Online turotial, 240Z Safari

[sjordan2]

This is both fascinating and scary. Here's a series of 6 10-minute video tutorials on building the 1/12 Tamiya 240Z Safari car, focusing primarily on the body and the engine; not much else. This is all in Japanese, but it's not that hard to follow what's going on. It's nice to see a video on a pro's technique.

Part 1 of 6 is focused primarily on prepping and painting the body.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWscUoRLxHo

The last one, part 6 of 6 is the scary part, and it studies what this guy does when he's not happy with the surface finish of the body and the way the decals set up with visible edges. Having already cleared the body over the decals, he sands the heck out of it, then gives it two major doses of compound. It comes out looking great.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tp2pmtRS1OY&feature=related

Interesting combination of rattle can and airbrush painting. One thing that amazes me about this tutorial and a few others that I looked at today is that these Japanese guys do their airbrush painting in their hands, inside their building room, in their laps, without gloves or masks.

Edited March 9, 2010 by sjordan2