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01-17-2014, 07:13 AM | #1 | |
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1/32 Petron Porsche 918 Spyder
During a recent promo by a local gas company, they decided to sell some Porsche die-cast models after you buy a certain amount of fuel from them. This was their 2nd run (I only got a 911 GT3 RSR in their 1st promo) and the only car that interested me was the 918 Spyder. This had the following gimmicks:
-pull-back and release action -opening doors -keyfob included which operated the following: startup sounds and lights, alarm and rev sounds (only the 918 and Carrera GT had this) According to a friend, this was done by Fastlane aka realtoy aka motorcity. I was initially planning to do a Martini livery for this but then decided to give it an itasha scheme, copying the RX-93 nu Gundam's color scheme, especially since I did have a Bandai 1/144 decal sheet for the nu Gundam lying around. So here it is when I first got it: And here are the other cars: And the body disassembled from the chassis: So I started by wetsanding the body with 1000 grit before painting: And here it is after a few coats from a spraycan:
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01-17-2014, 07:23 AM | #2 | |
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Re: 1/32 Petron Porsche 918 Spyder
Disaster though struck with the spraypaint - turns out it was running low on propellant and decided to spit paint. Had no choice but to redo the paint by soaking the parts first in 99% isopropyl alcohol, then sanded smooth some molding lines I discovered on the metal body (looks like the original paint was thick enough to cover those mold lines LOL).
And here it is after a few coats of urethane primer (was doing this at the same time as the Aoshima Pajero conversion): And after a few coats of white urethane paint: And the last coat of white: Since the nu Gundam had a white/black color scheme, the 918 was painted as such: And here's the decal sheet (which I actually got 2 years ago and it was just sitting there in my computer desk): Finally, applied the relevant decals (it was marked in the decal sheet which models they would go to): So far that's the progress. I'll go back to my school stuff first and once that's done, I'll shoot a couple of layers of 2k urethane clear on this and then off to polish and wax it.
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01-20-2014, 02:58 AM | #3 | |
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Re: 1/32 Petron Porsche 918 Spyder
After a few coats of 2k urethane clear:
I will have to sand down and respray clear on the right door as after the pics were taken and I was putting the doors and wing away, the wing snagged on the door near the handle and gouged the paint. I don't think it's gonna level it self but still hope it would so that i won't need to sand it flush. I'll give this a couple of days before I start polishing and fixing the panel lines.
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Re: 1/32 Petron Porsche 918 Spyder
so i managed to squeeze this in while waiting for my revised thesis draft to be critiqued.
here are the polished body parts: a test-fit with the chassis: i managed to lose one pair of exhaust tips, so i had to duplicate one. used oyumaru as the mold, and 2-part epoxy as casting material: and here it is, all done and back in its box: i'll do finished pics once i'm done defending the thesis.
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