Toyota Castrol TOM'S Supra GT

so since the Corolla hasnt panned out i need to do something else.......what better than a Castrol TOM'S Supra?.....at least all the paint i sorted out for the Corolla will do for this lol








the car featured in Japanese GT racing in the latter part of the '90s.........TOM'S is a tuning company that work for Toyota

I do luv the Castrol colored cars and the decals will be a job! Somebody did a really nice Tamiya Audi (?) racer and it came out super, or supra! Good luck on a beauty!

so finally got round to some kind of update

for the last week ive not been able to do much for a variety of reasons, work getting in the way being the main one,.......slicing my right thumb for another!,.....its not bad but its in such a place its been hard to pick things up or use a knife or paint brush without it hurting

but ive managed to get lots of bits painted in advance using rattle cans, the seat is decaled up, havnt got any aftermarket belts of i might have tried using them

shell has had a light coat of white





now i have a few rest days from work i plan on cracking on with this

Coming along nicely.

todays progress

the pit is done............you might not get any updates for a few days......its the body shell next *gulp*

That's coming along nicely Paul. You'll do fine with the body.

Chassis looks nice.

Looks good Paul.

How's the thumb?

Skid wrote:Looks good Paul.

How's the thumb?

its ok, still a bit sensative but its nearly knitted together.....a 1 inch cut right on the tip, no idea how i even did it! at least i can pick things up and grip them now

Really nice work. Luv the interior where the roll cage dominates. The seat looks great too. I'm crossing my fingers the rest will go smoothly. Take your time, we can wait. Good luck with the thumb too. I nicked mine a few weeks ago and it was a real hassle too.

Hmmmmm..... this from an H&S man too. Ironic. LOL.

lol...i was off duty  

finally got up the enthusiasm to make a start on the decals

considering they are tamiya and the kit is not very old (bought in a shop only a few months ago) they seem quite delicate

Nice start on the decals. My least favorite part of a build.

I made a start on the recently re-released Zakspeed Capri over the weekend,
apart from the disappointment of it's very few parts (almost a snap kit)
the decals cracked up even though I was using a decal softener....not happy!
I hope you have more success with the Toyota.

 

i am making progress......honest! lol

just very slow progress........some very dodgy decals considering i only bought the kit a few months ago.......very fragile, had a few break up

im trying to get all the red/green swirly bits done first since they are the largest

Paul.... I built this one a while back and while it's a nice kit, the decals are not the best. Mine didn't break up but didn't conform well, even with Microsol.

You have most of the hard ones done and it's looking very nice ondeed but IIRC, the hardest of all are these ones:



Don't want to dampen your spirits but if yours are breaking up, you may want to use paint instead.

I did manage to get mine on but not without a lot of effort.

those two are not going on...........they crumbled!!!!...seriously it feels like im using a 15 year old decal sheet

just to show im still working on this.......... finding i can only do 3 or 4 decals at a time cos they are so delicate, coupled with my lack of time at the bench at the mo means its becoming a long job

Looking good   Had a lot of old decal's do that but never newer ones, doing a great job with the decals 001 

  Lookin good !

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finally got the decals done!

cant believe how long this has took, the decals were horrible to do, had some break up, some totally dissolve!!





next step is the panel lines, then i can crack on with it.......this has taken so long i just want to get it done

Looking at the model you would never believe there is a decal problem. Nice work.

Looks good for all the decal problems Paul.