Progress: Lamborghini Murcielago

Great googley moogley!!! :eek: A+++!!!

You'll soon have Fujimi sending you requests for your secrets!! :eek:

Thanks guys. :)

Mikko, I scribed the panel lines and then sanded the surface to make them crisper. Got a bit carried away and made some of them a bit too wide I think, especially the front of the doors.

Rob, I probably won't be back in Brisbane until 2006 at the earliest :eek:

Fantastic!
The pin at the exhaust tips is a great idea.

I used a black Sharpie permanent marker to 'paint' the sections of trim at the top of the door windows. Came out great.

That paintjob is awesome!!

Look at that color! Amazing! I love it!

jeez louise,

awesome


Murray

omg this is sweet. Very nice job. That green color kills!

Looks very good! love the engine and the rims!

That's sooo purty! That's my favorite color for the Murci! :smokin:

Had a change of heart and ordered some Aoshima 19" Kranze LXZ wheels. Figured a wild colour deserved some wild wheels! :D I narrowed the lip at the front and deepened it at the rear, they really fill the guards up now.

http://www.rallyraider.nwwo.com/build/murcielago/Dscf3763a.JPG

Wow! That looks really nice, I think the rims suits the car pretty damn good.

love it so far

There is a reason why this is a progress thread Freakmech! :lol: There are already chassis bottom and engine pics a few pages back. Not much to see interior-wise, other than the basic colour scheme.

http://www.rallyraider.nwwo.com/build/murcielago/Dscf3767a.JPG

sorry notice the ummmm edit *cough*

Sneaky! No problem, I went and took a quick snap of the interior just for you. :)

ahhh... nice ... this is my vote for model of the year.. that is the wickedest color ever. on a great medium. the Lambo. had to see a peek of interior... :lol2:

ive got a skyline 2000 ready for AFMOTY... will this be done by then?

Excellent work! The engine looks fantastic. I'm having a hard time getting my foil to stick and look even (where you have the gold bands). Whats your trick?

:thumbsup:Those wheels suit the car SO well!!!

I love and hate coming to this thread.
Love it because your work it 2nd to none.
Hate it because, it's made me order a Murcielago now.
This really is an awesome build, we need to see more street cars from you Phil.

BTW the wheels are perfect :smile:

Thanks for the comments guys, you are too kind. :)

Chad - no I don't think this model will be finished for the comp, so I've entered another one. Good luck with your Skyline!

BRM - The gold bands are tape, I use super glue to keep them down, otherwise they peel off in no time. In reality they should be black rubber with silver clips more inboard.

Rob - The wheels weren't quite what I was expecting when I ordered them, thought they'd be more swoopy and rounded where the spokes join the rim. But the extra diameter is so much cooler. Also think I may have made the difference in lip to great front to rear. Oh well, this streetcar thing is a learning process for me.

Steve - Will look forward to seeing your Murcie. If you’re like me you'll hate the Fujimi kit's deficiencies but love the Lamborghini colours!

Finished the interior bucket. Added some seatbelts and other PE from the Deluxe kit. These photos have a blue tinge, not sure why, the real colours are more neutral grey.

http://www.rallyraider.nwwo.com/build/murcielago/Dscf3800a.JPG

http://www.rallyraider.nwwo.com/build/murcielago/Dscf3806a.JPG

This is a great build you're pulling of here! That interior is a real looker, if I understod this right...the PE is in the kit!? Fujimi or not, I have to get me one of thoose. With this work from you that gives Fujimi free advertising you should send them a bill or get a procentage from every sold Murcie! BTW, thoose rims rocks. Glad you got them for the mean green machine!

Love to see it finished!
Niclas

Hi Niclas. The PE for the brake, clutch, footrest, gearchange gate are all from the Deluxe Fujimi kit. Seatbelt catches are just generic and the accelerator pedal is from the Acustion set. The Deluxe set also has mirror faces, wheel centres, V12 6.3L and Lamborghini scrips. As well as a windscreen wiper which I won't use.

Here is another pic I took this afternoon that shows the interior colour better.

http://www.rallyraider.nwwo.com/build/murcielago/Dscf3814a.JPG

Holy cow, the whole thing looks just incredible! That engine looks amazing - like it's full detail or somethin! Freakin' fantastic! I am impressed enough to consider getting one of these - all the Murcies showing up are very inspiring, and this one is at the top of the heap!

Dayum Phil, that engine looks like it could be fired up!

Wow! Thats soooo neat!

thats a crazy build phil!!

Ur engine is so sick!!! it looks like my 1/18 scale Autoart Murcie

Went to glue on the front turn indicators tonight and found I'd painted them both for the lefthand side. :rolleyes: Looks like the Gods don't want me to fit them! So who am I to argue, don't know if I should use the decals or just leave it illegal.

I think it looks good without those pesky things disturbing the lines and panel contours :)

Speechless....

Stunning build so far! Incredible detail!

Great job as always!!! Your interior is a stunner!

