This is the second one for me, the first one was done for an article that will be in the October issue of Scale Auto. It's a typical "shake and bake" Tamiya kit with no real worries. I enjoyed the first one, so this one should be even more fun.
I custom mixed the paint; I was going to shoot it Tamiya TS Pearl Light Blue, but a friend told me he was painting his DBS that colour so I figured I'd modify it a bit. This is a decanted mixture of about 2/3 Tamiya Pearl Light Blue with the other 1/3 being made up of Pearl Light Green (didn't make much difference), Mica Blue (darkened it), and Metallic Green (warmed up the colour a lot). I like this shade, looks like a Mediterranean blue. The actual colour is a little lighter than it appears on the screen. I also shot a couple light coats of transparent blue over it before clear, but it didn't really do much but make the color a bit richer. This one will have an off-white interior w/either very dark teal or black accents (carpet, dash, seat & door panel inserts). It will look a lot different than the Ferrari F1 red version w/brown leather that I built previously.
Wheels are Scale Production 20" BBS Challenge wheels, tires are the Pegasus/Tamiya Michelin Pilots stretched to fit. Glad to find out these tires are still available. The kit tires are too thick...these are much better, and if you use Tamiya Enzo front tires (or four from an R-34 GTR Z Spec) on the stock rims you'll have a much better look.
The wheel paint is new; the resin was primed w/Tamiya fine gray primer, then shot w/the new Spaz Stix black base and Mirror Chrome. Great stuff! I didn't do one bit of wetsanding or polishing of the undercoats. This is a perfect polished aluminum look. I will be trying this on some bumpers soon, with the right prep work it should be pretty amazing. I like it much more than Alclad...it sticks really well, no need for enamel. The black base is evil on plastic, though...it etched a spoon pretty bad. Didn't touch resin...but I'd suggest Tamiya TS gloss black for the undercoat on styrene.
