Byron5150

Ok thank you sir! And thanks for the kind inspiring words. Good luck on your car as well

Dude that's the same kit I got for my new build! Did you like the kit?

Wow! Amazing job so far. Makes me so ready to build my revell skill 3 speacial edition 69 dodge charger r/t Which will be my first doing distributor wires, I too have read that tim boyd tip, they looks good when finished! Again fantastic work!. And where can I get the purple stuff u use to strip the chrome?? Cheers, Byron

Looking good mate.

Thanks guys unfortunetely the car is basicall completed now just gotta put the last two wheels on. And prop the hood. I use my phone for pictures and since it can't detect my sd card it won't lemme take pics. I will try later tonight to get some photos and explain the last steps I did and how I painted it and what not.

Wow this is looking pretty sweet. great pictures with the hinges and such. Makes me brave enough to try that on a model Also that color for the chassis looks great! And great details on the engine. Can't wait for more!

Looking pretty cool Bruce! I like the way you converted the body

Droppedgmc - thank you Johnny1973 - thanks for the kind words I wass surprised on how it turned out.

Thanks,mate

Thanks Bryan, the doors are painted in the same accent as the rest of the interior. I have not yet glued the backing of the seats or anything in the interior. I was gonna add a few different paint touch ups like white for the gauges and white and red for the nos buttons. Here's what i was basing it off off. Although I figured id give this kit its own custom style.

looking great.

this is coming along nicely

Thanks man, Im skipping flocking on this kit. Also have to wait till Friday to do engine wheels and such because I do not have the paint. Cheers, Thanks again, Byron

Headlights are on the car now. Also taped off and hand painted some of the interior accents like the seats and dash and the interior hub. For the blue its Krylon blue I taped and painted for the blue then hand brushed the black to touch up or add black. Interior is all finished except for the steering wheel. I will probably flock parts of the interior after I glue seats in. Also all of the black is again Tamiya semi gloss black. I also have painted the door panels with krylon blue, and will be touching it up with tamiya semi gloss black to match the rest of the interior. I also washed everything and primed it with tamiya white primer.

Gary - Nice hahaha Scott - Thanks man I really appreciate that.

Alrighty guys here's some updates. I took spoiler off because I want to fix a few things on it and do some touch ups. After cutting and putting the last few decals on. I clear coated the whole car, to avoid any lift ups later on. Also decided to paint the interior hub and the dash board. 1. I first cleaned up all flash. 2. Made sure the guages for the passenger air bag fit good. 3. Then glued and taped. 4. After wards I washed all parts (dash and interior hub) with soap and water. 5. Primed with Tamiya white primer. 6. Then air brushed them Tamiya semi gloss black. I will show pic of the dash and interior hub when there dry. Also glued in the headlights, and painted the turn signals on the headlight cover with model master's turn signal amber. Also to answer the question about what i was doing for the head scoop. I used a tooth pick for it and cleaned up any thing that messed up after it dried. Also did the same for the small openings on the left and right side of the front bumper. And lastly I put the carbon fiber on, and yes it is fragile but the big part i had was getting all wrinkles out, It was probably due to the hood hump. Great stuff and I highly recommend it to any one!!!

Thanks Jon

Alrighty Got all but 3 decals done. That would be the Nos symbol on the drivers side, and then the two spoiler decals that go on the outside (black part) Here's what I did. 1. Cut decal as close as possible off the sheet with out ruining it. 2. Held the decals with tweezers and submerged it in water for 10 seconds. Till it curls up. 3. Slided part of the decal off with my thumb. And put the decal on car using a toothpick to hold the decal while i pull off the backing with the tweezers. 4. Hole have the decal with my thumb and used a Q-tip to push water away and get all air bubble and wrinkles. Repeat with other half. 5. Took my microfiber cloth and lightly pressed down on the decal while holding half of the decal with my thumb. I just air brushed the bottom of the hood with semi gloss black. Will show pics after I apply the carbon fiber to the top of the hood. i used quick setting epoxy, for the spoiler so far. Also taped off the gas tank and painted it semi gloss black which I will cut the decal around it later. I use 1/4" tape if anybody wants to know.

Thanks guys, I will probably mask the hood scoop and painted that way or hand brush it. im not sure yet

Yea its my first time using so thanks for the heads up. I have a online friend, who just painted polished and waxed it, and it worked fine for him. But I may do what you said. Because the instructions say put a coat of semi gloss black on it. Which ill probably do, because I'm painting the underside semi gloss black as well. Thanks for the heads up!

Thanks Erik, alot of ppl hate when they replicate the real ones but I think there cool

Thank you John

Alrighty guys. Got the window trim done. Here's what I did. 1. I put 3m scotch blue fine painters tape on and around the windows, 2. Used a toothpick to follow the trim out line, 3. Then I cut the tape with a x-acto knife very carefully to not make scratches in paint. 4. After the windows were done, I just used paper to mask the rest of the body off. 5. I then sprayed it with an acrylic lacquer to help seal some of tape so the paint doesn't bleed. 6. Air brushed it with Tamiya semi gloss black. Lemme know what you guys think, I think it turned out pretty good. Also here's a pic of my scale motor sports carbon fiber decal.

Oh I see what your saying yea that'd be cool! If you wanted I could always scan my decals so I can have a file of them, if you know somebody or if you can make decals. Also the body kit is the blitz body kit. The one in the Revell is pretty darn close though. And you'd have to make the spoiler. But it looks like a very accurate kit. Thanks for telling me about it. And the decal is mainly for the hood, I may try and put some of it, in the dash. But I most likely won't. Thanks for saying the body looks good

They have a revell fnf one, just the car? I really wanna find the mitsubishi lancer evo 7 or 8. Kinda like the 2 fast 2 furious. Although do my own custom color and attempt to make my own graffics for it. I've found some but not sure if there's more out there. Between the years of 2000 to 2006. Sort of a big update, but not really lol. I've masked the body for the window trim. It is now painted and spoiler brackets are on. I will show pics tomorrow morning, and describe what all I did. Also got my scale motor sports decal in the mail today. I will show that as well. Does anybody have a good decal solution that you can make besides buying some of the microscale soultions? If not I will wait to the decal later. But if I can find a better way. I can do them sooner. Btw thanks for the compliments on the car! Cheers, Byron