Mint Green R35 GTR

Hi guys,
My next project is underway. This kit was given to me by a very good friend who is also a keen modeller.
I thought I would do some thing different colour wise as my collection has alot of black and white cars (although I think they are the best colours)

I have chosen Tamiya TS-60 Pearl Green for my colour as it is the closest to mint green and the pearl is very cool too.

I also brought some Aoshima 20" BBS rims and the Tamiya PE kit for it.
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The wheels have been primed and painted Tamiya gloss white.
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The rear spoiler holes have been filled with styrene and Tamiya Light Curing putty. (where was this 10yrs ago!)
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Body has been primed with Tamiya white primer and some more filling needs to be done.
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So that's where I am at with this project, nothing major to be done with this. Just gotta make the Aoshima wheels fit and lower it a bit.
Cheers for looking.

Gotta love those wheels! Looks great man, Cant wait to see some color on this beast

Nice choice of options, looking forward to more.

Gotta love those wheels! Looks great man, Cant wait to see some color on this beast

Nice choice of options, looking forward to more.

Thanks guys, hopefully being a stock build this one should progress quickly.

Good start, so I stay tuned :cool:

Cant wait to see it in some color

Great choice of Wheel & love the colour combo your using!

Looks like a great concept!
I want to see more! and see color!
Andy

I love it!!!

Cheers guys, not much of an update. Weather isn't the greatest for curing paint or primer.
I'm still touching up the boot where I have removed the spoiler holes.
But the wheels are done and I'm real happy with how they look.
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Those wheels look gorgeous! Great job! Did you swap out the lug nuts?

Wow those rims look perfect !! like the real thing !! :thumbsup:

Those wheels look gorgeous! Great job! Did you swap out the lug nuts?
Cheers. No, there are painted black.
Wow those rims look perfect !! like the real thing !! :thumbsup:
Thanks! Hopefully will have the body ready for paint soon.

Now I wanna build this again since mine could have been better. But the modeling confessions thread bothers my conscience. Either way, good start up. Just dont start watching tv, or any of those other distracting things

Now I wanna build this again since mine could have been better. But the modeling confessions thread bothers my conscience. Either way, good start up. Just dont start watching tv, or any of those other distracting things

Ha ha ha cheers, I know what you mean. I'd like to do over a few kits myself. Luckily TV is crap here at the moment, but my nearly 2yr old daughter is keeping me busy lol

The bbs lms look gorgeous!!

Got the color coat on today, not after a night of fixing scratches from scribing the panel lines out. :banghead:
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And I have to say, the white BBS rims look perfect with this!
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I'll be painting the lower trim with Gun Metal before the clear coat.

Paint looks great, did you use an A/B?, nice and smooth

Paint looks great, did you use an A/B?, nice and smooth

Cheers! Nope, I always use Tamiya rattle cans for bodies.

Cheers! Nope, I always use Tamiya rattle cans for bodies.
That is a great paint job from a can, I have never gotten that lucky with Tamiya from the can, what is your secret?

That is a great paint job from a can, I have never gotten that lucky with Tamiya from the can, what is your secret?

Thanks! It's not the best finish I've gotten either. I went pretty light as I am planning to put a fair bit of clear on this one.

The only trick I can think of is heating the can up in a tall glass with hot water before painting. This increases the pressure inside the can giving a more consistant pressure. Oh, and a whole heap of shaking beforehand!

I have to thank Primeraman for his tips back in the day. Does anyone know if he's still about? He's a fellow kiwi too!

Looks Great!!! Was a brillant weekend for painting! are you going to take this GTR to the IPMS show later this month?

Looks Great!!! Was a brillant weekend for painting! are you going to take this GTR to the IPMS show later this month?

Thanks Ash, it sure was a great weekend! Would have loved to pull a sickie today. Alas, morgage to pay and all that.
I have no idea what the IPMS show is. I just build these for me.

http://ipmsauckland.hobbyvista.com/nationals.html

Would be a good event just to go to, ill be there displayng a few of my builds.
I think its more miltary & train than Automotive, but what the hell, why not!

Whoa!!
We have an IPMS here? And they have shows? I thought the only model show Auckland had was Model X. Might have to go to this myself.

http://ipmsauckland.hobbyvista.com/nationals.html

Would be a good event just to go to, ill be there displayng a few of my builds.
I think its more miltary & train than Automotive, but what the hell, why not!

Oh right, cheers for that. Now I know.

Whoa!!
We have an IPMS here? And they have shows? I thought the only model show Auckland had was Model X. Might have to go to this myself.

No your right! This is the first time its been in Auckland, usually its every 2 yrs down in Wellington.
Theres an open competetion too!

Small update, I hand painted the headlights and was not happy with it. So I wiped the paint off with thinners and airbrushed with semi gloss black.
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Much happier now. :biggrin:

A bit more has been done. Brakes painted clear blue, just to be different.
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I discovered during mock up that the Aoshima wheel hub is 0.5mm larger in diameter than the disc brake. I'll have to ream this out to get the wheels to fit.
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Undercarriage is almost complete
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Inlet plenum chamber is detailed although I rubbed off some chrome when cleaning up.
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That exhaust look incredible! Love the weathering. Great job!

That exhaust look incredible! Love the weathering. Great job!

Thanks, I used really thinned down semi gloss black in the airbrush.

Liking this a lot

Great job so far.. nice color.. and BBS fit perfectly on GTR.. :)

love this colorcombo and your work is so clean! subed!

Nice choice in colors!

Thanks for all the nice comments guys, progress has slowed up as it's busy times here.
Managed to get the clear coat on, but I managed to knock the rear with the plastic container lid I store my cars in once I've painted them to gas out and stop dust collecting on them while they cure. I had to touch up the boot lid and bumper. Nothing major.

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I've then airbrushed X-10 metallic grey to the lower skirts as per manual and gave that a coat of acrylic clear. Polished off the over spray and then used Tamiya Panel line paint for the first time. pretty impressed with it. I always hated mixing up panel line paint as I always make far too much lol.

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Just need to polish out the dab marks from the panel paint and add the window seals.


That's it for now, thanks for looking.

Oh my... that polish just brought the color out big time. this is looking great!

Looks Great!
Keep it up!!!!!!!!!
I can't wait to see more!
Andy

Finally back on this project. Lots of masking and painting, but it's worth it. The end is near
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That looks great!!!!!!!
Man that looks clean and that color keeps looking better and better.
I am glad to see this one back on the bench!
Keep up the awesome work.
Andy

Thanks Andy! When I was uploading the photos tonight. I saw that my last entry was Oct 2013! 7months of nothing! All because I'd dropped the car, chipped some paint and broke the rear diffuser. So I packed it into its box and hoped it would fix itself. 6months later and it only took 2hrs to repair, but it was an easy fix.

Glad to see this minty fresh beast back on track!

Thanks Ashley. It's now practically finished, just doing the small details. Will post in the completed forum in the next day or two.
Here's my last pics of work. Rushed the Nismo stencil, thinned the red down too much and it's a bit low and can't be seen easily behind the grill. Oh well.
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Nice color, I love it :cool:

nice work! just a minor niggle though, it seemed the mold line showed through on the front left corner of the bumper?

nice work! just a minor niggle though, it seemed the mold line showed through on the front left corner of the bumper?


There's no mould lines on the front bumper as it's a seperate part. What you see there is a reflection from the flash.

Seeing that the car is of that shade of green. I would have painted the interior a medium gray an flocked the floor med-gray, to go with that light green body color. just an idea. As I love your body work it's over the top!!!

Edit: My girl's comment "It would look awesome with a two tone Medium gray to light gray interior". Medium gray for the out side sections and the lighter color for the interior colors.