Project "smooth ass" ford focus

well i got a bit bored of my other projects the other night, and well i had a look at my ever growing pile of models.
The focus was crying at me, so i picked it up and started work on the body, well here is the list so far:-

Rear plate recess made flush with the rest of the tailgate.
Roof vent hole made flush with roof.
Door handles removed and flushed.
Door moldings flushed with body for a completely smooth door.
Sideskirts blended into rear quarters.
Front air intake smoothed off and central vent reduced in size.
Front honeycomb grill smoothed off to make it smoother and sleeker.

Rims are on their way and should be with me by saturday. they are 19" chrome rims which i cant remember the name of but look sweet.

Paint is going to be a flip paint of a red to purple flip

Hope you like:dogpile:

and another

and another one, getting tired now, gotta go gym

smooth ass

I like the "smooth style"... cool project :biggrin:

i just wanted my "street" focus to be different from everyone elses out there. as the focus is becoming more worldly i wanted to make something every one could apreciate .

smoothness is what i love, simplicity and fluidness

hope i can pull it off

Originally posted by chrismcgee
smoothness is what i love, simplicity and fluidness

Exactly :iceslolan, one of my next project is a Celica '99 totally smooth (even the trunk) .... that kicks ass.

Looks like a cool project! :bigthumb:

i just cant wait to get my new rims to put on it mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, chrome, plus they are my first set of aftermarket wheels, thanks to JoeClaw who kindly organised the sending of them to me, cheers again dude

which rims should go on?

or these, both are very cool and i love em a damn lot, thats why i bough 6 sets, lol.

Go with the Amistad v's they are excellent, I have a set but the box art is different, assume a different issue, Lets see some progress on this one :bigthumb:

i'd go with the amistad v's too, they have more of that looks/performance streetable look about them. i totally appreciate what you're doing with the focus. that's really admirable with the smooth thing going on. always seeing pics of ones with huge overdone body kits and jagged edges, and that's in 1:1 scale. keep up the good work. only question is, who makes that? i've been looking for something along those lines, but it sounded like the body kit was already on there. keep posting your progress, you've got something there.


your local punker...

looks cool
smooth as butter:biggrin:

Originally posted by chrismcgee
i just cant wait to get my new rims to put on it mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, chrome, plus they are my first set of aftermarket wheels, thanks to JoeClaw who kindly organised the sending of them to me, cheers again dude

Nice project, Chris. what color is the focus going to be?

=> the Amistad v's would be cool, I would suggest leaving the rims in chrome color

=> Fabulous would look good if the inner is the same color as body

just a thought......

hehe, n my name should be joecwlaw :biggrin:

Can't wait to see more progress.:bigthumb:

yes i think i will be putting the amistads on there, my first choice too, gonna wait to get them b4 i lower the chassis. then its gonna get a coat of primer and wait till i get the flip paint jimbob is sending me.

as for the kit its a Ford Focus RS rally car kit, but got rid of all that rally parafinalia they come with and revert it to a street car, i have seen a few real Focus RS on the road near me and i love the body as is, also i just saw that they are releasing the road going Focus Cosworth, its gonna be a 300hp turbod nutter car!! cant wait, but can it live up to the Escort cosworth??????????????? hmmmmmmm. anyway, will have to wait till 2005 till its released, still its only 18 months away, lol.

BTW cheers for the support and compliments:icesangel

ok, never used the aoshima wheels before, are they of the female variaty? what is the diameter of the interior hole to mount the wheel on?
can i just add a length of plasic rod to make a male spur?

thank you, any one got a photo of the inside of one of these wheels?
even better has anyone fitted aftermarkets to a focus and have photos?
:bigthumb:

Chris, the Aoshima rims are female type. For fitting into the Focus, you need to have 2mm rod (either metal or styrene)

There may be a chance you need to cut out the female holding from the inside of the rims......take a look at this tutorial and you will have more idea......

