Completed: Aoshima Prelude

Ok,

I've been doing this model for a long time, mostly becausei was lazy, but now im done it.

I'm disappointed with the paint, and i dont want to fix it. This was my first time using tamiya compound, and i did not use it properly. By the time i got used to it and did it right, the paint on this model was down to the primer. I will not polish this car any more because of the closeness to the primer(if that makes sense). I HATE painting. I hope the next model i make will have a nice smooth shiny body. AHHH, hate painting.

Ok, for this model, i added the lip, but i shaved the line between the lip and the bumper. I molded it onto the bumper. I shaved the licence plate holes. I lowered it a little. The interior has a role cage and just painted seats and panels. I also made very small, unoticeable side skirts just so the side is as low as the front lip, and i added a small skirt to the back bumper as well. These are molded on and you probably wont notice them. I also cut the grill, there used to be lines going vertical and horizontal, now it is only horizontal. No major things, i kept this model pretty simple.

Oh boy, lots of writing.

In most of the pictures, it looks like there's a positive camber, and i dont know why it looks like that, but they are straight. The angle of the car makes the wheels look "crooked".

Well, the paint is a metallic black, and here are the pics:


lots of orange peel lots of orange peel doo doo doo doo daa.

hate painting
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LOTS AND LOTS O' PICS

Looks good, I like the wheels alot.

looks good, too bad you got a ton of orange peel

ugh, damnit, thats frikin gay. alright, hate this model..
HATE IT

gotta strip it. DAMNIT, hate it.

ugh

don't worry man. you can always strip it and start it all over again.. or build another one.. it is all about the learning process

yah, i think im guna repaint it, il post pics of it once i do that.

by the way if you don't have any use of the JUN Auto decal i can buy it from you.

the funniest part about this is that i didnt even see the orange peel until now, i would have fixed it but i was like, blind or something, lol. thinking bout other stuff. wow,. haha

ok, i think i'd sell you the JUN decals, i only used the recaro ones.

let me know... I would like to get it to fix my Jun Auto lude. :)

Sec, it's paint looks just like my rx-7's. Every model paint job I've done since then has been better. Practice makes perfect.

EDIT: It DOES look cool though, despite the orange peel.

yah, haha, i gotta fix it though. yup yup

i hope the new paintjob will come out nice, because every thing else looks really good

You should get a polishing kit from detail master. I t has really high grit polishing pads (3200,3600,4000,6000,8000,12000). You just sand it with each of these and when you're done your paint will be really smooth. Then use a coat of your favorite wax to really bring out the shine.

you shouldve done like 4 or 5 or 6 thick coats of clear coat then wet sand with 2000 grit to get rid of the orange peel, then rubbed it with compound...thats what i did with my R32 :evillol:

Its real cool though...really like the rims.

yah, i never added clear coat, why? cuz im a retard. :)

next time, when i repaint, i will put on clear coat..

like i said, the funniest thing about all of this is that when i was painting, i didnt even notice the orange peel, or maybe i did and i was just so sick of painting and looking at this model.

its funny, i dont mind it too much, i think i might just take lots of time for painting my upcoming s2k and jdm tegs that i plan to get...

yup, well this is my first model so whatever..

thnx for all the replies.