First Plastic Model : Revell Civic

[ImolaEK]

Well, here goes my start to the plastic modeling world...lol...not the best things happening with this model, but i guess it will make me learn, im going for the JDM-ish look, CF hood, Chrome yellow paint, black housing lights, Black rims (not enough money to buy SW-388's right now...lol), and uh yea...thats basically it...o and i screwed up on the front bumper when painting it, the bumper tipped over when the paint was wet, real disaster, i got rid of the honda sign from the pics and well stripped it back to plastic...

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Disaster

[ImolaEK]

o and paint is Tamiya TS something, i think 47, Chrome Yellow

[ImolaEK]

anyone?

[pre98zetec]

Look's like a good start to me!

Josh

[hot240sx2k4]

nice job so far joe...too bad bout tha bumper tho...o well...nice hb tho...lol

[ImolaEK]

thanx Sean and Josh, but this is a Coupe one, ....lol

yea that kinda sucked what happend to me, what a way to begin plastic car modeling...lol

[JBarry]

Hang in there Joeham! Sh!t happens all the time A wise man once said, "It'll buff right out."

You're doing good though. Nice stuff. I look forward to seeing more from you.

J. Barry

[rx7king]

looks good so far, keep it up

[remus_nl]

looks cool dude

[SchuberT]

i think it's a great start... without the little bumper fiasco, it'd be an excellent start...

[Zwaag]

looks like its gonna be cool. You should get a hb and make a replica of your modifier, the sweet little one in your sig.

[Orion37170]

nice project, but btw if the coupe is your first one, how did you do the hb in your sig?

[Blowncivic1320]

the hatchback in his sig is a modifier...a metal 1:43 model

but anyway, great work joeham...at least ur paint didnt F-up as bad as mine

[Orion37170]

didn't read that it's out of metal, sorry

[ImolaEK]

yea, i basically started with those Modifiers, by doing custom body work to them and paint jobs, but with them being 1:43 scale and metal, it was a real paint to modify them , i started doing basically anything to cars in like July 2003, so i have less than a year experience with modifiers and now starting with plastic models, well here are some updates, i stripped the front, and got rid of the Honda Emblem since it was filled with primer and paint ...





o and to Zwaag, i would do my hatchback, BUT, i would need an integra front, Accord lights, would have to indent the plastic like i did to the metal on my modifier, and would need some Racing Hart CX rims , if you guys want to see more pictures of my Modifier Civic Hatchback go to die cast modeling i believe its called, i got a thread on it, i won 2nd place on the Modifiers Annual Best Modified Modifier Contest...shouldve won 1st but, u kno, cough rigged cough...