Aoshima RS Turbo Skyline Silhouette

[andrew59it]

Originally Posted by jaxson

This took me longer than it should have but I matched the seat color as good as I could. Added some talcum powder into the paint to give it a more realistic look.

Nice trick for the seat. Did you have no problem with airbrush with talcum into the paint? Or did you use a brush? If airbrush which size of tip have you?
Good job go ahead!

[jaxson]

Originally Posted by nipponts

Very nice model

I took one last year

Thank you! You have pics of it?

I like the wheels on the celica model in your signature. TE37's?

Originally Posted by andrew59it

Nice trick for the seat. Did you have no problem with airbrush with talcum into the paint? Or did you use a brush? If airbrush which size of tip have you?
Good job go ahead!

I actually brush painted the seat. It took a while for it to look good.

[jaxson]

Okay..so alittle progress. Everything is polished. I painted the window trims. I was going to BMF the side windows but the bottom portion is sooo thin I couldn't get it to stick. So I ended up with this.

[kaho]

The side window trims look good even just painted! Are you going to apply another coat of clear after decals are put on?

[jaxson]

Originally Posted by kaho

The side window trims look good even just painted! Are you going to apply another coat of clear after decals are put on?

Thank you! I am not going to apply another clear coat of clear after the decals. There are 2 reasons: in real life the decals/vinyl that is applied on to these sport cars dont get another layer of clear on top. So this should look more authentic in some way. Second, I don't want to risk ruining the decals since I heard of bad stories online. Im sure there are many safe products and methods to applying the clear without have any adverse effects but I just dont want to risk it on this project. Maybe I'll try it on my next model, whenever that may be.


BTW...there's no clear to begin with. I just polished the paint directly. One of the guys who does amazing work on this forum said he doesn't use a clear coat in any of his models, so I figure I'd give it a try. I have done clear coats on some of my models in the past, and sometimes it actually looks more "toy-like" cause it was overly shiny lol.

[MidMazar]

Nice paint job!

[jaxson]

Originally Posted by MidMazar

Nice paint job!

Thank you! I try to improve on atleast one aspect with each model I build. I still have alot to learn.


I got the rear lights completed. I love the signature 2 circle skyline tail lights.

[jayll]

Cool car, nice job so far on the build.

[deedlit]

Clean work on the tail lights

[nipponts]

Originally Posted by jaxson

Thank you! You have pics of it?

I like the wheels on the celica model in your signature. TE37's?



I actually brush painted the seat. It took a while for it to look good.

Pics of the models ? I have this version and the Skyline of the 1982 9H Kyalami Endurance

I have different reference pics

Yes , TE37 whels from R34 Super GT

[auw12]

This is quite a serious build, not a fan of this car but everything looks great in every aspect! I can't believe you finished the seat by hand brushing, can't be that even! Keep it up pal!

[jaxson]

Originally Posted by nipponts

Pics of the models ? I have this version and the Skyline of the 1982 9H Kyalami Endurance

I have different reference pics

Yes , TE37 whels from R34 Super GT

Yea, pics of the model. Nice, great looking rims.

Originally Posted by auw12

This is quite a serious build, not a fan of this car but everything looks great in every aspect! I can't believe you finished the seat by hand brushing, can't be that even! Keep it up pal!

Thanks I appreciate it. I started this hobby as a teenager and didnt have the money for an airbrush. So everything I have ever built is thru brush painting.

Originally Posted by deedlit

Clean work on the tail lights

Thanks! I'm happy with them. However, if u look closely the amber turning signal is darker on the right side and the circular red areas were tough.

[jaxson]

Finished detailing the window trim. The lower trim was soo fine, I cheated with a fine tip sharpie. But the body fits well on the chasis. Everything is slowly coming together. Next I need to remove the side windows so you can look into the cockpit better, attach the side vents, tail, and decals!

[jaxson]

Yay...I'm finallly done after starting and taking a break from this kit many years ago.





Just like the real thing...



i'll have better pics in the completed forum later.

[jaxson]

Originally Posted by sayli

Nice kit. Seems like you're serious about make a good build. I'll follow that post.

Thanks!