Just started Converible wide arch RX7

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if i had access to a cnc machine i would design all my body kits in 3d cad and have them machined which would get all the detail i would want but at the moment i will just have to use my hands and a scalpel.
Please dont reply to my posts if you have crap like that to say, i mean, thats why the syndicate left, he only ever had shit to say about anything. this is a supportive group. i dont ever recall slagging off your work and believe that i should keep destructive comments to myself.
in what ways would you contructively improve this then? without childish comments such as bin it?

Chris, I support you man. I like your FD style, I look at it, and I got a feeling of GT style. Keep it up, man!

86_sr5, the rims is Fabulous Profound 19" from aoshima, in case you not know. :D

there are gonna be some more vents cut into the body work, was gonna go for a trd supra widebody style vent in the front wing, the side skirts are going to be curved inwards in the middle to stop it feeling sooo wide.
lots more vents to come.
may re make my exhaust box to the dims i origionaly wanted, a bit thinner, cant take it too high without cutting through the spare wheel well, plus i dont want it too high in the air.

i much more apreciate constructive critisism as it how we all get better by taking on each others ideas and skills. :evillol:

Well, why are you telling us? get to work!

sorry i been away for a bit, the g/f bans me from modeling when she stays with me at the weekend, altho i did manage to get some paint on my new subaru!

Then start a thread on the scooby, what you waiting for? btw what color is this going to be?

jet black or dark dark blue.
i am personaly prefering the blue at the mo.

you use an airbrush chris??

i can use airbrush or can? why is that. i am planning on using automotive paints on this puppy, i have toyotas astral black and citroens posiedon blue.

gonna take a little break on this one while i do some work on my subaru

My cousin did a sick paint job (well i did he thought it up) on his superstallion mustang. it was wicked after 5 coats of clear, tamiya rubbin compund, and wax. The ingreidients: Lots of thinner, flat black base, mix boyds plum crazy 95:5 with thinner apply 1 medium coat; mix boyds true blue pearl 85:15 with thinner, apply 1 medium coat; mix metallic orange 75:25with thinner, apply lightly; then mix transparent red with pearl clearcoat with thinner 45:55 with thinner, apply at least one coat and then add more as needed. keep in mind this took 3 weeks for me to get the consistancies just right and i applied them on numerous test subjects before putitng it on the SuperStallion. I'll call him up and see if he can bring it down to the next model show and ill take some pics, its very very wicked. Btw the plum crazy goes before true blue pearl srry about that. Keep in mind in my formulas 85:15 85-->paint; :15-->thinner.

sounds realy cool. dont think we have boyds paint here in the uk.
but im sure i can find something similar

Don't neccessarily have to be boyds, but that's what I used.

gonna have a look for some decent pearls etc, jimbob used to hook me up with that stuff but i cant seem to get hold of him anymore?

Something else, he's currently working at a body&paint shop now, and he brought the car one day after it was all done, and recently e-mailed and said the paint job I did,(costed him $50 paints thinners, labor) Seems to be that the paint I did for $50 would cost almost $8k US, or more, becuase of the quality of the paint and how it came out.

And as I said and I'll say over and over it takes time and patience to do what I did, I guess it came out so good because I was airbrushin and not sprayin from the can, and I would suggest doing 3 test subjects to make sure its all correct.

i have just started a new thread about my new sti project, its gonna have a very wild airbrushed paint job!
have used my airbrush quite a bit in recent projects. i love the controll it gives and that you can keep building up layers of paint very thinly

looks awesome, keep it up.

SWEET!!!!!!!!!!I wish i could putty like that. :eek: :ylsuper:

this done yet?

i have decided to put it on hold for a bit to regain some enthusisasm for it.gonna try and finish it before new years day.

cool. can't wait to see it done.

lookin good so far

wilmos talking from his ass, what a wanna b

that is one sick seven.keep up the great work, cuz i wanna see thid thing finished asap

wow, thats soo smooth, i dont know how you can make it sooo symetrical, keep up the great work

cheers guys. gonna have to re visit this project soon. still deciding on a paint colour at the mo.
i am thinking of black, or dark blue?
any suggestions?

