Guess its time to start another kit.....VANTASTIC

Now that the Supra is finished its time for another project. Was going to carry on with the EVO but this kit (Vantastic) has been burning away like a fire at me wanting to be built :p
So the EVO is on hold and this one is underway today.
Being a Hotrod most parts will be colour-coded. Engine and running gear will get the same colour as the car.
Car with have a two tone look to it when painted.
Today the engine was clean and assembled reading for painting.
Whole engine was glued with the new glue i just brought (Milfix) and the whole engine will be painted body colour for a clean simple look.
Quite looking forward to building something different for a change.

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cant wait to see this complete:)

pman, you are a perfect-model-building machine!!! :hehe:
nice job on the supra, love the color & shine! how do you build them so fast? I'm like 5% done with my Enzo LOL!

Originally posted by primera man
Car with have a two tone look to it when painted.


Going to hint on the colors, or you making us wait?!?!?

On a side note: I've noticed in your pics that you seem to have a "mobile" box of supplies. Is that so you can build where ever there is space? I think I saw a pic of your work area before (long ago) but I thought it was a bench type painting area.

Post often, I need the inspiration, this Opel is kicking my *$$!

Your work truely amazes me!

-Rick

sorry about the confusion in kits, i edited my post..... jason

Originally posted by rhmatt
On a side note: I've noticed in your pics that you seem to have a "mobile" box of supplies. Is that so you can build where ever there is space? I think I saw a pic of your work area before (long ago) but I thought it was a bench type painting area.I think that is the KIWI-bot supply hopper... :eek: ;)

This is gonna be sweet!!

Ohhy yeah, the model kit with the valves and valve springs and stuff. Man, this thing had amazing things done to it by testors. I't gonna come out nice as usual, just kick back and watch the build, guys. :smoker2:

Waiting to see it completed.

Looks like the KIWI-BOT may have a performance upgrade(now able to handle more projects) j/k

rhmatt.....YOU CAN WAIT FOR THE COLOUR !!;)
I try and keep just the paints and tools i need in one box so that i dont have to hunt through all the others to find what i'm looking for.

njh...i have 5 days off work and i'm running on NOS :devil: :devil:

are you being suggestive with that NOS comment? I can't wait to see what you'll come up with for this model. I have a hotrod waiting in the pile of boxes to do. it'll be an unusual time in the forums...

Umm..... Did anyone else notice that suicides model is a completely different kit?
Will be watching with interest P Man as I am building the Smoothster from Testors. Same chassis. Whats your engine? Mines a LT1 Chevy.
Seems a waste though all that internal detail in the engine doesn't it.

Originally posted by Nobbys Nuts
Umm..... Did anyone else notice that suicides model is a completely different kit?
Will be watching with interest P Man as I am building the Smoothster from Testors. Same chassis. Whats your engine? Mines a LT1 Chevy.
Seems a waste though all that internal detail in the engine doesn't it.
Engine is the LT-1
It really does seem a waste....but i have been impressed by the kit so far and the way the parts have fitted together.

Not sure why they put a spare hood and roof in the kit though :confused:

From what I have seen of your kit it is identical to mine up to the body. By that I mean the chassis and gaurds. I would suspect that it is just one of those kits where they use the same parts tree for more than one kit.

Well this I can't wait to see if it's up to the usual P/Man standards it's going to be (as P/Man said) VANTASTIC!!

Warren the spare hood is in the kit for people like Jay, so he has one to lose/snap!!:D :D :D :D



YES I'M BACK!!!!:flipa: :flipa:

Pman, you are breaking your rules again. I think it is time to 'revise' your rules for good!

I have to admit that I'm not a fan of this style of car, but I do love those wheels. I can't wait however to see the Pman magic touch on this one.

