Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX

Hi, there is a long time i have been out for car models.
so i get rid of those planes and miltary this time and back to car modeling~
I very fresh Fujimi kit it is as the molding is clearly enhenced a lot!

though, there are still some old problems. and first of all, right height.
i have adjusted both front and read suspension by about 2mm and it look like thi:
http://panzer.hkbh.net/diary/20060330_1.jpg

what i have done is simple. just mod on the suspension and lift it up by asheet opf plastic sheet.
http://panzer.hkbh.net/diary/20060330_2.jpg
http://panzer.hkbh.net/diary/20060330_3.jpg
http://panzer.hkbh.net/diary/20060330_4.jpg

and the result is liek this
http://panzer.hkbh.net/diary/20060330_5.jpg
http://panzer.hkbh.net/diary/20060330_6.jpg

the socong problem i hve notice is the dashboa and side oors... the dahboard is way toobi ad there i o roomto put the legs at al. so i cut the lower part a bit.
http://panzer.hkbh.net/diary/20060331_1.jpg

then i putty-ed the back of the seats
http://panzer.hkbh.net/diary/20060331_2.jpg

and scratch build the panels
http://panzer.hkbh.net/diary/20060331_3.jpg

and finally get some plastic sheets to replica a better door panal
http://panzer.hkbh.net/diary/20060331_4.jpg
http://panzer.hkbh.net/diary/20060331_5.jpg

and here is a completed door:
http://panzer.hkbh.net/diary/20060405_01.jpg
http://panzer.hkbh.net/diary/20060405_02.jpg

and the interior got painted right afterwards:
http://panzer.hkbh.net/diary/20060405_03.jpg

and it comes to the chassis:
http://panzer.hkbh.net/diary/20060405_04.jpg

and the suspension: i little wash is applied on the chassis and details things up a little
http://panzer.hkbh.net/diary/20060405_05.jpg

the front ride is lowered by about 1mm further:
http://panzer.hkbh.net/diary/20060405_06.jpg

and the seats are painted(but i doubt the grey tune should better be re-painted again...)
http://panzer.hkbh.net/diary/20060405_08.jpg


long been out for car, so i hope i still have the skill to handle it
welcome for any comments!
thank you!

Great start. I love the door cards, they look fantastic!
Can't wait to see more if this!

Great work on those door panels.....on the whole build for that matter.

Great detail! Nice work on the door panels!

yeah
agree
door panels are looking great !

Love what you did to get those door panels. Looks like a how-to candidiate.

looking really nice...cant wait to see it finished!
i like what u did to the door panels

thanks all~!!!
actually i tested the cocpit on the car body and find out...
the height of the door panel is wrong!!!!>.<
anyway i enjoyed the process....haha~~

here is the update:
Painting process:
grey primer> white primer> Gunze #4+#58 (in about 2:1)> Gunze #4

This is when I have the #4+ #58 mix:
http://panzer.hkbh.net/diary/20060407_3.jpg
Appearantly it is not the yellow that the real car does, too much orange yellow i have put in, so i have to fix the tune of the color.

and i have a few thin coat of #4 to covering up
http://panzer.hkbh.net/diary/20060407_5.jpg

after all, it ends up like this...>.< :(
http://panzer.hkbh.net/diary/20060407_6.jpg

cant you just wet-sand that "orange peel" out of that and re spray it? at least thats wahat i was told you were supposed to do. other that that its looking great i love those door panels!

Great, this is what I call inner door panels!!

Great scratchbuild job on these :thumbsup:

Yes, don't get bummed: A polishing kit will make quick work of that orange peel.

got things CF decaled:
http://panzer.hkbh.net/diary/20060408_1.jpg
http://panzer.hkbh.net/diary/20060408_2.jpg
http://panzer.hkbh.net/diary/20060408_4.jpg

and seat also deceled
http://panzer.hkbh.net/diary/20060408_3.jpg

Since the body has bot been clear coated, polishing work will be done afterwards~~:grinyes:

looking good!

getit polsihed yesterday~~~

http://panzer.hkbh.net/diary/20060505_1.jpg
http://panzer.hkbh.net/diary/20060505_2.jpg
http://panzer.hkbh.net/diary/20060505_3.jpg

now that is shiny !

Lookin good.

Stellar work, so far! Keep it up. Those door panels are particularly awesome.

very interesting build. you have some scratchbuilding skills and an eye for detail

got a little update.
window frames ready~

http://panzer.hkbh.net/diary/20060508_1.jpg

those door panels totally KICK ASS!! \(O_O)/
Would love to know more about how-to. I am totally poor with scratch-building interior door panels. ToT

excellent job on the body paint, too. Heck of a shine! ^o^

great work.

Sweet Stuff :)

is it a fujimi? you did an awesome job on it

Thanks to all of your comments~
I have finally get this done tonight and now here are the pics:
really nice to get back to the feeling of completing a car model~
hope to have some other kits later this year~
Enjoy~~:iceslolan

http://panzer.hkbh.net/models/evo9_01.jpg
http://panzer.hkbh.net/models/evo9_02.jpg
http://panzer.hkbh.net/models/evo9_03.jpg
http://panzer.hkbh.net/models/evo9_04.jpg
http://panzer.hkbh.net/models/evo9_05.jpg
http://panzer.hkbh.net/models/evo9_06.jpg
http://panzer.hkbh.net/models/evo9_07.jpg
http://panzer.hkbh.net/models/evo9_08.jpg
http://panzer.hkbh.net/models/evo9_09.jpg
http://panzer.hkbh.net/models/evo9_10.jpg
http://panzer.hkbh.net/models/evo9_11.jpg
http://panzer.hkbh.net/models/evo9_12.jpg
http://panzer.hkbh.net/models/evo9_13.jpg
http://panzer.hkbh.net/models/evo9_14.jpg

wow
nice job
3rd evo 9 i seen on the net to becompleted :P

Very nice!

Winston

wow, awesome build! the cf looks great

Nice job. Looks really good in yellow.

thas a really great build...but i have a sugestion...(its just an opinion)...

i think that if you paint the rims in black it would look even more badass...

congratz!

flw!see ya!

I've just made a Photoshop...check it out...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v238/phmodels/evo9_11copy.jpg

Thanks all~

to SPEEDERZ: thanks for the idea~ it's cool~ anyway, i jsut want it like stock and going head to head with my coming new Sti~~~ haha~~~

wow. you definitely inspire me to build the fujimi ralliart evo9 i got stocked up here.

but i'll finish up a 1/100 blue frame astray 2nd L first for a local competition. :D

thanks all~!!!
actually i tested the cocpit on the car body and find out...
the height of the door panel is wrong!!!!>.<
anyway i enjoyed the process....haha~~

here is the update:
Painting process:
grey primer> white primer> Gunze #4+#58 (in about 2:1)> Gunze #4

This is when I have the #4+ #58 mix:
http://panzer.hkbh.net/diary/20060407_3.jpg
Appearantly it is not the yellow that the real car does, too much orange yellow i have put in, so i have to fix the tune of the color.

and i have a few thin coat of #4 to covering up
http://panzer.hkbh.net/diary/20060407_5.jpg

after all, it ends up like this...>.< :(
http://panzer.hkbh.net/diary/20060407_6.jpg

hi, newbie here i'd had problem just like yours what did you do to fix that? tnx:)

ton394: i've had that problem with my nismo Z-Tune as well where the paint made orange peel, what i did was to lightly wet sand the paint using 600grit sandpaper and then work my way up to finer grits, stopped at 1000grit (or was it 1200?).

repeat if necessary.

do not use too much pressure so that you don't sand off the color down to the primer or worse, to the plastic underneath. :D

ton394: i've had that problem with my nismo Z-Tune as well where the paint made orange peel, what i did was to lightly wet sand the paint using 600grit sandpaper and then work my way up to finer grits, stopped at 1000grit (or was it 1200?).

repeat if necessary.

do not use too much pressure so that you don't sand off the color down to the primer or worse, to the plastic underneath. :D

tnx dude, is it necessary to lay down a few coats or i just wet sand it without painting cause im running out of paint and proceed to polishing? or would a rubbing compound will remove the orange peel?

That looks super, you have amazing skills, particually with making the new door cards.
Euan

ton: try to do wet-sanding first, because if you just use rubbing compound all the way...you'll run out of it quickly. :D

once the surface is close to smooth, then you can move to polishing the body with the rubbing compound and wax.

If you want to make it stock, then you should remove the CF-decal from the diffuser. It really is just plastic, the rear bumper is just one piece and the diffuser is painted dark gray. Otherwise the model looks awesome!

Looks fantastic! never been a fan of the mesh that fujimi includes on their kits since i think its way out of scale, i tend to use the Tamiya fine mesh instead. I love the color, beautiful clean work. Well done