General Model Kit Building Thread

[Slick Rick]

Most kits dont come with stuff like engine wiring looms etc. I think he did the wiring himself along with those seatbelts. Its the little details like that you add yourself that really set a model off.

 

[DRIFT4EVA]

Firstly White R34 wow man 👍

Secondly I have come into possesion of a 1/12 scale Aoshima Nissan Skyline GTR R32 (Exactly like Hiroboys one from www.spc.org.uk) I will post pics as I go

 

[Speedster502]

I'm starting my Audi R8 1/24th soon at the moment just buying paints for it. I'm going to spray the outer shell (to avoid brush stroke effect) and I'm undercoating all the other pieces apart from alloys and the windows.

I have one query though, I'm not sure how I'm going to do the black carbon fibre piece down the side, if I paint it, it'll most probably leave brush strokes and if I need to spray it I need to buy a spray paint for it and then would struggle actually going about it. So I'm not sure, any help?

 

[tfujiwara]

I finished my green HKS silvia from Kei Office in just three days.

Day1: Builded the car and painted(everything)

Day2: 112 little stickers

Day3: Peice of Art:tup:

 

[buickgnx88]

Three days? What fun is that? I like to make mine over the span of a week so it looks good.

 

[tfujiwara]

I dint do it for fun. besides i bought two.

 

[buickgnx88]

Didn't build it for fun? Then why did you build it?

 

[tfujiwara]

I said I have two..... the first one was to test how fast am I with my best skills and........ the second one WAS for fun. So if I messed up on the first one, I dont care because I have a second one.

 

[buickgnx88]

Okay, gotcha. I saw that you said you have 2 but you didn't explain why you had 2 in the first place, so that's why I was confused.

 

[tfujiwara]

The real reason why I got 2, it was because, I like Yasuyuki Kazama's green s15 alot, and the car has ALOT of stickers (witch is good for a challenge)....so I knew I was going to mess up.....so I bought another one to make it look good. And the one with three days was to see how good it will look if I made fast.

 

[buickgnx88]

Quite an interesting challenge.

 

[superberkut]

I have one query though, I'm not sure how I'm going to do the black carbon fibre piece down the side, if I paint it, it'll most probably leave brush strokes and if I need to spray it I need to buy a spray paint for it and then would struggle actually going about it. So I'm not sure, any help?

Painting with a brush is in fact quite easy, much more than a conventional spray-can, providing you have technique, just as long as you don't try and touch it up while it dries. Patience is, of course, necessary for a good paint job. I learned that the hard way...

Going mainly into aircraft now, but soon I will finish my Nissan R89C kit which I started last year.

 

[tfujiwara]

Quite an interesting challenge.

thanks!!

 

[Slick Rick]

Started on my Civic the other day, thought I done everything right. Cleaned, undercoat, sanded, cleaned, undercoat, topcoat, topcoat and then laquer. It looked great and left it to dry overnight in the garage. When I came back yesterday morning, this is what it turned into From a nice, smooth, metallic mirror finish like coat to a dull, matt wrinkly yellow


http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/4096/dsc04727jq5.jpg
Not sure whether to sand it down a bit and do the top coat and laquer again or to leave it in brake fluid and start from scratch. If I do the brake fluid thing im worried the same thing might happen again.

Any ideas on what went wrong. I thing I should have used a primer before the undercoat and left a lot longer between coats.

 

[buickgnx88]

Well it looks like you have a bit of orange peel happenin' there... I don't do as much work as you so I wouldn't know, I just do the single coat of paint.

Edit: Looking at it again, it almost looks like that plastic they use at the kids' playgrounds that's supposed to resemble wood.

 

[superberkut]

It looks alright from here...

This may be the humidity of the garage, unless it is insulated. What was the weather like the day you painted it? Other than that, I'd say the layers of paint applied.

