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Postby Capin-Neemo » Tue Apr 15, 2008 10:26 pm

Just finished this its my first one so dont judge to harshly needs some touch up piant and some pinstriping but here she is...

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Postby deaf_rattle » Tue Apr 15, 2008 10:41 pm

nice taste in models! hahah

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Postby Rob_GTZ » Wed Apr 16, 2008 12:07 am

What he said ^^ :D

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Got a pretty decent selection of other Toyotas too.
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Postby Snoozin » Wed Apr 16, 2008 1:28 am

Can't build em to save myself, but I can make up for it with a cool diecast:
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Postby Capin-Neemo » Wed Apr 16, 2008 4:08 pm

Awsome as we should keep up do some model project builds lol...

Gives me something to do when its raining cant paint and cant aford gas to go drifting :(
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Postby Capin-Neemo » Wed Apr 16, 2008 5:43 pm

Well after finishing the celica though id start on the supra!

Just painting now...

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Postby mr_monkey » Wed Apr 16, 2008 6:45 pm

did you paint it with a brush?

Cans are totally the way to go. Brushed on paint always seems to look too thick.

Nice choice of colour tho. Looks like it'll become baltic blue? its a factory mk4 supra colour which was apparantly "limited edition"ish. I think it was only released during the first two years of their production or somtehing.

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I have a panda mk4 model back at the flat that i need to get pics of.
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Postby GDII » Wed Apr 16, 2008 7:37 pm

I'm in the middle of building this. Used spray can Subaru blue with a thick clear coat. Came up very shiny.

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I have an airbrush which makes painting cars alot easier. I painted a Mitsi EVO 6 WRC with a brush and ruined it. Will never go back after using the airbrush. :lol:
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Postby Capin-Neemo » Wed Apr 16, 2008 8:03 pm

Yea planning on getting an air brush but always gotta start somwhere have a $22 brush and thats only a first coat comes up okay if im gentle and use the paint quite thin. Ive found arcrilic to be much easyer to brush than enamel
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Postby GDII » Wed Apr 16, 2008 8:47 pm

I like your green Supra. With my first model I didn't even paint it lol.
That looks like 'Tamiya Metallic Blue' on the F&F supra? That will come up nice. Acrylic is alot better than enamel for models.

I know this is not a car but this is what my dad has done with my airbrush on a German Panther G tank.

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Postby fj40cruzapete » Wed Apr 16, 2008 8:52 pm

die cast sprintcars have a heap of model kits too

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Postby FST4RD » Wed Apr 16, 2008 9:13 pm

Damn! I have always wanted to build a sprintcar model... always wanted a sammy swindel one....
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Postby FLAWLES » Wed Apr 16, 2008 9:43 pm

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Beginings of my jzx100
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same colour as my jzx100 too
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bulit a mint rs cossy seria but cant find the dam thing
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Postby holden_fan2005 » Thu Apr 17, 2008 12:21 am

I used to build a few, I do have some pics somewhere but I cant seem to find them :(

I built a mint 49 mercury and I wasn't far off finishing a custom dodge stealth pro stock drag car which started life as a fwd TT stealth, a mustang drag car and parts from around 4 other models :lol:

I sold everything a while back but I might get back into it now I have more patience and I can use an airbrush.

What type of pant for an airbrush should I use? I used to spray paint from a can into a glass jar for the airbrush but that seemed a bit rangi??
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Postby AE86less » Thu Apr 17, 2008 12:29 am

Capin-Neemo wrote:Well after finishing the celica though id start on the supra!

Just painting now...


Did you undercoat it? When you're brushing the paint doesn't like sticking to plastic.

TBH I've found that (despite being ridiculously overpriced) Games Workshop (warhammer) paint is the best quality around, not ideal colours for cars but very nice to use.
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Postby Emperor » Thu Apr 17, 2008 7:53 am

AE86less wrote:
TBH I've found that (despite being ridiculously overpriced) Games Workshop (warhammer) paint is the best quality around, not ideal colours for cars but very nice to use.


Agreed!!
I did an old Impala coupe model. In Chaos Space Marine blue.
Which is like a matt blue. So cool! And easy to work with too, because it's quite light, if you put a mark on it, or finger print, another coat or two covers it.
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Postby AE86less » Thu Apr 17, 2008 9:20 am

They also sell a varnish (clear coat, for all you car-minded people :roll: ), really good brushes and good glue that doesn't leave marks all over the model.
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Postby FLAWLES » Thu Apr 17, 2008 9:35 am

Yea 3rd that
i use all there browns and stuff closest brown paint you can get to leather
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Postby barryogen » Thu Apr 17, 2008 10:51 am

Prada and Gucci nail polish is wicked, and comes in awesome colours for cars.

Bloody expensive in comparison though, but a heap better than "normal" nail polish, which is bloody expensive in its own right.

Undercoat is a must though.
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Hmm thanx for the good ideas....

Postby Capin-Neemo » Thu Apr 17, 2008 10:51 am

Gets me thinking we should have a permenet model thread for us to show off our wasted time lol...

Yea the Arcylic is coming up mint as i dont undercoat just thin down the first coat to get it to stick then do a top coat a little thiker to give it some depth got this far this morning...

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