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Audi R8 - Darth Vader style


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Zig-zagging from old to new, I moved into building my Revell Audi R8.  I love this car, and was excited to dive into this kit.  Seeing other builds and researching, this is a pretty car, but the black ones have a real presence.  The roof line and headlights make it look a little like Darth Vader's helmet, so I had to do that with mine.  I left it box stock, as this is a beautifully detailed kit, one of the best I've ever seen from Revell.  I also have to compliment the decals... again, the best I've ever seen in a Revell box.

Duplicolor black and my Automotive Touchup spray clear.  The interior is Vallejo gray-black and semi-gloss black with the kit's quilted decals on the seats and door panels.  I like the brightness alumimum adds to a dark interior, so that's what I used for the dash arch and door areas.  For the tail lights, keeping with the theme, I painted the red in the light assembly and used a little Tamiya Smoke for the lenses.

I did have one problem, and that was the windows.  They were brittle, the etching for the black areas was heavily faded and hard to see, and a little warped.  The right side window just wouldn't go into place properly, so I had to leave it out.  Anyway, I wanted sinister... I think this did it.  Hope you like it.

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The Engine, before and after placement

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The interior

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