celica GT 1600

ok this is my latest project i got it for my bday
its a husugawa kit painted in TS-10 french blue (over an export royal blue) copper and royal blue intirior and some chrome (ment to be any ways)to spoose it up i wont to scratch build an engine bay in to this one so its gonna take me a while to finish but heres wot i got so far



i love the tamiya spray cans for its thin coverage and being the first time i used it allmost stuffed it up lol



using the original GT style mags just using fater tyres if they fit






these are the bits plenty to choose from this is allso the first time ive spray painted every thing as i normally hand paint my intirior but clutch recons this is easyer so im givin it ago


well its not turning out to bad sofar but a pain haven to mask off every thing otherwise thats all for now will keep posting as i go
especially if i decide to cut it up for an engine be to funny to miss i think
well till next time
ta ta

Cool. That's a nice blue.

Looking good boothy. I also paint (airbrush) pretty much everything on the sprues at least to the first colour. Its just quicker and easier I reckon.

sory stupid thing double posted

Looking great mate!

now thats cool.

looking good can't wait to c more

Dude!
Here's a chance to test your skills.
1. Grab the can of export.
2. Chuck the bloody thing as far as you can!
3. If you can still see it. You have failed.

You were lucky with this paint job from what I can see.
Enamel does not take too kindly with acrylic lacquer over the top of it

I like the minilites. Cool car.

Hey Boothy,
Looks like the paint went down real smooth man, nice one. Tamiya cans are nice to work with.
Interior looks great too! Nice job masking it off.

thanks guys and sorry shoey i failed i just cant through em away i love me cheap little paint cans
it will be a while before i have update pics im affraid im terifide in hacking into it but gunna anyways lol

Nice boothy. Looking forward to seeing how it comes along. I had a TA-22 Celica, bloody good little cars!
Keep up the good work mate.

That old Celica shape and minilites - what a top combo! Nice work so far - keep the pics coming boothy.

Nice lookin ride ride so far boothy, paint come up a treat dude!!

thanks guys well ive cut out the bonnet and done a little bit more to it but my camera has died so will up date as soon as i can ok

well here they are and this is my progress sofar sorry about the qaulity







will keep yas posted

Lookin good booths!

well heres were im at i have put the flare kit on and got glue everywere but now that i have to fix that up im gunna bring out my puty bog and do some customizing well try to tidy it up abit any ways well heres the pics feel free to give me your opinion as this is my first time for a scratchie so i dont have a heap of ideas



ok the engine sofar

under neath sofar



well id show some more pics but my internet is so slow for some stupid reason bloody stupid thing
well till next time ta ta

u sould of put the flairs on before u painted the body,looking good so

Looking awesome mate!

yeah i shoulda but now i have a bigger problem the putty bog i used to fill in the gaps has made the flares melt for some stupid reason the body is ok but the flares are stuffed so im hoping if i leave it for a couple of days mabe it will go hard again

well it sorta went hard so i had to bog up everything and re-shape the flares heres were im at sofar





i have learnt the hardway and that shaping flares to suit or mach the other side is hard and tricky but hopfully it will turn out ok
will keep posted

Hey Boothy what part of this model requires a shifter!!!...

Lookin good booths!

If as I suspect, that is auto spot filler you are using you need to put an auto primer down first, problem is, the blue crap, auto primer will eat it. Needs to all be stripped. Good luck is all I can say.