Completed Tamiya Lexus SC430 Mobil 1

This is Tamiya's SC430 Mobil 1 kit built straight from the box. Painted Tamiya TS-26 Pure White, no clear, and polished with various Tamiya compounds then decaled. Wheels are painted with Krylon Dull Aluminum and then rubbed with a soft cloth to give a little sheen. Exhaust were painted Titanium Silver and given a little blue heat stain and painted inside with exhaust metalizer.

The "chrome" Mobil 1 decals are a little weird... something about the printing method leaves them with a texture that cause them to have a line pattern. That would be my biggest complaint with this kit.

No real surprises. It's one of Tamiya's recent, less detailed and simplified, models. I didn't use the Tamiya PE set for this one. I still enjoyed building it and it makes a good addition to my display case.

Thanks for looking...

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i wish i could build this good as fast as you.

Terrific work!! :) I see what you mean about the line print in the decals.

Sweet!

Great work! Very clean too. I think this model is far batter looking then the Nissan JTCC cars.

Love it. Very nice job.

what item number is this? and how much did you pay for it

its clean and really beautiful man!!

Ro

I have never seen this car before, love it. Where is it raced?
Nice work.

Very nice build!! I really like the lines of this car and such a clean paint job, although the decals look far from easy, but you made a cracking job on them.Well done!!

what item number is this? and how much did you pay for it

Thanks everyone...

It's item # 24294, from Tamiya and retail is around $50.00US. Some hobby shops will have it priced at $45.00US

Very nice work. Awesome!!!

FABIO