Too quite...

Sheit it's quite here. Everyone better be working on their cars. :D

My S2000 should be done in a couple days, I put the last coat of black on the body and I'll give it a final rubbing and shine before I do the final body prep (painting the trim, etc) I hope to have it done before I go to my ma's for x-mas on thursday.

What's everyone else working on?

Originally posted by G-Forces
Sheit it's quite here. Everyone better be working on their cars. :D:finger:

See sig. 62%, baby!!! :D

Still working on my Impala. Just got the interior painted and just need to put it together now. I also need to shine up the body.

Unfortunately, a PC I built on Thursday is giving us trouble!

It wouldn't run with 133mhz FSB enabled, so I couldn't get all the power out the chip! The RAM won't run at the 133mhx it's supposed to, and now it won't boot at all!
It also corrupted Windows when we tried to run with Optimised settings in the BIOS!
So I know what I'll be doing tomorrow! Rebuild!:rolleyes:

No modelling for me this week!:(

In the absence of a UK distributor for Castrol Super Clean, I've been forced to resort to wet & dry to remove a bad paint job on my Loctite-Zexel Nismo.

I'm always worried about losing detail when I have to sand-down this much, but I'm happy to report that this time, I may have got away with it.

A little more, and I'll be ready to try again! (phew).

So, me? I'm back into building (or rather, painting) this one.

I thought you guys had Mr Muscle oven cleaner over there ??:) :D
Why use sand paper?

So you get to see my progress on the RX-7 and S2000. :p

Tada! Here they are with bodies freshly painted, S2000 in final coat of black and RX-7 with fresh clear coat. Both need to be cut, polished and detailed.

The S2k! Who says it has to be Silver? :flipa:

Take your top off!!! WOO-HOOO!!!!

Ahem... the RX-7, I mean... ;)

RX-7 with cheezy 'hand-painted' interior. It (interior) looks like ass but I can't be arsed to do it over. :rolleyes:

Why does Taymiya only seem to make curbside kits now? If I was to do this again I'd put a lot more detail in the motor. As it stands I think I'll rip off the strut tower brace and paint it a different color. What was I thinking? :confused:

Originally posted by jay@af
Take your top off!!! WOO-HOOO!!!!

Ahem... the RX-7, I mean... ;)

I'm gettin' there. Hold your horses you perv. :p

Originally posted by G-Forces
I'm gettin' there. Hold your horses you perv. :p :finger:

I can't help my rotor-lust. :silly2:

..now where was I? Oh yeah.

Dan isn't the only one who can do leather! :D I used the regular glossy red with a mix of 'flat base' for the seats. I think it turned out quite well. Dare I say better than Dans?:uhoh:

Originally posted by G-Forces
I think it turned out quite well. Dare I say better than Dans?:uhoh:
ACK! :eek: That compressed like crap! You'll have to take my word for it, the seats look the biz! :D

However note how glossy the paint is on side? It's not even polished yet. :)

Side shot. Dan is right the S2000 does sit a bit high in the front. :rolleyes: I get a little nervous even thinking of 'lowering' a kit myself.

Hi! Like how I put the boxes, artistically in the back? :p

I guess this is verging on post whoring now?

Anyway different box configuration and car orientation. Working on my Feng Shui. :D

My buddies very first model. The WRX STi. He painted the interior in glossy colors before I could stop him. :eek: He couldn't be arsed to fix it. Too excited to start putting it together. Did a pretty good job. :D

Looks like you hae a nice job by the pics you posted.

As for what i'm doing........I'm taking a week or two off to catch up on all the things that need doing before xmas etc.
It's school holidays now so i have not got the time to sit down as the kids are always saying.."come on dad....lets go and play"

I'm working on the Sierra RS500, got the body painted and am in desperate need of cutting compound! :(

I'm also waiting for the air-brush to be custom-built for me. It's not going to be before Christmas... Its (ghetto) design will blow you away! (no pun intended). So I pretty much have no way of doing any modelling - I tried brush painting suspension with acrylic paint, and I'll be damned if I ever try something like that again! :)

Oh, and a friend of mine is coming from Finland tomorrow with a nice selection of paint! Weeeee!!!!! :):):)

Check out the detail on this RX-7 model!

http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~xr2h-fkd/scalemodels/gallery/rx7red4.jpg

Kind of makes mine look pretty lame. :(

Here's the link to the model page.
http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~xr2h-fkd/scalemodels/gallery/rx7fd.htm

Yeah, that would be Hiroaki Fukuda...:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

His models make almost any model look lame...:flash:

Originally posted by G-Forces
Check out the detail on this RX-7 model!

http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~xr2h-fkd/scalemodels/gallery/rx7red4.jpg

Kind of makes mine look pretty lame. :(

Here's the link to the model page.
http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~xr2h-fkd/scalemodels/gallery/rx7fd.htm

I still get totally amazed by seeing other peoples work

Well I was sanding and rubbing the S2k today to get rid of the orange peal. However while I was getting excellent results I managed to sand down to primer on 3 areas. :(

Not happy I'm going to respray it black and against Dan's recommendations (no clear on non-metallic colors) I'll give it a coat or two of clear. :p

I found on the RX-7 which had a layber of clear it was easier to tell when I got too excited on the sanding. Bacially if color shows you're going too far. :D

Man that Rx-7 looks ok compared to the S2000..but both of them make my Spoon Civic look shitty....oh well..always have the lancer to do....

Originally posted by G-Forces
Check out the detail on this RX-7 model!

[ind of makes mine look pretty lame. :(

Here's the link to the model page.
http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~xr2h-fkd/scalemodels/gallery/rx7fd.htm

I am blown away by that! Superb! I wonder where he gets all those little detail parts!