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Frau's (future ?) Daily Driver - 996 GT3

ij001

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Mentioned before that Mrs. IJ001 was brought-up in Germany close to Stuttgart, she also loves orange cars, so...

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Tamiya's excellent 911/996 GT3 straight from the box and paint mixed by my favourite Mk.I eyeball method (X6 Orange with 'a few drops' of XF15 Flesh). One coat of 'Pearl' clear and two caots of TS13 Clear, all polished with Tamiya three-part compounds (no wax yet). Interior is a typical turn-of-the-century two-tone medium grey and dark blue-grey. Only thing on the finished thing that didn't come in the box is the carbon fibre roof decal by a Korean company 'Ka-Models' which I got through BNA Models in Oz. Not much else to say except that my kit came with a severely deformed left side A Pillar which threw-out the alignment of the front windscreen.

Great kit and a very easy build as Tamiya always seem to be. As ever thanks for taking the time to look and / or comment. Please feel free to comment, question or rage-away. Next a 2011 997 GT3R then some aircraft builds,

AFN



Ian.
 
So now is "The Frau" giving you a kick about "Where is my full size one?"
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The build looks really nice Ian! My take is that the bent pillar could have been massaged by using 85C water to "slightly soften" it and bring it back to true. As it is if you had not said anything we would not have known.
 
So now is "The Frau" giving you a kick about "Where is my full size one?"
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Frau can easily afford to buy herself one (and one for me TBH)... benefits of marrying a surgeon, I s'pose :v
Ironically she never will, because her daily drive at the moment, is a 2009 silver Mazda 'people carrier' (US = mini-van), and she has no ambition to change it anytime soon, she likes the models, but the real things just leave her cold... :idonno


Ian.
 
Your paint jobs are just getting better Ian :notworthy

The repair to the pillar is fantastic still can't tell even after you said it was damaged. (y)
 
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