Tamiya Evo...tune it up!

Here's my tuner. Whether or not if it's for the contest depends on if it gets done in time. My modeling gets hurried for NO ONE...muaahhhh :)

Well here's my latest. This will be a tuner in every sense of the word (except engine mods of course..stupid curbsides galor). Back seats will be removed for the obligatory ice. Roll cage bent from evergreen tubing. Custom dash gauges, tach and screen. Two tone int. 23" chrome rims. Exterior: custom front lip, side skirts, and rear valence, sponsor decals and custom graphics. I'll let these pictures speak their respective 'thousand words' each

skirts and rear valence. Still needs a touch up.
http://img220.exs.cx/img220/6759/img22786yj.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)


This is what it comes like notice the air vent on the hood and the off center liscense plate (behind the plate is totally solid...on one side only. I had to change that, it just looks to asymetrical and lop-sided for my taste. I closed the top gap and made the front openings the same.

http://www.modellbahnecke.de/bilder/tamiya/24213.jpg
http://img93.exs.cx/img93/6466/img22919ar.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

Here's some stuff from the inside. TV is TOTALLY scratch. Just used two little sheets of styrene and used tiny tubing pieces for the nobs. Clear styrene was used for the 'screen'
http://img214.exs.cx/img214/8713/img22489yj.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)


Dremeled out the back seats just used my imagination, that dip is for a nos canister This is all styrene sheets, cut to shape and glued together over what was left of the seats (the dip is half of a big tube) and putty.
Never mind the date
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this two-tone was done by masking and then 'splattering' some white primer over the black. Then I airbrushed the green over the surface that was splattered to get that funky look.
http://img214.exs.cx/img214/5894/img22991ne.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

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Comments and questions welcome!

Where do you get your 1:24 hardware? Those amps look sick! Great build so far, I'd love to see more.

Looks prommising! Keep it comming!

LOOKIN REAL GOOD, MATE......!!!!! very detail n clear.
love list @ this stage:
- amps
- speakers on rear back rest
- gauges bezels..... (what do u use? i think they're bare metal foil thing... cant remember the name ATM)

i'll definitely keep an update of this one.

lookin good! love the interior so far, will keep an eye on the progress of this project.

Looking good so far. Kicker amps :thumbsup:
Can't wait for more progress :)

Great details and ideas...

Please, more pics!!!!

i have a idea in my mind that its gonna look like 1 of the dub city tuner cars i had (evo also) but awsome work!

that is very cool !
interior is awsome

nice work.. very nice..

Cris
www.scaleimportracer.com

Neat stuff........!!!

Mike :sunglasse

yeah i agree w/everyone, the scratchbuild stuff is really tight. My no.1 thing is the tv, I was actually thinking of doing the same thing, cant wait to see more progress

Let me guess, you work in a hospital?

are you using XS tuning brakes????????.......

you got any of those amps for sale? I would go with bigger subs in the back other than that everything looks perfect, keep us posted.

Thanks for all the wonderful comments. You guys motivate me!

Let me guess, you work in a hospital?

I'm a medical student.

And as for the subs thing, I was thinking maybe a little bigger, but I'm going to add alot more to that area and I don't want it cluttered.

Looks pretty cool at the moment!

Coming along really well!!:sunglasse

Lancer Evo's have always been some of my favorite cars! I can't wait to see how awesome your going to build it! The interior looks really cool.

looking good!

Finished the 'underneath' paint scheme. This will be the base for the graphics. Three thick lines coming from above the rear wheel well and spreading out towards the front door. I will put tape over the areas' that will remain this color and then I will spray the rest of the body the final color I want it to be. First used tamiya light green and then used taimya metallic green. then cleared it

http://img185.exs.cx/img185/9334/img22818gz.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)
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Paint job is looking fantastic. You are the king of interior Ice & Design! :smokin:

Aha! Some different paintjob!:bigthumb:

that is very cool !
interior is awsome
:1:

what brakes are you using?

I wish I could do have that stuff. If you don't mind me asking, how did you do the subs and amps?

Dam this thing will look sexy
keep up the great work

Paint job is looking fantastic. You are the king of interior Ice & Design! :smokin:

I couldn't agree more! :)

Superb work so far!

ladies and gents thank you much for the compliements. I am sorry to say that with all 'expertise' at painting and building I seam to be lacking expertise in reading. I before painting the body I did everything correctly to prep it, besides....read the can. I used model masters FLAT black. Once I started to spray I noticed that I just wasn't looking right. So my impatience got the best of me (yet I still hadn't read the can). Even though I knew that I should just let it dry and then see why the paint wasn't looking right or maybe do a little sanding, I just kept WET COATING. Only after multiple coats did I realize my ever so simple mistake. "So just clear coat" you say...well turns out the my enormous amount of paint cracked and being that I had black over green...it didn't look pretty at all, yet I still clear coated it though. Here's a pic of the car, you can't notice the cracks so much on this side. It is now sitting in brake fluid as we speak and I"m crossing my fingers because I did a decent amount of work on the skirts and front.

