Tamiya 1/24 ALFA ROMEO GTV (1996) Twin Spark 16V

[iliasbass]

nice work on a nice car!
just to know the cover of the engine is silver, but the red looks pretty too!

[360spider]

Originally Posted by Gorzi

It looks very nice, I built the same kit last month. The decals of mine just look as normal as yours, but when they put into water, they start to break into little pieces, so you've better cover the decals with a layer of liquid decal film before you put them into water.

Thanks, I will definitely make sure I'll do that. Had trouble with decals on my CRX build I did last week.

Originally Posted by iliasbass

nice work on a nice car!
just to know the cover of the engine is silver, but the red looks pretty too!

Thank you, I know about the cam cover, but as I mentioned above I decided to paint it Alfa red instead of silver cause silver looks boring. I call is slight tuning

[360spider]

All right, I have finished the interior. First, I had to clean up front seats that had a lot of imperfections and took couple of hours of work to get into the shape I wanted:

IMG_1070 by Italian Horses, on Flickr

Interior color had to be something not boring for a body paint like this – I picked a combination of black and gognac. Base color was mixed from these 3 colors:
IMG_1159 by Italian Horses, on Flickr
IMG_1163 by Italian Horses, on Flickr

Then everything was masked off and painted black:
IMG_1169 by Italian Horses, on Flickr

Tamiya includes some plastic mesh for the front grille in the kit, and I used it to make the speaker grilles look a bit more interesting:
IMG_1172 by Italian Horses, on Flickr
IMG_1180 by Italian Horses, on Flickr
IMG_1177 by Italian Horses, on Flickr

Painted and detailed the dash:
IMG_1184 by Italian Horses, on Flickr
Interior ready for assembly:

IMG_1175 by Italian Horses, on Flickr

And a few pictures of the completed:
IMG_1199 by Italian Horses, on Flickr
IMG_1201 by Italian Horses, on Flickr
IMG_1203 by Italian Horses, on Flickr
IMG_1193 by Italian Horses, on Flickr
IMG_1196 by Italian Horses, on Flickr

Painted window trim:
IMG_1167 by Italian Horses, on Flickr

Washed and assembled the wheels:
IMG_1160 by Italian Horses, on Flickr

Assembled and detail painted front bumper:
IMG_1206 by Italian Horses, on Flickr

And finally a mock up of everything together:

DSC_0474 by Italian Horses, on Flick
DSC_0475 by Italian Horses, on Flickr
DSC_0470 by Italian Horses, on Flickr
DSC_0463 by Italian Horses, on Flickr
DSC_0457 by Italian Horses, on Flickr
DSC_0455 by Italian Horses, on Flickr
DSC_0459 by Italian Horses, on Flickr
DSC_0463 by Italian Horses, on Flickr
DSC_0472 by Italian Horses, on Flickr
DSC_0467 by Italian Horses, on Flickr

[BVC500]

Looking good! Great idea to use the mesh for the speaker grills.

[potsie]

Stunning!

[iliasbass]

Amazing!!!

[360spider]

Thanks guys, this one is ready, I'll post some pix soon!

[denilsonvm]

Very very nice!

[360spider]

Originally Posted by denilsonvm

Very very nice!

Thank you. The model is done. Few quick ones, and final pix in the completed section.

DSC_0507 by Italian Horses, on Flickr

DSC_0501 by Italian Horses, on Flickr

DSC_0503 by Italian Horses, on Flickr

DSC_0509 by Italian Horses, on Flickr

DSC_0477 by Italian Horses, on Flickr

DSC_0493 by Italian Horses, on Flickr

DSC_0489 by Italian Horses, on Flickr

DSC_0484 by Italian Horses, on Flickr

DSC_0480 by Italian Horses, on Flickr

[stormer_GS]

Perfetto Alex!
The skills are back, it almost feels you have never left the hobby. It is the way you make the photos, weather the chassy, detail paint everything (dashboard, chassy and the stance are perfect!), everything put together makes me wait for your next progress on each model you make.


Thank you for being my inspiration for the past 10 years!

[360spider]

Originally Posted by stormer_GS

Perfetto Alex!
The skills are back, it almost feels you have never left the hobby. It is the way you make the photos, weather the chassy, detail paint everything (dashboard, chassy and the stance are perfect!), everything put together makes me wait for your next progress on each model you make.


Thank you for being my inspiration for the past 10 years!

Thank you for the kind words! Much appreciated!