Porsche 911 GT3 RS by gsdpic - Tamiya - 1/24 - PLASTIC

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Welcome to my build log for the 2022 Porsche 911 GT3 RS by Tamiya.

 

I just can't help myself.  I've been working on the Bluejacket Friendship Sloop and swore I would not start another project while working on that.  But here we are.  I kept looking at my ever growing stash of plastic cars and could not resist. 

 

I've included pictures of the box and most of the kit contents.  There is no replication of the engine, but there are plenty of details in the body and interior to add some complexity.  The engine would not really be visible anyway.  As usual, painting will likely consume most of the construction time.  The decals are nice and include four different colors of the GT3 RS logo that goes on the side....blue, black, silver, and red (in the picture the blue and black look almost the same and the silver looks more like gold).

 

Overall the kit appears to be typical Tamiya high quality.  Interestingly, there are no plated/chrome parts, which is just as well.  The one area that I noticed that is perhaps a bit sloppy is the strange paint recommendations in the instructions.  They recommend a combination of the Tamiya lacquer (LP) paints and Tamiya acrylic (X or XF) paints.  In some cases, they even have the same color of both types....e.g. some parts are indicated as LP-5 Semi gloss black while other parts are indicated as X-18 Semi gloss black, with no rhyme or reason that I have determined.  Also, some of the paint colors called out do not appear in the list of paints on the first page.  e.g. it indicates the brake calipers can be painted LP-21 Italian Red though that color is not listed on the first page, while X-7 Red is listed.

 

Speaking of paint....one nice thing about modeling contemporary Porsches is the "paint to sample" program they have.  For a little bit of spare change (err...$20k for the GT3 RS) they will let you pick from a large library of colors that have been used by Porsche over the years.  Double that amount and they will work with you on any color you want.  So, I can paint this car any color and still claim that it could be realistic.   Without too much thought or hesitation, I knew what Porsche color I wanted to use and was glad to see that it is one stocked by Splash paints.  I think I'll let it be a surprise.

 

As stated, I am also working on the Friendship Sloop so I am not quite sure how my progress will go on this.    I'll likely work on one when paint is drying on the other.