Tamiya 1/24 Porsche 911 (933) GT2 Clubsport

[Caballero_ScaleModel]

Hi Alex. That is a very impressive paint job. Did you sand and polish the paint for that finish? 

Cheers, 

Armando

[ATHU]

Looks absolutely phenomenal. That paint job.....Wow!!

[Italianhorses]

On 4/23/2020 at 1:06 PM, stevehansen said:

Super Build, clean detail and wet looking shiny smooth paint

Thanks!

On 4/23/2020 at 2:22 PM, peekay said:

Lovely model, outstanding paint!

Thank you!

22 hours ago, Dann Tier said:

Looks GREAT!!!...i could build a million of this kit!!!, as you said; its an easy, but FUN build!!

It was fun for sure. Great slump breaker.

22 hours ago, mcandela said:

Beautiful!!

Thanks!

21 hours ago, Caballero_ScaleModel said:

Hi Alex. That is a very impressive paint job. Did you sand and polish the paint for that finish? 

Cheers, 

Armando

Yes, both sanding and polishing, but only the clearcoat, the base coat was pretty smooth.

19 hours ago, ATHU said:

Looks absolutely phenomenal. That paint job.....Wow!!

Appreciate it!

[dmthamade]

Have to agree with everyone, nice clean build with great paintwork!! Finding these Tamiya Porsches are just really enjoyable builds.

Don

[Funkychiken]

The finish is beautiful Alex!

[Italianhorses]

On 4/25/2020 at 7:46 AM, dmthamade said:

Have to agree with everyone, nice clean build with great paintwork!! Finding these Tamiya Porsches are just really enjoyable builds.

Don

Thanks Don!

On 4/25/2020 at 3:52 PM, Funkychiken said:

The finish is beautiful Alex!

Thank you!

[1959scudetto]

Very nice Porsche, Alex - good to see finally a new model from you - even if it's not from Maranello!

[Italianhorses]

6 hours ago, 1959scudetto said:

Very nice Porsche, Alex - good to see finally a new model from you - even if it's not from Maranello!

Thanks man, you going to like the next one even better: 

I have built another one after the Porsche, but I guess this is not the right audience for it here - or maybe nobody expected a Honda from me

 

 

[1959scudetto]

13 hours ago, Italianhorses said:

Thanks man, you going to like the next one even better: 

I have built another one after the Porsche, but I guess this is not the right audience for it here - or maybe nobody expected a Honda from me

 

 

Amazing - I like older Italian sports cars most -  I too have this Alfa in my stash for about 20 years (still unbuilt), but you raise the bar once again to unreachable heights...

[Italianhorses]

Its a great little kit to build if you don't think too much about colors and don't add any additional detail. Most Tamiya kits look superb built box stock.

[Silver Foxx]

A top class build , so nice , well done .

[Italianhorses]

On 4/28/2020 at 5:17 PM, Silver Foxx said:

A top class build , so nice , well done .

Thank you!

I don't know how to edit my original post, but I took some better studio pictures of the model, so I just gonna post them here:

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[Dragonhawk1066]

Looks great! Awesome paint job and fantastic looking wheels!

[Italianhorses]

13 hours ago, Dragonhawk1066 said:

Looks great! Awesome paint job and fantastic looking wheels!

Thanks! Agreed, the wheels turned out even better than I was hoping for!

[Mattilacken]

Looks splendid! Was looking at your headlights and try to do the same! Great work

[89AKurt]

Better late than never to this party, another super clean build, love the subject.

[jchrisf]

Wow!!! That is perfection.  What is your secret for masking those wheels to perfectly seperate the Gold from the Chrome?  And what did you use for chrome?

[Italianhorses]

23 hours ago, Mattilacken said:

Looks splendid! Was looking at your headlights and try to do the same! Great work

Thanks! I didn't really do anything special for the headlights.

23 hours ago, 89AKurt said:

Better late than never to this party, another super clean build, love the subject.

Thank you! It is a looker in 1:1 for sure!

23 hours ago, jchrisf said:

Wow!!! That is perfection.  What is your secret for masking those wheels to perfectly seperate the Gold from the Chrome?  And what did you use for chrome?

Thanks! Chrome is kit chrome. I just painted the spokes. Used the paint from one of those gold paint markers, brush painted between the spokes, then just airbrushed the faces.

[MeatMan]

That is one beautiful build!

[64Comet404]

Great looking build! Looking at yours has inspired me to put my Starcard GT2 on the ‘to be completed’ stack.

[Italianhorses]

23 hours ago, MeatMan said:

That is one beautiful build!

Thank you!

21 hours ago, 64Comet404 said:

Great looking build! Looking at yours has inspired me to put my Starcard GT2 on the ‘to be completed’ stack.

Yup, that is a great kit! Thanks!

[jchrisf]

On 5/26/2020 at 11:43 AM, Italianhorses said:

Thanks! Chrome is kit chrome. I just painted the spokes. Used the paint from one of those gold paint markers, brush painted between the spokes, then just airbrushed the faces.

Which paint markers do you use?

[Italianhorses]

2 hours ago, jchrisf said:

Which paint markers do you use?

https://www.amazon.com/Sakura-41181-Pentouch-Metallic-Extra-Fine/dp/B003W0XT7G/ref=sr_1_13?dchild=1&keywords=gold+marker&qid=1590774383&sr=8-13

There are cheaper equivalents, but I have used this one.

[Twokidsnosleep]

Sweet work. Absolutely flawless

[jchrisf]

3 hours ago, Italianhorses said:

https://www.amazon.com/Sakura-41181-Pentouch-Metallic-Extra-Fine/dp/B003W0XT7G/ref=sr_1_13?dchild=1&keywords=gold+marker&qid=1590774383&sr=8-13

There are cheaper equivalents, but I have used this one.

Cool thanks!  I just pulled up my Kustov Collection: Tutorials that I purchased from Scale Auto a couple years ago to make sure it wasn't mentioned there and it wasn't.  I'm going to get some of these.. Are the Silvers any good?