Tamiya Toyota GT-one 1/24 //full detail//

hello,

this is my first progress threat here...chances are high that you have seen that w.i.p in ohter forums so please don't be angry that I post it here also...think this is a good place here to post it :-)

what I'm going to show you is the work of the last 13 months:screwy: on and off, of course. and I'm alos doing the Tameo 1/43 312 T4 at the same time...

When doing the GT one I wanted to concentrate on the engine and cockpit and cover EVERYTHING with CF decal ..whish is a pain in the bum ...

so here's the wip...comments are welcome

daniel
-germany-

http://www.3dgrafix.de/forum_bilder/gt-one/body_01.jpg


a little bit glueing sanding puttying has been done

I already cut out both doors and added a little "thicknee" to the body.
You can see I added a little plasticcard on the right and left part of the door.

A big problem to deal with is to have the body, undertray and monocoque fit together without to much gaps that appear when cutting out doors and show what's (not) underneath.

http://www.3dgrafix.de/forum_bilder/gt-one/mono_01.jpg

hier haben wir die fahrerzelle.

coolers have been cutaway. these will be scratched from plastic and mesh...hope that was a good idea !?!
the two loose parts are cout out from the monocoque and will be glued to the door...where they belong to !
I added small plasticard stripes to rebuild the part where I cut out the doors. I will also add thicker parts over it like on the real car...you will see that later

molded in detail on the floor has been cut out. those will be scratched
a big advantage is that it's much easier to CF and paint those parts.

now we need to make CF templates fot the whole monocoque :-( I never did any CF before.

http://www.3dgrafix.de/forum_bilder/gt-one/door_01.jpg

die beiden türen belkommen noch die abgeschnittenen teile aus der fahrerzelle angeklebt, die entstehenden hohlräume werden mit plastik zugemacht.

a little bit has been done to the doors so far I added small plasticards to add a little thickness and make it look more interesting, more real.

the lower and upper part of the doors are connected with plasticcard. problem was wehen you bend that material it will straighten out ijn a while....so here comes a tip

bent two parts and glue them together then they keep their form ;-)

the whole inside of the doors need CF as well

http://www.3dgrafix.de/forum_bilder/gt-one/firewall.jpg

the firewall was sanded flat and molded detail was removed to be scrtched later.

http://www.3dgrafix.de/forum_bilder/gt-one/baseplate_01.jpg

one thing many people seem to forget...sand away EVERY sinkmark :-) especially when it will be covered with CF. or everything will show through.

der hintere bereich wo die hitzefolie ist wird mit metallfolie und einem PE rahmen detailliert, ansonsten alles CF.

some bits and pieces

http://www.3dgrafix.de/forum_bilder/gt-one/engine_top.jpg

all the molded in cables have been removed including chrom plating

http://www.3dgrafix.de/forum_bilder/gt-one/engine_01.jpg

another miracle...why did the mold the small disk i cut out into the transmission ?!? It was to be painted silver like the other part on the left. so I cut it out and will glue those two parts together, sand the seam paint it and reatach it.

http://www.3dgrafix.de/forum_bilder/gt-one/spoiler.jpg

a small tip on how to get a handle on a part where no handle is :-) drill hole add wire..big deal..sorry for that tip


more to come

daniel
-germany-

now let's make some templates

http://www.3dgrafix.de/forum_bilder/gt-one/mask_01.jpg

-the place for the CF is covered with tape
-pushed in the corver with toothpick
-and cout out with a sharp knife along the corner.

next I glue the tape on some paper, make photocopies and test the templates.

http://www.3dgrafix.de/forum_bilder/gt-one/mask_03.jpg

a finished mask still sticking on the part

http://www.3dgrafix.de/forum_bilder/gt-one/mask_02.jpg

attention !!! another great tip ;-)


more to come

daniel
-germany-

the whole CF story is really a pain in the XXX. but here are some parts I covered.

http://www.3dgrafix.de/forum_bilder/gt-one/mono_1.jpg

the monocoque..lot's of work to get everything right

that part alone has 22 custam made CF parts.

