da_ashman Posted June 20, 2018 Posted June 20, 2018 Hey Guys My model club have a monthly meeting & some of them are themed, this year Flames was chossen as Junes Theme. Being a builder who generally builds JDM & exotics, I wasnt super keen on building an old car, so came up with the idea of doing a retro themed brand new MX5. pretty happy with how its come out, I designed up & cut my own vinyl mask to suit the MX5. The Tamiya kit also comes with a female driver figure, I decided to modify her too, I enchanced her ....erm... "assets" & custom made her dress in a rockabily style. This is what the driver looks like out of the box & some WIP pics of the paint mask. Thanks for looking Ash
Spex84 Posted June 20, 2018 Posted June 20, 2018 Well that's cool! The Miata looks good with a flame job! Nice work converting the figure, too, she suits the car much better than the stock figure would have. The wheel design is certainly distinctive--it puts me in mind of the metal grilles that surround trees planted on urban sidewalks. Maybe if she washes the car enough, they'll sprout   I like that you decided to be creative and come up with something new and interesting rather than simply dismissing the theme as "old". Flamed McLaren P1 next? Haha.
PatW Posted June 20, 2018 Posted June 20, 2018 Superb and 'thinking outside the box' to build a modern car with flames, great idea!
Funkychiken Posted June 21, 2018 Posted June 21, 2018 Really nice finish on the paint, did you create and cut the flame mask yourself?
da_ashman Posted June 25, 2018 Author Posted June 25, 2018 On 6/21/2018 at 5:32 PM, Funkychiken said: Really nice finish on the paint, did you create and cut the flame mask yourself? Hey Funky! Yeah I designed it & cut it from a vinyl spray mask, quite handy being a signwriter sometimes... Cheers Everyone!!!
christian-w Posted June 25, 2018 Posted June 25, 2018 Pretty good idea and well done! I think, you did a lot of more on the MX5 Wider body, big rims and tires. Good to know too, that there is a driver figure in the kit!
da_ashman Posted June 26, 2018 Author Posted June 26, 2018 15 hours ago, christian-w said: Pretty good idea and well done! I think, you did a lot of more on the MX5 Wider body, big rims and tires. Good to know too, that there is a driver figure in the kit! Cheers Mate! Yes I did change the wheels & add a spoiler to the body but thats it, thats the factory body & it looks BLAH_BLAH_BLAH_BLAH cool
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