Eunos Roadster

Thanks again for your nice comments, guys :)

Phil, I used Motip polyester putty for the main shape and Tamiya basic putty to smooth everything out.
My guess for the cracking is that Motip was not "grabbing" on to the plastic (I forgot to sand it a little), but I have done so and now everything is looking good. The body is primed and ready to be painted.
I haven't painted it yet because I wanted to try automotive paints, but the initial investment is a bit large: paint, paint thinner, clear, clear thinner and clear hardener all comes up to around €80...
So I think I will just buy Tamiya spray paint and mix my own colour. Let's see what will come out of it...

I'm finally able to show you what has been up with this little coupé :)

It was painted with a mix of TS37 Lavender and TS29 Semigloss black applied with my airbrush. Then I thought I'd give it a little "track-day car" look so I added the white stripes and the white squares. I think it looks quite "racey".
I also machined an new exhaust tip out of aluminum wich looks much better than the original, I think.
It's almost done except for some minor details like all the lights and the front windshield (wich I ruined with CA glue but managed to save it..eheh)

Anyway, here are the pictures.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v345/pettercardoso/mx5/DSC01123.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v345/pettercardoso/mx5/DSC01124.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v345/pettercardoso/mx5/DSC01125.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v345/pettercardoso/mx5/DSC01126.jpg

looking good it should be done in no time!

Well Done PET!!!!!!!!!!! Your work is awesome, just like usually. I hope to be at your level in no time... I'm envious!!!!!! :-D

very cool~
love the hardtop and the colour!

Very nice!! I like the wash applied to the wheels!:)

Thanks for the comments guys.
It's gonna be a while until it's completely finished, though...College is a bit more important :)

Cheers,
Pedro.

beautifull work.

Awesome work!

Whoa! That paint came out soo nice ! The wheel are perfect ! Love what you have done to this car. This makes me want to give my airbrush another try and makes me feel like i did something wrong with my airbrush:lol:

Maybe it be ImolaEK. Don't give up. I'm very bad at modelling at the moment, but the practice makes perfection, don't they say?? (At I least that's what I hope :-D)

SEE YOU

ready for SCCA solo 2! awesome job!

Nice work, the color suits it very well ;)

Whoa! That paint came out soo nice ! The wheel are perfect ! Love what you have done to this car. This makes me want to give my airbrush another try and makes me feel like i did something wrong with my airbrush:lol:

Thanks Joeham!
I'm really proud of that paintjob. Not a great colour, I know, but I think it matches the interior pretty good.
I must tell you, I'm really loving my airbrush. I can't paint with a brush anymore..:lol: I even love cleaning it!! It must be some kind of desease...maybe spidereddie can describe it! :lol:

Thanks guys. It's these comments that keeps me going!

beautiful paintwork and the track day look really works for this car. This will look spetacular when it's all together.

If you are worried about wall detail being lost when using the stock tire. Then just sand down the inside wall since it will not be seen.
:screwy: no not stock look make your body wide with the deep wheel brims Willmo has the pics to show you how. I'm working on one to But my car has a small block V8 in it. :evillol: