Another Seibon GTR. Sort of

I know there are quite a bit of GTRs here, but I'm making mine an Imperial Stormtrooper transport :biggrin: Sorry I spent too much time spent on Star Wars MMO :loser: I will also try ro replicate the Greddy turbo I saw

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Same for me. I'd like to see more of this GT-R.

Use photobucket. Much more reliable.

Please bear with me as I try this WIP thing. Well as I mentioned in another post, I pretty much ruined the car stripping the paint after I failed miserably trying to touch-up the areas where I rub the paint off. That said, I ordered a new kit :( and as of this moment rain stopped my painting. So I decided to update this mess.

I have started on the interior, which I am trying to do in matt and nearly flat blacks with Tamiya XF-8 Flat blue highlights. This is my second attemp at titanium exhaust so fire away (gulp). I also trying to go for a dry carbon look and thought of not clearcoating CF. Is there a flat you guys would recommend? Enjoy :lol2:
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Looking good. The carbon and painting looks spot on.

I think the exhaust came out looking great man

Just hit a snag. I had to find a diff place to paint since this white is very unforgiving. So in trying to touch-up and sand I hit what I thought was a dry spot and pulled the paint!!!!:loser:

I'm ready to put this car away for a while and work on something else :frown:

Hi!!

Can you tell me if this transkit comes with rims??

Nice work btw..

See you

No wheels

Finally got some more work done. I used agamo's tip for interiors using velvet paper and loved it. Thanks Agamo. Also worked on diffusers. Comments are welcome. Thanks for looking

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I did not clear the CF for more of a carbon cloth look
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Dash Need final touch-up
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Until next time!

Nice work so far, the interior looks great & all the Carbon work looks good to. Fujimi did a great job of this kit, i just got it & love it. Pity about the lacklustre instructions

Well here is a quick update. I got the wheels like I wanted with carbon fiber lips :) Sadly they might be too small. I think the car comes with 22s so mine look weird. They are my 1st cjoice, but not the only choice so we will see...

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Almost done with the body. Had setback polishing (rubbed trhu clearcoat at bottom of door). I tried a test fit and I found a fiment problem with the front bumper and diffuser. I will post pic later. Good news is that the chasis and interior are done. Thanks for looking :)

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Very nice job you have there :)

Quck update. While waiting on wheels i chose to open air vents since I have never done this before. Plus I will be doing a little more detailing of the interior since I got PE set now. Thanks to Stradda for all the goodies.
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I also started some preliminary engine work, The carbon engine cover is finished :)
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Brakes wired
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Thanks :)

After looking at the interior I figured that it needed more detail. The fact that everytime I google the GT-R I find more aftermarket items for it lol. And since I recently recieved my Hobby Design PE set, I went for it. I drilled out speaker and air vent holes and added racing seats and a hareness. I also added Studio27 CF decals to the speaker box between the rear seats, and Kevlar to the seats. Hope you guys like it :wink:

New upholstery and speaker grill
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Completed interior
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Thanks for looking

A few more since Im still trying to figure out this whole zooming in stuff :disappoin

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Finally started working on the engine bay. I hope I am not wrong about this, but it seems like Fujimi is using the radiator as the intercooler in this kit :(. The only offer a very thin part the goes behind the front bumper that resembles an intercooler. So I decided this would not work for me and got to work.

I am basically going to switch them around. Drill ot openings for the TT tubing and spray the intercooler with Alclad chrome since a small part of it will show. Of course the one here is aluminum atm.
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Here's the better scale radiator
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And the intercooler
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Engine intake mock-up
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I'll have more tomorrow since I am posting while I wait for work to dry :)

Thanks for looking I think :rolleyes:

I don't know why I keep posting since no one comments. But here we go. I finally put the engine in place. Now I have to detail. Here's what I have so far :)

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I am not too happy with my work where the intake tube connects with the mass airflow sensors. Have to learn somehoe I guess.
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I wonder sometimes why i post aswell.
Anyway nice work youve done. Motor looks great and good job with making your own turbos and stuff.

