Another kit from Aoshima's Super VIP Car series. Looking at reference pics it appears that black, silver or white seem to be the pre-dominant colours for the VIP style so I went with black. The body was sprayed with Halfords matt black auto paint and then Zero pre-thinned clear.
To add to the sinister feel I sprayed the Aoshima Equips centres black.
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Thanks for looking
Andy

great start.

I'll be watching the progress

:popcorn:

nice work man ! i love that rims:D:D:D$$$

Just a bit more done - I've added the front/rear lights, grill & done most of the BMF work:
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Thanks for looking
Andy

all i have to say is VERY CLEAN and Sharp work you have there.

LOVE THE BLACK ON BLACK!!!!! I almost got the Lexus SC400, or is it GS400, can't remember. These are nice looking models.

What technique do you use to keep the chrome lip? Do you mask it off or remove the paint to reveal the chrome afterward?

The black on black looks nice. What about tinted windows to complete the black out?

What technique do you use to keep the chrome lip? Do you mask it off or remove the paint to reveal the chrome afterward?

The black on black looks nice. What about tinted windows to complete the black out?

Luckily the rims were two piece with a chrome lip so it was just a case of spraying the centres gloss black.
Thanks
Andy

Just some pics of the completed interior :
http://members.aol.com/jonesandy898/grs5.jpg
http://members.aol.com/jonesandy898/grs6.jpg
http://members.aol.com/jonesandy898/grs7.jpg
Thanks for looking
Andy

Interior looks good. What technique do you use for the 2 color interior? Which color is sparyed first? How do you mask off those small areas and paint them?

Your build is beautiful, I like your Crown! Does it have the quality like other Aoshima kits have? I might get one someday for myself to make it a "normal", not VIP version! It looks hot in black anyway!

The interior is just perfect, no more to be said! :grinyes:

How did you do the black-chrome front grille? Did you mask it somehow? It can be kinda tricky, I removed the chrome from the pre-chromed parts and ruined everything in the past...

Interior looks good. What technique do you use for the 2 color interior? Which color is sparyed first? How do you mask off those small areas and paint them?
Thanks
I airbrushed the blue areas first with Humbrol enamel, masked with Tamiya tape and then sprayed the matt black.
Cheers
Andy

Your build is beautiful, I like your Crown! Does it have the quality like other Aoshima kits have? I might get one someday for myself to make it a "normal", not VIP version! It looks hot in black anyway!

The interior is just perfect, no more to be said! :grinyes:

How did you do the black-chrome front grille? Did you mask it somehow? It can be kinda tricky, I removed the chrome from the pre-chromed parts and ruined everything in the past...

I've not come across any problems with the kit so far - in my experience the newer Aoshima releases are close to Tamiya in quality (and to me their subject matter is more interesting than Tamiya's).

As regards the grille I painted the recessed areas with thinned black enamel - you can remove any excess with a cloth.

Regards
Andy

very nice Andy

Hi Andy,

good idea with the blue areas, it is different to those wooden trim you ususally see there.

This is looking great Andy! I'm really starting to like VIPs. They aren't supper blingy, but nice and tastefull.