350Z progress ~!

This kit i been working on a little while while I wait for those replacement parts for the Calsonic. All that I need to do is paint the body and interior.

BTW everything held together by blutac or sticky tape, nothing is glued except the completed chassis.

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I gonna paint this car Gloss Black, looks really nice.

i cant even see the tape.........and yea it looks wikked

thats a nice 350

Im going to start my 350Z after i finish my r33. Mine is going to be german grey with custom rims and dual mufflers off the end. Nice job so far.

one of the cleanest 350 i've ever seen!!! and nice choice for the body, thought you're painting it silver again like most here!!?!? :cwn27: :rolleyes:

Its been a month I think now. I had some spare time and did the paintwork and also the temp is 30 degreeC outside which is good since it heats up the room i paint in and i can let it bake in the sun for a few minutes. All i have to do is cut and polish and do the interior decals etc.

Very nice. Cant wait to see the finished product.

Very nice! Nice shine!

Very nice. Can't wait for progress. :)

Kick ass paint job. I love the 350Z.:cool:

so shiny and you haven't even used the compound or polished yet... well done

do you let it "bake" outside with the tires on??

maybe it was just the kit i had, but they seemed to not like the sun very well, cracking and shrinking after a while, and this was just leaving the car model on the window ledge for like a week

Originally posted by njh
Very nice! Nice shine!

Ditto

well done job. Shiny surface.:D

well..... they had ssid what i wanted to say...

SHINE !!!! ;)

Thanks guys, Photos can deceive anyone. The paint surface still has a slight orange peel though.

ultraxduce : i leave the chassis off, only put the body onto it to show you guys.

The car does have a nice finish...shines like a bute...Good Job

Looks to be coming along really well....hope the rest goes well

I spent 2hours today sanding and compounding then polishing.

BTW I use Hasegawa Tritool series products. The Tamiya Compound left swily scratches everywhere.

That is damn shiny, just like a mirror.
The words on the manual can even be reflected on the car.
Impressive work

Very nice :)

Originally posted by CalsonicR34
I spent 2hours today sanding and compounding then polishing.

It was well worth it! :cool: The paintjob looks absolutely perfect! :D

Originally posted by njh
That is damn shiny, just like a mirror.
The words on the manual can even be reflected on the car.
Impressive work

loLz. Agree! Patience has paid off :D

that's a superb paint job!

in the first set of pictures, i.e before the paint. what kind of primer did you use? automotive?

thanks. :)

I use Gunze Sangyo Primer since i had no Tamiya Stuff.

U should really get some tamiya products..thy make a world of a difference.

Brian

damn that looks awsome shines like a dealer car on the first day :)

damn i wish i had a 350z. model but more the real car :)

Originally posted by zangief
damn that looks awsome shines like a dealer car on the first day :)

damn i wish i had a 350z. model but more the real car :)

me too zangief... me too :D :D :D

I don't suppose any of you guys in North America or Japan would do me a favour and get a copy of a 350Z brochure from a local Nissan dealer and send to me in the UK as they are not out here till late 2003, If so please PM direct, Thanks

Beautiful paint!!!!! I have one comment that you might want to think about. I own a 1:1 350Z and I noticed that the muffler is painted a ftat black. You might want to do that instead of the silver color. Other than that the car is beautiful.

Stunning.......very very stunning :cool: :cool:
One of the nicest paint jobs i've seen :cool:

padam07 : I seen on a 350Z site an dealer option with the chrome muffler, but I know wat you mean I went to have a look at one at the melbourne motorshow.

once again damn thats shiny ...well spent 2 hours good job ;)

I still got some more to do on it, eg decals, wipers, interior.... thats about it.

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Beautiful!!

Originally posted by tonioseven
Beautiful!!

DItto

awsome job:frog:

NIce Job

:eek: I'm speechless. You took great pictures too. Nice job.

Originally posted by CalsonicR34
padam07 : I seen on a 350Z site an dealer option with the chrome muffler, but I know wat you mean I went to have a look at one at the melbourne motorshow.

The motorshow rocked this year! I wanna make the 350Z w/ nismo bodykit! Luckily i took lotsa photos for school. Though its gonna take lotsa putty work.
Awesome car. I cant wait to see more.

damn man that is a nice shine you got in the paint there.
top job

Originally posted by Hiroboy
I don't suppose any of you guys in North America or Japan would do me a favour and get a copy of a 350Z brochure from a local Nissan dealer and send to me in the UK as they are not out here till late 2003, If so please PM direct, Thanks

I don't know if i'm late but i could most likely send you one ;)

nice work!! that's so clean.:)

Originally posted by ozstrider


The motorshow rocked this year! I wanna make the 350Z w/ nismo bodykit! Luckily i took lotsa photos for school. Though its gonna take lotsa putty work.
Awesome car. I cant wait to see more.

yeh i went too... so good to see Nismo making their presence felt down under :cool:

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:D :D :D

That is one beautiful paint job...Good job:D

very nice paint job..i have to build one....one day....i guess...

anyway you doin' well

Amazing paint work!! What paint did you use, btw?