Hey guys! Long time lurker here.
Quick intro - from Croatia, 27, did some model planes back in my elementary school days, F-14's and F-117's, got that from my father who build some ships in his day, and my grandpa who built the ship in a bottle while he was sailing.
But that didn't hold me too long so I dropped it. Fast forward to the winter of 2011, I was looking at some stuff on eBay, and somehow stumbled upon this guy who sold 1/24 scale cars. I thought about it for a second, saw what cars he offered and decided to give it a go.
I chose the R32 GTR because I want to build all the cars I always wanted to own. I didn't know difference from die cast and resin...still don't and so I order the Tamiya model.
When I ordered the car, I saw the option to order the wheels. BBS LM 18" seemed like a nice fit for this car. Before I even bought the car, I knew what kind of look I want, color, wheels etc.
I was surprised by the big brakes I got - but I was disappointed by the lack of lip on the wheel. I don't know how to change the offset on them I don't dare cutting the center of the wheel, I don't see how I can make it perfectly round with my knife. So I'll settle with this look.
Now, when I got the car I didn't have any cement, tools, nothing. I didn't know what tools I need. So I went and trial-assembled it with some sticky tape
The BBS's were ridiculously huge out of the box...and made the car look dumb. I didn't know what to do so I just put the car away until I get more info on tools and all that...because without tools, this is the best I could make the car look
So, last week I went to the shop and got some basic stuff. Tamiya cement, super-thin cement, flat black and metal gray color. I didn't buy thinners. So - this week I decided to assemble the chassis.
The regular wheels fit nice, but the car looks plain...so the decision was made - make the BBS big wheels fit under (or as close to as possible) the fenders.
This is how it looks with BBS's out of the box. Ridiculous.
Removing the spacers
Grinding the struts (the hood of the car falls on this part, so grinding it down makes the front of the car sit a bit lower)
Much better.
Satisfied. To make these big wheels fit inside the fenders I sacrificed few things...the "spacers" were cut down and I cut off the tie rod on the steering knuckle. So, the car won't have steering. But I have no problems with that.
Next stop - get some thinner and detail the interior. I'll paint the car in my friends garage with a "real" compressor and I'll use actual car paint. I know the color I want, but I'm still thinking should I go with metallic / flake or not. I don't like how the big flakes look on 1/24 car.
Love this hobby. Already thinking about the next build.
Quick intro - from Croatia, 27, did some model planes back in my elementary school days, F-14's and F-117's, got that from my father who build some ships in his day, and my grandpa who built the ship in a bottle while he was sailing.
But that didn't hold me too long so I dropped it. Fast forward to the winter of 2011, I was looking at some stuff on eBay, and somehow stumbled upon this guy who sold 1/24 scale cars. I thought about it for a second, saw what cars he offered and decided to give it a go.
I chose the R32 GTR because I want to build all the cars I always wanted to own. I didn't know difference from die cast and resin...still don't and so I order the Tamiya model.
When I ordered the car, I saw the option to order the wheels. BBS LM 18" seemed like a nice fit for this car. Before I even bought the car, I knew what kind of look I want, color, wheels etc.
I was surprised by the big brakes I got - but I was disappointed by the lack of lip on the wheel. I don't know how to change the offset on them I don't dare cutting the center of the wheel, I don't see how I can make it perfectly round with my knife. So I'll settle with this look.
Now, when I got the car I didn't have any cement, tools, nothing. I didn't know what tools I need. So I went and trial-assembled it with some sticky tape
The BBS's were ridiculously huge out of the box...and made the car look dumb. I didn't know what to do so I just put the car away until I get more info on tools and all that...because without tools, this is the best I could make the car look
So, last week I went to the shop and got some basic stuff. Tamiya cement, super-thin cement, flat black and metal gray color. I didn't buy thinners. So - this week I decided to assemble the chassis.
The regular wheels fit nice, but the car looks plain...so the decision was made - make the BBS big wheels fit under (or as close to as possible) the fenders.
This is how it looks with BBS's out of the box. Ridiculous.
Removing the spacers
Grinding the struts (the hood of the car falls on this part, so grinding it down makes the front of the car sit a bit lower)
Much better.
Satisfied. To make these big wheels fit inside the fenders I sacrificed few things...the "spacers" were cut down and I cut off the tie rod on the steering knuckle. So, the car won't have steering. But I have no problems with that.
Next stop - get some thinner and detail the interior. I'll paint the car in my friends garage with a "real" compressor and I'll use actual car paint. I know the color I want, but I'm still thinking should I go with metallic / flake or not. I don't like how the big flakes look on 1/24 car.
Love this hobby. Already thinking about the next build.
is the interior. I have a couple of questions, just to know what should I buy next time I go to the hoby shop (which is almost 2 hours away so I need to get everything, I wouldn't like to forget something and drive again 
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