 

[White R34]

Hello you all sorry I have bean gone for so long. I'm still on my Military Model building tour. An I'm hooked on 1/35 right now. As for the GranTurismo GTR I stoped working on it at that time till I could get my hands on some more clear masking film and the start on the Movie car that I have now had finished fo some months. Ok the kit is a Red car: Revell 69' corvette 427 Coup, #2 Kit Revell California wheels 69' corvette Coup #2866. Here's some photos and a link to all the work that wint in to doing two of them. If any of you are thinking why did I do two, at the time no one had ever see the gold one done before so I thought it would be cool to do two at the same time. As I see it I'm the 4th to do the red version but the one and the 1st to do the gold version. ans I must say the first to do them both at the same time. Oh here's that Wip link:
http://s162.photobucket.com/albums/...uck types/Corvette Summer Stingray/?start=all
this build had over 16 pages long of work it was fun to do. An if any one is going to ask if I'm going to sale a kit of them I don't think so I found a lot that I needed to do to my molds first and I have not do that yet. So the only parts that I can make are the head-lights, fog-lights, an the hood but the vents don't come out all that well.

Here's a model I built for a local show here in Louisiana.

Here's a link to my Military projects that I have done, the IDF MUTT w/TOW is the latest project done.
http://s162.photobucket.com/albums/t248/White_r34/War Vehicles WWII - Gulf war/?start=all

I'll be back to work on the GT soon.

 

[Spec M]

^Thats some pretty heavy detail work White.
Kudos to you for the dedication 👍

PS: I love the work you did on the Bradley, thats my fav. out of the bunch

 

[superberkut]

Professional-calibre work, White R34!

(Unfortunately for me, the local hobby shop closed down...)

 

[White R34]

Thanks you two, I know it's bean some time and I have not got'in bake to work on The GT-R. I have two military projects that I'm working on and once there done I will get back to work on the GTR as I'm slowly losing the feel for doing military models. I must say taking a brack from it wnt be all that bad as I look over at that cool looking GTR and I want to see it done as much as you all do.
An again thanks you all for the comments.

 

[White R34]

Oh one last thing Soprano 3 1 3 I'll be build ing one more bradley some thing like the first one but not an M2A2 it will be the new M3A3 Once I start on that one after the GTR is done I will post a link on that work as well.

 

[Jay]

White R34 you do excellent work, look forward to seeing the Gran Turismo GTR in final form 👍

 

[buickgnx88]

Late edit: for some reason I didn't notice the size in the title! Moved to the Model Cars thread.

 

[SRV2LOW4ME]

Started on my Civic the other day, thought I done everything right. Cleaned, undercoat, sanded, cleaned, undercoat, topcoat, topcoat and then laquer. It looked great and left it to dry overnight in the garage. When I came back yesterday morning, this is what it turned into From a nice, smooth, metallic mirror finish like coat to a dull, matt wrinkly yellow


http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/4096/dsc04727jq5.jpg
Not sure whether to sand it down a bit and do the top coat and laquer again or to leave it in brake fluid and start from scratch. If I do the brake fluid thing im worried the same thing might happen again.

Any ideas on what went wrong. I thing I should have used a primer before the undercoat and left a lot longer between coats.

Although its a little late now, it looks like humidity got to your paint while it was drying, and you didn't let it fully set between coats. Although its rare with laquer, i've had it happen to me before (normally in the summer when its hot n humid). You can try sanding it, repainting and then clear coating it again, should work, if not you may have to bust out the brake fluid.

 

[Encyclopedia]

Awesome work, White R34!

Here's one of mine I posted in another car model-thread.

My current project that's nearing completion.

Also started building a R32 GTR.

 

[buickgnx88]

I just purchased a Model King 1972 Chevy Blazer, course I won't be building it until may when I'm home from school.

On another note, it's like no one builds models here anymore!

 

[Encyclopedia]

I just purchased a Model King 1972 Chevy Blazer, course I won't be building it until may when I'm home from school.

On another note, it's like no one builds models here anymore!

I know it's a shame. I'm going to try to be active though and post some pictures later today.

 

[buickgnx88]

If you're not a member already, may I suggest checking out this forum:
Model Cars Magazine forums

Plenty of great models, tips, reviews, etc.

 

[Encyclopedia]

If you're not a member already, may I suggest checking out this forum:
Model Cars Magazine forums

Plenty of great models, tips, reviews, etc.

Thanks for the link. 👍

Here's some pictures of the Porsche. Most of it is done, I just need to clear coat it and then the finishing detail work.

Here's some of the Skyline's Engine.

Sorry for my lousy photography.

 

[Nicksfix]

Lots of cool stuff and model kits right here :

http://www.hobbylinc.com/