Carbon fibred RX7 R1

Well i have been a little bit quiet on the modeling front but seeing as i had some time i have started again, started this a few hours ago, still have to put the clear coat on the body, and build suspension but its all going to plan, and will be posting more pics as soon as i have done stuff.
Hope you like and god bless micro sol, for without that suff i would be still ripping my hair out, lol. :evillol:

Very nice work on the CF.

Nice CF work - is that SAS by any chance?

And ain't Microsol great :biggrin:

Looks good. I like the CF.

That's pretty darned cool!! :sunglasse :sunglasse :sunglasse I'm looking forward to seeing more progress on it!!! :cool:

looks real good check out my rx7 that im' beginning if you want.
keep up the good work i like the cf work, so clean :grinyes:

speechless :lol2:

mine looks like shit comparing to yours.

cheers guys, it was my first attempt with the carbon decal + microsol.

Gonna have to control my urge to carbonfibre everything, lol.

Yes it was the sas decal, was getting realy frustrated with the decals before i got the microsol, had 6 sheets of it and i was getting ready to chusk em, lol. this is all practice for when i build my enzo, going to have a lot of carbon on it.

Great work.:bigthumb:

Looking good so far, but I think you left a seam line on the right side of the front bumper.

excellent! love then engine bay accents! I got something cookin like that myself except its in a skyline. :sunglasse

yeah i noticed that seam too, this was just a model to fet me back into modeling after a little break tho. still got two more rx7's to build. this was a tester for things to come lol.

model neearly done now, gonna be posting some more pics in a min, as the wheels are now on

well here are the latest pics, not too far to go till completion.

still to do:-
clear coat
detail engine bay
exhaust
windows
interior

do you think i need to paint the wheels, im not sure that the pearl blue realy goes to well with the solid white, maybe a darker colour, or a silver. suggestions please, maybe with some examples

It looks great just like that. I like silver with white wheels.

Can you tell us how U did the decal? Looks awesome.

Can you tell us how U did the decal? Looks awesome.

Well the basic way i did the decaling was to cut the decal just a bit bigger than the piece to be covered.
Then run it under a tap for 3 seconds then dryoff.
Lay the decal on the item to be coated.
Take a medium soft brush and keep dabbing on micrsol.
Leave for a few seconds to soften.
Then keep dabbing on the solution while gently pressing.
Be very gentle with it tho.
Leave again for 10-20 seconds then dab some more.
Keep adding solution till everything is all done.

Hope that helps

So are there any other suggestions for the car at all?

It looks great just like that. I like silver with white wheels.

Keep the rims white - its a good combo. BTW, what wheels are you using?

I think you should get black or gun metal wheels to match the silver/carbon fiber

Those white wheels look mean as! I say leave them on. But it's your car so in the end it's your decision.
The carbon fibre (fiber if you are in the US) looks really good, it's worth the time and patience.
Well done

The carbon fibre (fiber if you are in the US) looks really good, it's worth the time and patience.

I agree!

I don't though, like the white rims. If you do keep them paint the lug nuts at least (dot of steel paint on lug nut, using toothpic) then clearcoat, as right now they look too toyish not realistic enough.

suggestions for you for rim choices would be a silver racing rim to accent the pearl- not chrome (though IMO it would look good realistically). but silver.

Looks sweet I like the carbon fibre
keep going
:bigthumb::bigthumb::thumbsup::thumbsup:

The rims were off a ford focus wrc car i put chrome rims on.
I will play with photo shop and put up some various combos of paint to see what they could look like, i myself was thinking of painting them silver, as i think white suits darker more bold colours. But we will see.
Cheers for the positve comments dudes, its much apreciated :smile:

Looks great! I say gunmetal rims with a bright silver lip. And the CF looks great! :iceslolan :boink:

Looks awesome. I think maybe black wheels would look pretty cool, or maybe have like silver and carbon fiber wheels somehow.

Look very good and clean.. only thing I would change is to make the whole hood in Carbon fiber... cos right now it look like: "hey, I don't have money to buy full CF hood, but look at my headlight ! :screwy: "

Look very good and clean.. only thing I would change is to make the whole hood in Carbon fiber... cos right now it look like: "hey, I don't have money to buy full CF hood, but look at my headlight ! :screwy: "

i did actualy make the hood in carbon but had far too many wrinkles in it. just couldnt get rid of them, so annoying. i thing if the decal was just a little bit thicker then it would probably make life a lot easier.
My fav carbon decal so far was in the tamiya repsol honda rcv kit, it was dark thick and had lots and lots of detail. if only tamiya would make it in A4 sheets, i wouldnt care what cost it was i would buy it

Looking good, but they dont make carbon fiber intake manifolds for RX7s I dont know how that would fare :icon16:

Looking good, but they dont make carbon fiber intake manifolds for RX7s I dont know how that would fare :icon16:

bet if ya paid someone enough money they would make one, lol.
was just seeing if i could cover the part effectively, as this is a tester for my abilities before i start my enzo.

plus it could be a carbon dress up cover for the manifold, now that isnt unbelievable is it.

SWEET!!!! :grinyes:

bet if ya paid someone enough money they would make one, lol.
was just seeing if i could cover the part effectively, as this is a tester for my abilities before i start my enzo.

plus it could be a carbon dress up cover for the manifold, now that isnt unbelievable is it.Ive seen carbon fibre manifolds for V8s,small block Chev manifold made by Carbon Works.The only thing stopping a rotary intake being developed is would demand be high enough and how deep is your pocket?

good job on the car, the fiber looks great

Ok i have been working on the Rx7. Nearly finnished now. Yay i almost finished a model.

Engine is detailed now
New rims to be unveiled
Interior is now finnished
All "glass" work is now done

Exhaust still to be done.

Unveiling coming to an automotive forum soon !

Looking great. Is microsol neccesary, because I'm going to get the SAS sheets but I dont want to spend more than I have to (which Im sure I will end up doing).

BTW, has anyone thought of making a complete "carbon fiber" body? like the HKS Altezza. Now that would be cool, you would probably spend 80 bux on CF though.

Nice CF work, although I can't say im a fan of the CF rotor housing :disappoin
rims look good, just needs maybe a bit of a lowering and the rims need some light paint.

Apart from that. damn!
makes me want to build my rx7 now :p

unless your going to be putting tha sas decal onto a completely flat surface i would recomend investing in microsol. it was only £2.50 which is nothing considering it goes so far, one bottle will last years and years and makes the carbon look so much more real, bends it round edges and contours.

just taking some more photos now

well here are a few more pics of the rx7 as promised. i think its looking ok. cant wait to get started on my enzo in a bit. might have to order some more sas carbon as im down to my last 3 sheets.

All i can say is if your at all intimidated by carbon fibre decals, dont be. if i can do it anyone can. its just a case of keep trying and you must use microsol. i think chris should sell that stuff alongside the decals personaly.

but do it order some today people

ehaust still to be pit on.
needs a good polish
some more decals
wheels need lug nuts painting
and then its all done

I like the color and wheel combo. CF work looks good also, keep up the good job. Can't wait to see this finished.

cheers dude, i have realy enjoyed this build. its a realy nice kit.
i would recomend this kit to anyone looking for a new kit.

the engine is easy to build and doesnt need too much effort to detail and the body is very nice to paint. all in i would rate this model a 7/10

aye, if its not too late, i'd like to see the wing, gas cap, and those little side vents in front of the doors with some cf decals on em :)

love it. i am glad to see you painted the rims and the color suits the car perfectly.

a nice, clean, modified, tastefull and pretty 7. congrats.

i think im just gonna leave the car how it is now. Dont want this one out shining my next fully custom bodyworked rx7 do i, lol. I want to keep this car semi street semi standard. just enough to excite.lol.

will try and finish the model tonight or tomorrow morning for ya all.

im realy starting to like rx7's a lot now.
so ya should be seeing a few more from me

Excellent work Chris!! :sunglasse :sunglasse Get us some outside pics! :iceslolan

Nice work Chris.

:naughty: but where is the muffler pipe? :icon16:

still not fitted the muffler, gonna do that then get some outdoor pics for ya all

Can't wait. The engine looks great.

ok exhaust is now on the car. had to modyfy it as the stock pipes were a bit puny to say the least.now been replaced by two 3" pipes instead keeping it subtle yet sporty.

can finaly say its all finished now. yay

just taking pics now

here they are

well its all finished now. i will get some outdoor pics when the morning dew has gone. realy glad i have finished this kit now. Gonna try and finnish my astra now i think

w0000t, looks good. love the rims, love the zorst. is it just me or is that a mold line in the last pic below the lights and bumper?
i hope mine turns out as nice as yours! good one mate :sunglasse

w0000t, looks good. love the rims, love the zorst. is it just me or is that a mold line in the last pic below the lights and bumper?
i hope mine turns out as nice as yours! good one mate :sunglasse

yes it is a mold line, thought i had got rid of it, but its only slight so its doesnt bother me too much.
cheers for the kind comment dude

Wow very nice and clean man!

Any outside pictures?

Love the exhaust! :smokin:

Not three bad.

Not three bad.

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Not heard that saying ? Well he likes it, same as me :smokin:

cheers dude, cant wait to build my next one!

keep an eye out for my 24hr build of an r33

It's very nice!

looks great, im surprised that you didnt add some carbon fiber to the exhaust tho!, great build