SMJ's Tamiya 1/24 Porsche 911 Turbo '88

[ScaleModelJedi]

When I heard about this SIG I had to enter as Mr McCord is a top bloke , For my entry I will be building Tamiya's 1/24 Porsche 911 Turbo '88. This is a 2005 kit with the kit number 24279.



Contents

[ScaleModelJedi]

First off I made a start with the body. There were some seam lines that ran from the headlight up to the windscreen and a couple on the rear running from the spoiler down to the base. These were a little tricky in places to clean up and still showed up a line after sanding and polishing but no step could be felt. Hopefully they will not show through the paint. I then used the paint prep kit from Zero paints to clean up and key the surface ready for primer. This product is applied to the surface using the scourer and clean water and worked in to the surface. This took the high sheen off the plastic and left a nice surface for primer.



After drying the body off I primed it using Zero paints Etch primer. This is a two part primer and hardener that is mixed 50/50. This is probably not needed but I wanted to give it a try. It sprayed really well and gave a nice smooth finish. A couple of areas needed a bit of clean up around the bumpers as some of the seams showed through. The primer sanded really well and was easy to cover with out showing up.



Next up was the top coat, for this I used Zero paints Gauloises extreme blue ZP-1045. This was the first time using Zero paints so was keen to see how the performed. It sprayed really well through my Iwata HP-TH. It needs a bit of clean up in a couple of places and a further coat but I'm pleased with how it's looking and love the colour.



That's all for now made some good progress and looking forward to doing some more work on this.
Thank you for looking

[Timplastic]

looks great Si

You know i got that colour and was tempted to paint mine this colour and from whats in the i would have not thought that this is how the colour would spray out.

look forward too the gloss

[EvilCarrot]

Really nice looking paint job there, Si! Hope I'll be able to get a nice smooth finish like that.

[Twokidsnosleep]

That is solid painting skills from prep to colour layer, WOW
The blue looks absolutely magnificent
Just subscribed to your channel, gotta see more work like that!

Also, I really like that Tamiya kit as well...it just looks better than the Fujimi or Revell and you KNOW it will go together well
Wishing mine was Tamiya

[ScaleModelJedi]

Thank you guy's

So on with the build and to get this all finished before the deadline

The interior was all primed in Ultimate black and I used Mr Hobby aqueous 15 Bright blue for the centre sections of the seats. The rest was left in the black primer colour.





The underside was masked of and sprayed with the body colour. This was sprayed over black primer and the body was over grey so a slight darker colour on the under side. I also left this as is and didn't give it a gloss coat. The engine detail was painted with Vallejo metal colours Aluminium and steel. The exhaust was sprayed with some AK extreme metals gun metal and burnt metal, with AK extreme Chrome for the tips.



I stripped the chrome off the wheels with some bleach and then gave them a coat of Ultimate gloss black primer. I was going to re chrome them but decided I liked the look of the black so left them as they are.



Chassis with tub and the wheels on.



Test fitting the body



First time using the Zero paints 2K diamond clearcoat and must say I'm very impressed with how it turned out, I think I could of done with a bit more thinner in the mix to get it to spray a bit nicer but it turned out ok.



I first gave it a light coat wich was then left for ten minutes to tack off and then sprayed two heavier coats at 5 minute interavls.




Next up was to polish the body, For this I used Zero paints polishing compounds. Starting with the coarse and working through to the fine.
First time using these and they seemed to work really well. Not sure how they compare to Tamiya's as I've yet to use those.

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The body after polishing



So all that was left was to paint the black parts and assemble the last few parts to the body. I masked off all the areas to paint the black and used black primer for these areas. The clear parts for the lights were all left clear as I liked the look of them.

Thats all I got until the final reveal. Thank you for looking