Isuzu Gemini

[martinfan5]

Very excited to started on this one, pretty sure I am going to paint it red, but still looking at other color options for it.

Painted some of the parts using Tamiya's new Lacquer jar paint, as you can see, it went on very nice, it was thinned with Mr Thinner.

Edited March 10, 2018 by martinfan5

[Casey]

Just sayin'... 

[martinfan5]

1 hour ago, Casey said:

Just sayin'... 

Not a bad suggestion, what would you say that is , like a coral ish?

[Janne Herajärvi]

Looks great start.. I have question about those paints.. Since i dont get Humbrol enamel satin black from anywhere anymore here, i have tryed Tamiya X-18 satin black but im not still happy enough with it.. It does not brush on that good like Humbrol did. So is this new LP-Tamiya product any better, is it able to brush paint with good results.. I mean straight from bottle without any thinners etc.. I have used Tamiya, Model Master and Testor acrylics just about year now just for brush painting, since body paint jobs i will do these days with spray cans... Thank you, keep on this odd ball project coming..

[rsxse240]

On 3/10/2018 at 8:22 PM, martinfan5 said:

Not a bad suggestion, what would you say that is , like a coral ish?

I just painted a '48 Ford Woody with a very similar color and it sprayed so we'll through my airbrush.  It is LA Colors Sea Foam.  You can see the part number on the UPC label if you want to use it.  It cost a buck at the Dollar Tree and thinks with about 60% lacquer thinner to 40% paint.

Edited March 13, 2018 by rsxse240
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[rsxse240]

[Scalper]

Nice start so far.  Did not know that tamiya has a new paint line 

[Bill Eh?]

1 hour ago, Scalper said:

Nice start so far.  Did not know that tamiya has a new paint line 

Andre, Wheels & Wings has the first few in this new Tamiya line of bottled lacquers. They will be adding to the range as it expands.

[martinfan5]

4 hours ago, Scalper said:

Nice start so far.  Did not know that tamiya has a new paint line 

LOL I painted the interior/suspension parts using it,  its the TS paints in jar form

[martinfan5]

4 hours ago, rsxse240 said:

I just painted a '48 Ford Woody with a very similar color and it sprayed so we'll through my airbrush.  It is LA Colors Sea Foam.  You can see the part number on the UPC label if you want to use it.  It cost a buck at the Dollar Tree and thinks with about 60% lacquer thinner to 40% paint.

I like that color for  stock version that will no doubt be coming later on, thanks for the info.

[martinfan5]

4 hours ago, rsxse240 said:

Yeah that is real nice, the color fits it perfectly

[martinfan5]

Body in pink primer, I am going with red,  I think the red fits in better as since its the "sport tuned" version

[martinfan5]

Yay for progress, I forgot to how to rattle can paint jobs, so it needs some work, chassis and interior are now in a completed state.

[Casey]

I am a huge fan of the monochromatic '80s look, and the red was a good color choice. Looks really nice so far. 

[iamsuperdan]

Build looks great. I love those monochromatic 80s cars.

 

I'm totally getting one of these kits.

I wonder how easy it would be to make it into an early Chevy Spectrum? My dad had one for a few years in the mid-late 80s, until it lost an arguement with a deer.

 

[martinfan5]

18 hours ago, Casey said:

I am a huge fan of the monochromatic '80s look, and the red was a good color choice. Looks really nice so far. 

Thank you Casey

[martinfan5]

7 hours ago, iamsuperdan said:

Build looks great. I love those monochromatic 80s cars.

 

I'm totally getting one of these kits.

I wonder how easy it would be to make it into an early Chevy Spectrum? My dad had one for a few years in the mid-late 80s, until it lost an arguement with a deer.

 

 

 I would wait then to get a kit, this is the first or probably a few different versions ,  we should have an idea of what the next version will be in May at the Shizuoka Hobby show .   If they follow the pattern they did with the Jimny, they are going to do different years , and the way the kit was tooled, it looks like they are going to be doing different years with this one too.

Edited March 15, 2018 by martinfan5

[martinfan5]

All things trim done, and it was a pain, the trim lines around the windows are very faint , and rattle canning it didnt help

[niteowl7710]

On 3/10/2018 at 11:22 PM, Janne Herajärvi said:

Looks great start.. I have question about those paints.. Since i dont get Humbrol enamel satin black from anywhere anymore here, i have tryed Tamiya X-18 satin black but im not still happy enough with it.. It does not brush on that good like Humbrol did. So is this new LP-Tamiya product any better, is it able to brush paint with good results.. I mean straight from bottle without any thinners etc.. I have used Tamiya, Model Master and Testor acrylics just about year now just for brush painting, since body paint jobs i will do these days with spray cans... Thank you, keep on this odd ball project coming..

Go grab a bottle of Tamiya Retarder, it comes in one the size of the extra thin glue and panel liners. It's designed to slow the drying time on the acrylic paints when brush painting - which is the problem with X-18.