http://www.3dgrafix.de/forum_bilder/gt-one/intake_1.jpg
http://www.3dgrafix.de/forum_bilder/gt-one/cooler_1.jpg
http://www.3dgrafix.de/forum_bilder/gt-one/cf_stuff_1.jpg http://www.3dgrafix.de/forum_bilder/gt-one/support_1.jpg

a batch of CF parts...lots of work, some parts required many different pices otherwise it wasn't passible to lay them flat especially around corners.

all parts have bee varnished, glass, semi, matt sometimes I added a drop of clear yello/orange to add some variation.

http://www.3dgrafix.de/forum_bilder/gt-one/auspuff_1.jpg

no big deal here, some aclad, some weathering with that tamiya weathering set, whish is great by the way...I will add a little more weathering later

http://www.3dgrafix.de/forum_bilder/gt-one/floor_1.jpg

well I wasted a little CF on the ground plane where the monocoque is..but what the hell :-)

I also added aluminium tape whish was rubbed over fine mesh to get some textuirng, also two PE frames have bee glued to the floor

http://www.3dgrafix.de/forum_bilder/gt-one/drahtleitung_1.jpg

I added some small wire to add a little detail to those "flexible tubes"

http://www.3dgrafix.de/forum_bilder/gt-one/bodywork_1.jpg

http://www.3dgrafix.de/forum_bilder/gt-one/bodywork_2.jpg

again the hardest part on the built so far...getting the parts fir together and closing those gaps that appeared when I cut out the doors to show it open.

tja und das wars auch schon :-)

little conclusion

-99% of the decals are custom made, for some reason I was not to happy with the templates but maybe that is because I did so much modifications to the kit

-a hairdryer is essential when working with CF and complex curves. I really heated the decals and when soft I pressed the down really hard, with a cottonbud or wet finger
...don't worry when you try this you will ruin some decals for sure :-)

-well I tried many different decals, SMS, crazy modeler, studio 27, carpena etc
...and one thing is for sure in the future ony SMS CF decals ! ! !


even more to come

daniel
-germany-

well well on to the dashboard

http://www.3dgrafix.de/forum_bilder/gt-one/dash_01.jpg

to make it short, what I did here totally suXXs

-decals are out of scale
-all buttons will be removed and added seperately, painting just looks bad
-the green screen will be removed including frame and build as a seperate piece
-the part with all those buttons is just not clean, will be repainted and better swithes will be added

what I've learned here..don't rush thigs or you have to do it twice !

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but the seat turnd out pretty neat...and was hard to do believe me.
it did the wholw operation twice because the first wasn't perfect and some decals cracked.
the hard part was to get the edge between the CF and the seatmaterial whish runs along the top line and not on the side like all those rally seats we know..these are easy to paint and mask..so this is how I did the Toyota seat

-painted everything gloss black
-applied "custam made" CF decals with lot's af Microset/sol
-lot's of clear varnishe added ! to protect the decals and to have it shine
-then everything was masked

http://www.3dgrafix.de/forum_bilder/gt-one/sitz_1.jpg

-taymia tape is the tape to use !
-now for the tricky part I had to move a supersharp knife along the top edge to cut the tape and reveal the part that has to be painted
-paint the whole thing with slow drying paint
-now steal some flour from your wife and dip the whole seat in it
http://www.3dgrafix.de/forum_bilder/gt-one/sitz_2.jpg

-paint the whole thing blue
-caaaaaarefully remove the maks and don't pela of the CF decals and clear..like I did on the first try.

and you have a nice seat :-)

http://www.3dgrafix.de/forum_bilder/gt-one/sitz_3.jpg

-later I will add seatbedl hardware, decals and some "communication cables"


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unfortunately I didn't take pictures of the building process of the door but here is the result

http://www.3dgrafix.de/forum_bilder/gt-one/tuer_2.jpg

I added masses of filler to get the final result. I should make resin copies and make a fortune...not really ;-)

daniel
-germany

weee to make the kit a little more challenging I broke some parts in two :-(

http://www.3dgrafix.de/forum_bilder/gt-one/body_broken_01.jpg

well I cut that part twice and now I leave it till the final assembly in two parts !

