Acura NSX

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Tamiya 1/24th scale kit. I'm building it in the Nouvelle Blue Pearl exterior with Orchid interior as offered in 2017.
I started with the body so it could cure while the rest of the car was being built. I used Tamiya LP-47 Pearl Blue, it covers well and glosses up even better.

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I used Tamiya LP and acrylic paints for the interior. Pearl White and various blacks and grays. Since I brush painted the acrylic colors, and it was pretty warm here, I used the Tamiya paint retarder and was very pleased how it worked and made the paint flow smoothly.

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I don't think much of the engine or chassis will be visible once the car is done, but I went ahead and detail painted every part as called out in the instructions just for fun. That was quite a bit of drill time for the brake rotors. There are indentations molded in that help with the pattern. So far every piece fits great.

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The roof was airbrushed with LP-1 Black reduced with the Tamiya lacquer thinner. I hand brushed the bases of the A pillars and the trim above the taillights with the same paint.

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Yep, even without the body at least 90% of the engine is obscured from view.

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Final assembly of the body is time consuming with some of the parts/sub-assemblies being on the delicate side, and the real car having some complex lines and features, but they all fit very well. The trick is to just take time to install them and let the cement for each addition fully dry before moving to the next.
Excuse the dust… It will get a wipe down and waxing before being mated to the chassis.

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The body and chassis fit together tightly at the four locating points and being that the front and rear fascia's are molded to the body it is not a problem. However, to get the two belly pans to fit perfectly flush to the body at the nose and tail, a small drop of cement was used just inside the front and rear wheel wells at all four corners.