Tamiya Nissan 350z Version Nismo

[ShadowBroker]

Hey, this is my first post, will be doing the 350z in Ts-56 Brilliant orange
I'm fairly new to this though
After priming i did the rear diffuser and side skirts first(in gun metal), then the rest of the body with 2 mist coats and 2 wet

[ShadowBroker]

After two clearcoats:




Got quite a bit of orange peel going on there, will post pics after i finished polishing


Thanx for looking

[corvettekid_7684]

Paint looks nice & smooth!

[dino246gt]

Great color choice, I'll be watching for more updates! Cheers!

[euro_z]

hey nice spray job, that should buff out quite nicely !

[ShadowBroker]

Hey guys, thanx for the comments

A quick update: Started polishing the roof!

Just a close shot of reflection of lightbulb on the hood showing how bad the orange peel is:


Took the shots at night so not much reflection can be seen.
After lightly wetsanding with 3600 and polishing with tamiya coarse, fine and finish:


There is still some dullness in the corners but im afraid ill polish through the clearcoat if i try to remove that

Thats all for now. Thanx for looking!

[nugundam93]

wow, now that's shiny. 3600 was your only grit for wetsanding? how long did it take you?

[ShadowBroker]

Originally Posted by nugundam93

wow, now that's shiny. 3600 was your only grit for wetsanding? how long did it take you?

Yea only 3600, took about 15 minutes, i just sanded very lightly until i could see that the surface was dull but smooth

[chaos]

Paint job's looking good after the polish!

[ShadowBroker]

Hey guys thanx for the comments.

Finished polishing:



but now i cant decide between smoked or regular headlights, any suggestions?





Also, what color would be best to do the panel lines with? Any suggestions will be appreciated

Thanks

[rallymaster]

I would say a wash of brown for panel lines. and regular for the lights !

[nugundam93]

i'm gonna go for smoked lights (both front and rear) and a medium gray panel line wash

[crisjr]

Half Phil... half Nungundam..

Brown for panel lines
Smoked lights!!

[corvettekid_7684]

Very nice! I spent 30 hours wet sanding & polishing my Countach! I like the smoked lights very much. Not sure about panels lines. I'd say a slightly darker shade of orange

[ShadowBroker]

Hey guys, thanx for all the comments, sorry I took so long but I was quite busy at university. Ok so I used brown for the panel lines, I think it turned out alright, but I should have deepened the panel lines but I don't have a tool for that

Ok, so here is the front, I only smoked the bottom half of the headlights, otherwise the indicators would disappear in the smoke



And the rear (the paint kept bleeding through when doing the window frames even though I used a toothpick so flatten it down, I read that you must paint clear beforehand, will try that next time)



And undercarriage:



I don't know if the exhaust looks right though:



I know it's curbside and everything, but that exhaust pipe looks ridiculous from the side



Anyway feel free to add suggestions and thanx for looking, will try to update more regularly