then I test fittet the turned fuell fillers just two learn I forgot to install the kitparts where they belong to...so I glued them in, sanded it smooth and have to paint the whole thing again !

sometimes it helps to work with the brain turned on...

then I lost the two small covers that sit below the front lamps

http://www.3dgrafix.de/forum_bilder/gt-one/dash_02.jpg

the dashboard ready to be remade

http://www.3dgrafix.de/forum_bilder/gt-one/intake_2.jpg

some detailing ...I added red and silver tape, looks cooler than painting and no need to wait for the paint to dry

http://www.3dgrafix.de/forum_bilder/gt-one/suspension_01.jpg

next comes the rear suspension..the metal parts are from the SMS kit, very simple but ok for me.

that's it so far..nearly a work of slooooow work

daniel
-germany-

http://www.3dgrafix.de/forum_bilder/gt-one/antrieb_01.jpg

http://www.3dgrafix.de/forum_bilder/gt-one/antrieb_02.jpg

The drivetrains, made from turned Aluminum, stell rod painted clear red, some red shrinktube and the pins from the kit parts.


http://www.3dgrafix.de/forum_bilder/gt-one/motor_01.jpg

Here you can see the parts fitted to the engine. Some cable are allready added, the cable connectors are made from bent wire ans steeltubing...the engine will receive A LOT of detail in the future.

http://www.3dgrafix.de/forum_bilder/gt-one/electric_01.jpg

http://www.3dgrafix.de/forum_bilder/gt-one/electric_02.jpg

http://www.3dgrafix.de/forum_bilder/gt-one/fire_01.jpg

The electric boxes are cut from styrene and are detailed with PE nuts and TopStudio connectors.
The fire extinguisher is also detailed a lot and I nearly got a heartattack while doing it :-) making those small steel wireconnectors was terrible. They are stainles steel and I had to cut them with my Dremel... Handling such small parts was nearly impossbile and many half finished pieces rest in piece somewehe on my basement floor.

http://www.3dgrafix.de/forum_bilder/gt-one/masking_01.jpg

http://www.3dgrafix.de/forum_bilder/gt-one/masking_02.jpg

A decission had to be made. CF right on to the red or paintign it black first..I went for the black and a lot of masking was necessary.

http://www.3dgrafix.de/forum_bilder/gt-one/bodywork_3.jpg

http://www.3dgrafix.de/forum_bilder/gt-one/door_02.jpg

http://www.3dgrafix.de/forum_bilder/gt-one/rear_wing_01.jpg

That's the final result, paint decals and CF decals

Jetzt wird alles matt geschmiergelt und poliert, dann abgeklebt und die CF decals mit seidenmatt überlackiert. The white nose, roof and numberplates are painted also.
red is TS49, clear is zeropaint 1K clear.

Now everything will be sanded matt and polished to a high gloss finish. The CF parts will be maksed and sprayed semigloss clear.


daniel
-germany-

P.S. I hope noone has a problem with posting a non F1 model here.

hello,

I'm still alive and building, although things are getting complicated and frustrating but here's a little progress

http://www.3dgrafix.de/forum_bilder/gt-one/cockpit_01.jpg

the yellow box had to be removed again because the dash didn't fit anymore...you can see the result :-(

I added a new piece of cf and hope it's not to visible in the end.
here some pics of the cockpit, it's pretty much finished

http://www.3dgrafix.de/forum_bilder/gt-one/cockpit_02.jpg

http://www.3dgrafix.de/forum_bilder/gt-one/cockpit_03.jpg

http://www.3dgrafix.de/forum_bilder/gt-one/cockpit_04.jpg

another step in the painted, right side is the airbrushed result the left is micromeshed with 2400 grit to eliminate the edge between decal and paint, will lay another coat of clear over all parts, sand back with 3200 grit or more and do the final polishing...if the edge is still visisble, it's sanding back again and a nother coat of clear :-)

http://www.3dgrafix.de/forum_bilder/gt-one/endplates_01.jpg



daniel
-germany-

Daniel,this is an incredible build so far.I really admire the level of detail you are putting into this and the effort you are expending to get it perfect.The wiring and seat etc in the cockpit is fantastic and your explanation of how you make the templates and do the carbon fibre decals is superb.Thanks for posting all this.I am looking forward to seeing more.

