Royal Blue Tamiya 300ZX

Some progress..
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Mike, don't you have a blue 300 with McDonal'ds straw mufflers? Looks good, shiney blue.

the kit isnt curbside?

Yes. The Tamiya one has an engine. And, yea, i do have another dark blue 300ZX Hardtop bu Fujimi (The way the exhaust is set up it has an I6..)

anyways..

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lookin gooood! love the color :)

Done....already? wow, fast builds again huh mike? That's what we expect from you.

Looks good Mike. Who makes that paint?

dupli color

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Tamiya vs Fujimi

Does anyine know how i can get the CF Gas Cap Cover decal off the fujimi and reuse on the tamiya?

no clue, but it still looks cool.

update:
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I was able to save the CF Cover. I also painted all the window trim and t-tops.

Just another quick update..

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I'm really loving that color. I have to buy that color now.
I love the stance on the car too. Looks really hot.

I'd have never chosen that colour for a Z32 ...but whaddayaknow..it looks great! Coming along nicely.

Have you ever had any paint/plastic reaction with Dupli-color? Just wondering...if it's all cool I'll stock up as a local store has a whole rack of the stuff going cheap. :naughty:

Something about those rims make it seem cool!

I'd have never chosen that colour for a Z32 ...but whaddayaknow..it looks great! Coming along nicely.

Have you ever had any paint/plastic reaction with Dupli-color? Just wondering...if it's all cool I'll stock up as a local store has a whole rack of the stuff going cheap. :naughty:
I don't know about him, But I use every type of paint from krylon, dupli-color, color-place(98c),Color-Palace(woodpaints), tamiya, and such. I also, mix-match primers with paints, I find some primers are smoother than others(have big problems with laying paint on flat black tho.

Something about those rims make it seem cool!


Those are just the stock rims. Nothing too special about them. lol

looks very nice with that blue!

Sweet paintwork, Looks great even on stock rims

Cool! :cool: That's the colour I was thinking of doing on my 300ZX. Looks good.

I am actually taking my time on this. Still need to do alot more work. I'll probably have it finished by sunday night.

Got the tail lights in...

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I am actually taking my time on this.

And it shows! Great work, this car is coming out very clean. Though I haven't seen all your models, this looks to be the best. Great work! Very impressed, keep it up!

Uber pimpin'!! :naughty:

Looks good mike, btw, did you say the TT v6 from this car fits in the revell 510? I've got a 510 shell and frame and such, and to fit the motor, I'll have to trim the block on the front and bottom for it to fit.

from what i remember it fits perfectly.

Got rid of most of the orange peel, and got some shine out of it..
(still needs more work.)

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Nice.. i am thinking to get this kit!

I'm glad your starting to take your time on kits on Mike. If you take your time on all your kits, I'm sure you'd have some really nice kits. Not that your other ones aren't nice, you can just tell they got rushed a little.

about 90%

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Mike, better yank your e-brake it's gonna run off the dresser.:)

What else is there left to do?
No, he might drift off the edge. lol

about 95%. Still need to polish and paint. Finished suspension, interior, and engine..

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paint could go without polishing... awesome car... very nice

Looks real good mike. BTW, I see you did the rubbers, you gona do panel lines?

blah! i accidently smeared silver paint all over it. Completion date-delayed-tuesday night

Mike, everytime you get so far to completeing somethin bad happens. WTF? Oh well, a lil set back, how did you get the paint off?

before:
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After:
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Finally a project ive started..but actually finished. woohoo!

still need to clean up the headlight and windows.

think it had enough wax mike?? Looks good.

yea, need some windex. And need to repaint side markers. BTW it needs 1 more coat of wax. The only stuff it has had on it so far was rubbing compound.

can i just ask how you got that silver paint all over it? lol

love the engine bay!

Looks great. I knew you could build some awesome cars if you tried. Great work, and I hope you take you time on your kits now.

i needed silver for the base paint on the clear paints on the back side markers. I accidently smeared it when it was still wet

Thats nice!

I really need to get back to mine!

:p

Get some outdoor pics once side marker is painted

cleaned the windows.
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I dunno what it is, but these rims are attractive..for stock..
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Mike, what's that glob on your windsheild? Your right those rims do look nice, a set of 350Zs' probably would go better, but that's MO.

yeah, but the 350z rims are female. Tamiya = male.

I dunno what it is, but these rims are attractive..for stock..

Exactly what I thought! Good work!

Yeah, those rims are really nice ones for some stock rims.
Are you going to paint the center concole, or just leave it black?

Looks really good! I see your skills are greatly improving as go on from project to project! Thats how we all learned and still learning. This model is very very nice and clean and the paint is great! Kudos!