Scale-Master

Final assembly of the body is time consuming with some of the parts/sub-assemblies being on the delicate side, and the real car having some complex lines and features, but they all fit very well. The trick is to just take time to install them and let the cement for each addition fully dry before moving to the next. Excuse the dust… It will get a wipe down and waxing before being mated to the chassis.

Yep, even without the body at least 90% of the engine is obscured from view.

The roof was airbrushed with LP-1 Black reduced with the Tamiya lacquer thinner. I hand brushed the bases of the A pillars and the trim above the taillights with the same paint.

The are plated parts from the kit. And you have the choice of LHD or RHD. I agree Matt, the potential reflections could be very distracting. One of my Corvettes has high gloss carbon fiber on the console and just driving next to power lines is still very distracting.

The are plated parts from the kit. And you have the choice of LHD or RHD. I agree Matt, the potential reflections could be very distracting. One of my Corvettes has high gloss carbon fiber on the console and just driving next to power lines is still very distracting.

I don't think much of the engine or chassis will be visible once the car is done, but I went ahead and detail painted every part as called out in the instructions just for fun. That was quite a bit of drill time for the brake rotors. There are indentations molded in that help with the pattern. So far every piece fits great.

I used Tamiya LP and acrylic paints for the interior. Pearl White and various blacks and grays. Since I brush painted the acrylic colors, and it was pretty warm here, I used the Tamiya paint retarder and was very pleased how it worked and made the paint flow smoothly.

Tamiya 1/24th scale kit. I'm building it in the Nouvelle Blue Pearl exterior with Orchid interior as offered in 2017. I started with the body so it could cure while the rest of the car was being built. I used Tamiya LP-47 Pearl Blue, it covers well and glosses up even better.

Replica of the TR4 that Bob Tullius raced at Sebring in 1963 as it is in modern times. I started with this die-cast and created all the graphics.

All the graphics are on it including the new badges and scripts. I designed and printed the decals.

The stripe color is the same shade of blue as the die-cast was originally painted so I mixed a match to it with Tamiya lacquers before repainting the car white

Thanks guys! This is 1/18th scale and the manufacturer is Jadi, (not Jada). The steering wheel needed a little punching up so I added wood grain to the rim.

The body was painted white (Tamiya Lacquer). The roof and windshield are molded in clear and the decals on the windows needed to be kept in place, so some creative masking was employed to repaint both the inside and the outside. The metal beading at the seams of the fenders are the raw die-cast body polished out.

Starter 1/43rd resin kit. Fun project.

This will be a TR4 that Bob Tullius raced at Sebring in 1963 as it is in modern times. I started with this die-cast. After a complete disassembly I filled the holes on the hood and trunk where the lights were attached.