Progress: Lamborghini Murcielago

This is the new Fujimi kit which is pretty nice overall but as with their tradition it has inaccuracies. Body parts fitment is top notch which is big improvement when compared to another of their newer kits like the NSX-R.

The wheels are very nice but a common occurance seems to be that the rim edge gets buggered during shipment, a packing glitch I would say. All four of my rims were buggered.

The inaccuracies:

Suppose to be a window trim panel line on the body above the side windows, not there. I will mask that line when I spray the black around the side windows.

Not suppose to be window trim lines around the windshield, but they put them there. The window is a flush fit design.

To correct the windshield trim I simply sanded the inner A pillar edge toward the panel til it was completely removed. Then I filled the horizontal line above the windshield.

Before sanding and filling:
http://infinite1der.org/~dino/murcwindow1.jpg

After:
http://infinite1der.org/~dino/murcwindow2.jpg

You can see the window fits flush although the right A pillar is bowed slightly outward which will be corrected during assembly.
http://infinite1der.org/~dino/murcwindow3.jpg

There is a small sink mark on the rear deck requiring a smigge of putty.
http://infinite1der.org/~dino/murctrunk1.jpg

I also stretched the chassis about 3/16", though the real cars rear wheel is slightly mounted forward in the opening I moved mine back to my liking. Easy to do, one straight cut and add styrene strips.
http://infinite1der.org/~dino/murcchassis1.jpg

This is the car after moving the wheel back, and I do think I will go with the Volk CE28N's.
http://infinite1der.org/~dino/murcmock1.jpg

Very thorough, thanks, this will come in handy, pal.

Oli

nice start!
interesting wheel choice ;)

those wheels looks hot

Those wheels look exellent on it. Paint it Silver and with those rims it will look killer!

cant wait to see more...

Oh yes, a very nice start indeed!
Helpful tips on those "inaccuracies", something Fujimi seems to excel at... :rolleyes:

Good wheel choice, too. They look mean in bronze!

Helpful tips on those "inaccuracies", something Fujimi seems to excel at... :rolleyes:

:iagree:
Very helpfull tips there. Thanks a lot :D Rims look very nice on it. Nice to hear the fitment is good now. Necessary improvement. I like the way you're detailing it up :bigthumb:

:iagree:
Very helpfull tips there. Thanks a lot :D Rims look very nice on it. Nice to hear the fitment is good now. Necessary improvement. I like the way you're detailing it up :bigthumb:


:iagree: 100%

Im sure this will look great when finished, keep it up.

look at the wheel... it's aggressive! cool man, keep it up!

Not much to say, I know it will be awesome!! As all your builds are Veyron!!!!!!!

Mmm sexy if I do say so myself...

Really nice modification there, it's more proper to look at. :) Is it just me... or the rear wheel arches are a little off from the real car?!? :confused:

I can't wait to see this progress.
This car is high on my to-do list.
Do you have a color in mind yet?

Those rims are stellar. Good luck!

Looks like a good start. Man, you're knocking out the models one after another!

Mini update: Got the body painted with Modeler's pink surfacer because I mixed a custom rasberry red with House of Kolor paint.

Trying these wheels from the V35 Skyline kit, they look good on it too.

http://infinite1der.org/~dino/murcmock2.JPG
http://infinite1der.org/~dino/murcmock3.JPG

Primer looks smooth as a baby's rump.
The new wheels are OK, but to be honest, the original ones looked way better... For some reason the dark bronze looked sinister. On an already evil-looking car, no less... :evillol:

Both wheels looks good, but have to see the paint outcome to give an opinion. Your primer result is what i expect from my clearcoats !

Looks great and I think the rasberry color (if it's what I imagine it to be) is more suited to the silver / aluminum wheels.

Got the custom mix House of Kolor 'Murciemelon Pearl' laid on. :naughty:

http://infinite1der.org/~dino/murcmock10.jpg

That is one awesome colour. It's getting hard now to come up with colours people haven't done before, but i think you pulled it off. And those wheels are totally right i think. WOW!!

It suits the car!

Wow!, beautiful colour choice. I'm sure it'll turn out great.

Paint looks killer! I'm sure this one will end up in the pages of SAE like your widebody 350Z and my Shelby Cobra. Check the annual issue, if you haven't already.
BTW, I like the volk wheels better with that paint.

Nice. I need to build more.

That thing looks good with just about any wheels! Nice job! Can't wait to see it finished!

Beautiful color! like your 2000GT and Miura, you've done very nice metallic paint lately.
wheel looks cool too. :smokin:

Look forward to seeing you work your magic on this one

that looks real good! i love the paint!!! keep it up!

Very special for the colour.

Nice color. I think the VOlKS really stand out better on the car.

Very nice looking car!!, that color is a perfect choice!, it really looks good with the wheels!

Got the window trim and cear coats on, time for polishing.

The color is really hard to photograph, my cam wants to make it too red so I have to adjust the color, still isn't exactly correct though. :rolleyes:

Still playing with wheel choices too.

http://infinite1der.org/~dino/murcmock19.JPG

Man, both sets of wheels look awesome on that car!! I can see where it is a hard choice! The car looks awesome!!!!!!!

difinitly the second set !

god this car look nice ! I wasn't sure when I saw the Fujimi kit, but once painted correctly, it look plainly great ! gotta get 2 of them.. one stock and one gt

Very nice, I couldn't chose between the wheels, black are more agresive but second set is more elegant. Tough choice. I like the paint work so much.

This third set of wheels seems to me the best, as it's the closest to Lambo design's original spirit. The other ones don't look wide enough. And I'm originaly not a big fan of racing-like wheels on road cars...


Maybe the next set will be even better! :D

Not much to say, I know it will be awesome!! As all your builds are Veyron!!!!!!!
Ditto :iceslolan :sunglasse

I agree with labandabonnot, the last set of rims is my favorite. The paint is stunning too.

I agree with labandabonnot, the last set of rims is my favorite. The paint is stunning too.
:iagree: Where are the latest set from/ what are they called?

The paint looks great! have you started on the engine yet? any pics?

Ditto :iceslolan :sunglasse
:1:

Oh how sweet it is ....

Got the interior finished, painted with custom mixes of Testors Acryl.

I used Replicas and Miniatures Wizards O's etched rings for the dash vent and speaker surrounds. I squeezed the ones for the vents into an oval to fit the shape of the vent.

The shifter is a straight pin and the shift gate is photo etched.

http://infinite1der.org/~dino/murcint3.jpg
http://infinite1der.org/~dino/murcint4.jpg
http://infinite1der.org/~dino/murcint5.jpg

Interior is very :sunglasse

If you have any more of those Wizard O's that will work on the steering wheel, it would be great.

looks good!

Very nice and very clean. It looks great!!

Since Fujimi didn't put all the detail into the head light housings I decided to make my own from alum. tubing.

I made mine a little longer than stock for effect and went around the tubing with 1000 grit paper to give it the 'brushed' finish.

I put MV lenses in each one of the tubes for the lights.

http://infinite1der.org/~dino/murclights1.jpg

That's a cool idea, looks good, not that I'd expect anything else.

wow.. look nice.. much better that way.

I would need to find some for my future lambo :D

Since Fujimi didn't put all the detail into the head light housings I decided to make my own from alum. tubing.

I made mine a little longer than stock for effect and went around the tubing with 1000 grit paper to give it the 'brushed' finish.

I put MV lenses in each one of the tubes for the lights.

http://infinite1der.org/~dino/murclights1.jpg

Hi Veyron, do u mind to take some pics of the MV lens? I am interested to replace all my OEM lens by MV lens. Thanks.

Nice detailing on the headlights. They really pop. Are you going to use the kit tires, or the wider Maisto tires?

Awesome work so far. It's going to look fantastic!

Here's how the wheels look unassembled so you can see how I painted them.

http://infinite1der.org/~dino/murcwheel1.jpg

This is the car after moving the wheel back, and I do think I will go with the Volk CE28N's.
http://infinite1der.org/~dino/murcmock1.jpg
Did you paint these rims this color or did they come that way?

Did you paint these rims this color or did they come that way?

They come in that color.

They come in that color.
Cool cool, thanks.