Custom Aoshima C-west RX-7 (progress)

Looking good Colin! Will the hood be CF?

Hmmm... not sure. probably not, since I don't have carbon fiber decals, and I'm not that experienced with putting decals on complex areas.

Hmmm... not sure. probably not, since I don't have carbon fiber decals, and I'm not that experienced with putting decals on complex areas.

Are you going to be a looser (yes with to "o's") and paint it black? I say paint it the same color of the body then. Which should be pink...just joking, what color will you paint it?

wow... amazing... I need to read that Redhouse for more words :lol:

Nice job Colin, man we need to meet i want to see your models soo badly. If only i had a liscence. Im sure this is easy for you :lol:

Thanks. I wanna hang out sometime joeham, but it's a pain to get from my house to yours.

Mike, If I don't do a carbon fiber decal, i'm just doing it body color. The RX-7 is slated to be painted Tamiya TS-45 Pearl white.

Well, I finished the bodywork, had her primed and painted with the pure white base coat, but then I put my thumb on the wet paint. I know, I know, I'm a genious.

After using several meathods to "fix" the smudge, the entire side was ruined. At that point, after I'd exhausted all of the profanity in my vocabulary, I decided that this paint job was unsavable. It's now soaking in brake fluid, and I'll probably be prepping it for priming again soon... luckily the brake fluid didn't seem to harm the putty, so I won't have to go back into major bodywork.

I'll probably have pics either later today or tomorrow.

Get pics dammit. Come on Colin, you should know by now that we LOVE pics.

I didn't take any pictures of the ruined paint job... I took these right before I primered it, but I didn't post them because the glare from the flash was really bad. I would've taken the pictures where I usually do so you could see everything better, but I was too lazy to get up and walk there.

http://modgodsmodifiers.freeservers.com/images/rx-7_progress_5.jpg

There you go, GTMonk. Better than nothing I guess.

Thank you FonzySI. The pictures look great...boy I hate school.

Thanks. I wanna hang out sometime joeham, but it's a pain to get from my house to yours.

Mike, If I don't do a carbon fiber decal, i'm just doing it body color. The RX-7 is slated to be painted Tamiya TS-45 Pearl white.

Yea yea liar, its only an hour away. :lol: Hey Colin are you going to go to Sema IAS in Atlantic City the 22nd? Because im going and we could meet and my dad could race you and beat you :rofl: Nice job with the hood, on the last pic the ends of the slits look weird, they look a little weeee-rrrrrrd. Im sure you know what im talking about. :sly:

hey nice job man i love the hood and im sry to hear that you messed up your paint job :( hope nothing gets ruined when you strip it

Nice pics. Looks quite good so far.

Yea yea liar, its only an hour away. :lol: Hey Colin are you going to go to Sema IAS in Atlantic City the 22nd? Because im going and we could meet and my dad could race you and beat you :rofl: Nice job with the hood, on the last pic the ends of the slits look weird, they look a little weeee-rrrrrrd. Im sure you know what im talking about. :sly:

It's still a pain to get to your house, though, and I don't know north jersey. I dunno about Sema. I'll probably go to HIN at AC this year. I was at the hotrod weekend in wildwood saturday... but you probably didn't go to that.

Anyway, back to the model. I stripped the paint without damaging the bodywork at all! (suprisingly) Brake fluid is some good stuff, boy.

Anyway, it's got the first couple coats of primer on it, and the project is well on it's way again. The paint setback only lasted less than 24 hours!

It's still a pain to get to your house, though, and I don't know north jersey. I dunno about Sema. I'll probably go to HIN at AC this year. I was at the hotrod weekend in wildwood saturday... but you probably didn't go to that.

Anyway, back to the model. I stripped the paint without damaging the bodywork at all! (suprisingly) Brake fluid is some good stuff, boy.

Anyway, it's got the first couple coats of primer on it, and the project is well on it's way again. The paint setback only lasted less than 24 hours!

Colin, want to come to my place? I dont live in North Jersey.

Anyway, glad to here the RX-7 has been saved. Cant wait to see more!

....Ok, then don't. It's primered. I still need to buff the primer a little bit, but here are some slightly better pictures.

http://modgodsmodifiers.freeservers.com/images/rx-7_progress_6.jpg

Looks really good Colin. Are you still painting it white? To me the white primer hides all the details.

Also, I think I may have figured out your Alclad problem. The fact that it says Lexan (Which is a polycarbonate plastic) may have something to do with it. Keep messing with it though, Im sure it will work out.

Yeah, pearl white... i'll keep-a-foolin' with it. Thanks Mike.

Ahh that sucks, im not sure if i will be going to HIN, I'll see if i could though.

Nice job striping :gay: LMAO!, just kidding.

