The 3 Diablos

[bombervince]

muffler were bored so that it looks more realistic.

Today I changed my cutting mat, RM5 only, from Daisho Sunway Pyramid

Fujimi's Diablo have a bit fitting problem on the font, the chassis can't fit firmly to the body and resulted the front looks "raised". When I hold tight with my fingers it looks just nice, so finding a way to "tighten" it will solve the problem.


It's been a while I discover the problem but does not have a solution until 2 days ago, I remove the front gearbox cover, drill a hole and use a screw to tighten the chassis to the internal parts that secured to the body, done!!


The end result.


Now both the Diablo "lowered"

[bombervince]

Scratch building the rear diffuser


begin with the center mounting


stage 2, I'll be using aftermarket muffler this time


done but not satisfied, looks bit weird to me.... T_T


the left is the result after adding another layer but still look strange, so i did some changes. (the right part)


Final result.


From side view, the rear seems to be bit too low, need to raise a bit, the rear diffuser are bit too thick, I think I shall trim it a bit.

[bombervince]

added the "mustage" for the front bumper


sprayed with white primer as it will be this will be a bright green Bull. unfortunately I still found some areas that need to touch up... and time running out.


I re-design the rear light cover and the body


cant find any suitable green in the market so I mix my own, tested on silver and white surfaces, the white base looks promising as I predicted.

[bombervince]

Sprayed my custom mixed green, a mixture of Gunze bright green and florescent yellow


Sprayed with a layer of Gunze topaz gold (pearl)


First layer of clear coat applied





all pending final polishing.

[bombervince]

all polished, pending final fittings, thanks for viewing

[corvettekid_7684]

Excellent stuff here! That green one reminds me of the EB110

[GvEman]

Just incredible! 3 Diablos at the same time and all of them are thousand times better then any cars i have produced! Great work!

[generationx]

Love that green colour, and it looks really well on those rims.

[bombervince]

Corvettekid,
the front really have some similarity.

GvEman,
these 3 are actually entries of one of our group build, but sadly none of my bulls were completed, anyway I will complete all 3 of it.

generationx,
TQ

bit of progress today.


rear lights, as usual painted with my "speedy" method




side skirts, front lips and side mirror added




here's my new photo scene... last pic before completion

thanks for viewing

[bombervince]

the PE have a part that should be round and attached to the body, the shape is hard to replicate with PE, so I cut it and replace with a round sprue.




Dry fit before painting




hexagon PE mesh from ICW


the result

[bombervince]

bending the rear grille


done


sprayed with semigloss black


wheel cap and badges were sprayed with black


sand off the raised area with 2000 grid sand paper.


using a mixture of yellow and orange marker to create the gold effect.


the original wheel cap have a rounded cap


sanded flat so that the PE wheel cap can lay well.


Finally the first Diablo Completed...

Completed Gallery Here:
http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbul...15#post7021715

[GvEman]

Great jobb! Looks realy good!

[nugundam93]

great stuff!

[andybmw7272]

Super job on all of this and I have to say you have picked some excellent colors!!!!!!!
I am glad to see you back at these.
The mods and everything looks so good.
Keep on keeping on!
Andy

[bombervince]

Many thanks for the comments guys, I'm now working with the gold Diablo, almost done..