Aoshima R-36 LB

[Madhatter]

hey everyone

Thought I would post some pics of my just finished side project. I'm really happy with how it came out.

As you'll see, I have elected not to cover it in decals - just a few to add interest

Painted in SMS Paints Electric Blue as well as Tamiya and Alclad.

I have a Version 2 on pre-order to go with at a later date

 

 

 

 

 

 

Anyways, that's all the pics I took. I thought I had taken some of the interior but I was wrong. Too late to do anything about it but it's all good

As always, thanks for stopping in and having a look

Si

 

[ChrisR]

Very nice!

[Zippi]

That Electric Blue sure gets your attention quick. All the colors work together well and those exhaust tips are an added touch.  Quality looking build.  

[grodudulle77]

Very nice build, awesome look !! ??

[Madhatter]

thank you for the kind feedback guys. Its quite a bit shinier in the plastic despite taking those pictures outside. It was my first go at polishing using a Dremel and it came out nicely IMHO.

I struggle with cars and should probably stick to sci-fi

[happy grumpy]

That is one awesome car but the color is what strikes me as fantastic, the reflections play nice with the angles making different shades. It reminds me of those crazy colors they had on Hot wheels cars when I was young. Beautiful .

[Rich Chernosky]

That is one striking model.  Never seen a blue quite like it. 

[Madhatter]

Thanks guys Yeah, I really like that shade of blue. I also have another shade called Tropical Blue which is lighter shade and I wasn't sure which one to choose as I liked them both. I'm going to save it for another car down the track. SMS have some really cool paint colours. They spray nicely for the most part but you definitely need a .5 needle as I was finding .3 kept blocking up

[David G.]

Beautiful color, very eye-catching.

Nicely Done!

David G.

[Koellefornia Kid]

Looks fast standing still! That blue is awesome!

[Mattilacken]

Thats killer!

 

[PappyD340]

Super nice!

[Madhatter]

thanks very much guys! Its been my best car paint job in a long time

[mustang1989]

Blown..........................away.............

[89AKurt]

Wow, that's freaking boss! ?  I've never seen green exhaust tips, but I'm totally out of the loop with these cars.

[Ulbo]

Cooool one?

[Bainford]

Nicely built model, and very interesting colour. Looks good with minimal decals. Well done.

[Silver Foxx]

Really nice looking build , great colour , I like these , built a couple myself .

[Madhatter]

thanks very much guys! I don't like lots of decals either, but in this case, I had to add a few. I am pretty boring that way

As for the green exhaust tips, yeah....they're meant to be burnt blue but for some reason, they came out more green than blue. I used Tamiya's weathering set for them too. I think it looks different to the norm, so I'm going to leave them as is.

I did have a lot of issues getting the windscreen to sit inside properly and the A pillars do not hug the glass properly - despite the amount of time I spent trying to get them to align

[Nacho Z]

This thing is absolutely gorgeous!!  You’ve done a great job on this, Simon.  The color is sweet on this.  I’ve seen SMS advertised but I haven’t seen it used very often.  They need to use your model in their advertisements!

[Olskoolrodder]

Beautiful build

[Madhatter]

thanks guys SMS paints are very good but I've found you need at a .5 nozzle to spray with otherwise it can be a tad intermittent.

[slusher]

Beautiful model….

[NOBLNG]

That blue certainly is electric! Lokks great on it.?

[FLHCAHZ]

Fantastic!  The blue looks great!