Veilside RX7 Underway

Well the willys is stored away and the next one is underway.
Already the parts have been removed from the trees and started to be sanded and primmed.
Here's a pic of the body kit.....awesome is all i can say :cool:
The fitment of the skirts and quarters are not the best but will look OK after a bit of trimming etc.
The wheels are great too.
Usual pics and updates will follow as kit gets built.
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I could guessed :rolleyes:

Hey, is there a thread on here that offers photography tips? Thanks

hey its a little bit offtopic but you said you prime parts after you remove them from trees. and in Dan's pictures(subaru in the "painting car bodies etc.") i see that he is not removing parts from trees before priming.

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you like A
you like B
A acts opposite of B
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inner-concious:(what a stupid question)

UPDATE.
Things have been slow on the kit due to work around the house that needs doing first :(

Anyway,......the body has been sanded down and the skirts/quarters and bumper glued to the shell so it can be painted as one.
Thes skirts are not a good fit and needed to be filled in places to take up gaps. The rear quarters are even worse for fitment :mad: . But once they were filled and 3 coats of primmer added they look great.
Have no idea as to a colour yet again :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

Other parts are now painted and when dry will be glued together and the ride height etc checked to see if it needs lowering.
Hopefully get some pics up in the weekend

What did you use to fill the gaps? Epoxy Putty or Putty?
I don't understand it, but my Tamiya Skyline's rear bumper wasn't a very good fit. There is a gap big enough to slide paper through. I don't believe it.

Originally posted by Twist
What did you use to fill the gaps? Epoxy Putty or Putty?
I don't understand it, but my Tamiya Skyline's rear bumper wasn't a very good fit. There is a gap big enough to slide paper through. I don't believe it.

The putty i used is called "Squadron Fast Drying Putty".
30 Minutes and its ready to sand :cool: :cool:

Originally posted by primera man

Have no idea as to a colour yet again :rolleyes: :rolleyes:


Why don't you try some wild metallic blue (more to the light blue side...)

;)

Have a good look at your raod cars Warren and see if any colours are missing!
You could go for Red (Fast & Furious) or, like Alex says, a good deep blue. They look great in Gran Turismo in blue.

NOT yellow or Silver!

I was thinkin of making a replica of the Fast and the Furious RX-7 also,
using the Combat II version of the kit and make the lights from the Aoshima C-West RX-7 and rims seperate (Fujimi Veilside Andrew Racing F's). Although i can't get the decals.

Tell me what u guyz think...

http://www.xs4all.nl/~erix7/rx7kits/aos29022.jpg

This is where i can get the lights...
http://www.xs4all.nl/~erix7/rx7kits/aos28339.jpg

Rims...
http://www.xs4all.nl/~erix7/rx7kits/fuj19210.jpg

edit by jay@af: fixing [img] tags.

I guess postin pics here isn'the same as other forums!

Originally posted by SuPRa~TurB0
I guess postin pics here isn'the same as other forums! No sweat, man. Read about it here (http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/misc.php?action=bbcode#buttons).

Dan-Alex....Gezzzz guys am i that easy to read !!!! :( ..lol

I just got back from the model shop and thought i'd post the colour to see what you thought but you have beaten me to it :mad:

It's "MS-4 Mach Blue" by Tamiya. Very sweet looking colour

Originally posted by primera man
It's "MS-4 Mach Blue" by Tamiya. Very sweet looking colour MS? They have another new line? :o

Originally posted by jay@af
MS? They have another new line? :o

The MS range has been out for awhile now. They are mainly used on there Mini4WD cars (Dangun racers)
They do a very nice MS3 red

:confused: I don't see it here http://www.tamiyausa.com/product/paints/index.html :confused:

Do you have a link?

Here's a few car pics after being primmed.

http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/172683MVC-011F.JPG
http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/676259MVC-014F.JPG
http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/863120MVC-017F.JPG

Keep it coming! :)

Jay...heres the MS Range of paint FYI....

They are a 90ml can, were the others are 100ml. Dont ask why as i have no idea !!!
Here's the blue and the red one's i have
http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/760657MVC-001F.JPG

Hey Primera!

I was wondering if you modded the rx-7 before priming it to look like that? Where did you add putty to get that nice realistic look? Or is it just box stock like that? Modded stuff like using putty or filling gaps or anything. It looks a lot better than the example model.

I have a Veilside Silvia S15 ECI in my closet somewhere I think I want to start soon! The skirt on it looks a bit dull and crummy, i need to find out how to liven it up and make it look nice!

:looks at Warren's primed RX-7:

AHHH! :eek: DEVIL CAR! KEEP IT AWAY! :eek:

In all seriousness that is one awesome yet mean looking car!

damn, its lookin great. i just wish i could've have gotten to it first :flipa:

but i'm still waitin for the one thats in my sig.

good luck, and keep us updated

Looks like the rear under spoiler / spat thing sticks out of the body from the side shot, is it supposed to be like that?

XenoKryst.......the kit comes with the side skirts etc already molded. The fit wasn't the best. had to add putty to fill the gaps between the skirt and body.

Hiro....yeah i wondered the same...kinda looked weird, but after doing a search on google and seeing other pics it was correct. Maybe not quite as much as the kitset though

looking good so far Warren. That red looks like the perfect coulour for the Bathurst GTR what paint code is that one?

Originally posted by tazdev
looking good so far Warren. That red looks like the perfect coulour for the Bathurst GTR what paint code is that one?

MS-3 Bright Red

P.S. The bumpers on this pic below and the Nissan 390 i done in the gallery are painted MS3

http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/918109sok.jpg

man....that looks nice......the pieces look like they were made very well....probably due to the fact that you had to trim them.......i think the color will look pretty nice too...but i like the dark blue color for the fd3s.....like the ones in gran turismo like , i think, guiddy said......

Today was spray day !!
Car has turned out really well. Has a real nice deep gloss to it which im very pleased with.
Only problem is the paint was so god darn thick :eek: :eek: I have never known a Tamiya paint to be so heavy and thick to apply.
It's almost like the spray putty.
The first coat was meant to be a mist coat, which almost drowned the poor body :(

The second coat was looking like orange peel :mad:
Luckly by the third and final coat i had the nack of what it was like to appy and managed to end up with a good finish.
The one think i must say about the paint is that even though it was so thick to get on it never run.

The other problem now is that with the paint being so thick its filled up all the window and door seems :( :(
Thats why it only got the 3 coats.
Hopefully over the next few days as it dries it will shrink into the gaps.

Thick coats probably protect the RC cars from scratching and chipping and stuff, I guess it might even be an enamel or modified enamel instead of a lacquer

How'd you reduce the orange peel on the 3rd coat? Im interested :)

Originally posted by daggerlee
Thick coats probably protect the RC cars from scratching and chipping and stuff, I guess it might even be an enamel or modified enamel instead of a lacquer

How'd you reduce the orange peel on the 3rd coat? Im interested :) .
I noticed after the second coat that the paint wasn't running in one place that was quite heavy with paint. So i sprayed the rear spoiler with a big heavy coat to see if it would run which it didnt.
So i thought if i give it a nice heavy coat of paint on the body it wont run and will get rid of the orange peel....which it did.
There is still a little bit of orange peel on one of the doors but it will be covered by decal

Thick coats probably protect the RC cars from scratching and chipping and stuff, I guess it might even be an enamel or modified enamel instead of a lacquer


The bodies of RC'z r sprayed from the inside b-cuz the body comes clear so the coats aren't thick cuz it is supposed to protect from scratches and chippin. Although u mite b rite about the enamel thing

Heres some pics so far.
The paint needs another week to harded then will be polished with compound then a good wax.

http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/467991Mvc-001f.jpg
http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/739333Mvc-003f.jpg
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Hmmm. Interesting colour for an RX7 can't wait to see the final product.

Can't get over how deep that paint looks:eek: especially on the front.

Hey!! You have a blue intercooler!! ;)

.. and you almost shaved the gas door! :D Paint looks thick but really smooth and shiny. Can't wait to see the finished version.

Originally posted by daggerlee
Hey!! You have a blue intercooler!! ;)

LOL....The body still has to be detailed yet !!!

The intercooler is molded into the bumper which will make the painting hard to do.

is that a baby blue colour you use ?



Icant wait to see the final product . :p

Warren, is that a fat aftermarket exhaust tip or the one that came with the kit?

Originally posted by Guiddy
Warren, is that a fat aftermarket exhaust tip or the one that came with the kit?

It come's with the kit Dan.
Spent today with the compound and the polish giving it a real good polish.
Have done the door/bonnet lines etc to. Dan, that pen makes life so much easier !!!
Just the window/door frames to do.
If you notice how the tyres have a nice deep black to them ??......i use the Tamiya wax on them as it gives them a great look.
As you can see from the pic i have test fitted the rear spoiler which took awhile to get just right as it would not sit correctly.
What a difference a spoiler makes !!
Daggerlee.....no more blue intercooler :finger: ..lol
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looking realy nice

can't wait to see the finished version

great work Pman:bandit:

Daggerlee.....no more blue intercooler ..lol

LOL looking real nice there, I love the wing nice paint work on the intercooler

keep it up P-man :cool: look forward to the end product. I'm so busy at work these little while, I don't even have time to build my pop up headlights for my FD. :o

what stage is this at now?


pics? :finger:





:)

Originally posted by Judge
what stage is this at now?
:)

99% Finished....just mirrors/wing to add, lights and a final polish after decals

...the excitement mounts!!!!...

I am new to af, and i was just going over some of the model forums cause I love models and he ben wo on them for abot 2 years now, I usally built revell/monogram models but resetnly i sprung for some of the japaneses model makers like tamayi and fujima. I have seen some model cars with veilslide bodykit that run around $42 on the internet. i was just wondering how much ur rx7 was and iftheres somewhee on the web that i could by it. The only places i have bought from are ewa.com that ha a great selection. can u help?

www.hlj.com

Well the good news is...its finished !!!
The bad news is......ya gonna have to wait till i take some pics...lol

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there really should be a rule about bringing old posts back..:rolleyes: