What I've built so far!!

Well, the title says it all.. an introduction to the cars I've built so far  

The tiny Vitz. This was a present to my wife (gf at the time!) as a replica of her real car.
It has various modifications including new wheels & tires, brakes, stance, bodykit and rear spoiler.
It was sprayed in the original Toyota 8K8 metallic blue and 2K clear


(mind the aerial!  )







and the interior, according to the 1:1






After that I continued my Skyline collection, first with the amazing (in real life) Tamiya R34 GT-R Z-tune!
Sprayed in Tamiya TS-17 silver and TS-13 clear.










Then came the beast, the Tamiya R35 GT-R!
Sprayed in Nissan QX1 Ivory pearl and 2K clear.













The interior






And my latest build (in 2012), the Tamiya Skyline R33 GT-R!
Sprayed in Nissan AH3 Red pearl metallic and 2K clear.
This kit comes without engine and I installed an RB26 from the Tamiya R32 kit. The engine bay is scratch-built.











The engine / engine bay



Again, here's the interior







This Skyline was also featured onto the 3rd edition of the Racecraft magazine, where it received a full 14-page feature which I was very happy about   





Before building these, I have done other Japanese cars but they are nowhere near the finish/detail of my latest 4 cars (above).
You can see them in the link below, where you can also see the above cars during construction, step by step.

http://www.freewebs.com/briffak/jdmplastickits.htm

The above pictures were taken onto a garage background diorama I made to make the cars look more realistic when pictured.

As I've said in my introduction, I've been off the modelling table for the last 19 months but shall start building again very soon

Thanks for looking and see you all at the club.

Karl  

and this question comes naturally, what it is your next build?

You are missing these in your collection:

Subaru BRZ
Toyota GT 86 (i did this, it is a great kit)
Subaru Impreza
Lexus LFA (this model is missing from our collection at the club)
and much more

Heh, there are so many other cars that need to be added to my collection Manuel!

The next build is going to be Fujimi's Evolution VII.. a basic kit to get me back into the game (although it needs lots of work on the suspension to get the stance correct!!)

Yeah I do have plans to build the LFA, just finding the right time to actually purchase the kit and start on it. Actually, I wish to build 2 LFAs, the road going version and the limited Nurburgring edition!

And finally... sorry, but all the cars on my wishlist are from the land of the Rising Sun, no Europeans yet from me    

Do you garage all your model cars........lol .... Very nice and neat work Karl ..welldone....  

Outstanding work. All the cars are masterpieces. Great modeling and i love the setup you have for the photos. What great work all round. Prosit again. It is a joy to see these cars, terrific work!!! The realism is exceptional.

Consider a Honda Prelude too...I had one in my younger years

Dottore

is that a classic ride, dottore?   

Proset Karl, lovely collection   

great collection Karl.

Welcome to the fold!

proset very nice indeed. I am impressed also by the diorama, very realistic

Never heard of the Honda Prelude   

Dottore

you did not get my point i was just being sarcastic.

Woooow Karl Nice Work    

Nice collection Karl and very neat work. Welcome to the ever growing family at SSM.

Alex

Thanks everyone for the kind words about my work, very much appreciated.

Dottore, the Prelude would make an interesting build since you don't see much of them being built. Tamiya made the second generation, Fujimi made the third and Aoshima, Fujimi and Revell all launched different versions of the fourth generation, so there are a bunch of kits to choose from. Will keep it in mind for a future project  

very nice Karl ...prosit ...i like

Thanks you Robert, very much appreciated