The Creative Explorer

Are there more pictures of this build? I am still not convinced it is a model

Sandpaper is a good method. Don't want to be an ass, but it took me 5 times reading that line, to see what you were trying to say

Nice pictures, thanks! p.s. This is the 250 GTO, the GTO itself is the official name of the 288 GTO, which came about 20 years later ;-)

I hope so Got no idea in what I am into now, but looks interesting....for now..... Already time for the first update! My hands couldn't resist of cutting up the body. See for yourself! :-P

Ok, ÃNother project :wink: ( like I didn't had enough yet... ) This will be build quite slow and is more a between project when other projects are stalled for some reason. The idea is to build a Porsche 911 (euro specs) and cutaway the body. As base, I use the Fujimi Enthusiast No. 5 kit, as this is the best base one can have. This is how I received the body and glass ( the cracks were known, and that's why it was also an ideal base for this project ) A dryfit of all the bodyparts together And made some lines where I will cut the body in halves The front window was split in a way I didn't liked, so I masked of the preferred line and started to saw It resulted in this raw frontscreen And smoothed with different grid sanding sticks And the start of the engine, painted already in the main colours

And a upload from the most recent work:

Looks like someone is acting very childish.......

The engine so far, need to work on wiring yet. Dry-fit of the bodystyle options I've chosen Got the headrests off. And put them back on again, with a tad more realism.

Thanks guys. And I have to agree. The worst part of the Tuner-cars are the people who drive it. Most of them is fine, but there is a certain group that screws it all up for the rest of the scene. Doing a lot of frontwheel burn-outs, ultimate loud music, hanging in the middle of the car, with the left pols on the 12 o'clock position of the steeringwheel, you know what I mean. And then a lot of parts not even painted, only primered on the car. If only 80% of them took it all a bit more serious....

I either just paint it freehand or I use Tamiya masking tape and spray it black.

Just noticed 5 wheelnuts in the center. Enzo has a central nut system.

Model, wheels are not deep enough, weird model. I would say the mulimedia wheelskit from MrModeller. The doors looks like they cannot be opened, so could be a Revell Enzo as base-model and the mentioned Antenna.

I am going to look into it, but I'm not really into that look. Im not very fond of the 'german' look. But I am going to look into it, I could widen it 2mm. Which doesnt make it that bad. There's not a lot of space between the body and the wheels though. We'll see I had the other day also a idea of raising the transporter to make it a syncro look.

The Transporter is not getting aloy wheels, just couldn't find the right set. So for the original GTI looks, I put on some stock steelie's, looked pretty good actually

Nice one, I think I've seen one of those paintjobs on a Gumball3000 car, I think it was a Impreza, Lancer or Lamborghini, can't quite remember,

CHRISTMAS SONGS!!!!! LOTS OF IT!!!! it is the best period of the year, well, I just like it But normally the hit-radio in the Netherlands, sometimes good ol Rock&Roll to get in time correct projects.

Nice one, I just bought this Resin body a couple of weeks ago. Looking at the bpdy. I bought a C5 Convertible with it. Since the XLR is a convertible too. But in the end, you still need to modify quite some parts. That's the challenge tough

I've downloaded the manual of the 250GTO couple of days ago, and when I return back in the Netherlands, I am going to buy several 250's. The kit got really nice detail. I was impressed for Revell ( even it is a Protar ) Talk about value for money

If the kit was from the right car; it would've been less work. But, the proportions, size, shape, wheels, interiour, basically everything, is different from the Tamiya kit. So the Tamiya kit not an option at all. Unfortunately. The best shot I have is converting the diecast. and altough I do know it isn't easy, it is not impossible either. First I need to make a resin cast of the diecast, so modifying would be a enormous lot easier.

No problem, Glad I could help. Afterall; we're here to learn aren't we? I am sorry to interrupt your topic with this picture, but the Cuda script on the back of the car is BMF'ed, sprayed and with q-tip and thinner uncovered. Hard to see in this picture tough, but it gives you a idea how it looks.

Looks real nice. Wants me to make a ElCamino too. Paintjob is wonderful, and the BMF looks really good. would you mind if I gave you two comments I noticed? -It looks to me that you have used a rather thick masking tape for the flames, use a thinner one or even BMF, so you get hardly height-difference at the paintline. -apply BMF on the car-tags ( like on the left fender ) before you give the car a paintjob. In this way, you can use a q-tip and uncover the letters when you're done. This way, the inside of the letters are filled with the colour too. and looks even better.

Nice progress so far, Is it the picture or did you had some problems with brushing on the left-rear panel?

Thanks for the effort guys, but that is entirely a different car. This is a Renault 5 Turbo, it has the engine in the back and is rear-wheel driven. The car was introduced in 1981 and stopped in 1984. The car I want is the Renault 5 GTTurbo, this is the second series Renault 5, called the Superfive.Introduced in 1986 and ran until 1991. The car is frontwheel driven and the engine in the front. So the kit will be unfortunately no help at all. In these two pictures you will see the differences. The Gen1 Renault 5 ( Turbo ) The Gen2 Renault 5 (GTTurbo) When you compare, you will notice the differences.

Simply because the kit doesn't exist.

This is err... Different Never seen an old MG as a Gasser. Nice idea, like the weathering.