Lamborghini Reventon...onto the body

[Dann Tier]

5 hours ago, NOBLNG said:

Fantastic!

Thanks a lot, bud!!

[Dann Tier]

Heres another bit of an update....Air boxes in, third brake light, license plate, and brakes in the process.

-Photo 1; Since there was an annoying lack of detail to the kits rotors.....the hub area, I decided to use PE bits from an Aventador. I painted them semi-gloss black, and will further detail them after they are attached. The side markers are ready to be attached next.

-Photo 2; Here you can actually see the lack of detail....this kit cost me $95, you would think that it would fully detail ALL the few parts in the kit. Second from the left is the starting point....Hot Rod Gray Primer.

-Photo 3; The air boxes fit the look well!

-Photo 4;  The third brake light from my Pagani kit totally fit with ZERO mods!

Edited April 23, 2019 by Dann Tier

[Bennyg]

2 hours ago, Dann Tier said:

Thanks, bud!!...don't you have a group too?

A group? I participate in groups, don’t have one.

Ben

[Dann Tier]

8 hours ago, Bennyg said:

A group? I participate in groups, don’t have one.

Ben

My bad...

[Bennyg]

On 24/04/2019 at 3:12 PM, Dann Tier said:

My bad...

All good. I do have a YouTube Channel.

Ben

[Dann Tier]

3 hours ago, Bennyg said:

All good. I do have a YouTube Channel.

Ben

What is it?, i'd like to check it out!

 

[Bennyg]

10 hours ago, Dann Tier said:

What is it?, i'd like to check it out!

 

Aussie Model Cars & Trucks

cheers mate

Ben

[Dann Tier]

1 hour ago, Bennyg said:

Aussie Model Cars & Trucks

cheers mate

Ben

Thanks, bud!...I will check it out!!

[Dann Tier]

Hey, everyone!, i'm picking up momentum here!, after I get these Lights finished, it wont be long!  My original idea to replicate the LED's, was to drill holes for each one, then use clear fishing line to simulate. This would have worked great, had it not been for the DEEP ejector marks on the back side. The plastic was thin in some spots, thick in others, so my bit traveled just enough to make things look stupid!....even broke a bit at one point. I already had a backup plan, so after carefully flowing Plast-Zap into the LED channels, I was ready for round two!

-Photo 1; Here are the taillights after the repair....good to go!

-Photo 2; These are the new LED's. They are PE dots that I painted with a mixture of white, and gloss clear(50/50) to help simulate the look.

-Photo 3; The instuctions tell you to paint these lighter areas red......WRONG!!!!!, they are suppose to be a Steel-like kolor. the kolor I used here was flat aluminum, but after sleeping on it, I will be redoing them today with a darker shade of aluminum. For the back-up lights, I first applied chrome silver as a base, then did a mix of white(1/4), and Gloss Clear(3/4). After that dried, I carefully filled-up the remaining space with straight gloss clear.

-Photo 4; I often use this stuff for replicating side markers, reflectors..etc.  I will be using it to make the reflectors under the back-ups. I will stick the clear red to the chrome sticker for better reflection.

Edited April 27, 2019 by Dann Tier

[Dann Tier]

Here is the actual look of the lights...

[Dann Tier]

….and heres how Fujimi tells you to do them......I couldn't do it.

[Dann Tier]

Now its time for the headlamps!! 

-Photo 1; Here are the real thing..

-Photo 2; Heres where it is now. To make the top LED's look like the real ones, I will mix a tad bit of yellow, with a higher amount of gloss clear. The front, rectangular lights will be interesting.....I will try to individually make them from clear styrene.

Edited April 27, 2019 by Dann Tier

[Dann Tier]

I finally have the brakes done as well.

-Photo 1; Here you can see the Hotrod gray primer base on the second rotor, and the graphite powder I rubbed into the other ones. The graphite powder will work on any type of brakes, not just Carbon Ceramics.

-Photo 2 & 3; You cannot see the metallic sheen, buts its obviously there, and those PE bits really made the brakes better. I added a touch of weathered Titanium Gold.

Edited April 27, 2019 by Dann Tier

[Dann Tier]

Here are the final bits I got done yesterday....the sidemarkers actually fit in with NO trimming!!!, and I decided to use one of my 3D stickers for the bonnet emblem, instead of the flat decal. Last bit is the addition of the exhaust tip.

[Funkychiken]

It's beautiful so far Dann! Love it...

[OldNYJim]

Those disks look OUTSTANDING!  Beautiful work!

[Dann Tier]

Thanks, guys!...much appreciated!!…..i'm trying to finish-up the lights right now!

[Metalmad]

Wow Dann your really knocking this out of the park !

Edited April 29, 2019 by Metalmad

[89AKurt]

Lights can make or break a build, looking forward to your result!

[Tommy124]

1 hour ago, 89AKurt said:

Lights can make or break a build, looking forward to your result!

Absolutely... me too. Lights are the "eyes" of a car, if they won't look good, the model is guaranteed not to look "real"... 

[Dann Tier]

13 hours ago, Metalmad said:

Wow Dann your really knocking this out of the park !

Thanks, bud!!

[Dann Tier]

10 hours ago, 89AKurt said:

Lights can make or break a build, looking forward to your result!

They sure can!.....like the way Fujimi instructs you to do for this kit.

[Dann Tier]

8 hours ago, Tommy124 said:

Absolutely... me too. Lights are the "eyes" of a car, if they won't look good, the model is guaranteed not to look "real"... 

For sure!!

[cobraman]

Coming along nicely.

[Dann Tier]

57 minutes ago, cobraman said:

Coming along nicely.

Thanks, bud!!…..adding another update now!