spoon civic

hi guys just found this forum today and I've been reading all the articles. Glad to know there are so many modellers to share information with. Here's the last model I finished the spoon civic
http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/695057spoon_civic.jpg

hope I'll have more pictures up soon, working on a couple of models right now.

hope to get to know you guys better and keep the tips coming, they are really helpful to the newbies like me
:)

sorry for the bad picture, first time with a digital camera

Good job, man:) Is that a carbon decal hood or just sprayed black? I couldn't really tell from the pic.

Nice car, looks very good.
And the only thing that coulb be wrong with the picture is the bad place for the lightsource in the window.. my first pics were all blurry with a digicam

good job.. ..
i want to ask u somethin..... wat colour was the car body before u sprayed it yellow?:confused:

hi apex n1, the kit actually comes with a semi gloss black decal to represent the carbon hood but I decided to just paint it. But I just learned a good painting technique which I will try on this spoon civic soon. All you need to do is paint the hood a semigloss black color and try and get the finest screen material you can find (I use silkscreen material) and then put the screen over the semigloss black painted hood. spray a very light coat of gun metal over the screen and this should produce a very fine checkered pattern. Cover this up with a smoke mixture (black mixed with clear) and this should produce a good carbon fiber effect without the trouble of decals fitting around compound curves and everything :)

thanks for the tip wishmaster I better find a better spot to take my pictures next time.

endless, the model actually came yellow but i primered it with automotive primer gray (since I usually use car paint) and then sprayed it with dupont yellow followed with a couple of coats of clear lacquer.

hey! welcome to the forum! wow that;s a pretty nice spoon civic!! ur's pretty good!! more pics more pics alrite?

endlesskev86: lol....ouch right? seeing that this spoon civic is really nice and ur's is really scary! so i tihnk u should sou pay la Kevin@@ hhaahaA =)

Hello bri g, welcome to AF.
Good work with your model, it looks real nice.
What are your current/future projects?

Hey bri g great job on that civic! I'd really like to see how the hood comes out with that new technique of yours...please post pics when you've finished! :flash:

Originally posted by siege35
Hey bri g great job on that civic! I'd really like to see how the hood comes out with that new technique of yours...please post pics when you've finished! :flash:

Not quite a new technique ;-)
http://www.tamiya.com/english/howto/car1/howto_car1.htm


But nice Civic... Want more pic !

now i remember, yeah that was from the tamiya website thanks vric couldn't remember where I got that tip from :) I'll have more pics up soon, just need to borrow a digital camera again.

Like the typical modeller, I have a lot of kits in the works right now, I'll try and list some of them

Fujimi mugen integra
Fujimi integra - spoon version with typeR engine (couldn't find the spoon integra so I just made resin copies of the spoon rims and also made a resin cast of the integra engine from the revell kit, add another count for modellers with this kit) :p
Tamiya Pajero with engine detailing
Fujimi Veilside s15
hasegawa eg civic hatchback - converted to spoon version with type r engine
hasegawa eg civic sedan
fujimi e-class amg version
fujimi lancer evo 5


I also picked up 3 new models this week, the cwest rx7 (great kit!), fujimi evo 3, fujimi cusco evo 7.

I'm trying to complete my evolution collection and I'm missing the hasegawa evo 2, any have any idea where to pick this up? very rare kit. I have the evo 1 though :D

so how was your experience w/ the spoon car? I wanted to get one too but some people said that it was a pretty bad kit. How much did you buys yours for? My local hobby shop sells it for 27 dollars. you guys think it's worth it?

tenzo, I got the kit here in the philippines for 1000 pesos so converted, thats roughly 20 bucks. The kit was actually really easy to build, the details aren't that great (as expected from the simplified chasis and suspension parts by fujimi) but it looks great. Its basically a fujimi civic type-r model with the spoon rims, spoon side mirrors, spoon decals and a spoon "duckbill" wing for the back. I'm not sure how much the civic type-r models are over there but if it's a big difference, it might be better to pick up the regular type-r and convert it yourself. The only difficult thing is finding the spoon rims HTH!

