Tamiya Castrol Tom's Supra

I started this one at the weekend, I didn't take many pictures at the start.
I prepped the body as normal and then gave it 6 coats of Citroen Polar white, wet sanded with 2500 grit and then polished with tamiya compound. I will get pics of the paint finish at the weekend when its bright.
I had heard bad things about applying the decals to these but i am finding it trouble free, I'm using very hot water and then plenty of microsol.
http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr303/willciviceg5/5E84BAD2-C706-4388-9978-0FD69F2E2865.jpg (http://s494.photobucket.com/user/willciviceg5/media/5E84BAD2-C706-4388-9978-0FD69F2E2865.jpg.html)
http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr303/willciviceg5/F56875B3-DF44-4610-A596-14E730F86B98.jpg (http://s494.photobucket.com/user/willciviceg5/media/F56875B3-DF44-4610-A596-14E730F86B98.jpg.html)
The decals still have to settle a bit with the microsol but I'm very happy with how they are going so far.
http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr303/willciviceg5/72948832-C9B1-446A-8B3D-A0CE0D8D42A0.jpg (http://s494.photobucket.com/user/willciviceg5/media/72948832-C9B1-446A-8B3D-A0CE0D8D42A0.jpg.html)

Looks like a good job on the decals so far

Believe it or not this was one of my first couple builds as I thought it was awesome due to it being on the gran turismo 2 cover. Sweet progress.

Believe it or not this was one of my first couple builds as I thought it was awesome due to it being on the gran turismo 2 cover. Sweet progress.

Ditto, think it was #5 for me!!!

Looking good!!

I had a bit more time at the weekend to get some more done.#
Started with the seat and dash(the dash still needs to be detailed fully)
http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr303/willciviceg5/B3E35EC1-2D15-41F5-9E13-FFD647A751BA.jpg (http://s494.photobucket.com/user/willciviceg5/media/B3E35EC1-2D15-41F5-9E13-FFD647A751BA.jpg.html)
http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr303/willciviceg5/A9ECFCAE-D5AD-4FC1-91A1-E8675C5FFFD4.jpg (http://s494.photobucket.com/user/willciviceg5/media/A9ECFCAE-D5AD-4FC1-91A1-E8675C5FFFD4.jpg.html)
http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr303/willciviceg5/821F81D3-9C64-4957-A50F-3399E92669FA.jpg (http://s494.photobucket.com/user/willciviceg5/media/821F81D3-9C64-4957-A50F-3399E92669FA.jpg.html)
I then went back to the body and painted the lights, on this model they come with a separate projector lense.
This is without
http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr303/willciviceg5/4AB792E1-DFA9-4CA3-88FB-A19F33C5CAED.jpg (http://s494.photobucket.com/user/willciviceg5/media/4AB792E1-DFA9-4CA3-88FB-A19F33C5CAED.jpg.html)
This is the projector placed over the headlamp with out being painted as per the instructions
http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr303/willciviceg5/3C2FB221-C1B5-4309-8AF7-DFB107B41BC7.jpg (http://s494.photobucket.com/user/willciviceg5/media/3C2FB221-C1B5-4309-8AF7-DFB107B41BC7.jpg.html)
And then this is the projector painted with a clear smoke and the outer rings painted chrome to look more like the real thing (you cane see the difference between left and right)
http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr303/willciviceg5/103F8A3F-0EBA-4329-9226-A5E30685B315_1.jpg (http://s494.photobucket.com/user/willciviceg5/media/103F8A3F-0EBA-4329-9226-A5E30685B315_1.jpg.html)
And the finished headlight with the outer edge of the clear lense painted black to give some depth
http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr303/willciviceg5/90513446-117D-4254-A77F-658EAFC341A2_1.jpg (http://s494.photobucket.com/user/willciviceg5/media/90513446-117D-4254-A77F-658EAFC341A2_1.jpg.html)http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr303/willciviceg5/A6E7FEB1-2577-40DC-8DAE-B5D583B7F75B_1.jpg (http://s494.photobucket.com/user/willciviceg5/media/A6E7FEB1-2577-40DC-8DAE-B5D583B7F75B_1.jpg.html)

