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Even though the carbon fiber decal is awful, it looks so good.

I dont know about you guys, but these promo shots make it look much more like a inexpensive toy than usual. the carbon decals are pretty bad but atleast i can use it as a template, prob doesnt help that they painted the aero bits semi gloss black and not more satin

greatly look forward to this, the Tamiya performance car kits are always top notch.

excellent photography, what is your camera and photo set up like?

lol, how did this post get revived? more info on the build was here

some new pics on the tamiya usa page. https://www.tamiyausa.com/shop/124-sports-car-series/gma-t50/

tamiya cars must sell poorly overall if they are dropping the skill to entry by molding it in silver plastic, these models aint cheap in canada afterall... Dont like how they made the windows the same as the mclaren sennas, wish they just gave us window masks, the end result where the window should be glossy black isnt nice looking or refects the real car.

here is the unpainted model being shown at tamiyas flagship store, suprised they molded the body in high sheen silver, very good use of photoetch on the rear

was going to use a DSLR but it was low on battery and I didnt have a charger on me so iphone pics will do for now.

Alright, all done! decided to drill out the rear grill which was a pita. The build is far from perfect but its good enough

Just about on the home stretch now, just afew more carbon decals and I think il drill out the rear grill and that should be about it, getting the front airfoils in was a major pain in the ass.

Some progress pics after afew weeks, just have to do some more carbon decals, they are pretty tricky as you can tell by my many wrinkles.

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4001276991964.html?spm=a2g0s.9042311.0.0.5ad14c4dYsLWmC I got hexagonal and obtuse diamond, but yea the rear grill I cant do unfortunately, im sure someone will make a third party F/E kit but that will take several months

small update, Got the body paint down and my aliexpress order came in. The metal mesh is close enough, I bought mesh for the rear grill but its much too small so il stick with the plastic piece I guess. since the side grill is see through now I did scratch build a rad to fill in the hollow part

New poster here, knew this kit was pretty hot so I thought id document my progress. Just about completed the interior section, now to start on the body, going to do volcano orange. Going to try LP-53 clear orange over the silvers/chromes i have on me on spoons first, maybe alclad chrome or SM08 plate silver next. I tried the carbon stocking method for the first time and it was pretty meh,dont mind since it will mostly be hidden, will use SMO decals on the body. did black primer then stocking>gunmetal>remove stocking>smoke>semigloss. I also tried to imitate alcantara by mixing flat black with C188 flat base rough sprayed under thinned at 30 psi to make a textured look, I think it turned out just OK as you can see on the door panel. Also since 4 wheel steering was recreated, there were some fitment issues with the rear axles and I had to modify it abit to get the camber Trued.