Revell R8

Hi!

I am building Tony Stark`s R8 from the ironman movie.
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Thanks for looking!:)

Welcome!
Amazing work!

Nice, I like the figure very cool & the fibre optics look great!!

Nice work. Good job with the fibre optics, the results look great. I'm interested to see how this progresses.

the light looks COOL!!!! where did you get tony stark? or is it modified? does look like him :icon16:

very nice. I wanna do those headlights now... haha Did you use an LED for the light?

Welcome to AF. Thats the main thing i hated about this kit when i first examined it was the front lights. But your technique makes the whole kit look good. I think i might have to use your idea. The rear and headlights look great.

Thanks guys!

the light looks COOL!!!! where did you get tony stark? or is it modified? does look like him :icon16:

I made tony stark from a racingdriver from an old set by carving away the seatbelts and modify his clothes and hairdoo with putty.


very nice. I wanna do those headlights now... haha Did you use an LED for the light?

The lightsource is an ultrabright white led 5mm witch ignites all of the fibers for the front and rear lights.
The headlight lenses are 3mm ultrabright white leds, they are also going to work, but even without light they look way better than the plastic bump that comes with the kit.

In the pictures the light looks too blue, irl they look very similar to xenon.

Thanks for looking:smile:

by far one of the best lighting sets up ive seen or have done myself man! I especially love the head lights on it, looks awesome

I have painted the R8 and found a carbonefibersheet to put on the sidepanels.
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Are you going to drill out the lights holes for the fiber optics in the front light lenses? Or are they going right in back. I still find this light setup the best to date.

very cleaver with the lights!

Are you going to drill out the lights holes for the fiber optics in the front light lenses? Or are they going right in back. I still find this light setup the best to date.

I think i am going to cut them on the inside of the glass.

A little update on the project!

Some more details added and the main lights are hooked up. They look too blue in the pics, but irl it looks just like xenon.

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Fantastic. I'm going to have to try doing the front lights too, it looks so much better.

lemme guess... MORE LEDs for the headlights?? haha I was wanting to do this on a model soon too and any help would be nice (specific light bulb, power source, etc.. )

lemme guess... MORE LEDs for the headlights?? haha I was wanting to do this on a model soon too and any help would be nice (specific light bulb, power source, etc.. )

Powersource is a 9v battery, led for the headlights is 3mm utrawhite and for the rear and front led is 5mm ulttrawhite via fiberoptics.

similar setup I was gonna run. thx a bunch. great build so far

We dont see this too often, good job thus far. One of the cooler looking things on the R8 in my opinion

I am no audifan neither, I bought this kit to experiment with lights.

I have some issues to fit all the fiber, wires and battery inside the car so i think this wil be put on some sort of diarama.
Then I can hide the battery in the base of the diorama.

Thanks for looking:smile:

I am no audifan neither, I bought this kit to experiment with lights.

I have some issues to fit all the fiber, wires and battery inside the car so i think this wil be put on some sort of diarama.
Then I can hide the battery in the base of the diorama.

Thanks for looking:smile:
That I find to be the eaiest option, especially since fibre optics aren't the most flexible when it's used in these scales. Good thing that you're replicating Tony Stark's car because then you could make your diorama his garage and include many other exotics into it :)

couldnt you just hide the battery under the hood? Then just not glue the body down if you ever want to change out the battery? that's what I was gonna do but put it in the trunk.

couldnt you just hide the battery under the hood? Then just not glue the body down if you ever want to change out the battery? that's what I was gonna do but put it in the trunk.

I tried that! :smile:

But the revell kit is made so that the body doesent really stick to the chassis, the result is that the R8 looks like a Q7....(NOT very pleasant to look at:uhoh:)

If this car is going to look good (With the fiber, leds and wires)I have to glue the chassis to the body, unfortunatley.

I think I have an idea for the base.....

haha alrighty... good luck with figuring everything out

i seen this kit today and i thought about getting it! it looks amazing so far.. where did can i find the individual fibers like that?? thanks

i seen this kit today and i thought about getting it! it looks amazing so far.. where did can i find the individual fibers like that?? thanks

This is a great source for fiberoptic cables, http://www.thefiberopticstore.com/ (www.thefiberopticstore.com)

thanks alot man!! so can you cut the strands to any length?

thanks alot man!! so can you cut the strands to any length?

Yes you can cut it with a sharp scissor at any length.

Test fit!

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I am going to need some custom plates for this, California plates with "STARK 4"
Is there any website where one can design plates and print them out?

Thanks for looking.!

I found a page!:smile:

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Nice R8! The lights turned out great. How were you able to hide the fibers?

Here's a plate for you.
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Nice R8! The lights turned out great. How were you able to hide the fibers?

Here's a plate for you.
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b141/jetboy2004/IronmanR8Plate.jpg

Thanks!

The fibers are taped on the right inside of the body, they are quite flexible.

Really great job with the lighting :thumbsup:

sorry i keep asking questions lol, so are the fiber cables the color or is it the light thats the color??

sorry i keep asking questions lol, so are the fiber cables the color or is it the light thats the color??

No problem!:smile:

The fibers are emitting whatever lightsource you are putting in on the oposite side.

The fibers are neutral.

Almost done, only missing some plates and Tony`s ready to go.:)

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