Plastic Injection Molding Model anyone? :)

[Kendconcerto]

I dono how you do it, but u damn genius......

You reli should minus your MSN ridiculous chatting behaviour, then you're reli a respected sifu, my dear Cham.....

Anyway, good modelling skills! THUMBS UP!

 

[equin0x]

got some question hopefully some sifu can attend to my questions here.

i've just bought a kit to start off with - the calsonic 350Z. previously i've ruined a Porsche 911 GT3 with a awfully done paintjob and some cement smear at the head and tailight and also the windscreen masking/coloring out of line by marker pen. so the end result - sigh.

let say with this calsonic 350Z, the main body color would be the calsonic blue which I've bought the Tamiya TS spray according to the color code given. How can i do a wonderful paint job to it with the can spray? If I've done with the blue, do I need to put a clear coat to get the ultimate shine on the body? If clear coat is required, should i put the clear coat first or the decal first? Or a layer of clear coat then decal then another layer of clear coat again?

What a primer does? Often I see ppl doing it by applying a layer of primer before the actual color.. Is it required for a more beautiful result instead of starting of the color on the plastic? Putty and primer act as the same, to cover up scratches or uneven pave on the body/shell of the project?

Hopefully I can start this project very soon and photo-document all the steps i'm doing, as I have not obtain all the necessary arcylic paint yet for this project. Toycity did not have a good collection of painting accessories, anyone can recomend where to get it beside Toycity in Klang Valley area?

Please enlighten.

 

[equin0x]

and also, i'm looking at some D1GP kit & aftermarket tuner JDM cars from Aoshima as Tamiya are very limited to JDM cars. Does the manufacturer produce good quality body & wheels as Tamiya? Read earlier from this thread that Fujimi's earlier version kits sucks, but how about Aoshima? Or actually this 2 manufacturers improves their kit overall of recent?

 

[ken yeang]

nice diorama with the halfcut skyline. I think to make it more realsitic, you should have some mangled motorbikes to go with the car wreck. Throw in a few mat rempit s bodies strewn across the car. .....:

Blood and gory will help bro too


baring_teeth: :baring_teeth: :baring_teeth:

 

[hardcoremunity]

Well, i'm ok... but wouldnt it be better if u put it in the diecast section? :)

bro zen:I'm not any pro at all. It's just a carbon fibre decal applied on it :)

y dont u send it for Carbon Fibre airbrush instead of carbon fibre decals...
hehehe.. it just my opinion if u want the C.F. look clean

 

[ARTA]

haha, i just opted for the decal becoz it's alot easier for me and just make do with wat i got. I've got lots of extra mesh because i've got 5 sets of photoetched parts but i'm lack of some enamel and plus, the tamiya smoke acrylic have bad reputation and i've bad experience with the smoke paint too. I was gonna clear coat the decal but..wat the heck, lately damn busy with work n my car..haha, so just leave it as it is..

 

[ARTA]

but actually using a decal, u can see the 3d like weaving if u had fully applied and heated it up making it look realistic. Even with the clear coat on, u still can actually see it.

 

[encikmasen]

hey guys...just found this thread..been building scale models since i was 15 but all not very good (rush to built it)..got 5 cars, 911 gt1 (my first), fd-rx7, r34 skyline, calsonic r33 gtr, and toyota gt-one..basically all ruin already except the gt-one which is still displayable although its not so nice to be displayed..

just wanna to ask some Q's..where can i get photo etched parts or transkit part near kL? feel like want to start back after 3 years..

 

[equin0x]

encikmasen,

there is a quite fully equipped Tamiya shop in 1U new wing at Basement 2 parking. just right below the mynews that is located at B1. saw some photo etched parts selling there today but i couldnt find the photo etched part for Calsonic Z that i want.. but u can give it a try.. they have a very wide range of Tamiya plastic injection kit which beat the collection in Toycity anytime plus all the tools - everything strictly Tamiya.

cheers

 

[encikmasen]

ohh..i thought that shop are for RC scale model only..i'll try n see what they have..

btw thanks..

 

[equin0x]

the shop name called Tamiya Underground. everything from scale model to RC or dangun racer. their toolkit also quite complete

 

[Kendconcerto]

This is my car

 

[ARTA]

sigh.... stuck with my project long time, raining season, there's no way i can get it done like this..

 

[AvexTrax]

good job bro!

 

[evo5229]

can say 1st time play...wah.....tired...hehehe...sumore hand dirty..hehe

 

[equin0x]

i noticed all posting pictures of completed projects.. no one wanna post WIP pictures? any scratch builders here?

i've 4 WIP at the moment, running simulteneously.. a Calsonic Z, Z-Tune R34, RE Amemiya RX7 and a suzuki cappuccino. the cappuccino will consist lots of customisation and scratchbuilding works. open WIP thread later when i'm at home..

 

[ARTA]

haha, i've 3 WIP now, one of them i've posted up already previously.

 

[equin0x]

ARTA: which one?

 

[ARTA]

if u look at my past posts in this thread u can see it and regarding the question of your post on 24th december i missed out, i've also already posted on tat too previously. Have a look :)

 

[ayoi84]

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