How to convert rims - female to male (http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?s=&threadid=90961)


Originally posted by chrismcgee
ok, never used the aoshima wheels before, are they of the female variaty? what is the diameter of the interior hole to mount the wheel on?
can i just add a length of plasic rod to make a male spur?

thank you, any one got a photo of the inside of one of these wheels?
even better has anyone fitted aftermarkets to a focus and have photos?
:bigthumb: How to convert rims - female to male (http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?s=&threadid=90961)

cheers i cant wait to start on them now, gonna have the arches hugging the rims like a new born and its mother!

anyone got any tips for running flip paint through a badger 200 airbrush with top feed on fine needle?

Lookin good! Can't wait to see this one through.

hi, here is my latest bit of progress.

wheels, htey have turned up from joecwlaw, they are great.

19" amistad v wheels, all chrome and yummy, mmmmmm.

gotta prime the body as soon as i have sorted the suspension out.

dam that focus isssssssss badddddd ass , i love it now , i never thought it could look that great , im getting ready right now to got buy one : ) keep up the good work

Looking very good. Umm a question tho, on the last pic u posted u have an odd looking car with R34 polished rims and disc brakes the size of an XXLarge pizza what is that and how'd u get them brakes?

well the car in the background is my "real street astra". they are standard brakes, and ar huuuugggeeeeee, i love em, fill the rims nicely, may repaint them tho in red. not sure.

the kits is the tamiya astra touring car. i have remolded the front tho and a few other bits.

sweet, one day i'll have to build that car. I imagine that scale those brakes must be about 18'', very big power would be needed for those to be useful, very nice. Keep up the good work on the, "as said in the hood aka suburbia by white boys that think they black, FOCUZ".:lol:

looking good , Chris!!! :bigthumb:

damn thats hella nice:thumbsup:

cheers guys, if the flip paint dont turn up soon i may resort to another colour. any suggestions?

Good looking progress so far. Nice touch with the wheels and smooth look.

How about some deep shiny red or bright green?

green is a possibility, green and black somehow???

i keep thinking that this is gonna be needing a colour changing paint, or a realy realy good pearl paint to show off the smoothness.

a blue to gold flip?

Hi,
nice choice for the wheels.....the 19's are very adapted of this car......
I really appreciate your work on the body.....
It would be nice with a flash color......red or green..... with a large intercoler.....
Thanks for updates.....
:loser: :loser: :bloated: :bloated:
Laurent

The rims look great.:bigthumb:

i am gonna need some help from anyone that can use photoshop as i cant!! i need to see what the focus will look like in a few different colours with the rims on, i am sitting in a can of ts14 black, but am considering a blue or others?

possible considerations are purple, or red, or even a green, im still unsure, i can airbrush or can spray, its just there is still no word from jimbob about my flip paint.

and my cars are going onto WWW.shockdesynz.co.uk

this is where people will be able to order a custom model up from me n stuff, the site is getting featured in max power in september as the guy who owns the company, andy, does all their graphics etc.

I think because its gonna get a lot of coverage then i will be able to get a lot of work through it. cool.

hmmmm possible plugs for SAS kit could be added for the right deal, lol.

I can work photoshop...however i can't change the paint colors all i can do is rims and stuff.

Hey Chris...It just came to me. I know who sells that flip paint stuff. I don't know where your located. However, in the US at Wal-Mart they sell colorchanging paint by dupli-color. There is purple to green, red to gold and whatnot. It comes with a flatblack base coat the color coat and a clear coat for $18.96 plus tax thats USD money.

thats pretty cool but i went and bought 3 different colours last night to test for the focus:

1) a light blue pearl with a gold flip
2) a purple metalic that is quite light but is cool
3) a deep candy like blue with metaic flakes.

i am gonna try option 1 first, i want this baby to show her smooootttthhhhh ness as much as i can!

gonna slam it as much as possible as soon as i have finished tidying my new desk set up!

