Completed: 350Z streetDRAGON

[Artem1985il]

"To me, you are a slug in the sun. You are privy to a great becoming but you recognize nothing. You are an ant in the afterbirth. I am the Dragon! Before me you rightly tremble. But you owe me more than fear. YOU OWE ME AWE!"

- Francis Dolarhyde (Red Dragon)

Hehe...that quote fits nicely. Good movie too.

Anyway, here's my latest project: 350Z streetDRAGON. I promised the best 350Z you've ever seen...I don't know if I delivered, but it's the best 350Z I've seen...maybe it's because I've built it. I tell you one thing, it looks great on my shelf.

All of you who lectured me on my ego and tried to make fun of me - thx, I've put in extra effort to prove you wrong.

As you all know, this was my last model (and second, lol). I hope I can get back to this hobby soon. Good luck to you all, keen on building...

[z_dutchie]

OH SHIT!!!

CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE THIS IS SOO DAMN COOL!!!

[Hiroboy]

It cetainly not bad, but a few things i've spotted you need to work on :
Sanding out the mould lines (which are visable on the rear bumper)
Adding Panel Lines, it doesn't look right without them.
Why one half the body kit, the sides and rear are missing.
The rear wing is far to huge, but that only by opinion.
All in all better than my 2nd kit, so i'll give it 6.5/10

[Artem1985il]

Originally Posted by Hiroboy

It cetainly not bad, but a few things i've spotted you need to work on :
Sanding out the mould lines (which are visable on the rear bumper)
Adding Panel Lines, it doesn't look right without them.
Why one half the body kit, the sides and rear are missing.
The rear wing is far to huge, but that only by opinion.
All in all better than my 2nd kit, so i'll give it 6.5/10

Yeah yeah, I know about those things, but I'm not toughing the model again, the decals will rub off...it's not the best build but it looks awesome, if you ignore small imperfections. As I said, it looks great on the shelf.

[bigfrit]

It's not BAD, it's just not as good as you claimed it to be.

I agree with Hiroboy, and might I add the exhaust pipes, which look pretty stupid with no inside blackening, and the wheels, which seem to protrude a bit out of the arches.
A bit too much of visibl orange peel and the aestetical questionable red inside the headlights and the IMO too small rims.

Hope you take it as constructive criticism, it looks very good to be your second model, but not convincing as the best Z-model around, sorry.

Olivier

[Artem1985il]

Originally Posted by bigfrit

It's not BAD, it's just not as good as you claimed it to be.

I agree with Hiroboy, and might I add the exhaust pipes, which look pretty stupid with no inside blackening, and the wheels, which seem to protrude a bit out of the arches.
A bit too much of visibl orange peel and the aestetical questionable red inside the headlights and the IMO too small rims.

Hope you take it as constructive criticism, it looks very good to be your second model, but not convincing as the best Z-model around, sorry.

Olivier

Yeah, I got orange peel...couldn't get rid of it with my 8000 grit. And the tail pipes, I just painted the insides black...forgot before.

[TURBO_EK4]

Not the best 350 I've ever seeen, but DEFINATELY not the worst. It's not really my style, but I can appreciate the hard work you put into it. Good Job.

[nis.k.a.]

Not bad. Not exactly the best I've seen, definitely no the worse. That polishing kit would've taken care of that uneven paint. Oh well......

[SchuberT]

hey, it's the best 350z i've seen built as a second kit... very nice

[Camber]

It would Look 100 times better if you had scribed out the panel lines on
the hood then painted in all the panel lines, put on a different wing then
that huge ugly one, lowered it a bit, and painted the light housing black,
other than that, looks nice. I can't figure out the reason of a poll either,
its not like we can't post our opinions on how good it is in this thread.

[Artem1985il]

Originally Posted by SchuberT

hey, it's the best 350z i've seen built as a second kit... very nice

Thx man.

Just wanna say this: Of course the model would turn out better if someone with more experience, tools, and time built it - it wouldn't look like an orange, wouldn't have mold marks, etc. My idea, my decal designs, my color chices - that's what I am proud of. I didn't think I would pull it off, it seemed like a huge project for a second model, but I am surprised how good it turned out.

[slk320]

Well, to be honest, I am not crazy about the McDonnalds color scheme. Likewise I am not a big fan of the rims or the wing. I am, however impressed that this is your second model, and for that you get a 6.

If it was not for your lack of interpersonal skills or respect I may have been sad to see a promising young modeler leave the hobby.

Take care and good luck!

[EMAXX]

I don't know about you. It isn't the best, but it isn't bad. I just think you should have taken a little more time on it, but like you said, you don't have the time. Thats cool. It's just the little things like the mold lines, and the headlights not sitting up all the way. Just things like that, in my mind, make a huge difference.

[ProSStreet]

Not a fan of the oversized spoiler
Questionable color scheme
basically not my type of car

I think if you took as much care into the body as you did the interior it would make a world of differnce, Because from what i can see, the interior is one of a kind.
personally, i think you bit off a little more than you could chew. With the SAS kit and all.

Verdict: Not the best 350Z ever, But It seems like your quite happy with it and in the end thats all that matters.

[Nobbys Nuts]

Awesome model for just the second one. as you stated it was built how you wanted it not how others would have. I follow the same thinking. So what are you going to do now? Build a web site to put your models etc on? It sounds like you are taking a break from modelling itself!