The tail lights went together easy also, again I painted outer edge of the lense to make it look more realistic
http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr303/willciviceg5/1508BEDB-01A6-4ADC-AB3E-358924F74F02.jpg (http://s494.photobucket.com/user/willciviceg5/media/1508BEDB-01A6-4ADC-AB3E-358924F74F02.jpg.html)
I then mocked up the chassis and roll cage before painting
http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr303/willciviceg5/E2176E5A-6637-4EEA-B7E9-0A71E69671CE.jpg (http://s494.photobucket.com/user/willciviceg5/media/E2176E5A-6637-4EEA-B7E9-0A71E69671CE.jpg.html)
Next I put the brakes and hubs together, I was unsure about the colour of the discs but I think they look well.
http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr303/willciviceg5/869FF01D-C723-480E-86E0-78412A2D6261.jpg (http://s494.photobucket.com/user/willciviceg5/media/869FF01D-C723-480E-86E0-78412A2D6261.jpg.html)
I painted the steering wheel with matt black outer and satin black centre
http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr303/willciviceg5/95F6E018-6F13-4C36-B5AC-BC6F8EA30FFF.jpg (http://s494.photobucket.com/user/willciviceg5/media/95F6E018-6F13-4C36-B5AC-BC6F8EA30FFF.jpg.html)

I made some more progress over the weekend. I used cig packet foil to simulate heatshield, its the first time i have tried it and i think it looks ok, I will weather it a bit to look more realistic.
http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr303/willciviceg5/DCDE8F23-1AE0-4913-AC74-A97BC09C1607_2.jpg (http://s494.photobucket.com/user/willciviceg5/media/DCDE8F23-1AE0-4913-AC74-A97BC09C1607_2.jpg.html)
I also finished the chassis, the heatshield looks better with the exhaust fitted.
I'm not sure why the prop shaft is yellow but I wanted to stick with the instructions
http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr303/willciviceg5/DD5FF477-FBD2-4FB7-B93C-5A4A557356AC.jpg (http://s494.photobucket.com/user/willciviceg5/media/DD5FF477-FBD2-4FB7-B93C-5A4A557356AC.jpg.html)
http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr303/willciviceg5/B5364C2E-A6FE-40B6-843C-1C72EC8457A8.jpg (http://s494.photobucket.com/user/willciviceg5/media/B5364C2E-A6FE-40B6-843C-1C72EC8457A8.jpg.html)
Just left onto the chassis to see how it sits
http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr303/willciviceg5/58241345-DA13-4637-95E6-89F928095194_1.jpg (http://s494.photobucket.com/user/willciviceg5/media/58241345-DA13-4637-95E6-89F928095194_1.jpg.html)
http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr303/willciviceg5/BBB5AE21-0BC4-4310-92CC-56A80CB44DB8.jpg (http://s494.photobucket.com/user/willciviceg5/media/BBB5AE21-0BC4-4310-92CC-56A80CB44DB8.jpg.html)
http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr303/willciviceg5/98CBDC1B-3A65-4CEE-BBC0-79C2EA13719A_2.jpg (http://s494.photobucket.com/user/willciviceg5/media/98CBDC1B-3A65-4CEE-BBC0-79C2EA13719A_2.jpg.html)
Added some detail to the dash
http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr303/willciviceg5/E3718306-0CA3-446D-9E13-06629E925B93.jpg (http://s494.photobucket.com/user/willciviceg5/media/E3718306-0CA3-446D-9E13-06629E925B93.jpg.html)
and nearly finished the interior
http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr303/willciviceg5/3A7CD1FD-C904-428E-8B2C-08D21FA95CE1.jpg (http://s494.photobucket.com/user/willciviceg5/media/3A7CD1FD-C904-428E-8B2C-08D21FA95CE1.jpg.html)