Background:

A brand new tooling of a great looking 911 - from Tamiya. Buying and building this was an easy choice. The only difficult choice was what colour to make it and whether or not to use the carbon roof and bonnet decals (I didn't).

Kit review:

Pros:

Correct shape and proportions with clean sharp mouldings and only a few seam lines to remove. The kit is clearly engineered for ease of assembly (without being simplistic) and goes together like a dream, as you'd expect from a 2024 tooling from Tamiya. Nicely detailed suspension and the brake discs rotate with the wheels. Perfect shiny clear transparent parts with window masks. Great quality decals with several choices of colour for the GT3RS down the side of the car. Solid mountings for the door mirrors. Separate door handles.

Cons:

No engine, and it would have been great to have a second colour choice for the seat pattern decals aside from red, which I didn't use. Other than that, nothing else.

Verdict:

Pretty much perfect.

Build notes:

Built over 4 weeks in May/June 2025. Painted with Toyota Precious Galena car paint - a slightly bluey silver, with Mr Hobby gold wheels and Vauxhall (GM) Breeze Blue brake callipers. Clearcoated with Mr Hobby Premium Top Coat gloss. I've added some seatbelts and changed the solide mesh of the bonnet intakes to actual mesh. Aside from that - built as it came from the box. It's pretty much as perfect a build as I've created so far.

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