WIP: Tamiya Skyline R33

Hi, my name is STEVE, this is another model I'm building.
It will not have a lot of modifications...
but of cource not out of the box...

its the Tamiya Skyline GT-R V-Spec (R33)

http://lh4.google.com/zervosst/RveqGfkTDLI/AAAAAAAAAKA/oYfXkZ4mf-E/s800/P1012827.JPG

body with air wing glued on

http://lh3.google.com/zervosst/RveqFPkTDKI/AAAAAAAAAJ4/7hDsqab3qhY/s400/P1012127.JPG

some putty here

http://lh5.google.com/zervosst/RveqJvkTDPI/AAAAAAAAAKg/WNaYvfYsrUI/s400/P1012834.JPG

Any thoughts on the body colour?

YEP!
tamiya pearl light blue (spray)

(no its not in the manual - its not a stock color of r33)
I'm not going for a stock version anyway so...
I just saw it and I think it is a very nice color, but ... pictures will talk


as for the wheels, I will not use the stock (again),
I got the wheels from my BMW 320 kit and I'm going to make them "dip dish" and fit them on the skyline...

here are the stock r33 wheels, and the wheels from the BMW kit (not yet modified)

http://lh4.google.com/zervosst/RveqHfkTDMI/AAAAAAAAAKI/V_l2fkZJzcw/s800/P1012829.JPG

http://lh4.google.com/zervosst/RveqIfkTDNI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/F1wijPwl9-U/s800/P1012830.JPG

those wheels are gunna look good. you ever have problems spraying a body with the wing on? i always have trouble with it.

oops, what do you mean??
maybe that it will not cover the part under the wing, or something???
well I hope not..... NO I havent done it before :banghead:

we'll see, wont we???:lol:

as for the wheels, check this out:

http://lh3.google.com/zervosst/RveqJPkTDOI/AAAAAAAAAKY/RUJFr-K5CUA/s800/P1012832.JPG

Its just a TEST fitting. they are not glued or cut yet, just testing with the styrene

:D whels will look good, what colour will the wheels be? personally i reckon a charcoal inside, with a chrome/polished dish would look hot, but ill be whatchin this 1, :D

exactly what I was thinking!!! :cheers:
(about wheel color..)

I'm interested to see how the Pearl Light Blue turns out on such a beast of a car. I'm still trying to decide which car would look good with that colour. Deepdish is looking great.

I've sprayed a few cars with wings already on them. Just gotta make sure you hit all the angles, and you'll get coverage. It helps to put the model on a stand on a table when you spray it, so you can crouch down and shoot upward to get the underside of the wing. If you can't do this, a cheap way to get around it is to mask off the sides and crossbar of the wing, spray the sides silver (eventually) or bodycolor if you want, and CF the crossbar.

first coat of paint:

http://lh6.google.com/zervosst/RvjR6vkTD2I/AAAAAAAAAS4/g1TYgx36fUU/s800/P1014412.JPG

without flash:

http://lh5.google.com/zervosst/RvjR9fkTD6I/AAAAAAAAATY/soolDewU1BI/s800/P1014416.JPG

different angle:

http://lh4.google.com/zervosst/RvjR8PkTD4I/AAAAAAAAATI/sA6pE79my4E/s800/P1014414.JPG

deep dish part1:

http://lh6.google.com/zervosst/RvlkWfkTE_I/AAAAAAAAAd0/Ti0vuy0ssic/s800/P1014424.JPG

deep dish part2:

http://lh6.google.com/zervosst/RvlkXfkTFAI/AAAAAAAAAd8/CPKYmJ8cFtA/s800/P1014427.JPG

deep dish part3:

http://lh5.google.com/zervosst/RvlkZPkTFBI/AAAAAAAAAeE/AKFvPEoX104/s800/P1014429.JPG

deep dish part4:

http://lh6.google.com/zervosst/RvlkafkTFCI/AAAAAAAAAeM/CY8grjoCIbw/s800/P1014431.JPG

:naughty:

http://lh3.google.com/zervosst/RvjR8_kTD5I/AAAAAAAAATQ/wiWp1HVDh68/s800/P1014415.JPG

:smokin:

second hand of colour:

http://lh5.google.com/zervosst/RvjR_fkTD9I/AAAAAAAAATw/K40-z2Tj_uM/s800/P1014422.JPG

(I had some problems with bubbles in the front - I sprayed too much paint..)

here it is together with my BMW:

http://lh6.google.com/zervosst/RvjR-vkTD8I/AAAAAAAAATo/QrbC_3oo1XM/s800/P1014419.JPG

http://lh4.google.com/zervosst/RvjR-PkTD7I/AAAAAAAAATg/Tug9of3LiDI/s800/P1014418.JPG

hello, sorry for the delay (not much time)

here is some progress..

third layer of tamiya spray:

http://lh5.google.com/zervosst/RvjR_fkTD9I/AAAAAAAAATw/K40-z2Tj_uM/s800/P1014422.JPG

(still some troubles with bubbles)

http://lh3.google.com/zervosst/RvlkbvkTFDI/AAAAAAAAAeU/mvYvkrA1cNc/s800/P1014434.JPG

and the rims.......

http://lh4.google.com/zervosst/Rvlkc_kTFEI/AAAAAAAAAec/06EZaWlIUH4/s800/P1014437.JPG

http://lh5.google.com/zervosst/RvlkhPkTFHI/AAAAAAAAAe0/i6pU-dS2RuA/s800/P1014448.JPG

just some interior painting..

http://lh6.google.com/zervosst/R023eKI4WQI/AAAAAAAAAgc/B9nQI_kBWM8/s800/P1014492.JPG

Awesome! Wheels look very nice! Paint looks like it still needs work, but its a very sweet color on the R33!

I hate those damn bubbles! >_< I always get them for some reason. One time I did such an awesome paint job I was appalled, but my dad decided to water the fern and I placed the model near it to dry it. Water splattered all over the model before it was completely dry and now I got those nasty water spots. >_<

Keep it up man. This baby is a nice kit when it is done. The R33 is one of my favorite Skylines. I built one myself which you can view on the Completed gallery. I will soon be building a Nismo 400R in red.

just a couple of pics

http://lh5.google.com/zervosst/R3aKAMDiT0I/AAAAAAAAAqE/lcrsUgppeKw/s800/P1015018.JPG

http://lh3.google.com/zervosst/R3aKCsDiT1I/AAAAAAAAAqM/iMeyNVY5msM/s800/P1015023.JPG

wow do those wheels look good, dieing to see this finished mate :D im not much of a 33 guy, i lean towards 32's, but this is coming along nicely, speaking of 32, whats happinin with that?? still, lookin forward to more progress :P

thanks man, I'll post some 32 progress soon hehe

Wow that is a unique color but goes with the 33 really well. I'm a major fan of the R33 and also building a few 33 kits. Keep up the good work!

What is the white car behind the R33?

What is the white car behind the R33?

I believe you are talking about the escort mkii

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