In Progress: Revell Monogram Acura Integra

Revell Monogram 1/24 Scale
Acura Integra

Left to do:

Mirrors (carbon fiber decals)
Custom Decals (still working on them)
Lights (Front and Back)
Side Windows

Let me know what you think…Should I tone down the panel line detail?

http://www.racedaymodels.com/images/Acura/1.jpg
http://www.racedaymodels.com/images/Acura/2.jpg
http://www.racedaymodels.com/images/Acura/3.jpg
http://www.racedaymodels.com/images/Acura/4.jpg
http://www.racedaymodels.com/images/Acura/5.jpg
http://www.racedaymodels.com/images/Acura/6.jpg
http://www.racedaymodels.com/images/Acura/7.jpg


Chris

looks real! i liek it, a great model

Oh I'm in love..look at that engine bay...100%props for going with the stock black valve cover. ANy close engine pics? Looks like you really detailed the intake manifold. Like the anodized intake too!!
Sweet paint.
Panel lines are great too.

Excellent, how many models have you built in the past?

A lot...check my website for some other builds.

They are not all on the site yet.

Under the Gallery link is my old site.

Chris

very nice build! I like the interior paint scheme.

Paint looks amazing and I love the detail to the engine bay, great job! http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/3336/thumbs3.gif

That looks awesome. Don't need any decals! It looks perfect as is!! But it's your car. Great job on the intake too btw.

Damn that is cleaner then my teg. I give props. Nice color too. Keep the panel lines.

So clean!!! :sunglasse

For the decals I am making a kind of Flame pattern in a dark blue with a black marble look.

I also have a carbon fiber decal ready to place on the hood that makes it look like the hood has been "torn" down to the carbon fiber.

I actually got the idea from someone’s real car I found pictures of on a website while doing research.

The engine bay was detailed primarily using a new line of Sharpies that has metallic Gold/Copper/Silver markers along with a regular black marker.
The markers were used to bring out the detail molded into the pieces.
If you mess up you can use a toothpick and rub it out with no damage to the paint.

Paint is just Tamiya Orange from a rattle can. I was going to airbrush it on but got impatient and just shot it in very light coats.

I found that if you get a cheap Styrofoam cooler from the store you can place the kit in this in between painting to make sure you don’t get dust or other contaminants stuck to the paint. Just make sure your kit doesn’t touch the lid when you close it up.

Chris

I like it a lot, very clean! It even reminds me of my Revell Civic Si
http://www.phamworks.com/~jacksoncreation/forum/album_pic.php?pic_id=22

SWEET!
i love your engine bay can you get beter pics of it?

nice.
tho i dont like those integras with circular lights at the front, im not saying its crap on ur model(its looks great), just dont like the car in real..

o btw..... how did u do the panel lines and the window part?

with gundam markers?

Nice and clean :thumbsup:

Very shiny, I like the air filter very nice. The rear windows are a little special for me but why not....

I will take better pictures of the engine today and post them.

The panel lines were done by using Tamiya Black with Tamiya Thinner (1:4 Ratio) A new knife blade was dipped into the mix then touched to the panel line. It is so thin it will spread on its own.

The rear windows are going to be faded into black...I think. I kind of like them the way they are.
You can still see through them into the back seat so I may not tough them. Also last night the interior had all lines on the seat drawn on with a gundam marker to make them visible through the "tinted" glass. I will take more pictures of interior as well.

Should I put a 5 point harness in? Or a standard seat belt?

Chris

I'm loving it, very clean build. IMO you shouldn't do flames, but it's your model.

cool dude!!! nice building love it!

More pictures of the engine.

http://www.racedaymodels.com/images/Acura/8.jpg
http://www.racedaymodels.com/images/Acura/9.jpg
http://www.racedaymodels.com/images/Acura/10.jpg
http://www.racedaymodels.com/images/Acura/11.jpg
http://www.racedaymodels.com/images/Acura/12.jpg


Chris

^^ The perfect exemple that without adding any wire and only painting carefully you can have a brilliant engine. Good job :thumbsup:

Just one thing, the seats lines are too sharp IMO. You used certainly a pen to paint them. You should have done a grey wash, it should look softer. But, hey, it's your model you do what you want. Just my 2cents.

I left them that dark because with the window tint I wanted to be able to see the seats through the windows.

I may go back and wash them now that I’m not going to tint the windshield and the front windows will not be up all the way.

Thanks for the feedback!!

Chris

Paint job looks great.
But the interior is not to my liking.

nice;)

very cool, i want to see that interior