Revell Integra Type R

Well, the kit is coming along rather nicely.

At present point I have sprayed 3 coats of paint on the model. I will most likely apply 1 maybe 2 more. I spent all of monday evening building the interior. I'm going to post several pictures after this post of what I have done so far.

I've done all of the interior, the engine bay and the underside. I have not glued the wheels in yet.

Today was a very bad modelling day. I cut myself pretty bad with a Xacto knife and I also got superglue all over my hands and my table. Luckily, the cut isn't too deep and the superglue didn't bond my hands together. By now I've been able to peel all of the glue off. Man that sucked!

Also, I've learned not to try to sand out bubble. Oh did that stink. :mad: I'm still trying to cover that up! :o

Besides my goof-ups the model is very well designed and very detailed. I hate painting with metallics though. The paint doesn't wash out of my brush very well. Oh well, on with the pics! :D

Twist (and Warren, too): STOP STABBING YOURSELF!!!

What color is the 'Teg? :D

Hey Twist, I recently made the Revell ITR (it was also my first model creation). It was a lot of fun, so I bought a Corvette to start this weekend.

I used really basic model paints that I found around the house that my little brother uses and I am disappointed in the paint job, but I thought I did something really cool by using a flat black on the hood to simulate CF. It actually looks pretty good, especially with the glossy black I used for the body. I will post pics sometime later this week, I hope you all like it :D .

Welcome to AF!!! :D :D :D We're always happy to have another.

Feel free to ask any questions. :)

Looking forward to some pics

(chants) WE WANT PICS! WE WANT PICS!:flash: :flash: :) :)

Pic 1: My workspace shortly after getting home from the model shop!

Pic 2: The body and exterior parts drying after the second coat. Notice Jay's patented coat-hanger-spray-drying-mechanism-thingamajigger that I illegally produced! :devil:

Pic 3: The integra interior and engine bay still on it's tree. I've painted most of the interior. The engine bay only has the red in it that matches the body. The Integra is TS(W?)-49 or Bright Red. I have to say it does look very nice spary painted!

Pic 4: The finished interior and engine bay. This pic is bad, i know (heck, they all are!) :D Not that you can see it, but I gave the Integra a titanium shift knob (gotta love JDM!)

Pic 5: The same completedness as Pic 4, but it's slightly better and I have the Integra box in the shot!

Today, besides all the mishaps. I took the otherwise ridiculously bright chrome rims and painted them with steel metallic paint. The final look is very nice and closely resembles gun-metal.

I don't know whether or not I'll be doing the Lancer next or if I do whether or not it will be the rally version. The trouble is that the kit and decals are matched to Gunze Sangyo paints. They don't make these in spray cans, so I have to match with Tamiya spray paints. So far the match with the decals and the Tamiya paint hasn't looked so good.

The other bad part is that while the Integra comes with 4 sets of rims, they're on a 1/25 scale and the Lancer is 1/24 so I can't replace the gawdy stock wheels. Oh well, I'm thinking about ordering 4 or 5 choro-q's from Hobby Link Japan (darn you, Jay! *shakes fist in air*) so I could throw in an order for so Aioshima (sp?) rims, too!

I would ask for you guys thoughts on the model, but the pics are so bad :o that you prolly can't say much. I'm planning over the next several days to buy some real film and take pics. Most of them will be of the completed model. I just learned this though... The Integra has no side windows. it has the front and back, but no windows like the kind that you would roll up and down! http://www.contrabandent.com/pez1/contrib/dvv/nuke24.gif

Originally posted by Twist
Notice Jay's patented coat-hanger-spray-drying-mechanism-thingamajigger that I illegally produced! :devil: My lawyers have sent you a letter. :devil:
Originally posted by Twist
Today, besides all the mishaps. I took the otherwise ridiculously bright chrome rims and painted them with steel metallic paint. The final look is very nice and closely resembles gun-metal.

I don't know whether or not I'll be doing the Lancer next or if I do whether or not it will be the rally version. The trouble is that the kit and decals are matched to Gunze Sangyo paints. They don't make these in spray cans, so I have to match with Tamiya spray paints. So far the match with the decals and the Tamiya paint hasn't looked so good.

The other bad part is that while the Integra comes with 4 sets of rims, they're on a 1/25 scale and the Lancer is 1/24 so I can't replace the gawdy stock wheels. Oh well, I'm thinking about ordering 4 or 5 choro-q's from Hobby Link Japan (darn you, Jay! *shakes fist in air*) so I could throw in an order for so Aioshima (sp?) rims, too! Rims: good plan. :D
Gunze colors: what colors do they ask for?
Off-scale rims: True, they're small because they're on a smaller scale, but that should be offset a bit by the fact they're supposed to be a couple inches bigger than stock. Finding tirs for them should be your only problem?
Lancer: Can it be built as a street car? :confused: They make street models; don't waste the awesome Hasegawa detail! :eek:
Fist shaking: :devil:
Originally posted by Twist
I would ask for you guys thoughts on the model, but the pics are so bad :o that you prolly can't say much. I'm planning over the next several days to buy some real film and take pics. Most of them will be of the completed model. I just learned this though... The Integra has no side windows. it has the front and back, but no windows like the kind that you would roll up and down! http://www.contrabandent.com/pez1/contrib/dvv/nuke24.gif I can say they look GREAT!!! :D

Originally posted by jay@af
Twist (and Warren, too): STOP STABBING YOURSELF!!!

Actually it was more of a slicing situation. I realized today while I was rebandaging that if my fingernail hadn't stopped the blade I would have taken off the whole tip of my finger. Ouchie!

Originally posted by Twist


Actually it was more of a slicing situation. I realized today while I was rebandaging that if my fingernail hadn't stopped the blade I would have taken off the whole tip of my finger. Ouchie!


Note to self, keep sharp objects out of Twist's hands. :D:D

HEY! oh wait.... :o

Jay: What looks great? the pics of my model? my model? the finished models you've seen?

I went to the Model Box (my local model shop) today to get some help on putting the wheels on. That and to figure out why Revell tells you not to glue in the struts.

wow watch my post count soar!

Originally posted by Twist
Jay: What looks great? the pics of my model? my model? the finished models you've seen?Yours, of course. ;)

:eek: As I look at my interior and engine bay, I feel like my car is pretty bad with plain tan interior and a botchy engine bay :o . Yours looks so nice... Very detailed. Oh well, I guess mines ok for a first :rolleyes: . Pics coming soon... I hope (my friend forgot her digital camera today... girls...).

I've decided to purchace a Tamiya Supra w/ engine detail for my next model. Might do it some kind of blackish/grey mettalic or mica blue? Can any one help me find that blackish/grey metallic?

Pic 6: The completed interior and suspension with the body resting on top. Keep in mind that the whole car is bright red, no orange or yellow. The red is really like you see around the back wheel. The oranging (not a word, i know!) came from the digicam.

Bear in mind that the body doesn't have a spoiler, hood or bumper (front or rear). They're still drying.

Pic 7: The completed underside. YAY!

So far, that engine bay looks top-notch. :flash:
Originally posted by Twist
Might do it some kind of blackish/grey mettalic or mica blue? Can any one help me find that blackish/grey metallic? Is it a Toyota color you've seen on a Supra? You can dig around at www.toyota.co.jp; they still have the Supra in their line-up in Japan, so you could probably find their factory colors there.

Then find that color and match it I guess.

Man, I really gotta step up my Japanese. Of course, I learned a long time ago that if you put your mouse over a link, the addy is shown at the bottom of the screen and conviently that's most always in English. That and babel fish at www.altavista.com

P.S. Jay... Found it!
http://www.freakygamers.com/smilies/s/contrib/edoom/theyareontome.gif

I love AltaVista's Translator. :DOriginally posted by Twist
P.S. Jay... Found it!
http://www.freakygamers.com/smilies/s/contrib/edoom/theyareontome.gif Cool. :coolguy:

Originally posted by Twist
Pic 6: The completed interior and suspension with the body resting on top. Keep in mind that the whole car is bright red, no orange or yellow. The red is really like you see around the back wheel. The oranging (not a word, i know!) came from the digicam.

Bear in mind that the body doesn't have a spoiler, hood or bumper (front or rear). They're still drying.

That really looks good! Engine has a real factory look, whereas I have seen many of these kits look very toy like!

http://www.freakygamers.com/smilies/s/ups/kamikaze/smilie_colors1.gif

Finished!

Pics soon to follow. I'm going to try "pull a LauBak" and get a realistic background, but it'll prolly turn out craptacular. Pics will most likely arrive tomorrow.

shit that looks nice.......
how much has it cost you all p to build it??
cant wait for pics, post them now i tell ya! now!:D

Pics Ahoy! Here is my attempt at "LauBaking" (that is attempting to give the car realistic scale). I failed.

For this shot, I just went for an aerial perspective. Came out okay, I guess. :silly2:

I again try "LauBaking"* and it comes out alright I guess. *I just realized that looks like Lau Baking.

Looks great! Good choice of wheels/colour!

Yeah, Lau baking is hard! My attempts have failed so far!
But I have learnt a lot trying, and will have another go soon!
That's the beauty of digi cam! No costs on a cock up!

What's the next project?;)

Bake me a cake, please.

Looks great, man!!! :D :D :D

Guiddy sez:
Good choice of wheels/colour!Ditto! Good job on lowering, too. :sun:

To be honest, my lowering job consisted of breaking the suspension numberous times while trying to place it in the correct place. I really just followed the instructions provided.

My next project will most likely be a Toyota Supra. It'll be painted Silver Metallic Graphite. I gotta find a Tamiya paint to match, tho. The Graphite is the factory color.

Originally posted by Twist
To be honest, my lowering job consisted of breaking the suspension numberous times while trying to place it in the correct place. I really just followed the instructions provided.Whatever! Still looks good! :lol2:

I'VE GOT TO FIND ONE !!!!

Looks good.

Originally posted by Twist
My next project will most likely be a Toyota Supra. It'll be painted Silver Metallic Graphite. I gotta find a Tamiya paint to match, tho. The Graphite is the factory color.

I have one of them! Fancy black for mine!
You gonna go with the standard wheels?

I don't know about the wheels yet. If I wind up making an order to HLJ I'll prolly buy some wheels. It would be a sort of X-Mas present to myself.

Here is my model again. I've touched up the above photo by "fixing" the light on my model, adding inserts to the rims (even tho I don't really like it) and fixing some of the windows. Basically I fixed my modeling errors! Enjoy!

Originally posted by Twist
I don't know about the wheels yet. If I wind up making an order to HLJ I'll prolly buy some wheels. It would be a sort of X-Mas present to myself.

Here is my model again. I've touched up the above photo by "fixing" the light on my model, adding inserts to the rims (even tho I don't really like it) and fixing some of the windows. Basically I fixed my modeling errors! Enjoy!

What, no crazy graphics up the side? I like how you 'lowered' it a bit. I wish I would have done that on mine. :)

Oh well, I am sure I will get me another one down the road to give it a try again.

Twist, nice lookin 'Teg!!! I'm still trying to get pics of mine up :mad: :mad: . Got a question about the wheels you used. Did you paint the chromes that came with the kit gunmetal (or whatever color you used?). If so, it looks really nice.

I painted the ridiculously chrome wheels a metallic paint called "Burnt Iron." I think it came out very nicely.

Everyone, thanks for the kind comments. Guess you've pumped up my ego enough to buy and build another model! Wish me well!

did anyone know if an integra(model kit)could be great into a convertible:smoker2: :smoker2:

I've taken a bunch of new to scale pictures and have sent them to Jay to upload into the gallery. So if you don't want to wait on the pictures get Jay to hurry up! (ducks from heavy object jay is invariably throwing for me switching the wait him.) :devil:

Originally posted by Guiddy


I have one of them! Fancy black for mine!
copy cat!