Lexus IS350 Fujimi 1/24

[wojtek_j]

Hi again !

At now, my succesive model. This is Lexus IS350 from Fujimi.
As I wrote in my previus thread, Fujimi is making good products now.

It was a very short modeling project. I made the model within four days, and finished a week ago. It was good and simple job.
The Lexus is painted in SuperSilver Gunze No. 159.
On the rims is Aluminium Gunze No.218.
































Regards from Poland
WJ

[BVC500]

Looks good! I like the silver with dark tan combo. I still think there's something off about the wheels on the kit, like they are too small or lack the 3d effect of the real wheels.

[sasmiha]

Excellent paint job! Is that lacquers?
Clean and mean! Post more of your build please!

[energon]

I love these cars! You did a pretty nice job on it. A lot of Fujimi's newer stuff does seem to be a LOT better.

[cham2020]

simple and clean
i like it

[deltableh]

Did you use a fisheye lens for the first few pictures? The car has that fisheye bloated look to it

[675datsun]

Something's not right...it looks like a Toyota Corolla!!! Wheels are way too small, or the fenders are just too tall?

Panel lines and window trim is great, how did you do them?

[energon]

I think it's that the wheels are a little too small, which is typical for fujimi.

[wojtek_j]

Originally Posted by sasmiha

Is that lacquers?

Yes, a final coat that's the SuperClear II Gunze.

Originally Posted by deltableh

Did you use a fisheye lens for the first few pictures?

I didn't use any lens. All photos I'm making by Canon A530, that's typically automatic camera (setting: auto, macro).

Originally Posted by 675datsun

Panel lines and window trim is great, how did you do them?

Panel lines were made under a first coat of paint. In my opinion the technique is much better than put the lines on finished coat.



and windows trim were masked and painted by aerograph.

Regards
WJ

[exhaust smoke]

Originally Posted by wojtek_j

Yes, a final coat that's the SuperClear II Gunze.

Model looks fantastic, but the Gunze clear does not look shiny (I am sure it is not your application, but the product itself).

[wojtek_j]

Originally Posted by exhaust smoke

the Gunze clear does not look shiny (I am sure it is not your application, but the product itself).

Yes, it's true, but lack of shining it does not SuperClear fault.
I think that's SuperSilver, which is under the SuperClear.
He's more similar to Chrome, or Polished Aluminium where a blink is differently than classic paints.



Regards
WJ

[exhaust smoke]

Originally Posted by wojtek_j

Yes, it's true, but lack of shining it does not SuperClear fault.
I think that's SuperSilver, which is under the SuperClear.
He's more similar to Chrome, or Polished Aluminium where a blink is differently than classic paints.



Regards
WJ

I see... thanks for the extra photo to show the reflection.

[deltableh]

If no special lenses were used, there is something wonky about the kit itself, at least to my eyes. You've done an excellent job, it's just the plastic itself seems to be where the problem would lie.

*shrugs* Like I said, top notch job. I just can't seem to get past the fish-eye proportions.

[ZoomZoomMX-5]

Originally Posted by deltableh

If no special lenses were used, there is something wonky about the kit itself, at least to my eyes. You've done an excellent job, it's just the plastic itself seems to be where the problem would lie.

*shrugs* Like I said, top notch job. I just can't seem to get past the fish-eye proportions.

I've seen the kit before and it looks right. I can tell these images were taken at close range so that's where the distortion comes from.

The kit wheels are definitely too small by at least one scale inch in diameter, so the model loses a lot of the aggressive look of the IS . We now know that an IS with undersized wheels looks uncomfortably like a Corolla Someone on a Japanese modeler's website built one up and used .020" styrene card to increase the visible wheel diameter and it looked MUCH better.

[drunken monkey]

Originally Posted by ZoomZoomMX-5

I've seen the kit before and it looks right. I can tell these images were taken at close range so that's where the distortion comes from.

that's why if you can at all help it, avoid using the macro function on digital cameras.