Toast Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 To have some fun at the work bench I let a friend pick out a kit and take over most of the creative direction of the build. The original deal was I had no say in it, I just follow her direction. But there are a few techniques I want to try so I will use this build as a guinea pig. I rolled my eyes when she picked out the color but as it's coming together the Sublime Green is growing on me! For the most part I'm just going by the instruction's painting suggestions. Going with a mild street tuner look so I made a larger tail pipe. Starting to work on the interior. The color scheme of the interior in these cars is really neat and is going to be interesting to replicate! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinfan5 Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 Cant go wrong with Sublime Green, looking good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scuderia Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 A lot more creative than having ANOTHER Red Evo lol. Good start so far keep it up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PappyD340 Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 NICE!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wisdonm Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 (edited) Got to ride along, in a blue one, as an instructor at a drivers school last Friday. Impressive acceleration. Edited October 23, 2013 by wisdonm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyB08 Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 Evo!!!!! Color suits it well. Chassis looks great. Excited to see this played out. Is it a Tamiya kit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kennyboy Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 Your friend has great taste! Not only in models but also the color. The car looks great so far!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyB08 Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 Think I just answered my own question. Shows how well I pay attention. lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toast Posted August 10, 2014 Author Share Posted August 10, 2014 (edited) Alrighty! where were we? Getting back to this one and making good progress. Going with dark wheels. here they are test fitted with the completed chassis. I used an old sheet of foil to mask around the widow trim and hood. I like this method but it'd get pretty spendy buying foil just to throw away, After the trim and hood were painted I taped over all the trim. I cut ribbon then sprayed it with a little adhesive. I cut it into two pieces at an angle to simulate a cabon weave design. I laid two sided tape along the sides and front of the hood and put a piece under the vents and along the back of the hood to help hold down the ribbon. Then tucked it along the contours. the adhesive held just enough! After a light coat of a dark metallic grey I had a nice carbon fiber like pattern. The pattern didn't show up as great in some areas but I think the process yielded a convincing carbon fiber hood. On to clear coat and polishing. should be finishing the EVO soon! Edited August 10, 2014 by Toast Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moparian Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 The color looks great on that and the hood looks even better. Great work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DynoMight Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 Good job on the hood! Looks cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brizio Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 The hood looks good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toast Posted September 4, 2014 Author Share Posted September 4, 2014 (edited) Thanks, I'm learning a few new techniques on the few projects I have on my bench right now. The first coat of clear gave the hood much more contrast and helped show off the carbon fiber pattern. I'm getting all the clear parts and body accessories ready to go on this kit and hopefully wrap it up soon. Edited September 4, 2014 by Toast Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bennyg Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 Very nice work. Love the carbine fibre effect. Ben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TFchronos Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 Cool project, nice paint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captjeffro26 Posted September 6, 2014 Share Posted September 6, 2014 I like that idea for the carbon fiber. Somtimes the decals are a pain when you have contours or hood scoops. This is coming along nicely. Very cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Byron5150 Posted September 6, 2014 Share Posted September 6, 2014 This looks pretty sick so far nice job doing the carbon fiber. Ive used scale motors carbon decal and its a pain to apply. This is my favorite car so don't screw it up Jk your doing an awesome job and the green looks sweet! (Also my favorite color) haha Cheers, Byron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre_tec Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 great build, and nice idea on the cf pattern! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toast Posted September 11, 2014 Author Share Posted September 11, 2014 She's close to finished! Attached the lights and grill screen. Got to use my new tool I found at the hobby shop. I really like it, simple but effective! The window just falls into place! All I had to do was run a small bead of glue around the edges. Assembled the wing and glued that into place, as well as the tail lights. Finally a little more color to this model! This is my favorite part so far, the hood screen with the engine vents underneath. such a cool detail! Next photos should be in the "Under Glass" section! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David@MinidreamsInc. Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 Nice job Ryan i like this ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
om617 Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 Nice work on the hood. The color is pretty in your face,fits this type of car well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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