I know enough of myself to know that no amount of sanding by me will ever make this look respectable. So... here comes the juice

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Sorry to hear about the paintjob, I liked the idea of it. Hope you find the motivation to re-do it! (And read in the future.... :) )

i cant really see a riced out oldskool lancer evo beside something an american would do from influence from fast and furious, since the cars been mainly in japan or europe and always tastefully street moded (no subs or nos bs).. nice work tho.

here's some progress. I finished the tv (changed it for a smaller one that can take the place of the passenger air bag compartment (he better where is seat belts)

http://img211.exs.cx/img211/8070/img25138wl.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

epoxy putty over small pieces of styrene molded with a toothpick and sanded. the tv is a dash mounted one from a die-cast tuner

http://img211.exs.cx/img211/9963/img25162iu.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

http://img222.exs.cx/img222/3770/img25174dq.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)


cheap brake fluid...dot3 overnight worked like a charm...all i had to do was use a toothbrush under water with soap, reglue..a little basic putty (which was eaten up). And I primered away. I definitely recommend using this is if you've messed a paint job up.

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Hey eddie, awesome stuff man, sorry to hear about the paint job, but honestly i couldnt see a problem with the stripes before man, they were well done, but it is ur model :) iam planning to something like this soon to my R34 Z-tune, still in planning stages. u read my mind on that dash tv. But please, share with us your technique for building that amp. I dont think ive evern seen better. Good luck!!

here's some progress, the interior is done and damn it was soooo tuff


Yes I know the roll bar is pretty thick and messy looking, but this won't be the top part wont' be visible as it's going to hug the ceiling of the car. Hence, I didn't give it much effort to make nice smooth and perfect (as if I could any way...first effort at making a custom roll cage.)
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Yes, I know the seatbelt buckles are WAY off BUT i didn't have any more buckles to work with and I didn't want to wait for more (anxious to finish this thing already!)

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2 coats of tamiya gloss black over primer (after being stripped naked!)
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more to come soon!

Sweet! The ICE seems a little conservative compared to your usual systems, but for a racer.... it looks good. More please.

finally got the courage to meet my painting nemesis personified by this actualization of 'the 3 faded diamond-tipped stripes' that I've been dreading to do since my last debacle.


prepped and ready!
http://img197.exs.cx/img197/6673/img25857nt.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

For comparison's sake:
before repaint
http://img36.exs.cx/img36/663/img24835oq.jpg

AND AFTER!
http://img197.exs.cx/img197/3026/img25887im.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)
http://img197.exs.cx/img197/9739/img25899xt.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)
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the stripes are that far back to leave room (if i end up wanting to) for the vertical strip of sponsor decals on the door panels (in green)

now with some rims and the skeleton interior and wing. it's starting to take shape....speaking of rims...comments...keep or change?
http://img197.exs.cx/img197/4681/img25955yc.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)
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Very nice paint job!!!!!! Looks very good!!!!

And the rims, in my opinion ''keep it''

Congratulations

Cesar Bossolani

www.scaleimportracer.com

Sweet build. love the paint and the stripes turned out fantastic! Keep those rims they realy fits it! Keep it up

I love this pic:
http://img197.exs.cx/img197/4894/img25986mj.jpg

Post more progress pics, please!!!

omg that looks so mean! keep keep keep!

Wow Eddie! Awesome save! This motivates me to strip my Ferio and keep working on it:) The interior is...WHOA! The seats are sooo hottt and the whole sound system is killer or should i say kicker:lol::)

damn..that really sucks. Not the model but the paint thing. I don't know if you said where you got the amps from but i know where they came from. Revell Escalade. I'm using them in my ford focus ICE. They are really nice amps. I dabble in ICE in models but never can do the putty stuff.. nothing ever works for me. Even though the car is curbside, you could still detail the engine. Put in an IC, Cone Filter in one of the openings.. just some things to give the impression theres a tuned engine. Keep up the good work

omg that interior KICKs ass :) :eek:
nice paintjob too!

B E U T I F U L ! !

That is 1 frigging nice paint job, well done :thumbsup:

Mike.

Wow
This is a very nice build.
I like the interior very much and the striping/painting is very cool.
:eek2:

agreed, i got to commend you on your painting skills

I still think that this car is sexy

Great paintwork. The stripes look much better. Keep it up!

Keep the rims, i love deep dish rims, so awesome, especially on that evo. The paint turned out awesome. how do you do the fading green thing? is with a airbrush?

i cant really see a riced out oldskool lancer evo beside something an american would do from influence from fast and furious

um...no :loser:

that evo looks badass so far keep up the good work!

added some decals. I don't know much about which decals I'm adding. So I assume I'll get flamed for my lack of knowledge and decal use on a mitsu. but I like the way they look. I had to bash the decal sheet from my kei office silivia that I'm not going to use


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I like the pale lime green. It contrasts nicely with the black.

It looks really cool! Can't wait for it to be completed!

Good job!!! :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Cris
www.scaleimportracer.com

I'm stuck for words? I think awesome has been used too many times but what the heck?
Awesome!
I love the paint! BTW the wheels look great!

Wow! Look at the shine on that paint:smokin:

Not much work getting done. I've been studying for my liscensing exam ... About the car,
don't let the picks fool you, the paint is not getting dull, it's the lighting. I'm gonna take some outdoors as soon as it's done. I still have to actually attach the wheels, some minor pieces and give it a good wax (after I'm done getting my nasty finger prints on it).

what do you guys think...stock wing or get a gt wing?

http://img23.echo.cx/img23/8655/img27528oy.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

brembo's being added soon
http://img23.echo.cx/img23/1391/img26069ap.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)
don't flame me if these logos don't belong on an evo or belong together. But you're welcomed to educate me.
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That looks AWESOME!!!!!! :eek2: I think you must keep the stock wing! :naughty: