lanesteele240 Posted September 9, 2012 Share Posted September 9, 2012 (edited) Wow!!!!!!! What a beautiful racecar!!!!! This kit was very expensive. My heart rate was up and pounding like i was being watched by thousands of people as i put the decals on. It was like i was in the decal superbowl or something. And the crowd goes wild......... The decals laid down great. The only issue was that all the clear sections holding the tentacles should have been removed before install. Had to cut them on the car. That was hard. Did not want to ruin one of the better paint jobs i have ever done. Edited September 9, 2012 by lanesteele240 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanesteele240 Posted September 9, 2012 Author Share Posted September 9, 2012 The seats were covered with KA Models B-sheet carbon fiber decals Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinfan5 Posted September 9, 2012 Share Posted September 9, 2012 How much was this kit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanesteele240 Posted September 9, 2012 Author Share Posted September 9, 2012 Like 70 something bucks. The regular f430 challange kits run less than 40. They are getting hard to find and more expensive on ebay each day. I was alittle let down that wheel and other decals were not in the kit. I will have to scavenge a number plate from somewhere Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanesteele240 Posted September 11, 2012 Author Share Posted September 11, 2012 A hard day of modeling produced this. I wasted some carbon decal on the inside because you cant even see it. Here i applied some kevlar to the wheel well. It has 900 angles. Worse thing is is, i dont even know if this car has kevlar but some japanese sports cars do and i just had to do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bryan_m Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 wow! great decal work, i love that carbon fiber, and the kevlar. way cool! cheers bryan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W-Machine Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 That is some decal work you've got going on there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lownslow Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 i love Squidgirl even more awesome as a Ferrari Itasha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanesteele240 Posted October 1, 2012 Author Share Posted October 1, 2012 Body plus glass and window trim. Carbon fiber front skid plate Rear under skirt in carbon. Got to touch up one or two areas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bryan_m Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 definetely some impressive decal work! nice job cheers bryan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjordan2 Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 (edited) Excellent. Looks like you're winning in the decal Super Bowl (I can't tell, though - have you scored the panel lines, like doors, etc., where they're covered by the decals?) Edited October 1, 2012 by sjordan2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IMSANUT Posted October 13, 2012 Share Posted October 13, 2012 Very cool! And very nice work. The Challenge version of this kit is on my list to build an ALMS version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanesteele240 Posted December 29, 2012 Author Share Posted December 29, 2012 well she got kicked to the side for a few months but i am going to pound it out now. i am just going sick the parts together and it will end up what it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanesteele240 Posted December 29, 2012 Author Share Posted December 29, 2012 one thing is, fujimi did not include the ferrari decals for the engine and car. so now i dont have any detail for the engine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragzz Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 vary nice clean work u did there thats a cool car Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fumi Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 Shunko makes the Super GT number plate decals. http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10189121 They are sold out now but you might want to put yourself on Hobby Search's waiting list e-mail. Shunko re-release their decals from time to time, but if you don't pre-order them by the time they are available they would be all sold out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ffreak Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 I bought several of these to build a ALMS car and was disappointed when I opened it to discover that it was just a Challenge kit with these decals basically. I already had some Challenge kits anyway !! I probably won't use the decals on this, unless I wanna torture myself !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erik Smith Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 Wow! Great work on the decals. I have always been intrigued by the "character" cars but never purchased one. Yours is looking really cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scalemodelworld Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 Looks awesome Gary. It's weird, but I never thought of decal-ing the body before assembly. What's your workflow? Do you just clear-coat and then decal, or do you polish/wax and then decal. And being a newb at decals, do you apply a top coat of something to protect them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyrichard Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 clean , looks great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanesteele240 Posted December 30, 2012 Author Share Posted December 30, 2012 Looks awesome Gary. It's weird, but I never thought of decal-ing the body before assembly. What's your workflow? Do you just clear-coat and then decal, or do you polish/wax and then decal. And being a newb at decals, do you apply a top coat of something to protect them? i always base coat with the paint. remove any trash in the finish up to 12000 and then polish with a buffing compound. i then apply the decals using micro sol. i put down a light clear coat a few times. when the 3rd light coat is dry i lay down a wet coat. i then sand with 4000 on up to 12000 then buff and wax. if you go to hard on the polishing u may cut into the decals. so go light. i always clear my deals to protect them on a project like this. i wont clear if the decals are small or they would look dumb with clear on them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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