Foreign Vehicle build (Started)

[maltsr]

Great question maybe a new one i think this one has mostly production cars

Hi guys

There are a few racecar builds going on here, mainly 'road course'. Should they continue here or can the new thread be expanded to include ALMS, JGTC etc as suggested earlier by Jonathan? I have just received a Martini Alfa Romeo which I'd like to share with you, once I have the courage to tackle the ageing, yellowed cracked decals

[hotrod59f100]

I Would but the only race kits I have are the zackspeed ford capri turbo , and porsche 911 gt2 road version.

[martinfan5]

I agree that it would be better if the CBP was open to more racing class's , as there are so many great race car kits to be built out there.

Paul, I sent you a friends request on Face Book

Edited April 22, 2012 by martinfan5

[Scuderia]

thats good thinking yeha for sure i dont know how many diff kits are out there to do others so Jon if you have an idea you cna start it up

[hotrod59f100]

I finally got the paint to lay down on my Nsx. Got the interior almost finished. I stole the turbos of of a 300zx eng . I'll have pics tonite.

[martinfan5]

I am going to start the kit I bought at the show yesterday, Revells F430 kit. Pics up soon

[Jared Roach]

So I got my interior finished and the body on the the chassis for good. I also painted all of the window trim and installed the glass.

I hate the way the tail lights came out, but live and learn.

[martinfan5]

I just saw this post on SPC UK lol, the interior really looks good

Getting back to building, havent built anything since I finished up the TGUS cars, been wanting get this kit for awhile, and almost bought it on ebay, but waited tell after this weekend model show, and my luck, I found for $10, yay me, and even better, Scale Finish's was on hand, and picked a bottle of Rosso Corsa paint for $5, yay for me again.

Ferrari kits are my eleanor ,something always goes wrong. I have built five Ferrari kits, two are a complete glue bomb, and the other three, well those all had several trips to the purple pond, I always have problems with Ferrari kits, why, I dont know. This will be OOB build, to go along with my F430 Scuderia kit

Edited April 23, 2012 by martinfan5

[hotrod59f100]

Well currently this is where the body and paint sits still have to finish the motor and some suspension work.

[martinfan5]

That is looking good, I like to color, what paint did you use, you got the wing from one of the fast and furious kits , I cant remember if it was the supra or the eclipse

[hotrod59f100]

The color is purple licious testors one coat lacquer . Wing is from the supra. I'm building a replica of a car I raced in gt2 .

[martinfan5]

I loving getting build ideas from the GT series

[martinfan5]

Well this F430 build is not starting out good, a few very important parts are warped

And doing some work, removed one of the engine piece's that was attached to engine brace, I think it will just look better, and easier to paint both pieces as well

Edited April 23, 2012 by martinfan5

[hotrod59f100]

I hate that when parts are warped. Love the car tho.

[Nick Winter]

Getting closer.

Progress from over the weekend.

[Nick Winter]

More progress.

Pretty much winging it as I don't know whats missing from this kit (bought it started from a deceased Modellers collection) and I don't know much about the 1:1's

Nick

[ARTEMIS1759]

Good stuff. I was just thinking when I saw Nick's progress someone should build one of those fugly CUBE Van, car thing a majigs into a appocolypse car.

[martinfan5]

Nick, its looking good

Painted the engine and engine brace with krylon matte aluminum

And got the interior piece's primed

Edited April 24, 2012 by martinfan5

[martinfan5]

Opps, well trying to get the parts back into shape did not work

Edited April 24, 2012 by martinfan5

[Scuderia]

Hmm was that the hot water trick? Tough break about the chassis man. Do you have a spare pan?

[martinfan5]

Hmm was that the hot water trick? Tough break about the chassis man. Do you have a spare pan?

Lol yea, a little to hot water, It would of been fine, but I stepped outside do something model related, came back to find that. I placed a parts replace order for all three of them.

I am thinking about putting the engine I pulled out of my glued bombed Enzo into the 430

Edited April 25, 2012 by martinfan5

[hotrod59f100]

That sucks. I hate warped kits I killed a old tamiya kit due to trying to pull the body out .

[martinfan5]

I have been lucky, well that ran out.

I have two more kits on the way for this CBP

While waiting for the replacement parts, I decided to work on a glue bomb, I did repaint this once already, didnt like the way it looked, so going to try again

Edited April 26, 2012 by martinfan5

[hotrod59f100]

I love them civic kit I have 4 like that 3 hb and 2 95s with the clear hood.

[martinfan5]

I never liked the 1:1 Civics, but the kits is nice, I wish that when I built it, my talents were the like they are now, its really bad, and there was only so much I could do