da_ashman Posted October 9, 2016 Posted October 9, 2016 Hey Guys Been working on this one for awhile, Its a Tamiya R35 GTR with Eightyone's LB Widebody kit. Ive also used Eightyones Brixton 21" wheels, although the tires where rubbish 19" tires stretched over the 21" wheels, So I replaced them with C1 Models 20" tires instead, much better looking & heaps wider!.Other Mods include converting the intake to HKS GT800 spec, Seibon Carbon Bonnet & Carbon rearseat delete. Transkit came with Bride (?) seats & I also changed the exhaust to a resin MCR exhaust from A+ club.Colour is Interference Violet clearcoat powder over R35 Midnight Purple. Had a few issues with this but ended up not too bad.Reasonably happy with the result. Let me know what you think! I used Need For Speed to modify to what I wanted then built it.Heres what I started with & the Result. (changed a few things along the way, but more or less similar to my NFS car) The colour really changes depending on what type of light is around, heres a pic under halogens Interior Hanging out with the rest of the R35 Clan Hanging with my other LB build, one more to come too! Thanks for looking, let me know what you think. CheersAsh
bbowser Posted October 9, 2016 Posted October 9, 2016 Not my cup of tea, but outstanding paint, fit, and finish. Well done!
drsnapper55 Posted October 10, 2016 Posted October 10, 2016 I like it - your finish is really good, and I like the color choice. The cuts and styling on this car reminds me of one of my favorites - the Mitsubishi Starion.
cobraman Posted October 10, 2016 Posted October 10, 2016 Looks good ! I see you have a city turbo hiding back there.
da Speedinger Posted October 10, 2016 Posted October 10, 2016 i like it a lot!your reference car has the wide body kit painted in body color, but i think using semi-gloss black or carbon fibre decals would rock even more.here's a sample of what i mean:
da_ashman Posted October 10, 2016 Author Posted October 10, 2016 (edited) Looks good ! I see you have a city turbo hiding back there. Cheers! I Do indeed, it was a fun little quick build, the wheels on it are awesome!! Actually pretty sad story about those cool little cars, some Australian company had brought all of them from the 1 make race series, & they were all sitting at the port waiting to be put on the ship to Aussie when the Japan Tsunami happened a few years ago, the whole lot were destroyed! ( if my memory serves me correctly from a few years ago) Edited October 10, 2016 by da_ashman
da_ashman Posted October 10, 2016 Author Posted October 10, 2016 i like it a lot!your reference car has the wide body kit painted in body color, but i think using semi-gloss black or carbon fibre decals would rock even more.here's a sample of what i mean: Cheers, Yeah I did seriously consider this, I had seen a GTR built with Matte Carbon fenders & thought that was pretty cool. Still considering doing that to the Audi R8 LB works I want to get.
Ace-Garageguy Posted October 10, 2016 Posted October 10, 2016 (edited) Pretty wild. I usually like Liberty Walk's styling. Nice work. Edited October 10, 2016 by Ace-Garageguy
Joe Handley Posted October 11, 2016 Posted October 11, 2016 Looks great, I gotta agree with Bill here too, not sure why, but I do dig their body kits!
Roger U Posted October 11, 2016 Posted October 11, 2016 I don't like the look of the stock GTR but your model, with the modifications you added and the paint, is REALLY nice looking. Very nice model.
LittleDrummerBoy Aka LDB Posted October 11, 2016 Posted October 11, 2016 Classic color for a gtr. Makes me think of the special midnight purple from gran turismo 2 and 4.
Chrischu33 Posted October 11, 2016 Posted October 11, 2016 Very very nice. We need more tuners/widebody builds here, its always American cars being built
rsxse240 Posted October 11, 2016 Posted October 11, 2016 That's really cool! I got to see a real liberty walk R35 here in Oklahoma at Coffee and Cars meet.
Twokidsnosleep Posted October 11, 2016 Posted October 11, 2016 FANTASTIC build You nailed this one!!!
martinfan5 Posted October 11, 2016 Posted October 11, 2016 It turned out really nice, giving my Huracan some competition for the contest
Intmd8r Posted October 11, 2016 Posted October 11, 2016 Nice work - love the burnt Titanium look on the exhaust
Modlbldr Posted October 11, 2016 Posted October 11, 2016 Sweet build. Very aggressive looking. Nice work you did on it.Later-
JustAce Posted October 12, 2016 Posted October 12, 2016 Absolutely love the colour, is the interference violet powder from the parts box? I have all of their powder but Im yet to give them a try!
da_ashman Posted October 12, 2016 Author Posted October 12, 2016 It turned out really nice, giving my Huracan some competition for the contest Cheers! lol, yeah that part seams to have been forgotten about. But i guess when only 6-7 people actually finish before the dealine & in only 2 of the prize catergories, its hard to determine a winner... Loved your Huracan!!!
da_ashman Posted October 12, 2016 Author Posted October 12, 2016 That's really cool! I got to see a real liberty walk R35 here in Oklahoma at Coffee and Cars meet. Oh man I'd love to see one of these in the flesh, & thats one of the better ones too! & the one I based mine off of!
da_ashman Posted October 12, 2016 Author Posted October 12, 2016 Absolutely love the colour, is the interference violet powder from the parts box? I have all of their powder but Im yet to give them a try!Hey MateYip thats the one, Ive also got their Interference Blue, & I tried the silver dust but it just didnt look that great.Keen to try some fo the other colours, I also see that MrHobby have a paint range of these too in liquid form. MrCrystal, theres a few extra colours I might have to pickuphttp://www.bnamodelworld.com/hobby-model-paints-thinners-paints-gsi-creos-gunze-mr-crystal
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