Looking really good, cant wait to see the color;)

Today was sanding day !!.
After having a better look at the chassis it really needed a lot of work to sand out plenty of mold lines on all the different parts. After 3 hours it was ready to be assembled. The rear end and front took a bit of mucking around to get the parts to fit but turned out OK.
The chassis had quite a “twist” in it and I had to straighten it by heating the front section with a hair dryer and twisting it back into shape.
Once it is finished it will all be sparayed in one colour to keep the Hotrod theme.
Here’s a few pics of it almost finished with the engine sitting in to see how it fits etc

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Have you glued the chassis together allready? The suspension (A arms, springs, spindles and rear housing) and frame all getting painted together?!? I take it that it is not primed yet, do you intend to prime these before painting?

3 hours of sanding....how do you have such patience?!?


Keep us posted, I've searched the background of all the pics in this thread trying to find hints of the color you will be using. No sight of any spray can OR the Kiwibot! :D

-Rick

man gotta love that chasis...

looks really detailed. If i were you i would make my own springs for the coils though..

You have to sand EVERY componenet? I thought it was just the shell! PMAN, dont you paitn each item before you assemble?

Originally posted by rhmatt
Have you glued the chassis together allready? The suspension (A arms, springs, spindles and rear housing) and frame all getting painted together?!? I take it that it is not primed yet, do you intend to prime these before painting?



It's all glued already and will be primed before painting just incase i have missed sanding anything etc.

Primera man, Primera man, where for art thou Primera man?

Curiosity is getting the best of me, I can't wait to see the color.

Post some pics, I know you have it primed, baked and painted by now!

I'm just anxious to see it before I go out of town for the weekend...you've got me hooked on this thing!

-Rick

I can't wait until this ones finished. Great choice and good going with being different!

Originally posted by rhmatt
Primera man, Primera man, where for art thou Primera man?

Curiosity is getting the best of me, I can't wait to see the color.

Post some pics, I know you have it primed, baked and painted by now!

I'm just anxious to see it before I go out of town for the weekend...you've got me hooked on this thing!

-Rick

Patience my good friend ;)

I'm still sanding away at present on other parts.
Have got the interior ready for painting.
I'm still waiting on a new can of primer which was meant to be here at the start of the week but didn't arrive :(

What colour is it going to be? Loking great so far, and nothing is even painted!

Originally posted by Lowryda
What colour is it going to be?

OK....To be honest i still have not made up my mind.
The guards will be done in gloss black. So i'm wanting a nice dark deep colour to go with it.
One idea i did think of was spraying the whole car in Matt Black for a real early 60's look

I never built that but the smoothster i think used the same frame and engine and there awesome. if u have a spare kit the rear independent suspention makes a great swap for another project. mabee hot rod.

Originally posted by primera man


OK....To be honest i still have not made up my mind.
The guards will be done in gloss black. So i'm wanting a nice dark deep colour to go with it.
One idea i did think of was spraying the whole car in Matt Black for a real early 60's look

No, paint it like it is on the box, that would look great!

Body finally got painted today and it's been outside drying
Running boards painted in TS-14 Gloss Black
Body in TS-51 Telefonica Blue
Engine painted in Mach Blue MS-4

Took quite a few coats of blue to get the body covered.
Has around 7 coats of paint on it.
It has to be applied in very light coats.

You can see from the first pic(after one coat only) how lightly it needs to be when using this colour. The blue gets darker as each coat is layed on.
Very important to get the colour even as it will turn out different shades of blue.
The first 2-3 coats are painted from around 10-12 inches from the body....moving it very quickly so that the paint is just landing onto the model.....this makes it dry quicker and allows you to paint heavier finish coats later on.

There is still a slight amount of white that can be seen in some panel lines but should dissappear when painted black.
Went for a nice dark gloss colour to bring out the nice smooth lines of the body.

Ended up doing the engine a different shade of blue which IMO makes it stand out better.
Will need a good rub with some compound followed by a final wax.
Still got alot to go like engine/chassis detail etc...but its coming along nicely so far.

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What colour is the big grill gonna be?
Should be white then it will look like teeth. :flash:
Though maybe thats too many colours. Just a nice chrome would be awesome.

Amazing as usual, cant wait for the finished product. I hope the paint job on my Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR can looking almost as good as this.

Great paint job form you as uaual.
Very nice colour!

can't wait... ... :p
Should be another top job of yours...

:) As usual - awesome paint job!!! I can see your reflection in the last pic!!! And this is before its polished :eek:

as soon as I found an update on this thread, I told myself to tell you tp paint it electric blue. as you can see, great minds think alike...excellent finish you have. is that with the wax on already or is that yet to come? can't wait to see more stunners from you Pman!

Th colours are so cool!
I love the differece of colour between the arches and the body, top job!

Olivier

cool lookin paintjob :devil: , can't wait to see the finished vantastic

I love the differece of colour between the arches and the body, top job!

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Pman , you're my god. I don't always reply on your threads but each time I find your work incredible. Damn, you're the best to me.

Deedlit

Very nice, even just after the first few light coats, the model has a shine!

Damn Pman that paint is DEEEEEEEEEP

as usual work work amazes and astounds me. KEpp up the good work.





oh yeah and congrats for ya prize at the 4 and rotor champs this year. A little late I know but I only read about it yesterday:D

Originally posted by tazdev

oh yeah and congrats for ya prize at the 4 and rotor champs this year. A little late I know but I only read about it yesterday:D

Yep...was a great weekend :flash:
If ya look in the latest NZ Performance Car Mag.....you will see the P.Ride :D :D

Thanks to everybody for the comments on VANTASTIC so far :cool:

WOW, that was worth the wait! The shine is amazing, and even the first coat appeared perfectly even. I was kinda suprised you acheived such great coverage on the first coat also.

The color combo reminds me alot of the old cop cars here in the U.S. Some of the southern states ran two-tone cars even back then, with black running boards and blue or burgandy cabs to contrast.


Keep up the great work and ditto on the congrats from tazdev! Do you have a link to any more pics of the P.ride?


-Rick

Wowzers! Beautiful colour choice and one heck of a paint job!

I think that you have just........ MAKE THAT CAR ALIVE!!! :eek: :D

Ditto x2.:D

Originally posted by fullbloodchop01
cant wait to see this complete:)

Ditto!

Great paint job!!!
I almost saw myself in the reflection... :smoker:

cant wait to see it completed

Amazing work PMAN.

Originally posted by Deniz

I almost saw myself in the reflection... :smoker:



lol :D

a real stunner:eek:

Damn Pman..:eek: .. I see you in the reflections of the paint....

I want your painting powers....:bloated:

That is so amazing !!! I cant say anything more !!! I have something that looks gloss after 10h of polishing ......!!!

OOOO i envy your reflections. Can't wait to see the beast finished.

What kind of wax are you using? Its mighty fine.

That Telefonica blue looks tight, i must try it. Awesome job Pman, this is one sweet car yur makin

Here's a few pics from todays effort.
Engine finished and glued in place along with exhaust headers.

Interior finished. In keeping with the blue/black theme...the interior is painted black. Seats are blue with black highlights.
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Tires have a good detailed tread to them....took awhile to remove the inside spare rubber before the rim could be fitted though.
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Engine-chassis-wheels and running boards all finished. Just the exhaust system and brake disc's to add to finish.
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Interior fitted
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Final pic of ride height...looking pretty good ....no need to lower this baby !!
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Nice color combo choice. You cant go wrong with Blue!! (Unless its mixed with lots of red:( )

Look at the door and you can see p-mans hand and camera!!!

That looks very sharp! I love the seats, but don't tell me you brush painted them!?! They look so smooth!

The kit looks very well designed! I'll have to add this to my wish list!

-Rick

Originally posted by rhmatt
I love the seats, but don't tell me you brush painted them!?! They look so smooth!



YES !!:D :D

Looking good:D Hope to see more pics. Hey how about some pics of the engine detail on it.