jdm24scale.com

featuring JDM plastic model cars, and more!

Welcome to jdm24scale.com

Hello everyone, jdm24scale is dedicated to my hobby; that of assembling 1/24 scale Japanese model cars. Since I was a young boy I used to buy 1/24 scale diecast cars and take them apart right after so that I could add small details to make them unique. As I grew older, my passion moved to the larger 1/18 scale where I started to completely modify these, making them as different as possible. Modifications that time included scratch-built body kits, new spray, interior modifications, different wheels and engine detailing. As time passed by, in real life I was getting more interested in Japanese cars and finally at the beginning of 2008 I decided to turn my model car attention to these cars coming from the East! With this I decided to do an even bigger change too: going from 1/18 scale diecast to 1/24 scale plastic model kits.

This website also features a Reviews section, where I post my own opinions and pictures about kits or accessories I buy for my builds. These are intended to help other modellers get to know exactly what a certain product contents are. Another section is dedicated to Tutorials, where I post detailed descriptions about the procedures I follow while building my kits.

While hoping you'll enjoy your visit at jdm24scale.com, please feel free to sign my guestbook with comments and/or suggestions on my work and about the site, thus helping me to improve both my modelling skills and the website itself.

Thanks for looking,

Karl

Malta

Current Project

This is the kit I'm working on right now. It's the Tamiya Lexus LFA. Since I'm planning on building it as a Nurburgring Edition version, I'm also utilizing the HD Detail-Up Set together with their Photo-Etch parts set. Click on any of the pictures above to be re-directed to its own page or follow the project from The Builds section.

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Latest Site Updates

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18 March 2019 - New updates on the LFA!

More updates on the LFA where I began airbrushing the necessary colours to all the chassis parts I had previously prepared and airbrushed in primer. Now everything's ready to start assembling them together. Click on the picture to be re-directed to the LFAs page.

22 February 2019 - First update on the LFA!

First official update on the Lexus! Cleaning and preparing the first set of parts for primer took longer than expected, mainly due to the big amount of pieces this kit has! During this, I also did the necessary modifications to the exhaust and disc brakes. Click on the picture to see this first update.

20 February 2019 - New Review added!

New Review added. This time I'm taking a closer look at the Hobby Design photo-etch set I'm using while building the Tamiya LFA. Click on the picture to see what this set actually contains.

17 January 2019 - Copen is now finished!

The Aoshima Daihatsu Copen is now fully finished and pictured, both on the garage diorama and against a white background. Click on the picture to see the whole collection of images of the completed tiny Kei-car!

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