bri, finally found you. :D the pix you posted in kotse didn't show. nice job! is that the one you bought at STC virra? finally ha?! :flash: so what's your next project? :D

calsonic, yeah the pic won't show on kotse.com because I uploaded the pics on this site. yup that's the one from STC virra :D I'm finishing up my pajero right now, the suspension, engine and interior is done. I'm still deciding on the color though. I'm thinking two-tone blue and silver to keep it JDM any suggestions guys? how about you calsonic? what's your current project?

q'll guy :D what year is it? jus make it two tone imo. my current project is a spoon '94 prelude vtec, still in prog. :hehehe: guess so, can't link pix :jump:

tenzo, it's a little over though. cuz last dec i was at SF i bought one for only $22 and yup it's not that great. it's better for you to get the hasegawa 'vic (EG). :D

Originally posted by calsonic
q'll guy :D what year is it? jus make it two tone imo. my current project is a spoon '94 prelude vtec, still in prog. :hehehe: guess so, can't link pix :jump:

tenzo, it's a little over though. cuz last dec i was at SF i bought one for only $22 and yup it's not that great. it's better for you to get the hasegawa 'vic (EG). :D

yea.....just custom make the duckbill wing, lip, and the hood and slap on some spoon stickers.....easy rite!!!.......i don't know about eg just because my brother has that car......i like ef's and ek's better.....but the hatch looks pretty nice

Originally posted by tenzoracerevovii


yea.....just custom make the duckbill wing, lip, and the hood and slap on some spoon stickers.....easy rite!!!.......i don't know about eg just because my brother has that car......i like ef's and ek's better.....but the hatch looks pretty nice


you should buy it then, even if it's a little over. rather than go'n crazy thinking about it?! :D just lower the suspensions.
the hard part for me is find'n some carbon decals! :(

I decided to paint the pajero with the two tone silver/dark blue combination :)

regarding the spoon civic, its probably better if you buy the kit instead of trying to make your own. besides, you'll have to order the spoon sw388 rims from HLJ and that's going to cost around US$8 or so I think. The white spoon decal on the back glass is also hard to replicate. One more thing, the side mirror is also difficult to do.

hey calsonic, do you have any eg6 hatchbacks you want to part with? :D
oh yeah and paint the prelude spoon yellow! btw, what prelude kit is that? the JUN prelude?

does the spoon kit come w/ the sw388 rims? i looked in the box and it didn't look like it.......it was molded in yellow too.....maybe i saw it wrong......but yea, i think i might buy it......

tenzo, yup it comes with the black sw388 rims, in fact, that's the best part of the kit :) pick it up if you can, it's one of the nicest kits I have on my shelf. That and the fact that it's a gift from my girlfriend.

bri, why?! :D do you want one too!? yup it's the jun sport. jus wanna make it into a spoon, cuz don't know jus do! and i don't like the green decals of it. btb nice combi.

tenzo, it comes with it don't worry. :)

calsonic, actually I have like 3 already but you can never have enough eg civics especially now that there is a B18c5 in scale :) I made a spoon eg also to match my ek. Hey do you know a place that sell fujimi and aoshima rims here in the Phil?

bri, whoa?!? you have 3?!? do you have the sedan :D or it's all hatch? well, a few years back at STC fest used to sell them, but now don't know where sorry. most of the rims that i've got, i bought when i was on vacation and some i ordered it from HJP. nwayz let you know if i find some stores that sells it. btb what rims are you look'n for? enkei, N1, workmeister, etc. :D

actually only 2 of the hatchbacks survived because I totally killed the other one :( I have two eg sedans though, a stock one and the castrol JTCC one. I also have 2 ek hatchbacks and the spoon ek. That's the closes I'll get to owning a honda:D

I'm looking for the volk TE-37 (17inch) and a couple of 18 inchers from aoshima

deng! honda fanatic or wha!?:D nwayz i'll look out for it. well, my girl has an s15 kit and it came with those volk rims. think she's plann'n to change it into 20's, so let you know.