ok so the car is now sprayed and mostly fitted... I painted it two days ago... even tho its 102 degrees in Northern California... it doesn't hurt to let the paint and clear to bake for another day =D The car still needs to be sanded juss to even out some clear... suprisingly not too much orange peel this time around... it might be the fact that I was using a real car airgun this time. So everything is fitted, the door and hood hinges are connected... the body is still not screwed together yet, for more stuff to come along, so i don't want to tie it down of now. Rightnow I can safely say, the car is about 85% done with the basic build. But still longs ways away from completetion with the scratch parts and what not... im still considering the lights idea from Schnitzermann, but i gotta plan that out... I think i rather make the ambers blink hazdarous lights =D. I am pretty happy as of now... so here are the pictures, check this...
it went from this...
to this...
Yes it is now sprayed with KH2 "charcoal Pearl" right from the auto body shop itself
Real gun metal or "gun gray" from the Auto shop, and a tamiya spray can... no comparison... period
Cleaned up the gaps filled with putty for the N1 ducts, thanks cph81
The bar for the winsheild support is still not painted yet, or glued to the engine bay, I placed in the hood hinges and the door support for the opening and closing of moving parts. Does anyone know how to make that foam fire resistant stuff that they have under hoods? How can i recreate that?
See the nismo side skirts fit right on the body, as well as the doors themselves fit flawlessly onto the body, and can open and close without any obstrutions inbtween.
Baby got back =D, it has a low end nismo spolier as well under the regualar spolier.
This shot is to show you the back side skirt fitting and the fitting of the door from the back.
Here is the son... the dad is in the back =D hehe, once again a demonstration of a comparison of a 1/24 and 1/12 scale GTR... yeah its huge eh? The color from the gunmetal paint and real auto stuff really shows it difference, but both these cars were clear coated with two part auto clear niether the less.
Close up of the rim, coloring of the car, and the metalizer brakes inbtween.
So as of now... basic build still need to...
- Sand, and polish out the body for blemishes and what not
- Body detailing paints
- light housing, tail lights
- engine bay cleaning
- windows and prep
- exhaust tip
- radiator cap and hose
- interior (70 percent done)
Thanks for keeping this post with me guys, leave comments and enjoy hobbying =D
Cheers,
Peter