Why are your pictures soo tiny!!!!! :mad:

Why are your pictures soo tiny!!!!! :mad:
Three words my friend. Colin took them.:icon16:

yah, everything about colin is *tiny*

:evillol:

Looking really good.. keep us posted..
and is that really a can of Alclad II chrome?? didnt realise they did it.. where can you get hold of them from??

yah, everything about colin is *tiny*

:evillol:

Burn...

Looking really good.. keep us posted..
and is that really a can of Alclad II chrome?? didnt realise they did it.. where can you get hold of them from??

Alclad II has been in rattle cans for a few months to my knowledge. Its just a pain in the ass to find. Check your LHS.

yah, everything about colin is *tiny*

:evillol:

So you saw my website, eh?

Heh, I'll take bigger pictures when I feel like it... it's hard to get the focus indoors, so i have to play with the zoom. I'll take the finished pics outside.

Yeah, I got the chrom from the rattle can, but I don't think it's the right kind. I think it's for RC cars.

So you saw my website, eh?

Heh, I'll take bigger pictures when I feel like it... it's hard to get the focus indoors, so i have to play with the zoom. I'll take the finished pics outside.

Yeah, I got the chrom from the rattle can, but I don't think it's the right kind. I think it's for RC cars.

Use Macro for your cam.

As far as the Alclad. I told you it was for RC.

Gonna look cool when it's finished.

[QUOTE=OzZySi]So you saw my website, eh?

"... so i have to play with the zoom..."

thats not all you'll be playing with...

:evillol:

theres a site, hook me up with a link, i gotta check that out, you know how i get, and RB26DETT, thats one horny man...
dont even get me started on mike, woooph, i cant believe sum of the things he's into

hah,

NICE MODEL colin, wheres the hemi though???been waiting for that one...

i gotta start on my models again...

get bigger pics, and if you want to enlarge other things, theres treatments for that...

if this post is innapropriate, im sure mike will do the curtosy of deleting and i wont be mad... teedledee

if this post is innapropriate, im sure mike will do the curtosy of deleting and i wont be mad... teedledee

It aint that bad. I know you Dommy and how you get sometimes, its ok. Just go take your medicine and sit in a corner.

NICE MODEL colin, wheres the hemi though???been waiting for that one...

What, the cuda? That's finished, i'll send it to you on aim, too lazy to post it. Where havy you been, Dom? I haven't seen you for a while.

Also- did you get your computer fixed, RB? I thought the virus didn't let you view webpages.

What, the cuda? That's finished, i'll send it to you on aim, too lazy to post it. Where havy you been, Dom? I haven't seen you for a while.

Also- did you get your computer fixed, RB? I thought the virus didn't let you view webpages.


Nah man i still haven't gotten mah computer fixed man, the virus is now more severe. It doesn't even let me turn on my DSL without the computer restarting. It seems that once i turn on m DSL the virus takes effect. I tried changing my IP Address but i was unable to fix it. This weekend im going to CHINATOWN! get some model kits for cheap!

:lol:

Konnichiwa Bi*ches!

Hey Colin Ill post what I posted in your Alclad thread. Try clear coating the chrome before touching it. That may work.

Hmmm, with my experience with metallic silver and "chrome" paints, clear coating, while sealing the color in, will make it dull and gray. I'll try it though, it's worth a shot.

Hmmm, with my experience with metallic silver and "chrome" paints, clear coating, while sealing the color in, will make it dull and gray. I'll try it though, it's worth a shot.

Sometimes it does. The hard part is finding a good clear that wont do that.

Are you sure it wouldn't all do that?

Are you sure it wouldn't all do that?

Well Colin, I talked to some guys that use Alclad and they said dont clear it. So I dont know what to tell you, I havent ever used the stuff, just that BMF shit.

ozzy. i ahve had used clear on chrome and it dulls it to gloss grey. i wouldnt clear the chrome

I know, I have a can of "aluminum" spray paint too, and clear coat ruins the finish. I don't think I'll be able to get it to work... i'll keep playing with it though.

I know, I have a can of "aluminum" spray paint too, and clear coat ruins the finish. I don't think I'll be able to get it to work... i'll keep playing with it though.
Hey guys- Ihave worked a lot with metallic paints doing world war II fighters, and found that Future acrylic floor wax is jus what the doctor ordered for sealing metallics and keeping them bright and " bare" looking- test it out on some scrap bits and see if it works well for you- it dries really evenly, so on parts other than the body of the car, you could apply it by hand with a medium sized brush, or it will go through any airbrush that can shoot acrylics.
The C-West FD is looking great Colin- I have one in the works too- I'll get pics up for you guys soon.

Does anyone know what happened to Colin? I havent seen him in weeks.

Proabably busy with finals and stuff..

This is a good tutorial ... for me ;) This Aoshima RX-7 is waiting to be unleashed from the box to my workshop :naughty:

Looking good so far.