Bill

Gallardo is your next job. :D

RR - When you say the seatbelt catches are just generic, do you mean that they come from an upgrade kit that can be used on any 1/24 model?

If so, do you have a link to where I can find this upgrade kit?
Cheers.

Mark, the part I called generic is the silver part attatched to the belt, they are out of a racing harness set. Perfect Parts I think this one was, because they are quite wide.

Hi,

as I am new at the forum it is the first time I saw your efforts.

Great !! Nothing else to say.

Micha

Hello RR

Found your post as I was surfing the web looking for pics of buildt Murcielago's.
The Scaleproduction transkit will be available form mid Februari.

The kit will contain wheels frontsplitter and rearspoiler, possibly the rear diffuser as well and a race interior. Michael also mentions some PE parts,
Decalsheet will allow you to buildt one of 3 versions (inlcuding the one with Brabs)

I already saw the decals (as I am doing the instruction drawings for them) and they are pretty good.
I'm about to start building the 2003 test version, dont expext to much interior detailing from me....for my purposes those are way to heavy as the car's gotta race. But I will cover the whole body with Studio27 carbon decal.

Will be looking forward to post of your R-GT version, although that will probably be in your native Motorsport section :biggrin:

Thanks for the rundown Tamar, will be getting one of those kits for sure.

I've just put the body on the Murcielago and the Fujimi kit has saved it's worst until last! I repeatedly checked and adjusted the wheel and ride height whilst building but it looks like none of that counted for anything :( The wheels are all over the place! Not only that but the front end doesn't want to locate positively either, I had to superglue it down so there weren’t big gaps around the windshield. Some major jerryrigging is going to be needed. Just when I thought I was practically finished. :p

http://www.rallyraider.nwwo.com/build/murcielago/Dscf3821a.JPG

RR you know it's actually hard to tell you've been having difficulty going by the pic. Do you think you can overcome these problems?

Also I was talking about the red/black catches at the base of the seat, not the clips on the belt itself (regarding aftermarket sets). Did you scratchbuild these red/black catches? They look really good!

Hello Phil

Well, that won't be a problem for me, as a slotracer I won't use the chassis nor the wheels :screwy:
But then again I've got my own problems.......
Besides scratchbuilding the splitter and spoiler (the car has to race on 30 jan) I've also got to find a way to reinforce those tiny A pillars so the car will survive a possible crash (at aproxx 16 mph) :icon16:

The locking part of the seatbelts is stolen form an Enthusiast Countach kit, as is the loop at the top. Would be quite easy to scratchbuild, just a piece of styrene card on a pin. The red press release is a small rectange of red insulation tape cut out and glued. Kind sorted the suspension, not perfect but it will do. The completed thread is here. (http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=334661)

Looking great Phil!

Thanks Zeljko. In case you missed it, the nuclear green machine is now finished:
http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=334661

Ya, /i'm waiting the R-GT transkit too. :D

Hello RR

Found your post as I was surfing the web looking for pics of buildt Murcielago's.
The Scaleproduction transkit will be available form mid Februari.

The kit will contain wheels frontsplitter and rearspoiler, possibly the rear diffuser as well and a race interior. Michael also mentions some PE parts,
Decalsheet will allow you to buildt one of 3 versions (inlcuding the one with Brabs)

I already saw the decals (as I am doing the instruction drawings for them) and they are pretty good.
I'm about to start building the 2003 test version, dont expext to much interior detailing from me....for my purposes those are way to heavy as the car's gotta race. But I will cover the whole body with Studio27 carbon decal.

Will be looking forward to post of your R-GT version, although that will probably be in your native Motorsport section :biggrin:

First here is the back end where the rear wheels have been moved back and lowered. I kinda knew about this problem from Veyron and Kunta’s build diaries. But I didn’t realise how narrow the front track was as well. Pretty easy to fix, but took 2.5mm of plastic card on either side to bring the front wheels out wide enough.

http://rallycars.topcities.com/build/2001-murcielago/Dscf3076a.JPG



Good job, now, when you moved the rear axle backwards, what did you do with the suspensión arms? specially lower suspension arms, wich are molded to the under structure.

Thanks

Regards

Update on the engine area. Lots of cutting and hacking, carbon fibre decalling, PE scripts and silver tape, even easter egg foil.

http://rallycars.topcities.com/build/2001-murcielago/Dscf3277a.JPG



Questions:

Are those engine heads scratchbuilt? or did you take them from another kit?, in such case, which kit?

Where do the little white Lamborghini scripts on the engine heads come from?

Great work, you really brought this kit to the high level.

When I moved the rear wheels I cut across where the white plastic line is, then forward, horizontaly at the height of the axle. You can just see the line in the sanded back area. I was then able to slide the whole part backwards including the upper wishbones.

The engine heads were extra parts out of an Enthusiast Countach kit, intended for the Quatrovalve version of the Lamborghini V12. They were extras in a 5000S kit, don't know if they are all like that or if I just got lucky. Lamborghini scripts are from the Fujimi kit, intended for the brake calipers.