Paint practice: Honda Fit.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v417/willimo/Fit02.jpg

to become similar to this

http://www.ict.ne.jp/~kimossan/fit/1.jpg

Very few modifications, it's all paint. I'm going to to my best to make this as shiny and perfect paint as possible. The paint is Cobra Colors Copperhead Orange Pearl (that's why I've been asking all about those paints). I'm going to decant some Tamiya black and clear for the next two layers. I was warned against putting CC clear over Tamiya spray, and was going to do it anyway. My plan changed after terrible crazing of the CC paint over Tamiya primer. So let that be a lesson to me and you guys.

And kudos to Cobra Colors. Great paint, they will have my business for a long time. Anyone with an airbrush needs to try them out, I'd say.

No they don't pay me.

for an ugly car ,your going to do it well , i like to find odd kits and do wild things with them i keep watching this to see how it comes out Thanks for posting !

nice color dude...so far so good ..keep us posted...
see ya!

Hey nice Fit and you have that funny pic of that Dunst girl on your computer:iceslolan

Looking good so far. Thanks for your kind remarks about the paint!

Is the crazing problem happening with Tamiya's Fine Surface Primer? I haven't tried it yet but I know someone in California who swears by it for use under automotive paint. I wonder what happened there.

I have two theories - either I sprayed too soon after priming, and it was still wet, or I sprayed too thick a coat of paint. Either way, I used Rustoleum primer and did it on the same timetable and with the same amount of paint, so I'm not sure what the deal was. The crazing was pretty heavy duty, though, and it even affected the underlying plastic.

Willim:sunglasse C:sunglasse:sunglasselness; I can already see it coming. :iceslolan

Hey is the Fit going to be the same as the one in the pic with rims and all or just the two tone paint?


:lol::lol::lol::lol:HAHA, you took the pic of your monitor off! :lol::lol::lol::lol:
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Rim picture since I've been asked.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v417/willimo/Fot03.jpg

Nice color combo! :)

Nice progress so far.

The Kranze Cerberus (link) (http://www.hlj.com/scripts/hljpage.cgi?AOS24201) closely resembles the wheels as well.

Nice project! Did you do any mods on the Fit?

Very nice

very cool project! that color comes very close to that of JDM SiR orange.

Sweet, is that a CC color? Anyone ever notice that Fit's kind of resemble newer Si hatchbacks?

Looking good so far. Yes, I have noticed that it does look like a new civic SI

Rim picture since I've been asked.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v417/willimo/Fot03.jpg

Great colors!!! If I were you, I would replace those tires with some lo profile Pegasus tires or some Revell tuner tires. Those would be better suited to such a small car IMHO.

Marc

Can't wait to see the black on there!

Great colors!!! If I were you, I would replace those tires with some lo profile Pegasus tires or some Revell tuner tires. Those would be better suited to such a small car IMHO.

Marc

http://www.ict.ne.jp/~kimossan/fit/3.jpg

I want to match the prototype pretty closely because I think it's awesome, so I've been hunting stretchwall tires and now waiting for the Aoshima release. The tires on there are just filling int until then.

Thanks for the kind words, everyone, this is just a straightforward build so I can practice painting. My interior will be all airbrush, too, so I can try to increase my skill set. I need something like this with specific goas, so I can force myself to be a better modeler.

Sweet car! Love the Fit. The color is awesome also! Cobra Colors has some really sweet colors! I have been looking for some Honda Imola Orange Mica for a while and this color is real close! Have you ever used Gunze Sangyo retarder? I'm waiting on an order of those to airbrush several cars i have and been wondering how big is the difference between just airbrushing the paint and using retarder mixed in it. Well good luck building it! I cant wait to see it completed! What are your plans for the Interior?

Retarder slows the drying process in order to allow more time for the paint to smooth out.:)

Retarder slows the drying process in order to allow more time for the paint to smooth out.:)

Thanks Tonio! Can't wait to use it!

Will: Did that paint come already thinned or did you thin it down yourself?

Thanks Tonio! Can't wait to use it!

Will: Did that paint come already thinned or did you thin it down yourself?

CC is pre thinned (maybe reduced) automotive lacquer. Sprays nicely and has an outstanding finish. It's all I use on my cars.

Looking good Will! :)
The color combo will look sweet. That orange pearl should look amazing after some clear and polishing.

CobraColors products are awesome! :bigthumb: I've had nothing but success using them. If you follow the directions on the site you are almost guaranteed one heck of a good paintjob.