Man I saw your name at the end of this thread and I was hoping there was some progress. I'm interested in how this turns. Have you given any thought to what your going to do with the space behind the seats and ahead of the trunk? And I'd say dark blue since black is a pain in the butt to get a good shine on black (but you're a paint master so...)

Wilmo's doin what, kt100? Run that past me again, I think I missed something....

I think he said your talking from your ass. would you happend to have a bowtie under your but or something? j/k :)

looking good....

that things gonna be mean lookin when its done

cant wait to see that thing finished

Amazingly I missed this thread up until now :screwy: This has some great work going into it ..very unique too. Chris, if i have lots of imperfections in putty like that I mix some Humbrol putty with Ruskins cellulose thinners and brush it on. It behaves much like high build primer filler on a real car and is really easy to sand down with very fine paper. I usually wet sand it. It doesn't seem to shrink much as it sets and it bonds really well.

Yah some peoples tastes are different. Not my bag of tea, But it reminds me of the Pink REAmeriya FD and BN Sports FD. Dont put nos in it, I think everyone thinks just becuase they are building a tuner import car that they need to put nos. Put a front mount intercooler. Get some guage decals (perfect to scrap from a viper model) and put them above the glove box on the dash. Dont put a tach, that kills it.

Oh my gosh. This is going to be sweet. I cant wait untill this is finished. Untill then keep posting pics! :)

well thanks for being patient with me guys. here is the progress!

http://chris.nwwo.com/store/convrx7-1.jpg

http://chris.nwwo.com/store/Convrx7-2.jpg

http://chris.nwwo.com/store/convrx7-3.jpg

hope you like

just caught the post myself, went back and this has come a long way. it's going to be awesome.

cheers dude, i have just changed the rims to a set of 19" equip rims with a gun metal grey centre! they look a million times better!
will get photos up tomorrow

http://chris.nwwo.com/store/Convrx7-4.jpg

well here are the eqip rims, the fill the arches a lot better, you would almost believe i made the arches to suit the rims, lol.
the dark centre against the blue looks sooo good. the were meant to be on my FTO but look a million times better on this!

Lookin' good Chris!!:sunglasse

bout time you update...how about some daylight snaps? Is that color like a black and blue pearl that gives the effect of purple?

looks hot, give me good chills! glad to see you working on it again chris! ^_^

great

Keep up the good work, you model for yourself! Dang, your vert rx-7 is

better than mine!!!! How did you get those nive side air inlets and such?

My rx-7 doesn't have door panels and stoopid squadron putty... never use

that "simple green."

super cooooooooool!
love the rims!

Nice to see you haven't given up, mate! can't wait to see her all together. big improvement on the rims too.

cheers dude, im trying to decide on the interior now. want to go with a black/beige interior (dont i always)
now should i have side windows or not?

looks sweet, i love those rims

so is there anything you think i have missed out before i clear coat this baby?

Do side windows rolled partially down!:sunglasse

maybe the kit supplied rx7 badges before you clear, m2c, other than that it looks good to go!

now that is a good idea to clear coat the decals in place, might have a look in my spare deacal box to see if there is anything worth using as well.
cant wait to get a few mins to myself to work on it a little more.

on another note i finished the chassis for my Aristo, so its now sitting low on the 20" rims waiting for the interior to be painted

well here is a little more progress, carbon on the hood?? cant decide if it goes or not. will probablt give it a coat of smoke tho.
a pinstripe has been added to the side from the equip wheels decal set.

soon to clear coat the lot

http://chris.nwwo.com/store/rxmouth.jpg

http://chris.nwwo.com/store/rxside.jpg

quite the model chris i love it but no carbon please

personally im not feeling the carbon, looking good though, i like the window rolled up look.

i think that the carbon looks pretty shit too. might just paint it matt black, or should i go body coloured?

body colored

well the day is reasonably dry today so i will get to spraying it now i think. then i can get to clearcoating the body and polishing it too a shine

Nice work dude!!! I love those side strips, and the details of the EQUIP!

Top work!

aww not bad, your front needs sanding, the little vents, should spent more time on body work

looks great, you have one hell of an imagination.
IMO carbon hoods do not look good on metalic paints such as these, i say go with the body color.
Keep up the good work and don't let the inexperienced sway your motivation!

I say go with a d/v hood