ok, just had a pm from jimbob and he has saved the day, he has posted me my flip paints, yay, so the colour of the car is back to red to blue flip or what ever other colours he has sent me, oooooo i cant wait now, hehehe, this is gonna be so cool.

ahem sorry im getting a bit excited, lol.

i will be calm and serious now

Chris. How long will it be till you get the paints and gte the focus painted?

well i am gonna get to work as soon as the paint arives, gonna put the primer on tonight, my only enemy is is am doing 10-12 hours a day at wotk because we have 3 weeks left till we have to hand over a £600,000,000 building to Melon bank! so i got a lot of stress.

well i will get the primer and black paint on by tomorrow for you guys

What exactly is flip paint?

It changes color when looking at other angle. Kinda :rolleyes:

It's like chameleon paint. It changes colors at angles. Chris thats a lot of cash to be spending on a building. Hope it all works out good for you.

chris, been following this for a while, and i have to say this has got to be one of the cleanest focus's out there. many have tried, but where they have failed, you have succeeded. my congratulations on your job so far. hope the paint works out well. and hope your building job goes well. that's a hell of a lot of money to lose if something goes FUBAR. take it easy and keep up the good work.

your local punker...

chris, there are paints from Mr. Color called "Mazoora", it is the same as the paint you called "flipping paint"......

here is the link:

http://hobbyworld.aoshima-bk.co.jp/scripts/hw/ken.aspx?sc=Tool_Color///color///Mr_Mazoora

:iagree: with greenday. Been following since your first post and can't wait to see finished product. Oh yeah, Chris where did you get this kit and what kind is it? I'd like to build a rally car but streetable ya know.

http://www.rage-extreme.com/gallery/illusion/blue-red.asp

that is the company, the paint is very expensive as it is extremely high quality, generaly its about £250 a litre, it comes in so many different flips plus you can mix it to give one off colours, its so sexy, mmmmmm.

the kit is a ford focus rally RS car, but any ford focus rally kit will do, just spend your time and have a master plan to suceed.

here are a few others

the particles are a lot finer in the rage paint than in say the Dupli colour spray pack, quality is second to none, very very nice and quite exclusive paints, all made availiable by jimbob, who is a damn good bloke for helping me out.

anyone got any advise for spraying flip paints through an airbrush, how thin etc, thin as milk? or whatever it takes to get it through the brush?

i cant wait to have a go at spraying it but i wanna do it right

I used to mix it with the consistensy of milk. or if its a plain color i do 50/50. But don't take my word for it. I use spray cans. I suck with an airbrush. Oh yeah,chris, i plan to buy a regular focus rally car and just build it street similar. but still haev the vents, cage, lites etc. prolly just no decals.

cool, do it to match the new ford focus RS road car

Thats what i was plannning to do. Oh yeah, any idea where I could get that particular car?

any tamiya stockist, tiny imports do it i think, its a standard kit

build is good, plus you can trade the decals with someone for a set of wheels maybe

Hey, chris, would this one happen to be it? http://www.hlj.com/cgi-perl/hljpage.cgi?TAM24261

Oh and would you know if thats a curbside kit?

Hey Chris its lookin good

Paint should be with u tomoz i would have thought or Friday dependant on the great british post office.

As for spraying - just as u normaly would - these paints are not really special for application - milky consistency - I tend to put about 30% thinners in - the blue red (bits of gold etc) is pre thinned as i would spray - My spray guns are professional so atomization is fantastic hence slightly thicker paint -for airbrush just your norm will be fine

Good luck

JIM

cheers jim, hmmm your building an enzo eh!! hope its not gonna be in gold to red!! lol.

cant wait to spray the stuff now.

cheers

Wowwww , cool project :eek: :eek:
Very good job so far. :bigthumb:

Can't wait to see it finished :biggrin:

i have come home today to find a slip saying that the post man has tried to deliver my flip paints,but couldnt get them thru the door. so i gotta pick them up tomorrow, yay,am putting the black paint on as we speak.

hope to post some photos soon