Tamiya Porsche GT3

[Chillyb1]

This is Tamiya's Porsche GT3, just another of their excellent Porsche kits. It is curbside but has plenty of undercarriage detail; lots of separate suspension pieces as well as molded-in engine and other bits. Requires some tricky masking to paint, but not all that difficult for the average modeler. Body and interior are of expected quality. Crisp molds throughout, parts fit is reasonably precise (though I had some fits with the suspension installation), directions very clear, et cetera.

Body is primed with Tamiya white primer, painted in TS-8 Italian Red with a couple coats of TS-13 clear. Polished none-too-expertly with Tamiya's coarse and fine compounds, but not yet with finish, which I might do later. Interior is mostly black with carbon fiber decals from Scale Motorsport on the door panels and the gauge surround. Flocked with embossing powder though that isn't visible.

Comments, criticisms, helpful suggestions all welcomed. Thanks for checking out my build.

A few more pictures here:

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v230/Chi...0Porsche%20GT3/

[crispy]

Right on Curtis! This has to be one of their better kits. Easy, fun and looks great just like you have proven. I see a lot of these in red. Mine, is brown! LOL

Looks great and clean!

Chris

[Harry P.]

Doesn't get much better than that! Paint looks flawless, nice sharp, crisp details... especially the window surounds.

Outstanding work.

[ismaelg]

Nice job!

One of my all time favorite kits.

Thanks,

[simonr]

Hey Curtis, as I told you in the "other"site, you did a great job with this one, specially with those panel lines using a correct shade, and not, the traditional and not correct on this color black.

Simón P. Rivera Torres

[E St. Kruiser50]

HEY CURTIS

LOVE THE COLOR AND DETAILING, ESPECIALLY THE WINDOW TRIM LIKE HARRY SAID.

NICE SUBJECT TOO - GOTTA LOVE A NICE PORSCHE .

BEAUTIFUL JOB CURTIS

[Chillyb1]

Thanks for the comments, everybody. The window surrounds do look really good and I'm glad you noticed that. It took patient work and Tamiya's masking tape, but it was worth it. I'm not sure why but the trim really came out looking spectacular on this particular model. I used Tamiya's "rubber black" for the first time and I think that is part of why the window surrounds look so good. It is a fantastically realistic approximation of the color of those sorts of materials on a car.