Nissan Silvia - Bringing the S*xy Back

Villiers de Vos
Flawless.

Jv
Following

Ducksnuts
Laid down a couple of clearcoats over the base. Did some tidy up, and very thorough clean. Then nervously hit it with the "Candy Apple" clear red.
At the moment looks a bit darker than i wanted, possibly should have had one less coat of the red. Will see how it looks under natural light. But happy so far (apart from some small dust/fluff that always seems to find it's way onto my paint).

Jv
Looking good

Rod -
I'm using a revell cobra kit to practice the "candy" paint. If I can get it right, I'll do a candy fujimi 1/12 skyline. One thing I learned, if you mix some regular clear with your colored clear it's easier to control the color density. You can slowly build up to the color you want in several light coats.
Polish the colored clear then put a coat of regular clear on top will make it "pop" a bit more.
I used mr hobby deep clear red for my first try and it was way to dark on the first coat.

Ducksnuts
Thanks guys.
Yeh, i'm only using Tamiya rattle cans. One day i'll make the move to an airbrush....

Have layered up the paint with Silver base, then clear, then the red clear;
TS-76 Mica Silver
TS-13 Clear
TS-74 Clear Red

Will do a light cut/polish and then another coat of plain clear.

Ducksnuts
Sneak-peak of the final body colour with clear coat done. On to detailing next.
Didn't quite get the Candy Apple I was after, even in real-life the red is a bit thick/dark, but still happy with the colour. (Might give it another go on a Dato 510).

Ducksnuts
Soaked the interior, twice, with the Easy-Off and with lots of scrubbing and sanding managed to get most of the old paint off. Not perfect (couple of small bubbles still on back seat grrr). Also decided to go slightly different direction with colour scheme. Front seats are now a dark burgundy. Still haven't decided on the rear yet or rest of the interior trim.

Found some 3d-printed "drift" spec shifters and hydraulic handbrakes on the fleabay. Prep'd, primed, and black base coat done. Now just need to detail them.