Earlier there was a discussion of what a master modeler was. (I forget exactly where) You, sir, are a master modeller.

This indeed is beautiful work!!!!

Earlier there was a discussion of what a master modeler was. (I forget exactly where) You, sir, are a master modeller.
There are so many pics that I was overwhelmed with amazement to comment specifically on things but this is a truly beautifull build. The level of work and skill are amazing. I like how you point out that you werent happy with the dash because of rushing it and then you show us the new version, which looks perfect to me. Again, amazing work going on here.

Nice work Daniel, look forward to seeing more when you get the body onto the chassis

wow :eek2: love the car, love the work

Hello Daniel,
really nice WIP!
I like your attention to detail!
Keep the pictures coming!

Jamme

Very nice. I build this car with an open door as well, but not to this level. I don't know if you have any reference pictures for this car, but I've got over 100 detailed pictures of it here: http://photos.keepturningleft.com/thumbnails.php?album=29&page=7

Tim

Magnificent! Thanks for the brilliant thread.

Superb work!

-Mikko

Hallo Daniel,

nice to have you here on automotiveforums.com. The German Community seems to get bigger and bigger.
I really like your work - excellent CF-ing and great detail on everything. The only thing I dislike is the fabric you used on the seat. It looks odd and out of shape somehow. The rest is just great - very inspiring!

Fantastic job, helps me to make mine -- somewhen lol

Wonderful work Daniel!

Hi Daniel, despite I'm not a lover of the GT-One, your progress is outstandingly inspirating. Amazing skill and perfect explanations.

Robi :)

Excellent work, I love the way you are using the different types of CF.

WOW, awesome level of detailing!
I like how you post and explain, my most favourite was how you sayd: To make it more challenging, I broke the body in parts:lol:

Wundervoll, liebe Grüsse! :p

Super thread and build :thumbsup:

Please keep the updates coming :)

Amazing!!!

Perfect job. I also plan to build this kit, with something similar details :)
But i will make the earlier version with the white stripes.

I will definetly wathc this progress :)

Very good job, amazing !

Very realistic ,Can't wait to see it finish.

Very realistic ,Can't wait to see it finish.

me too :-) hope to have an update the next days, things are getting little complicated at the moment :-)

daniel
-germany-

Fantastic job, I'm amazed. Really motivating thing from you: great.

hello, anly a small updated because I had some big problems to solve...

an example :

http://www.3dgrafix.de/forum_bilder/gt-one/undertray_01.jpg

I had to move the monocoque around 3-4 mm back because it won't fit anymore after all my modifications I did to the bodywork... when test fitting everything looked OK but after painting it won't fit anymore ?!? I hope the rest will fit and the wheels will look OK in the fenders.

the green point shows the location where the pin is located that has to fit inside the hole inside the green circle, just to give you an idea how much I moved the monocoque back

http://www.3dgrafix.de/forum_bilder/gt-one/hoseband_02.jpg

to make some "hosebands" I airbrushed some alutape with 50/50 clear red/ matt clear

http://www.3dgrafix.de/forum_bilder/gt-one/hoseband_01.jpg

that's how it looks applied...on the 1/1 car it looks much better but this was the best I could come up with. I'm just to stupid to handle those PE hosebands, all I have are just to rigid

http://www.3dgrafix.de/forum_bilder/gt-one/brakeduct_01.jpg

OK crappy picture, what do we see here ?!? that is the hose between brakes and brake coolongs..those flexible hoses, I wanted to replace the kit parts in some way..unfortunately I didn't find a solution so I wrapped the parts with .28 mm wire and glued them back on :-)

http://www.3dgrafix.de/forum_bilder/gt-one/engine_01.jpg

here are the finished parts. I think the waved form looks much better than the bare kitpart. I added some red electric tape and some alu tape to add further detail...this is not correct when compared to the 1/1 car but I like it :-)
http://www.3dgrafix.de/forum_bilder/gt-one/cooler_02.jpg

