Porsche 911 GT2 Progress thread

Well I started today the 911 GT 2...

Here is a shot of the undercariage being shot at the flat blue basecolor:

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Here are two pics of the body being shot with the base color:

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Now the most important pics...The one with the final body color!Many pics to capture the changes of the color.Is a blue with blue and silver metalflakes and is one of my custom-mixed paints...Really love the end result looks many times better I can't no way capture this color with my webcam...

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I hope you like it...Many pics will follow chack back soon...

Looks a little to "sparkley" for a Porsche, that color looks like a lowrider paint job that needs wire rims. Not very Porsche like:(

it looks good, but i think the flakes are way to big for that kind of car
:)

it looks kinda cool but i'd go with a repaint in an non metallic color...gives a more zoom effect:D

Looks good !!! Just keep to the instructions and whatever you do....use the rims in the box cos they are something else. This is (i reckon) the best Porsche Tamiya have ever released but others might think differently !
Later, Mike.
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Hmmm...like to see how it turns out. I can't say the colour suits a Porsche, like Mean said, but then that's just my opinion ;) It could be - lets see how it comes out!!

I would have to agree with the others. Too sparkly for my likings. The color would look great on a speedboat though!:D

Well that was a tough decision...I also was thinking that it might not suit the porsche but the end result is better than shown in the pics...Iwas thinking of a metalic blue but I really love this color...on the other hand you are right...it doesn't exactly fit the porsche theme...but It is suppose to be a race/street car and I don't wanted a solid color...

Don't now sure what I'm gonna do I might reconsider...WE'll se

P.S:Yes the rims look out of this world...I raelly like them...

I think it might look a little better in person but in the pix it looks like you got a handful of glitter and threw it onto your porsche. :lol2:

Anyways lets see how you build it up, hoping you don't paint the 959 this way. :silly2:

LoL....

No way the 959 is going to be painted in a beatiful silver...As close as possible to the real thing...

its ok. but the flakes look like glitter. mabee u can try some faskolor flakes.

Since no one liked the color I think I'm gonna keep and try my best to prove it works quite well on the scheme...

Here are some building pics,hope you are interested.

These is detailing phase 1.Colors apllied and parts are still in the trees..I choose main colors and test fit some parts...

Phase 2 comes with cutting from the tree and final detailins(all colors applied...)---soon

Here are some pics of the door panels and exhaust pipes...

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rollbar...

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Parts tree...Parts Chrome and blackwashed chrome...Disc Brakes blackwashed with yellow callipers..

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and the final pics are from the undercarriage...Engine chrome silver,with metallic grey parts and blackwashed to a point...Blackwashed some parts and painted semi-gloss black the iner fenders...

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Hope someone likes it...

I almost forgot the best part of the car...The amazing rims tamiya produced...The tire decals was a pain(since it was my first time doing it...)but the end result is amazing(even now that I screwd some of them...)...The wheel center is painted anodized blue...

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Your work is very clean. Keep 'em coming.

More progress pics that might help anyone that might try to make this kit...I take more pics of the parts here because in the end most of them will be covered form the big floor piece...

Exhausts finished...

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Brakes.Yellow cali0pers,silver discs blackwashed to bring out the drills...(looks great in reality...not in pic!)

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Fire fighting device...

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Front and Rear suspension system together with two shots of the dashboard(without the decals)...

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Sorry for the many pics but they might be helpful to someone...

Hope you like the progress and no more pics for today...Tomorow I might have the assembled chassis...

I know that almost nobody watch this thread but I'll post some pics more...
The color end up great(to my taste of course...)And much darker with leess flake cause of the special clear...I'd say it looks perfect to the porsche scheme...love to hear your comments through..

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Hear are some of the undercarriage/suspension shots...Added some damage,blackwashing and many details to mention...Hope you like it...

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Here is a more artistic shot...

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And a closer view...

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Hope you like it...
Sorry for the big ammount of pics...But they say one pic is 1000 words...

I am watching. :cool:
That was 7K words.;)

yes I know...I speak too much...:) :) :)

The colour looks much better with the clearcoat. Looked too 'sparkly' before. Nice job on the underbody detail! Look forward to seeing the completed model :coolguy:

I love the paint , now!

And you did a great job on the undercarriage !
Looks really nice, especially with the little touches you added to it!

Thanks for updating the progress !

Olivier

Looks good.

Looking alot better now......I wasn't a fan of it when i first saw it with the big paint flakes.
Good update with the pics...we all love pics here !!!:p

Originally posted by stubacca
The colour looks much better with the clearcoat. Looked too 'sparkly' before. Nice job on the underbody detail! Look forward to seeing the completed model :coolguy:

I have to agree!! Car looks much better now!

