Another new kit today !!!

Went to get the Tamiya Wax for Dan and ........YHOOOOOO....My new kit had arrived. They got the new stock in today.
The new Opels will be in store next month !!!

PS....Dan, your polish should be here today.


The kit is FANTASTIC :D :D
Detail is of a high standard. The parts are well done....just awesome.

A step by step guide is on its way when i start it

This will be my new project now......

Hey! I have that car also!:D

Looks like you and I are in competition now. Let's see who's comes out better.:D:Dj/k Mine is already built!

Originally posted by DVSNCYNIKL
Hey! I have that car also!:D

Looks like you and I are in competition now. Let's see who's comes out better.:D:Dj/k Mine is already built!

LOL....You took the easy way though !!!...lol :D :D

Im telling mate...this kit is awesome...i almost think i'll retire from posting here so i can do the kit


:D :D

Originally posted by primera man


i almost think i'll retire from posting here so i can do the kit


:D :D


That's not funny!http://www.data-techniques.net/cwm/otn/other/19.gif

Nice one Warren!
Are you going to go for any snazzy detail like carbon fibre detailing as per the Tamiya website?
The Warsteiner car looks good, a change from another D2 sponsored car!
Keep us posted as usual!
We shoud get those cars here soon!

Originally posted by Guiddy
Nice one Warren!
Are you going to go for any snazzy detail like carbon fibre detailing as per the Tamiya website?
The Warsteiner car looks good, a change from another D2 sponsored car!
Keep us posted as usual!
We shoud get those cars here soon!

Dont know.
Going to try and find some photos and see what they llok like.
Probably go for the enging/inside wiring and detail

Hey PM, maybe you can go for that road look, you know, like it was just in a race. That would be hot!!!

I had one go at doing the "weathered race look" before.....you dont want to know about it :p :p

Originally posted by primera man
I had one go at doing the "weathered race look" before.....you dont want to know about it :p :p

Do the words "practice on something" before you do ring a bell?http://www.freakygamers.com/smilies/s/otn/funny/Freak_anim.gif

Originally posted by DVSNCYNIKL


Do the words "practice on something" before you do ring a bell?http://www.freakygamers.com/smilies/s/otn/funny/Freak_anim.gif

It looked really good on my old model till i started on the real thing......what a totol balls up.....the kit is now resting at the town landfill !!!!

Originally posted by primera man


Dont know.
Going to try and find some photos and see what they llok like.
Probably go for the enging/inside wiring and detail

I have a whole 2 pages of photos! Want me to scan them for you?

Originally posted by Guiddy


I have a whole 2 pages of photos! Want me to scan them for you?

Yes please !!!!...or the site you got them from.

Originally posted by primera man


It looked really good on my old model till i started on the real thing......what a totol balls up.....the kit is now resting at the town landfill !!!!

Bugger!!!!!!:(

Originally posted by primera man


Yes please !!!!...or the site you got them from.

You have mail!:D

wow.. that is one nice one.. :eek:

Originally posted by Guiddy


You have mail!:D
Thanks Dan....great pics....i'm going to be ages doing this kit now !!!

Originally posted by primera man

Thanks Dan....great pics....i'm going to be ages doing this kit now !!!

I had a look at the D2 version in the shop today, and a few things I don't like!
Looks like some of the roll cage is molded onto the chassis panels, and all th einternal electrics are molded onto the chassis, which makes it difficult to carbon firbre decal them!
Plus some of the suspension is moldedinto other parts too!
What do you notice about the kit? Is there a lot of masking to spray some parts?

Originally posted by Guiddy


I had a look at the D2 version in the shop today, and a few things I don't like!
Looks like some of the roll cage is molded onto the chassis panels, and all th einternal electrics are molded onto the chassis, which makes it difficult to carbon firbre decal them!
Plus some of the suspension is moldedinto other parts too!
What do you notice about the kit? Is there a lot of masking to spray some parts?

There is a bit of mucking around with painting etc of the roll cage which is molded into the chassis in the engine bay.
Front suspension lower arms are molded in place.

One draw back is how the body is molded in so many different bits !!

Just another good test for us modellers :p

Started the kit today.

Been cutting parts off the tree that need to spray painted.

Been putting together some of the parts before painting...i.e the dash is all painted X18 and there are 3 parts to go on.
I glue the parts on first so the whole dash is painted and there is no risk of getting glue marks after painting.

Vents have been glued to the wheel arches along with the "splitters" that go on the font spoiler.

The body is molded in 6 different bits....body/bottom skirts/front/rear bumbers and bonnet.

