Lexus IS350 Fujimi 1/24

wojtek_j

07-20-2007, 02:09 PM

BVC500

07-20-2007, 06:08 PM

Looks good! I like the silver with dark tan combo. I still think there's something off about the wheels on the kit, like they are too small or lack the 3d effect of the real wheels.

sasmiha

07-20-2007, 08:14 PM

Excellent paint job! Is that lacquers?
Clean and mean! Post more of your build please!:runaround:

energon

07-20-2007, 08:37 PM

I love these cars! You did a pretty nice job on it. A lot of Fujimi's newer stuff does seem to be a LOT better.

cham2020

07-20-2007, 08:45 PM

simple and clean
i like it

deltableh

07-21-2007, 12:03 AM

Did you use a fisheye lens for the first few pictures? The car has that fisheye bloated look to it

675datsun

07-21-2007, 01:32 AM

Something's not right...it looks like a Toyota Corolla!!! Wheels are way too small, or the fenders are just too tall?

Panel lines and window trim is great, how did you do them?

energon

07-21-2007, 01:40 AM

I think it's that the wheels are a little too small, which is typical for fujimi.

wojtek_j

07-21-2007, 04:14 AM

Is that lacquers?

Yes, a final coat that's the SuperClear II Gunze.

Did you use a fisheye lens for the first few pictures?

I didn't use any lens. All photos I'm making by Canon A530, that's typically automatic camera (setting: auto, macro).

Panel lines and window trim is great, how did you do them?

Panel lines were made under a first coat of paint. In my opinion the technique is much better than put the lines on finished coat.

http://images6.fotosik.pl/28/e9ab7b59814ec5a4.jpg (http://www.fotosik.pl)

and windows trim were masked and painted by aerograph.

Regards
WJ

exhaust smoke

07-21-2007, 05:46 AM

Yes, a final coat that's the SuperClear II Gunze.

Model looks fantastic, but the Gunze clear does not look shiny (I am sure it is not your application, but the product itself).

wojtek_j

07-21-2007, 07:31 AM

the Gunze clear does not look shiny (I am sure it is not your application, but the product itself).

Yes, it's true, but lack of shining it does not SuperClear fault.
I think that's SuperSilver, which is under the SuperClear.
He's more similar to Chrome, or Polished Aluminium where a blink is differently than classic paints.

http://images6.fotosik.pl/28/5c32defcca4556bb.jpg (www.fotosik.pl)

Regards
WJ

exhaust smoke

07-21-2007, 10:44 AM

Yes, it's true, but lack of shining it does not SuperClear fault.
I think that's SuperSilver, which is under the SuperClear.
He's more similar to Chrome, or Polished Aluminium where a blink is differently than classic paints.

http://images6.fotosik.pl/28/5c32defcca4556bb.jpg (www.fotosik.pl)

Regards
WJ

I see... thanks for the extra photo to show the reflection.

deltableh

07-21-2007, 11:36 AM

ZoomZoomMX-5

07-21-2007, 12:23 PM

If no special lenses were used, there is something wonky about the kit itself, at least to my eyes. You've done an excellent job, it's just the plastic itself seems to be where the problem would lie.

*shrugs* Like I said, top notch job. I just can't seem to get past the fish-eye proportions.

I've seen the kit before and it looks right. I can tell these images were taken at close range so that's where the distortion comes from.

The kit wheels are definitely too small by at least one scale inch in diameter, so the model loses a lot of the aggressive look of the IS :shakehead . We now know that an IS with undersized wheels looks uncomfortably like a Corolla :eek: Someone on a Japanese modeler's website built one up and used .020" styrene card to increase the visible wheel diameter and it looked MUCH better.

drunken monkey

07-21-2007, 12:42 PM

I've seen the kit before and it looks right. I can tell these images were taken at close range so that's where the distortion comes from.

that's why if you can at all help it, avoid using the macro function on digital cameras.

ZoomZoomMX-5

07-21-2007, 12:46 PM

that's why if you can at all help it, avoid using the macro function on digital cameras.

Depends on the camera. My Canon S3 IS has two stages of macro, so it's effective even w/the camera set back from the model. Super macro is like a fisheye lens, it works down to 0.0" and has no zoom function, but it allows stupidly oversized photos of tiny details. Sometimes I have to manually focus in regular macro mode when the lense is about 6-12" away from the model. Having a good optical zoom helps.

drawzer

07-24-2007, 06:45 PM

Another piece of art from you!

Shinichi

07-26-2007, 01:37 AM

http://images6.fotosik.pl/28/a7ac32eeccc01adf.jpg

can you tell me your method on how to get that silvery look on the wipers? i really like that effect.

wojtek_j

07-27-2007, 05:18 PM

http://images6.fotosik.pl/28/a7ac32eeccc01adf.jpg

can you tell me your method on how to get that silvery look on the wipers? i really like that effect.

First step was painting in black semi-gloss.
Next step, I used "the dry brush method" with application titan metalizer from "ModelMaster" (I'm not sure named of this method in english, but I hope that You will understand).

NissanSkylineGTR98

07-27-2007, 09:45 PM

Wow, that shine is impressive! Looks great.

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