Audi R8 LB Works

This is my latest project:

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I got this kit for free, cause someone else ruined the kit with a bad paintjob. I saved a lot of parts and stripped the body from paint. I also got a set of japanese fenders which fitt pretty good. So my idea to make a sort of LB Works inspired R8 was born. I already glued the fenders on the R8 body.

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Then I started to cut in the fenders and made a rough shape. I also added a frontlip and sideskirt.

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And I added Milliput to make the bodykit complete.

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Kris.

Hi Kris.
Great start so far.
Greets
Michael

Got the body smooth after a lot of sanding, so it was time to paint it. First I sprayed 2 layers of grey primer. Followed by a couple of coats German Grey from Vallejo Air.
After this had dried long enough, I clearcoated it with zero 2K.

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Kris.

It's been a while ago, but I'm back on this project.

First I had to say I went through the paint while polishing the orangepeel. So I had to mask off the body and paint that area again. After that I waxed the body and it all shines amazing 8).

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I also completed the interior. I changed the seats for better looking seats from Scale Production, and added black interiorflocking. The paint is Fire Red from Vallejo.

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The engine was kept very simple. Only the upper part got some more attention. I added CF decals. The enginebay was painted gloss black.

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The wheels and air vents were painted gloss black. It gives the car a more aggressive look I think.

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Kris.

Looking good! I esp love the Scale Productions Rear hatch window, how was it to use?

Looking good! I esp love the Scale Productions Rear hatch window, how was it to use?

Pretty difficult. It's a vacuform window and very flexibel. You need to cut it out. I needed superglue to glue it cause most other glue didn't work out.
But in the end it looks very cool on the car! And it costs 2 euro so it's very cheap and worth a try.

Kris.

Great work!,love the fire red interior.

The marriage between body and chassis is finally done. It was a bit scary to stretch the body, but I managed to get it done without any damage :).

I also added a few bodyparts like the clearparts and spoiler.

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Kris.

Wow incredible work!