the etched coolers, sanded a bit and washed with black

http://www.3dgrafix.de/forum_bilder/gt-one/denso_01.jpg

I made four of these parts to have two spare, because I usually break or scrath everything I make...so now I don't have to turn on the airbrush again if something goes wrong

http://www.3dgrafix.de/forum_bilder/gt-one/cooler_3.jpg

attached to the model, the rear body is not glued

http://www.3dgrafix.de/forum_bilder/gt-one/nose_01.jpg

the front part of my broken bodywork fits perfect but the rear still needs a lot of finetuning


that's it for now...I'm waiting for my package from japan with lots of cables to detail the engine

daniel
-germany-

Wow. That is amazing. I love the denso mesh intakes.

Gorgeous work Daniel.... keep going, you are doing a fine job!!!

DaveT

Very impressive Daniel. I hope that bodywork issue doesn't hold you up too much!

:eek2::eek2::eek2:

Impressive indeed, I like step by step pictures you made.

what type of material did you use for the seat, that is very cool

what type of material did you use for the seat, that is very cool

please read the first side of this wip ;-) and I bet you allready have that material in your house

daniel
-germany-

thanks,

pretty ingenious :D

Great work Daniel. Nice to have you here on AF. This model is stunning and inspiring in equal measure. Regards, Bill.

Daniel great work I especially appreciate your focus and attention on the CF work thanks very much for your comments. SMS will be publising a How To video on CF decaling, it should be ready early this summer. Would you mind contacting me directly at: matthew@scalemtorsport.com thank you very much and I look forward to seeing the rest of the build!

Fantastic, simply fantastic! The CF-work - knowing from my recent work - is amazing; great shine - lovely execution of the engine detailing. I never really liked the GT-One - but I take my hat off regarding your effort and quality!

Daniel, I read again the topic without finding, it seems, notes on the seat belts. What did you use for the etched parts?

Thanks: Robi

I used the Crazy Modelers set, good PE, nice decals but only paper belt material, I used S 27 material.

daniel
-germany-

Thanks Daniel !

R :)

Daniel, truly breathtaking work. Your step by step instruction with photos to illustrate what you mean are greatly appreciated. And it is also good to hear about the things that go wrong so it helps the rest of us when building.

Thank you!

BUMP

Daniel. Any more updates to show us???

no, sorry :-( but I will take up the work on the Toyota up in the next days.
I lost a little motivation and build a 911 in 1/24. I actually own the 1/1 car and wanted to make an exact replica in1/24...but that turned out into a nightmare but it's finihed now

...so let's get back to the Toyota ! thank for your interest.

daniel
-germany-

Hi Daniel

I am pleased to hear you are going to start work again on the TS020 Toyota Gt-One. It is an astonishing build so far, and I can't wait to see more progress shots - and then the finished item!

Cheers

Andrew

Did this build ever get finished ?

who knows

daniel
-germany-

wow!!! incredible build! amazing! where did you get your patience pills? :-)
Im building this one too but it will never look this good... not in 10 years...

cant wait for more updates and inspiration!

updates coming soon...I just finished a Wolf WR 1 and pickued p work on the GT-one and my 312 T4.

thanks for your interest

daniel
-germany-

I like how you point out that you werent happy with the dash because of rushing it and then you show us the new version, which looks perfect to me. Again, amazing work going on here.
I would have been proud to have produced the first version! But yes, the second version looks awesome. Absolutely incredible work!

Hi Daniel,
das ist ja echt der Wahnsinn was du uns hier vor Augen hältst. Ich bin totall sprachlos wirklich Perfekt umgesetzt und Sauber gearbeitet.
Lg
Kurt

this is unbeleivable magic hands dude
:)

woho...now that is an oldie thread :iceslolan

but why didn't I finish the buildreport here...sorry for that.

here are some more pictures

http://www.f1m.com/main/forum/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=7977

and here the final model

http://www.f1m.com/main/forum/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=9972

thanks for your interest

daniel
-germany-

I can only say... AMAZING!!!! What research work... Outstanding!!!

This is a beautiful build . Nice CF work and real nice details. Can't wait to see this one done. :cool: