Tamiya Nissan R89C

[takeslousyphotos]

Havent been able to get much time on the model as work has been really busy. But i have been snatching 5 mins here and there; not being able to do much airbrushing i thought id make some plug leads. I used some styrene rod and then did a black dust over the leads to make them look more realistic. Its not perfect but sometimes its the imperfections that make it look more real.

That's some good work on the engine Marc.


Peter

 

[Marc Stock]

Bit more cockpit work. Carbon finish on the dash and metalic finish on the air circulation system. Also did the wheel carriers. My airbrush blew an o ring shortly after that so i got to order some spares from expo.

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[Tibbs]

That is coming along just nicely

 

[takeslousyphotos]

That's coming on really well..............

 

[Plastickitbasher]

Great work so far

 

[jono]

Marc, your attention to detail is Amazing, cant wait to see the finished job. .


John.

 

[Marc Stock]

Engine pretty much complete. I have some touch up to do a few small parts here and there

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[Marc Stock]

Body has been masked for main coat. Completed the suspension wishbones underneath the car. Just need to touch in the bolts with gold. The dashboard has been coated with humbrol metal coat and polished up to look like the real deal.

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[Marc Stock]

Some more progress. Thought id wear the tyres a bit as they looked a bit naff. So went over them with some heavy duty sandpaper to rough them up a little. Did the brakes tonight. Went over first with a light coat of grey, then metalcoat on the disks, did the hubs matt brown, and added a generous dry brushing of silver over the top. Painted brake calipers gloss red as i wanted it to be a different colour to the gold, and added oil stain powder to weather them down a bit and give them that brake dust look.

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[Tibbs]

That is some quality work your doing there....... Those brake discs look spot on

 

[takeslousyphotos]

This is really starting to come together now Marc .......... Looks really good.

 

[Marc Stock]

Racing seat complete. On my research pics the racing seats are not black. They are a more of a grey colour. So I did a grey basecoat and apply a black wash to bring out the imperfections in the seat. This makes the seat look more life like and used in a race. I also painted the outside of the seat gloss black which makes it look awesome

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[Marc Stock]

Chassis is now complete. I put the lower air duct decal in and weathered it up to look like grime from the track had discoloured and worn it up a bit.

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[john i am]

Looking real good looking forward to next update

 

[Marc Stock]

Thanks. I managed to solve my airbrush issue. Ptfe tape. Works a charm and I have decided not to bother with another o ring as the Ptfe tape actually works better.


So I'm laying down the first coats of paint on the body shell now and spraying the wheels. will be Hopfully finished ready for the daunting decal work next week.


Got a phone call from Addlestone models today. My tamiya 300sl has arrived so ill be picking that up on Saturday

 

[Marc Stock]

Wheels coated with gold metalic. And a light coat of gloss over the top. Just need to find a way of applying the metalcoat on the rims evenly. I'm thinking somehow spin the wheels and apply metalcoat on the rim as it's spinning.


Also did the base coat of white on the body shell. Ready for top coat and gloss coat.

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[Marc Stock]

Some more progress on the car. Wheels done, top coat on body done now ready for clear coat.

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[john i am]

Looking. Great loving the wheels

 

[Marc Stock]

Just took some more pics. She's going to be a beauty.

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[Robert1968]

Awesome build so far!!