Completed Infiniti Q45

Jumpman_Z · 12-16-2003, 03:29 PM

I finished this one about three weeks ago, but I've just had time to post the pictures. It's a Fujimi model, and I painted it Testors green metal flake. The wheels are Yokohamas. I didn't really do too much extra stuff to this kit, I just wanted to get it completed. I'm fairly happy with it, except I got my fingerprints stuck on part of the hood.

86_SR5 · 12-16-2003, 03:32 PM

nice green. did you use primer,and/or clear? If so, what brand? I'm asking because I've got some sapphire blue I'll be putting on an R31, first time using testors paints.

tonioseven · 12-16-2003, 03:38 PM

Nice work!!

I love the Q-45!!

jgmodelcars · 12-16-2003, 04:00 PM

nice! i like the two tone interior, and you did a great job painting those tailights!

Kasso · 12-16-2003, 08:45 PM

do they still make that kit? if so, can i find it on hlj.com ?

my uncle has the real life 1:1 of the car. silver, tinted windows, leather seats, bose audio, etc... it would be a really cool gift if i could make one for him. the aoshima VIP ones arent the same styling as this one.

Toyotagt1 · 12-16-2003, 08:49 PM

good job but I don't like fujimi kit(past kit) because they don't make good quality kit and It cost 30$(can.)for a curbside engines

Kasso · 12-16-2003, 09:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Toyotagt1

good job but I don't like fujimi kit(past kit) because they don't make good quality kit and It cost 30$(can.)for a curbside engines

curbside engines??

curbside = no engine.

Jumpman_Z · 12-16-2003, 11:11 PM

Thanks for the compliments everyone. 86_SR5, I primed the car with Color Place white primer (that's all I had at the time). I originally painted the car Plastikote teal, but the paint job was just too ghetto, so I sanded any rough edges, and painted over it with the green metal flake. I glossed it with Testors gloss coat. I used three coats, I believe.

Kasso, you can probably luck up and find this kit on Ebay, but I doubt if you can get it on HLJ. I bought this one when I was 12 (18 now) in 1997. I got it at Toys R Us, and I only paid about $4 or $5 for it? Now that I think about it regret getting more, because the had the 300ZXTT model and Mercedes SL500 models as well for the same price. Well, at least I got a 300ZX and two SL500s. Poor quality or not, that was a good deal.

Layla's Keeper · 12-17-2003, 02:45 AM

More proof that it isn't the paints you use, but the prep work that you do with them that determines the quality of the paint job.

It looks great, and it's a pretty unique subject, too.

Jumpman_Z · 12-17-2003, 03:02 AM

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More proof that it isn't the paints you use, but the prep work that you do with them that determines the quality of the paint job.

Actually, the paint job looked about as good as this one, it was just the color. Teal looks good on some cars, but not on Q45s. It was so ugly, I just had to start over. By ghetto, I meant like when you see someone with a '94 Cadillac Fleetwood painted taxi cab yellow with 24" spinners.

Kasso · 12-17-2003, 06:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Jumpman_Z

Thanks for the compliments everyone. 86_SR5, I primed the car with Color Place white primer (that's all I had at the time). I originally painted the car Plastikote teal, but the paint job was just too ghetto, so I sanded any rough edges, and painted over it with the green metal flake. I glossed it with Testors gloss coat. I used three coats, I believe.

Kasso, you can probably luck up and find this kit on Ebay, but I doubt if you can get it on HLJ. I bought this one when I was 12 (18 now) in 1997. I got it at Toys R Us, and I only paid about $4 or $5 for it? Now that I think about it regret getting more, because the had the 300ZXTT model and Mercedes SL500 models as well for the same price. Well, at least I got a 300ZX and two SL500s. Poor quality or not, that was a good deal.

OMG!! i remember seeing it too at a toys r us. i was 11, and the only models i was building was amt and revell. and i didnt know anything about cars AT ALL!! i remember making fun of it cuz the steering wheel was on the other side...lol. now i wish i bought it too. and none of the toys r us's ive been to sell models anymore.

EMAXX · 12-17-2003, 09:19 AM

Looks good. Nice clean build of a nice sedan.

86_SR5 · 12-17-2003, 04:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Kasso

i remember making fun of it cuz the steering wheel was on the other side...lol

I used to do that all the time, when I was years younger, like 14 and such, I'd laf at RHD, now I think it's the coolest damn thing here.

Jumpman_Z....I used the grey primer from Color Spray, the can with the waves in it, and the built in cap on the underchassis of my R31 bout half an hour ago, and put the testors blue on and it looks real nice, then I walked away, cause I know if I try to do it all in 1 coat, it'll run.

Toyotagt1 · 12-17-2003, 05:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Kasso

do they still make that kit? if so, can i find it on hlj.com ?

my uncle has the real life 1:1 of the car. silver, tinted windows, leather seats, bose audio, etc... it would be a really cool gift if i could make one for him. the aoshima VIP ones arent the same styling as this one.

curbside with a under face engines

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