Progress: A31 Cefiro Drift Machine

[Leon L]

This id one of Aoshima's "Drift Machine" range and one I've had sitting unbuilt for ages. The part that was putting me off was the body - the kit is just a standard Cefiro with a few aero parts that you are obviously supposed to just glue right over the existing ones. Trouble is, that looks completely crap - the skirts and rear bumper parts fit over just fine, but neither of the optional front bumpers is even close to fitting properly.
So, I grabbed a scalpel and slowly sliced off the existing bumper. One this was done, I offered up the replacement and superglued it on, reinforcing the join with some filler. The box art shows that the bumper should look "flush" but I actually thought it looked a better fit if I recessed it ever so slightly. Maybe not technically accurate but I just prefer it.
Once this was done I had to do an awful lot of filling and sanding, whilst at the same time trying not to totally lose any body seams. Annoying and fiddly!

[Leon L]

On goes the filler.....



Lots of sanding later, a coat of white primer and the first dust coats of Rover Tahiti Blue - spraying upwards from beneath the model to make sure all the surfaces get a good coat

[Leon L]

After final coats of paint, no polishing or anything yet. Here is the body sat on the chassis to give you an idea of how it will look when done:

[SupaMan89T]

looks good man

[mike united]

Good start & nice painwork.

Mike

[flyonthewall]

Lookin good!

[rx7king]

nice work so far!

[Snooker]

Looks good!

[IImportSupra]

solid start, should look killer when its done.

[MR2_Lancer]

very clean...that sure is a purty blue...

[86_SR5]

Great. That's a nice blue, how about painting the inner spokes of the wheels gold or black? Or do you have plans for different wheels?

[HKPhiliP]

I think that is not too bad. but try to make it looks a real car~

[eph2]

Nice paint!