Just a little tip: After taping your separation line and before spraying the black, airbrush the seam lightly with some clear. It will make for a clean separation line when removing the tape with no bleeding.

Wow that is a nice a honda fit!!! ur one make me feel shame on mine's

That actually looks pretty funky with the orange to white fade. I'm sure it will look even better with the black on top. So what kind of black are you going to use now, CC?

Solid metal axles aren't all bad.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v417/willimo/DSC01621.jpg

Tamiya paint needs to be thinned before use in airbrush. It seemed milky to me, but I was wrong. Interior:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v417/willimo/Fit05.jpg

I like doing stuff like putting glass in and making it look close to how it will its done. So this is that:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v417/willimo/Fit04.jpg

Damn! Can't wait to see it finished! Interior is so clean, well done Willimo! :worshippy

Wicked looking Fit Willimo (they are called a Jazz here. Don't ask me why) The paint scheme is awsome and the rims look mean as. Nice CR-X in the background too, I can't wait to see the progress on that aswell.

Look forward to seeing the black applied, just a shame we can't get CC paint in the UK.

Whoa! That Fit looks soooo nice! Thats the best looking FIT i have seen!How about a thread on that CRX :iceslolan

Holy Fit! That is sweet!

JeFF

WOW!! super clean job !! Awesome!

So...it's actually called the Honda "Fit"?

wow! can't believe those rims fit, thought 18's are too big, guess they are just about the right size. ooh and i see that killer crx that you were talking about in another thread. any plans of doing a progress thread? any progress at all? i guess for now you're focusing on this. great job!

Will you be tinting the windows at all?

The mock-up looks fantastic, can't wait to see more.

I probably should tint the windows....

Black went on today. I would like to thank the entire AF community very much, I would not have done this successfully without this place. The hood is kind of orange peely, but I can knock it down before clear. No overspray! I am so very happy. Thanks everyone for all the tips - esp. CADguy for telling me to spray some clear before the black, I think that was a total clutch move! Thanks everyone!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v417/willimo/Fit06.jpg

It looks more correct with the interior in:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v417/willimo/Fit08.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v417/willimo/Fit09.jpg

That looks Hot! Are you planning to CF the hood? because if you are, you wont have to worry about too much orangepeel on the hood. Either way, this is one rockin Fit!

JeFF

Awesome man! And now............finish that thing ASAP!! :iceslolan

Awesome! Two-tone rules. I like what you are doing here; replicating a car you like while working on improving your skills. And don't fret, you have got waaay more skills than most people! :iceslolan

Wow! That two tone came out clean!!! Great job Will!!!

Mighty fine build your doing there !!!

Mike :sunglasse

That is very cool looking. You know I'm down with the Fit.

Nice progress with the two-tone. It came out looking very sharp!

liking it more and more, will!

keep it up pally!

oli

very happy for you! that thing turned out great. :sunglasse

It coming together nicely.
Very clean looking, Can't wait to see it cleared and polished up.

Dropped clear on it early this afternoon.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v417/willimo/Fit10.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v417/willimo/Fit11.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v417/willimo/Fit12.jpg

Tamiya clear shot out of the can. Worked perfectly over the Cobra Colors orange, but it reacted with the Tamiya black on the roof. I think it was a combination of too little black and too much clear. Hopefully after I polish it out, it won't be noticeable.

Thanks.

very tidy. :bigthumb: and yeah, that'll buff right out.


Odd muffler placement, though. :confused: Usually they're connected to a pipe and somewhere under the car... ;)

It fell off. 'Cause it's so low. And stuff.

i missed this one, looks awesome with the 2 toned paint

man! love the vip flair on that fit. :sunglasse

Man, that looks fantastic.

That orange pearl really came to life.

You'll have and easy time polishing. It already looks like glass.

Super duper cool! I think I may paint my CO2 car like that.

look very good to me ! Practice model that will be a masterwork :D

Man, that looks fantastic.

That orange pearl really came to life.

You'll have and easy time polishing. It already looks like glass.

:iagree: I defenitely neeeed to try Cobra Colors! I love the way this Fit looks!

I'm sure the clear over the black will polish out fine.

It looks great as is, but have you considered the possibility of a hairline stripe between the two colors? I keep picturing something like a thin light bronze, bright orange, or even a lime green stripe.

The original car has no such stripe. I think a stripe like that is probably an American thing, and this is a VIP straight out of Japan - I have a RHD dash and will use a Japanese plate. On my Escalade, there will be a stripe between the two colors. If I wasn't building a model of a car I've seen pictures of, I would probably do it. Thanks, though.

:bigthumb: