WIP: Spoon Civic hatchback -street version

[bri g]

here's another project that I'm working on right now. progress is slow but I'm happy with it

model is made by hasegawa and I molded the spoon carbon rear wing and carbon chin spoiler (will be covering those in SMS carbon decal later)

body has been painted in automotive laquer as well, I have 2 coats on there. will color sand and spray another coat of yellow before the clear coat. here's a shot of the rear wing and chin spoiler in primer:



painted in yellow:


close up of the scatchbuilt spoon chin spoiler (not the best but it should look fine in carbon fiber)


fujimi spoon sw388 wheels converted to female and trimmed down to fit the hasegawa skinny tires. suspension has been dropped as well and I got the stance that I wanted


thats about it for now. let me know what you guys think thanks!

[energon]

OOOooo!!! I'm liking this! Keep it comming!!

[accord2k2]

can you tell us how you made the duckbill spoiler., i've been trying to replicate it but havent been able to do it. thanx

[MidMazar]

Looks good, becareful handling the civic as the two a pillars are very fragile and break very easily. Happened to two of my builds. Nice progress BTW.

[energon]

Originally Posted by MidMazar

Looks good, becareful handling the civic as the two a pillars are very fragile and break very easily. Happened to two of my builds. Nice progress BTW.

HAHA!! Hasn't that happened to every single one that ever existed? Yes this is good advice be careful of the A pillars!!

[bri g]

thanks for the nice words guys! if you look at the A-pillars on this one, I snapped both as well before I put in a plastic support piece as suggested by mean_b16 I will definitely put that in next time before I start any work.

accord2k2, sorry wasn't able to take in progress pics of the duckbill and
chin spoiler. I just put in an extra plastic piece to extend the duckbill outwards and up and then putty away.

[evil_hanzel]

nice. i gotta see this in person. bring it at the next eb.

[AllAlone.Gz]

This thing is very nice! The lip and wing came out nicely!

[prortiz80]

thats reallly nice work there ......... thanks for the tips on the duckbill and lip....... tip for u for the next one u do the lipcould be taken from the revell acura also..... how did u lower the suspention on that kit i been having trouble with it my self

[kaho]

I am also building the duckbill spoiler (on a fit) the same way as you and the putty/sanding process while keeping both sides the same is driving me nuts! Anyways keep up the work!

[prortiz80]

Originally Posted by kaho

I am also building the duckbill spoiler (on a fit) the same way as you and the putty/sanding process while keeping both sides the same is driving me nuts! Anyways keep up the work!

if u plan to to do a fit again u could mold it and safe it (duckbill) so u will have the the right shape for your next time just a tip when i did my duckbill i drew it on a card stock 1st then I did what u and him did and with the card stock i use it to measure how much i needed to sand from each side as long as u keep it even u be ok just remenber to mark the middle of the cardstock-duckbill before u cut it out i used the negative side of the cut out i hope that heps some.......if u need me to explain it a little bit better just let me know