover. On the lower side just aswell as the upper side: A little mock-up with the wing "board" fixed. I love that view! The Fujimi kit comes with molded-on door handles like this: Proxxon time! I also drilled 2 holes for the separate SP door handles to be fixed in later on: Like that: That's all for now. I hope you like my progress.

Visitor's day in the Duplicolor Arena... Batch processing about to start!

I don't think so... That is one of the ZG versions (longer front part, glass covers on the headlights) and those kits have the fender flares molded to the body. See these images: https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/image/10243799

Thanks folks, for the kind words. Appreciate it! Thanks, John! I'll try to live up to that... Thanks, Dann! You're absolutely right about the exhaust tips, they look a bit thickish, especially on those rear view photos. Too kind about the compliment! One thing's for certain, I am learning a lot here, not least from you! Thanks, Lloyd. As I mentioned above, finding the right wheels and tyres was one of the great tasks about this kit. As I said I have eventually taken the rims from a Fujimi kit because they look nice. But as far as tires are concerned, there is not one single of them many, many Fujiimi Countach kits that has tire sizes somewhere near the way they should be. Thanks to you too, Dan! I think Italeri is really underrated. They do good kits with nice bodies and details, but as we all know, they can't do wheels and tires. So you need to make sure you got the right wheels in your spare parts box before you can properly complete an Italeri kit. That's a bit stupid, right? Then again I like the fact that Italeri reach a good level of detailing with significantly less parts than Fujimi EM kits.

Lovely color, great chrome job, beautiful model!

It's this one: https://www.scalemates.com/kits/939397-fujimi-039299-nissan-fairlady-240zg But I would rather go for one of those kits with separate fender flares because this one has them molded to the body. And masking them (in case you want to go for a 2-color-scheme) is not as easy as one would think... which is why mine are painted in body color, too. Personally, I would rather go for this kit now: https://www.scalemates.com/kits/322912-fujimi-038421-nissan-fairlady-z-432 However, that is the short "Z" version and not the longer "ZG" one.

Beautiful, I love it!

Good job on this one! I'm regularly annoyed by those self-adhesive stickers in Snap kits too, but you found an acceptable solution to the problem. About the Molotov, did you seal those parts with Alclad Aqua Gloss or anything else?

Hi Dann, your wish is my command: http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/topic/136205-lamborghini-countach-anniversary-124-scale-by-italeri/

Hi folks, I would like to show you this one which I finished around 1 year ago. So right about that, Dann! The reason why I chose the Italeri over the Fujimi is... I don't know! In fact, I like the body shape of the Italeri a bit more, it's a bit wider in the front area, maybe more massive. The Fujimi probably is more true to scale, but I don't know. Anyways, I had bought the Italeri second-hand (some of the body parts were glued but that was all) so it was available. I have the Fujimi Anniversary Countach kit too, but only the non-EM kit without the engine. As I wanted to do one with an engine, this was the one to go for. As with most Italeri kits, the rims and tyres are a complete no-go. Even though the design of the rims itself is not that bad, they are all the same size and imho you just cannot do that on a Countach. As a result of my search on the internet I bought a set of Fujimi aftermarket rims + tyres with MUCH to wide rear tyres. Fortunately those were just right for Marcel_T4's massive Turbo Countach build, so he got them from me... As for my Anniversary Countach, I finally decided to use the rims from my Fujimi kit but as ALL Fujimi Countach tyres are too small in width, I had to add some wider ones from my spare parts box. Another modification that has been made is that I used the the "pointed" rear wing from the Aoshima QV 5000 kit. There are 2 wings included in that kit, the pointed one and the straight one. Back in the day, I always liked the Anniversary Countach without the rear wing but nowadays I think all Countach's except for the LP 400 HAVE to have one... The body color is ZP Lamborghini Blu Caelum, a very beautiful metallic blue which has been sealed with ZP 2k clear. Rims have been painted using AK Interactive's Gun Metal. Enough said, here come the images, hope you like them:

Thanks, Simòn! Iirc, it's AK Interactive Gun Metal. Thanks to you too, Matthew! Yes, it was a lot of work but I'm happy with it now...

Thanks, John. Appreciated!

LOL... I guess your result proves you made all the right moves in not using clear. And myself I'm not one to go for clear coat where it is not required either (see my Fairlady model). Did I mention already that one of my current builds is the same model with the exact same decals (Tamiya '83 Porsche 956 with Rothmans livery)? And I will use 2k ZP clear on it... Hopefully I will be able to show a more positive result after that...

Thanks JC, good to know!

Great progress here! I'll keep following. Btw, I have to admit that each time I visited this WIP thread there has been a feeling of sadness due to my trading of the Italeri kit two years ago. In order to end that melancholy and with a bit of luck, I managed to buy one Italeri Daytona Competizione for a reasonable price on Ebay last week-end! It's still in sealed condition, so let's hope the decals are fine!

Indeed it is. Thanks for that aswell, Dann. I was about to complain about not being able to get those Testors/ Model Master colors here in Germany anymore. BUT: I just saw that there is a Polish webshop and they have 437 different MM colors on offer. I always loved to work with those colors in the 90's and now I will again!

Partners in crime... so am I! That pretty much sums it up I guess. A JOY to watch and learn!

Thanks guys!

Thanks again for your kind words, guys, appreciated!

Thanks again, folks! I was just waiting for that pro-911 comment. I like them both but they are very different, and that is good! Btw, working on another 911 right now...

Wow man, that looks mighty REAL!

I'm not in the habit of making excuses for any kind of product, BUT from what I can see on the images there, I don't imagine the guy did it the right way. It is absolutely necessary to do as recommended by ZP: "Please remember to apply a few mist coats over the decals before the wet coats." The reason why I think that this has not been done is that on the last image you can see the Rothmans blue color practically bleeding out of the panel lines. To me that looks like the guy applied way too much clear on the first go, maybe even added too much thinners...

Kurt, you are right about this. In the early 80‘s there was a German/Swiss movie called „Car Napping“. It featured several cars by bb, also the (first?) Imperator. See this trailer, Isdera appearing at 0:37 minutes: