Varis/Gforce Evolution X

Here's something I'm working on. its my first time using a transkit so I wanted to get started on this right away. I am trying to replicate this car, the gforce evo x:

http://www.tomeipowered.com/BDE/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Car-EVOX-G-Force-HKSPD10-249.jpg

Started with the Aoshima evo x kit:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v357/CRV18s/models/07292011251.jpg

and the hobby design transkit which I will try to do a detailed review on at a later time:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v357/CRV18s/models/07292011252.jpg

but unfortunately I got the early version which uses a varis front chin spoiler instead of the full bumper that comes in the later hobby design transkit (which matches the gforce evo x's front bumper) oh well close enough.

first thing I noticed is the side skirts are too short due to resin shrinkage I think. so I had to work on that first:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v357/CRV18s/models/07152011215.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v357/CRV18s/models/07152011217.jpg

and then the front bumper mounting did not match and a corner of the front bumper was chipped off so I had to rebuild that:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v357/CRV18s/models/07182011232.jpg

then the varis evo x hood was not included in the kit so I had to build that using the stock evo hood:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v357/CRV18s/models/07132011210.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v357/CRV18s/models/07152011218.jpg

mock up. I'm still undecided if I'll use the advan wheels that came with the HD transkit or go with the te37s like the gforce evo
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v357/CRV18s/models/07182011234.jpg

canards look a little weird
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v357/CRV18s/models/07242011246.jpg

and then its time for carbon fiber application. good thing I have a bunch of crazy modeller carbon fiber decal. the decals are too bright though and need a smoked clearcoat.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v357/CRV18s/models/07312011253.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v357/CRV18s/models/07312011255.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v357/CRV18s/models/07312011257.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v357/CRV18s/models/07242011243.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v357/CRV18s/models/07312011265.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v357/CRV18s/models/07312011266.jpg

mock up with 19 inch te37s
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v357/CRV18s/models/07312011261.jpg

and a preview of another project. I like to mix up the old and new :)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v357/CRV18s/models/07312011268.jpg

hopefully I can finish all the carbon fiber work by this week. still need to do the left side doors, rear diffuser, side skirts and front chin spoiler.

very nice indeed!

i just bought an evo c-west, so i'll be watchin this one

keep up the good work!

Great Work so far!!! I prefer the Transkit wheels, but thats jus me
Hobby Design really need to sort out their resin, Ive had recent problems with a Lambo LP640 transkit where all the parts had srunk, the rear bumber had srunk 4mm!!!! Thats Massive!!! Its 100mm or 4inches in 1:1 scale!!!
However to their credit they did send me replacement parts that were new & fitted correctly!

countach79, thanks! seems like the cwest evo x is a rare kit these days, been trying to get my hands on one.

da ashman, wow lucky you got a replacement that fits. 4mm shrinkage is massive. looks like they might have added a bit more catalyst to speed up the resin curing causing the shrinkage. I do have the tommykaira r35 to work on after this and I can already see shrinkage in the rear diffuser :(

cant wait to see this !! very nice work with the carbon fiber...

are you going to do any body mods besides the hood that looks great !!

really beautiful! makes the carbon very well, what do you use to take the shape of the doors and hood?
thank you in advance :)

Looks really good. Carbon came out nice and i agree needs to be smoked.

cant wait to see this !! very nice work with the carbon fiber...

are you going to do any body mods besides the hood that looks great !!

thanks wontonkiller, nope no other plans for mods aside from possibly reworking the cannards which looks too thick and out of scale.

really beautiful! makes the carbon very well, what do you use to take the shape of the doors and hood?
thank you in advance :)

thanks zerocool, the template is just tamiya masking tape :)

Looks really good. Carbon came out nice and i agree needs to be smoked.

thanks midmazar, yup I'll probably cover the whole car in a coat of clear first to protect the decal before masking for smoke clear

2nd attempt at the front chin spoiler and it's not the greatest application but I'll live with it. still need to do the flat part that goes into the vents.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v357/CRV18s/models/08032011272.jpg

side skirts and front chin spoiler is done. should be done with the body this week.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v357/CRV18s/models/08032011276.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v357/CRV18s/models/08032011275.jpg

No, it's not that :icon16:, I wanted to know which product you use for the carbon sheet pan on the doors? :confused:
thank you in advance :grinyes:

zerocool.666, sorry not sure if I understood your question :D if you are asking about the decal itself then its made by crazy modeller.


update time!

almost forgot the side vents that varis is famous for. still need to do a bit of clean up though

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v357/CRV18s/models/08292011309.jpg

working on the carbon fiber wing. this was a tough one. the wing was 6 pieces and the stands will be 2 pieces each
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v357/CRV18s/models/08292011312.jpg

first attempt at the volk racing bronze color and its too dark. its a mixture of different alclad metal finishes.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v357/CRV18s/models/08292011310.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v357/CRV18s/models/08292011311.jpg

time for some more updates and the carbon fiber work is finally done. I had to save the hardest parts for last, the rear diffuser and really tiny cannards.

rear diffuser was done using 5 separate pieces:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v357/CRV18s/models/09112011319.jpg

the cannards was torture. I had to thin them down first before applying the decals:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v357/CRV18s/models/09162011325.jpg

body has now been masked for smoked clear, I will go with another brand of CF decal next time so I can skip this step:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v357/CRV18s/models/09162011326.jpg

As I was reading I thought the CF was too light so I agree with applying smoke, look forward to seeing the outcome.

thanks hiroboy, was finally able to apply tamiya TS71 smoke but its definitely too much work, I'll go for a correct shade of CF decal next time so I can skip the smoke clear step.

updates!

tamiya ts71 smoke applied and reacted with my clearcoat :( was able to save it though.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v357/CRV18s/models/09192011334.jpg

looks a little rough:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v357/CRV18s/models/09192011335.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v357/CRV18s/models/09192011336.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v357/CRV18s/models/09212011337.jpg

decals applied:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v357/CRV18s/models/09232011348.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v357/CRV18s/models/09232011349.jpg

planning to use these resin buckets, too small?
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v357/CRV18s/models/09212011338.jpg