fet_thunderdome Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 Hi Everyone, Here again with another C-Group Car. This time a Toyota 88C-V, which any Gran Turismo fan should remember. I built it oob, only added Eduard photoetched belts. free photo hosting sitesfoto linkimage shareimmagini sul web 19 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duckwizard Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 A fantastic build, very realistic! I like it a lot. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vicarage Vee Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 (edited) Very nice indeed. Lovely line up of a fondly remembered era too. One major omission though... Cough. Jaguar cough.... B-) Edited December 19, 2018 by Vicarage Vee Smartphone spelling.... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fet_thunderdome Posted December 19, 2018 Author Share Posted December 19, 2018 15 minutes ago, Vicarage Vee said: Very nice indeed. Lovely line up of a fondly remembered era too. One major ommission though... Cough. Jaguar cough.... B-) thanks! ehm.. there are at least 2 omissions.. one is the Jag, the other one is the Mazda 787b. Hard to be found 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vicarage Vee Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 3 hours ago, fet_thunderdome said: thanks! ehm.. there are at least 2 omissions.. one is the Jag, the other one is the Mazda 787b. Hard to be found Yes, the Mazda is hard to track down these days. Personally I'd like to see some of the C2 cars such as the Spice and the Ecurrie Ecosse cars in 1/24, but I'm pretty sure that will never happen. You could add the lovely Lancia LC2 as well 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fet_thunderdome Posted December 19, 2018 Author Share Posted December 19, 2018 38 minutes ago, Vicarage Vee said: Yes, the Mazda is hard to track down these days. Personally I'd like to see some of the C2 cars such as the Spice and the Ecurrie Ecosse cars in 1/24, but I'm pretty sure that will never happen. You could add the lovely Lancia LC2 as well 🙂 yes that would be a nice Martini livery to add. for the le mans series there are 2 toyota GT one too (1998 and 1999) and 2 mclaren gtr long tail (loctite and gulf) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadMax8 Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 Excellent build of a fantastic subject. Certainly looks fast just setting still. Sadly, I was too young to enjoy the great Group C cars in person, but the 956 is one of my all-time favorite cars because of the Tamiya kit. I’ve got a question for you regarding the Eduard seatbelts. I’ve got a set in blue for a car I’m working on, but the front and back of the etch are two totally different textures, and more importantly, colors. Did you have this issue, and if so, how did you address it? Thanks for sharing, and for any advice you have on the seatbelts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fet_thunderdome Posted January 5, 2019 Author Share Posted January 5, 2019 44 minutes ago, RadMax8 said: Excellent build of a fantastic subject. Certainly looks fast just setting still. Sadly, I was too young to enjoy the great Group C cars in person, but the 956 is one of my all-time favorite cars because of the Tamiya kit. I’ve got a question for you regarding the Eduard seatbelts. I’ve got a set in blue for a car I’m working on, but the front and back of the etch are two totally different textures, and more importantly, colors. Did you have this issue, and if so, how did you address it? Thanks for sharing, and for any advice you have on the seatbelts! Thanks i built a 956 one too, with rothmans livery. For the seatbelts I did nothing to address the texture problem, it's such a small detail Which is not likely to be seen so easily so I didn't care too much. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spaddad Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 tasty 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadMax8 Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 I saw in your last photo, quite the lineup there! Maybe I need to be a little less picky and just deal with the belt!🤫 Hopefully no one will know! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooper645 Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 (edited) On 12/19/2018 at 8:00 AM, fet_thunderdome said: thanks! ehm.. there are at least 2 omissions.. one is the Jag, the other one is the Mazda 787b. Hard to be found Alternative decals here https://www.hiroboy.com/124_Mazda_787B_ChargeReown_55_Le_Mans_1991_Decals_Tamiya--product--5718.html currently a kit on eBay : https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TAMIYA-1-24-Model-MAZDA-787B-1991-No-18-Le-Mans-24-hours-326/132910215783?hash=item1ef210f267:g:t4MAAOSwzTFcDST2 lovely builds though. Impressed 👍🏼 Edited January 6, 2019 by Cooper645 Spelling 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pau10wen Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 beautiful work Fet, and a very nice kit by the looks of it! Great work 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowman Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 Spanking build! Very nicely done!👍😍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fet_thunderdome Posted January 7, 2019 Author Share Posted January 7, 2019 Thanks guys. I'm now dealing with the new revell ford GT le mans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vicarage Vee Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 On a tangent, I was just musing over the Protar 1/24 Lancia LC2 and found a review online https://robdebie.home.xs4all.nl/models/lc2.htm . Oh my goodness. I have had several Protar kits in the loft for quite a few years now. I've never been very impressed with the quality of the raw material but the Lancia looks particularly bad. Given the prices they fetch these days (why?) I think the mortgage is reasonably safe... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fet_thunderdome Posted January 7, 2019 Author Share Posted January 7, 2019 1 hour ago, Vicarage Vee said: On a tangent, I was just musing over the Protar 1/24 Lancia LC2 and found a review online https://robdebie.home.xs4all.nl/models/lc2.htm . Oh my goodness. I have had several Protar kits in the loft for quite a few years now. I've never been very impressed with the quality of the raw material but the Lancia looks particularly bad. Given the prices they fetch these days (why?) I think the mortgage is reasonably safe... That's particularly bad!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev The Modeller Posted January 8, 2019 Share Posted January 8, 2019 Great finish mate 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whiskey Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 Beautiful build. Question though, what's the difference between the Tamiya and Hasegawa Toyota 88s? I can't find anything on the web about them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Garard Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 4 hours ago, whiskey said: Beautiful build. Question though, what's the difference between the Tamiya and Hasegawa Toyota 88s? I can't find anything on the web about them. The Hasegawa is a simpler-to-build curbside kit. That's car model speak for one-piece body and no engine detail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whiskey Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 Gotcha, so it's just a difference of detail. I can live with that as I just want to have them sitting on my shelf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fet_thunderdome Posted April 29, 2019 Author Share Posted April 29, 2019 On 25/04/2019 at 05:32, whiskey said: Beautiful build. Question though, what's the difference between the Tamiya and Hasegawa Toyota 88s? I can't find anything on the web about them. Thanks mate. They are 2 different cars. Hasegawa is a Toyota 88C, Tamiya is a 88C-V, they differ in some things, like the front, a little on the front fenders and so on. And as Scott Garard said, Hasegawa is a curbside, Tamiya is a "Full" detail. The Tamiya kit is awesome and come together very easily. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whiskey Posted April 29, 2019 Share Posted April 29, 2019 Awesome! Thanks for the additional information. So it is useful to get both kits haha! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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