I wonder sometimes why i post aswell.
Anyway nice work youve done. Motor looks great and good job with making your own turbos and stuff.

I don't really get any replies either

I like the engine and carbon work however, it is your choice, but I don't agree with the whole stormtroupers thing! Other than that, the GT-R is coming along nicely!

I don't really get any replies either

I like the engine and carbon work however, it is your choice, but I don't agree with the whole stormtroupers thing! Other than that, the GT-R is coming along nicely!

HAHA I understand. I just could not help myself. This is my "cop" car :)

Thanks for your comments and for looking :)

I love your work done so far. that chassis is GORGEOUS and when I get my air brush set I'm recruiting you to helping me polish up my chassis detail skills ^_^

great job so far. and yes, its ok to love star wars :D

This is deffonately the best GT-R ive seen so far!! Keep up the Fabulous work!!

Hi man.. i also ask why i keep posting my jobs but.. whatever...

I liked what you did in the engine... where did you got those air filters??

Nice progress

Very nice work. I'm curious about why the rear seatbelts are attached to the rear seats. It is kind of interesting that some builds or builders seem to elicit more comments than others. Keep at it!

Pharr7226 I got the idea from this. I saw it once so I did not recall the exact place where they attach.
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crisjr I have a mold so I can make you some just pm me. They have K&N tag on front :)
Wolf95 just hit me up anytime :)

Thanks to everyone else for your comments.
Quick update. So far I am going with the Aoshima BBS wheels. I painted the centers with Alclad "jet exhaust". After dying it ended up brownish, but I can live with it. I might also try a taller tire to fill gap in wheel well.
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They are staggered set :)
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Sadly I had problem. Somehow, someway the alclad got on rear window. After so many issues with this car I am begining to fell like tossing it :crying: Or at least starting my Modena 360 and returning to this later
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I love this theme so much I wish I had late BMW kit to do it on. White BMW's rock. I think I might try on less expensive kit like new Camaro so if I mess up white (wow what a pain to paint clean) it wont hurt too bad to get extra kit :)

More to come (I hope)

Well it does look damn good from my point of view!!!

I can't really see the paint on the rear window! Keep at it, I think it is coming out great!

Hi brother.. wheels looks awesome!!..

Too bad the rear window, but i think that you can fix it.. don´t give up ... you´re building a very nice model.. keep it up!!

Regarding to the air filter i sent a pm to you.

See you

I got the idea from this. I saw it once so I did not recall the exact place where they attach.

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They could be mounted in the so called ISOFIX-mounts which are designed to hold baby seats in place on the rear seats. These are very strong and bolted to the monocoque body.

They have almost the same locations in my BMW. Hidden in the joint between the rear backrest and seat cushion.

BTW good job on the GTR! Interesting choice of livery!
Cheers!

Emil

Hello everyone. Sadly I had to take the car apart to fix window since polishing compound dried and got inside, leaving white flakes all over the interior. And since I was not happy with the finish I re-sprayed it :) Now I am trying to figure out if I should polish the finish, or just leave it in a low gloss look to compliment the flat "dry carbon" accents. What do you guys think? Keep in mind that there is a lot of glare from the outside

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Oh and today I recieve my Professors so I might change wheels, or just save them for my modena :)
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Id say polish it!

Well I am close to completing the kit. Just in time for the show in McHenry. Had a few things not work out, but I'll live :) The SSR wheels I had favored finally came in as well as my decal sheets since I had to go with stock hood.

Here we go :)

Broken Hood
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Wheels on
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Just a few finishing touches and I will be done.

Thanks for looking and for your opinions/comments.

Love the look of those wheels on the car man!! I was thinking of making myzelf a collection of GT-R's and these wheels will go on 1 of them!

My Good!! the last pics are some very very realistic!!

10 to 10 my friend!!

My Good!! the last pics are some very very realistic!!

10 to 10 my friend!!

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Nice progress.. wheels fit perfectly with the car..

Wait to see it finished..

Finished pictures here:
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Thanks for the comments crisjr, Drift FC, hirg, and Tompidom :)

nice GTR you got there! Cant wait to see it done!