The Vodka and Pancakes 350Z

This is the AMT Tokyo Drift 350Z which I renamed The Vodka and Pancakes 350Z after Gtmike400's favorite meal at college. Yeah, he just loves that for an early breakfast around 3 or 4am.:screwy:

Then when he saw this car last weekend he said he was glad he hadn't just eaten that just before he saw it or he would have puked for sure.:iceslolan

Here's to you, Mike..enjoy!:cwm27:

I didn't have a vision for this build when I started it nor did I take it very seriously. The multi fade paint scheme was a spur of the moment idea..it consists of Cobra Colors WR Blue, Giallo Spyder, House of Kolor Violet Pearl, Sally Hansen pearl orange and gold mixed(which turned bronze over the Giallo Spyder). It's cleared with TS Clear and polished. The top wing plane is bronze cf decal from SMS.

The decals are from Aoshima's AutoExe Miata which I trimmed to fit the Z.

The rims are Pegasus 23" which are still smaller than he kit rims therefor much more realistic.

The interior is Acryl Aircraft Interior Black with Giallo Spyder on the seatbacks and steering wheel. I made chrome tread plate floor mats using styrene tread plate painted with Alclad Chrome.

The model is built as a curbside(I glued the hood on) out of the box except for the rims...so you can decide if it has the potential you're looking for.

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Very Outstanding, Stunning and one of a kind model ...... I m Speechless.
The colours combination turn out to be so extraordinary and nice.
This is the first time i come across with this colours combination
You make wana get my hand on those AMT 350z too.
Good Job

marvelous finish as always!
I like that crazy and unique color scheme.:smokin:
hey, I wanna see your creative models more often.:wink:

Except for the right panel line of the rear bumper as nice as always.:grinyes:
Was a good idea to take smaller wheels, the really look better than the kits parts shown on the box.

The model is built as a curbside

When will we see the first Tamiya 350 with AMT engine then? :icon16:

Whoo, pretty , pretty pretty!

Like a nice sparkly lollipop held by let's say... Angelina Jolie!

I like it, and of course, wanna lick it!

Oli

Brian, you've just proven that a turd CAN be polished!!:sunglasse I might have to see after one of those...

Brian, you've just proven that a turd CAN be polished!!:sunglasse I might have to see after one of those...

He did better 'n that, Tonio - he made a silk purse out of that hot steamer!

I'm still scratching my head over how Brian could've dragged something that pretty kicking and screaming out of this kit, but hey, no matter; it can be done, all the more credit to the builder.

Hey Brian - have you checked with Leon about putting that in the Cobra Colors gallery of finished models?

That is real nice. Multi colours worked out great. :smokin: :smokin:

Wow i like that

Reminds me of something I saw in a book about airbrushes once... ;)

Your paint work is remarkable. So remarkable, I made this remark about its remarkability. It's also sparkly; like a holiday. :sunglasse

So there IS hope for this pile of junk. Do you think there is any hope of saving the front emblem under any layers of paint at all? Keep up the great work!

I ain't Veyron, but I can take a shot at this -

I also used CobraColors paints on a kit with some pretty faint scripts, but I was able to keep them by using a technique developed by a talented builder named "bluemoose" on the Hobby Heaven board.

You use Bare-Metal, Detail Master, Mr Foil, or whatever adhesive foil you favor straight on the bare plastic before you prime and paint it, trimming it as close as possible to the script. Then with each successive coat of primer and color, you take a lacquer thinner-soaked toothpick and rub the paint off the script. Once you have this technique down, your plastic scripts can rival photoetch in sharpness.

From what I recall of the 350, the script has a good chance of making it through this treatment.

Thanks all!

I don't recall seeing any scripts molded into the body.

The kit provides the scripts as decals.

wooooo!!! really nice, the paint job is wonderfull!!!

Brian- There is a Veilside badge on the front nose. But yea, they included the Nissan emblems to cover over it anyway.

Oh yeah - Put it next to something 1/24 so we can complain about that instead! :D

Vodka and pancakes FTW! Though tonight its Jack Daniels Chicken, and then probably some Jack, Vodka and pancakes!

Nice work Brian! Thanks for the honor.

WOW those colors are unique. The paint is beautifully done and the color selection is awsome. Bravo dude, Bravo!

Nice build, first one on here! When you took the engine out, did you cut out the engine bay (trim around the hood). If that makes sense. If so how did you attach the bumper to the rest of the car? With only the fenders?
Sorry if im a little confusing.

Great shine and execution.

Great execution on the paintjob. The car doesn´t meet my taste, but there´s nothing bad to say about the craftsmanship on this build!

Great paint job!

:1: What a car !!! :thumbsup:

:D thats cool!

Nice build, first one on here! When you took the engine out, did you cut out the engine bay (trim around the hood). If that makes sense. If so how did you attach the bumper to the rest of the car? With only the fenders?
Sorry if im a little confusing.

Great shine and execution.

Thanks all!

The body is just a shell, the engine bay is part of the chassis....so all I did was sand around the hood edges to make a better fit then I glued it to the body. The front and rear facias glue onto the body attaching with location tabs.

So by merely gluing on the hood and leaving out the engine no other normal assembly steps were disturbed.:)

Great job Brian!

Gerry

Just had to put my sun glasses on cause that paint is AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wow, it looks great.
Is there some kind of tutorials, somewhere, to show me how to do this kind of paint job? I wish to paint a car like the RX-8 of Tokyo Drift, blue to black .
Thanks

Sensational model! I guess when i saw it was one of yours i was kinda expecting it :) Fantastic paint scheme, everything is just perfect!