Where are those fire extinguishers gonna sit. As they are'nt for the club sport version there's no mention of them on the instruction sheet. They look pretty cool and id like to use mine on my club sport.
Cheers mate
Later, Mike.:smoker2:

Definitely looking better with those wheel on it!

Mike they sit in front of the passenger seat...and definately fit the Clubsport....
I'll post some instruction pics tommorow...

Also I'm getting close to completion...

P.S:Either the roll-bar is a pain to assemble or my glue is shit...dunno!

Looks cool, waiting for the finish. :)

Still waiting for that 959! :D

i like it, i have been watching this post since you started it, bitchin lookin porsche

Yeah, please do send some shots of those fire extinguishers when they are "glued down".
Thanks, Mike.:smoker2:

How come you say nobodies watching? You're nearly on 3 pages. We love pictures!! Just kidding.

It's coming along very nicely now. Good job with the clear and nice detail touches here and there. ;)

Thanks a lot for all the replys...Happy that most of you liked how it turned out...

The project is almost finished so this might be the last set of pics...

This one is for mike to see mabout the extinguishers:

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Here are some rollbar and dash pics...

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Here are some inetrior pics..

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And the last one is a tribute to one of the best aspects of this model the amazing wheels!

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The yellow blue theme seems to work very well even on the wheels...(I wanted to paint the wheels gold to match with the blue paintjob but I thought to keep the blue-yellow theme on the wheels...not sure if It was a good move...)

P.S:huudo when I posted the pics at the second and third time there wasn't any replys and all the previous replys was not that good!(LoL everyone hated the color before the dark clear coat...):) :) :)

The yellow rollbar goes very nicely with the car.

Ahhhhhhh........the pictures iv'e been waiting for. Looks great so far.
Now im with you !!!
Ive just been following the instructions for my GT2 which dont show you where to mount the fire extiguishers. Hmmmm...ive also mounted both seats in mine so i cant have mine in the front anyway. Where would you recommend i put them.
Thanks.
Mike.:smoker2:

If you notice clearly they are in front of where the passenger seat is supposed to be...which menas you can have both the pasenger seat and the fire ext's!
If you don't want to put them there a second place would be in the middle of the rear shits(to add a little detail in the back area..)and then put some wiring for them...dunno...Your choice!:)
I would still put them in front of the pasenger bucket...(I've seen race cars having it that way...)

Hope I helped you a bit...

OH, you helped me a lot.

Cheers, and good look with the Porsche.
Later, Mike.:smoker2:

I figured it out! You've been looking at old Penske Sunoco cars all this time, haven't you? :D

It looks lusicious. Get it completed soon.

Well it might not be a Camaro but yes OCtagon you are right...:D
J/k
But if you notice he had his rollbars white not yellow...LoL

I think the paint theme will look great when it's finished...It will also have some gloss black touches...

True, but I didn't mean just the Camaros. Roger also campaigned Lola T-70's, the infamous Porsche 917-30, and a GORGEOUS Ferrari 512M. Fisher Model Works and Pattern has an excellent resin curbside kit of this car...http://www.grandprixmodels.com/shop/jpgsrc/FIS2412.jpg

One more pics and the model is getting closer...

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P.S:Only the one side panel is placed in order to take the photo...


The only real work left is painting the lines on the windows and some details here and there...I can't wait to see how it will lookin the end since I haven't put them all together not even for test to see how it will look like...

Here is my first attempt on panel lines...I freehand draw them with a brush...They came out much better than I thought they will...

It was so difficult...

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Bonus pics the rear hatch...

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This is the last pics in the progress thread!(really!)
The model is finished just I'm not sure about the rear lights...here are the pics...

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Well not many things to say...if there are any suggestions or any mistakes I made tell me since it's my last chance to correct them...

P.S:The windows can easily fall off if you don't put enough glue...I learnt it the bad way!(but if you put a lot of glue you might mess up your paint but then that's modeling...:))

Thats coming along great. The only suggestion i have is to polish the body a little bit more.

(*Ok, this is only my opinion, it's not criticism)

Your car looks good but I just dunno why u sprayed the silver flakes on, cuz now it's looks like a toy.....

Well to be honest the color don't really came out as I wanted...
But when everyone said that they didn't like it I thought of give a try to make it looking good...
I put my best in this model(in my opinion better than the skyline)and the color is still a problem but after working on it and specially after the clear coat the color looks great(in person( and the theme make the model look better than my expectations...

Happy you posted your opinion!:)
Critisism makes you better...


P.S:However I didn't just sprayd silver flakes on it is a custom mixed color with three different hues of blue and the one comes with silver and blue flakes...It really looks better in person...(maybe I should borrow a digital and post some pics outside...)

P.S.2:Main reason for the thread is the many pics I got through the build up which I'm surte thay might help one day someone building the same model...

Thanks everyone for your good words...