Italianhorses

It is kind of just encouraging another person to do what they want and to not care if anyone judges their decision, because they know what is best for themselves.

Yes, Eduard is great.

Nah, you do you, don't listen to me!

Interesting thread. I still have a few I built back in late 90-s early 2000-s... Don't have pictures right now, but maybe I should take some new ones with good camera.

Real nice looking model!

Looking really good!

That's quite a list!

Great color, but IMO metallic grain is way out of scale, maybe just looks that way in the pictures. Terrific paintjob though!

Thank you! Interesting you mention panel lines - except for re-scribing them a bit deeper before the primer (tamiya panel lines always felt a bit faint to me), I honestly have done nothing else to them. Darker paint color also helps, I think.

Thank you - yes, will try to stop by more often now that I'm back behind the bench. Thank you! I do try to take pictures with clean backgrounds to focus on the model instead of the clutter behind. I think that helps. Hey thanks! No, I'm not depressed! At least not anymore, was tough in the beginning. But if anything, I'm really enjoying my return to building! Again, thank you everyone for kind words and encouragement - much appreciated!

I see. Technically, this is what grey primer supposed to do. I honestly never had problems this, but maybe I'll give it a try. Thanks.

Thanks Dann, that Lusso build was what seems like ages ago. I still have the model, need to re-shoot it with modern camera!

Ha, please don't. Thanks!

Good! Hopefully this one will be there on the website at some point. Just need to finish it

What is "guide coat"?

Haha, yeah that's mine. I have not looked at that page in years, and just now realized how small the pictures are! I guess they were decent size for 2002! Without getting too much off track here, I really need to re-do my website up to modern standards and update pictures to bigger sizes. If any of you web-design gurus out there have skill and ability to help - please PM me! Thanks!

I built R34 V-Spec in Bayside ages ago (2002). Very nice color. http://italianhorses.net/Gallery/Tamiya/TamR34/tamr34.htm

Wow, I just went through all 15 pages of this, and all I can say is this is one incredible build. Superb detailing on what seems like a mediocre effort from Aoshima. Your interior is out of this world beautiful, and suspension/chassis detailing is absolutely top notch. Can't wait to see this one buttoned up!

Awesome, thanks!

This build will hopefully take less than 10 years. Can’t promise though. ? Anyway….so after building that…lets call it “challenging” ABC Dino kit, I decided I needed to build something that actually fit right, didn’t have to be re-worked, and had plenty of reference material to build properly. So, old, well-fitting and nicely designed, trouble free Tamiya kit seemed like a good start, right? Wanted something simple. Picked up this R32 kit on eBay the other day - always liked these Skylines, my brother had one back in the 90’s, and I currently am seriously considering bringing one to Texas. So this felt like a good choice: The kit itself requires no introduction, it did however arrive slightly damaged, with roof squished in, and radiator support bracket snapped. Had to repair both pillars and the bracket before proceeding – turned out just fine, luckily was a clean break: Body was primed with Tamiya grey, artifacts sanded off, ready for color coat: I picked Bayside Blue for the color, had the paint from Zero Paints sitting in the box for 10 years. Stunning color. Cleared with Dupont Chromaclear. Polished with Tamiya coarse, 3M finish, and Treatment model wax for shine. Had a few tiny specs land on the clear, but luckily was able to polish those out: Then long and tedious process of cleaning up all the parts – remove parting lines, fill the sink holes, cut the burrs – you know the drill. Bunch of black and aluminum/metal parts painted: Started with the engine. It’s a nicely designed powerplant, lacking detail by modern standards, but still good. I wish they would give the lettering in the middle of the cam cover as a decal, but they didn’t, had to paint it and well… I’m not very good at detail work anymore, came out ok I guess, filled in couple of letters there. Will spare you progress shots, but here are few pix of the engine before I stuffed it into the front subframe carrier – added some minor details like fuel rail, coil pack harness, couple of vacuum hoses, some hose clamps, etc. Surprisingly good level of engraving on some parts, but then its Tamiya after all. Engine is mounted on the subframe carrier: Next, I started working on the chassis. After studying several underside pictures, I painted it with some primer showing through in the mid-section, cause most cars I saw had that portion rustproofed or some such, and it was this grey-yellowish color, so I thought that was a good way to replicate that finish. Turned out great. Decided to add some heat shielding before installing the engine and suspension: Installed front subframe and other suspension bits in the front: Same with the rear suspension/fuel tank/exhaust : Overall, I think it looks great, will still add few bits here and there, but I’m trying not to get carried away, as this was planned as a “box-stock” kinda build…. Finally, couple of the shots of the engine bay as it sits right now. A bit bare, but there are still a few additions that I plan to fill up the empty spots. There are few little bits that I have already added there – drilled out front shock mounts and added strut stocks sticking through, battery cables, etc. So this is where I am at the moment.

What a color!

Love the paintjob, turned out terrific!

Looks wonderful, didn't think silver would suit this car, but it does.

Haha, very cool!

The interior is looking sharp! If you want to add some seatbelts, hobby lobby and such sell this very thin ribbon (ask for 2mm) in different colors, I usually get red, black, and white. One yard of each should last you a lifetime. Then you could grab one of these photoetched kits off eBay with various buckles and hardware, and build your own harness.