Will probably glue all the body parts together after painting as they all fit onto the body well when tried today.
I thought about putting the body all together first then painting it all as one.
Decided not to as i think it will be better to paint the parts seperate to stop any paint runs.
There would have been so many different angles i'd have to spray the body from, i was worried the paint would get to "heavy" in some ares.

Another thing i noticed was that people that dont paint there kit and just slap them together wont be able to do this as the parts for the roll cage are molded in Black and Silver.

So far so good with the model. :) :)

How are you going to replicate the Carbon Fibre?

Originally posted by Guiddy
How are you going to replicate the Carbon Fibre?

I'm going to chicken out and not do it :(

Originally posted by primera man


I'm going to chicken out and not do it :(

Tut Tut!:rolleyes: That's the best bit!

Originally posted by Guiddy


Tut Tut!:rolleyes: That's the best bit!.....to piss me off, get me mad and test my patience !!!!

:p :p

Originally posted by primera man

Tut Tut! That's the best bit!.....to piss me off, get me mad and test my patience !!!!
:p :p

Pah! call yourself a modeller!!!:rolleyes:

Originally posted by Guiddy


Pah! call yourself a modeller!!!:rolleyes:

Photo etched details out for this already! That WAS quick!
http://www.hlj.com/images/s27/s27fp2437.gif

Originally posted by Guiddy
Photo etched details out for this already! That WAS quick!


Your making me feel bad !!!

It solves your seatbelt problem!:D

Update on CLK Model.

Coming along nicely. Have most of the parts painted, just a lot of the smaller detail stuff to do.
The roll cage is painted in TS42 which is a light gun metal grey which is hard to spray on. If you spray it to heavy the black seems to run out of the paint and leave stripes in the paint. So i've done 4-5 very light coats.

I assembled the roll cage first before painting so that i could fill the join marks to give it a nice clean look.
So far everything has been very straight foward.
Most of the parts are sprayed so it makes painting easy.
I cut all the 'trees' up in to parts so i can spray them all seperate.

I have not touched the body yet as i glued the front bumper in place first and have allowed a few days to harden up.
Tomorrow will be sanding day and primmer day !!!

Pics to come when work gets its camera back :mad: :mad:

Well another day spent on the CLK. (Only moved from the table to eat and toilet breaks !!!)
Have got the body painted and ready to start polishing up in a day or 2.

All the kit is painted and well start the making of it tomorrow.
All the small detail painting is done.

The decals are on the engine/inside cab etc.
Was a bit disappointed in the main decal that is on the engine cover as it has dried in a pale white colour :mad: :mad:

Cant wait to start the building of it !!!!

Well i've been very busy the last few days and have not been here as i've been doing a few models.
Heres a few pics of the CLK.
It's gone together really well so far. Only thing is the back fire wall does not sit down to well. I had to glue it and tape it down and put some weight on it to get it to sit down.
The roll cage is great but takes a bit of getting it just right.
There is a lot of "flex" in the chassis too.

Just got the wheels to scrub up to get the mold lines off, then start polishing up the body with compound and wax then apply the decals and then little bits to finish up.

Here's the body after painting

Engine sitting in and finished

Just the chassis..... NAKED !!!

Inside fitted

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Back veiw....bumber-less

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Last one.

This is all the body parts still to go on
BIG side skirts !!! and fenders
Bumper
Bonnet

Cant wait to finish this kit :) :) :)

Another thing to watch out for that caught me out was that the tyres and rims are different sizes.(Not by much)
After swearing away about stupid wheels looking funny and not fitting...it clicked on me...DOH

Looks superb, alreay as it is!
The paint is as awesome as ever Warren, you really give Tamiya a good name in that regard!
Decalling soon then! I know you love that bit!:D

You mean the front wheels and tires are smaller than the rear, right? The NSX's are like that: 17" wheels in front, 18" in back.

Originally posted by jay@af
You mean the front wheels and tires are smaller than the rear, right? The NSX's are like that: 17" wheels in front, 18" in back.

Sorry....i mean in width...the back are about 1mm wider, hard to notice untill you start getting tyres on.

The decals are easy. Most will go on nice flat surfaces.

Nearly finished.
The decals have been very straight forwand to get on.
Just the final polish up of the body...spoiler/mirrors to get on and hopefully get some finished pics up soon before i'm away for a few days.

Originally posted by primera man
Sorry....i mean in width...the back are about 1mm wider, hard to notice untill you start getting tyres on.I didn't think of it at the time, but the NSX tyres are like that, too. In scale, they're 205 in front, 225 in back. :D