Something simpler to tinker on while I wait for stuff to dry on other projects. I have a basic plan…
Mostly I’ve just been cleaning up the parts and shooting some of them when I’m painting the same colors on other parts. But since I had the body prepped I went ahead and shot it TS-56 Cheeze Wiz.
That is pretty much Cheese Wiz. Which kit is this?
It’s the Tamiya kit.
Most of the engine has been assembled.
I spent more time painting the belt and pulleys than any other part on the engine.
I had to use the factory Sky Blue for the one pulley.
Great looking engine!
Thanks!
The chassis is coming along.
The bottom of the chassis is done. At least for now…
I really like those older Skylines. Interesting color, cheez whiz. Won’t have any issues seeing that one coming. Looks very cool and great work as usual.
BK
Great build-coming together nicely.
Looking forward to the finished build.
I agree, it’s coming along really well. The details in the under carriage are fantastic.
Looks sharp Mark. What color did you paint the rear sway bar?
Thanks guys!
John, I used clear orange over silver for the sway bars.
I didn’t like the connection of the header to the exhaust. So I “welded” them together.
The engine bay is pretty much done.
Flocking/carpet didn’t seem to fit the theme so the floor of the interior was sprayed with textured dark gray to simulate a rubberized coating.
The rest of the parts were painted as called out in the instructions, sort of… I swapped Medium Gray for the Black inserts. The silver and gray are brush painted.
The dash is done too. I used the same painting technique for the wood grain as I did on the console.
Very nice job on the interior panels, not say there is anything wrong with the rest,
Thanks Steve.
The shoulder harnesses are shown in the instructions to be attached to the bottom of the front seats, but I decided to attach them more like I did on my real car and anchor them by the back seat.
Test fitting the body…
Very nice job on the engine, looks good. Do you paint engines as you go, or when done? Or another way? I’m quite new to modeling and I’m having trouble getting my engines to look nice. Any advice would be very appreciated.
Depends on the engine and the kit. Generally you want to assemble the pieces that make up the subassemblies that will be the same color and paint them after addressing the seams and such. But smaller parts that are different colors are usually better off being painted separately then attached.