Sunline 370Z

[Bossolani]

Impressive job bro!

How did you get that effect on the seat?

Cesar

[cjsbosox]

Originally Posted by rallymaster

Great carbon work !!
If you achieve such result on the hood, it may deserve to get CF too ! I think if roof is cf also can be the hood.

Thanks rallymaster. If I end up with enough cf left over I will do the hood.

Originally Posted by Bossolani

Impressive job bro!

How did you get that effect on the seat?

Cesar

Thanks Cesar. I will post pics of how I did the seats later. Its same as flocking

I got the lip done this morning. It took 11 pieces to complete. My goal as stated before is to get the cf to align as much as possible so that it looks like 1 solid piece.

I started with the front edge, sides, tops, center, bottom and finally inside the fender. Here we go





I even got the rear to align pretty well. In the end this is what it looks like And yes I know the orange peel does not look good lol





Thanks for looking!

[Marianitem]

Nice job on that front lip! Looks quite challenging. How do you "shrink" or "bend" waterslides? I´m specially talking about the roof work. Do you use a "microsol" or something like that?

About the hood: the hood is usually the first piece to replace to carbon, so I would say go for it too. However it would really be a one-of-a-kind if you don´t.

Now i really want to see that body finished!

[cjsbosox]

Hello AF! I got the CF on all body parts done so I figured I would update the work so far. I hope to get the clearcoat sprayed friday. To start off

Originally Posted by Bossolani

Impressive job bro!

How did you get that effect on the seat?

Cesar

Gracias Cesar! I basically painter the part a quickly put the embossing powder on before the paint dried. After that I shook off the excess powder and airbrushed the part. I got better results by thinning the paint a lot so that it would not look "thick" You can get clear, black, and white opaque powder. Here is an example

http://www.createforless.com/Ranger+.../pid97537.aspx

Originally Posted by Marianitem

Nice job on that front lip! Looks quite challenging. How do you "shrink" or "bend" waterslides? I´m specially talking about the roof work. Do you use a "microsol" or something like that?

Thanks Mirianitem for the compliment. I use Champ decal softener and a hair dryer to speed things up at times.

I am so happy since this is the first time I ever use 1 cf sheet without completely screwing up and having to use an entire new sheet
The only issue I had is one I can live with on the hood wich I am sure I will be able to hide well. Everything else turned out ok.

To start I cut the cf on the rear piece, then finished it by adding the top piece of the "wing" part and the bottom


Here are the finished sides, grill and mirrors


Then I moved on to the hood and pillars


After a some trimming, a lot of decal softener and a tiny bit of hair dryer love I got it done. Here is what it looks like. I am using my other Z's chassis for the moment just so that I can get a better view of what it might look like in the end.






Here is what it looks like outside


So far I am very pleased with the color combination. Once I get the chassis going I will get a better I dea on where to go with the wheels and exhaust.
'Til next time folks. All comments are welcomed

[rallymaster]

If only I were so talented with CF...
Great work and flawless result !!

[Marianitem]

You say you wanna hide something from the hood? I wanna hide my models...
Great job. Carbon hood looked like the only way after a carbon roof and body kit.
I also see carbon Recaro´s inside? CF CF CF!!!
I´m following all the way.

[deedlit]

Love your CF work , good job!

[rollin80s]

excellent carbon work. your build is very nice. looking forward to the finished look.

[cjsbosox]

Hello AF! I got to work on the interior today and decided to share First things first..

Originally Posted by Marianitem

You say you wanna hide something from the hood? I wanna hide my models...
Great job. Carbon hood looked like the only way after a carbon roof and body kit.
I also see carbon Recaro´s inside? CF CF CF!!!
I´m following all the way.

Originally Posted by deedlit

Love your CF work , good job!

Originally Posted by rallymaster

If only I were so talented with CF...
Great work and flawless result !!

Originally Posted by rollin80s

excellent carbon work. your build is very nice. looking forward to the finished look.

Thank you guys for the kind words. CF just takes a lot of patience (which of course I lack on most days) and in my case, A LOT OF CF DECALS!

So I got to work on the seats, floor mats, flocking, cf etc. I chose kevlar from Studio27 for the seats. It is difficult to use since it is pretty thick. Therefore I divided the pieces



I also used cf on the center console, gauge pods and radio area on dashboard, and also PE pedals.


Even though they will not be noticeable once the car is assembled, I made my own mats. I just enjoy doing it haha




One thing I ran across is a titanium strut bar that is made for attaching harnesses to. It's made by Amuse and I decided to do the same



Here's a quick mock up. The white spot is from the future polished which was still drying haha



Thanks for looking!

[Marianitem]

I think I'm gonna quit modeling Great job, with so many details. And your CF work is really good. What about the dashboard? CF maybe? LOL

I used to choose a couple of colors and paint the interior just like that. After seeing this and many other models here I totally changed my mind about it.

Willing to see it completed.

[cjsbosox]

Originally Posted by Marianitem

I think I'm gonna quit modeling Great job, with so many details. And your CF work is really good. What about the dashboard? CF maybe? LOL

I used to choose a couple of colors and paint the interior just like that. After seeing this and many other models here I totally changed my mind about it.

Willing to see it completed.

Yo tambien The dashboard gauges are getting cf as well as the center where the radio and controls are. Tomorrow I will put the harness together and clearcoat the kevlar on the seats and maybe install them. Might even clearcoat the car also. I would like to get this done by the end of the month. Sadly I ran out of cf and cannot do the rear wing It was ab afterthought anyway. I'm also considering a roof spoiler.... so many desicions haha

[MidMazar]

Looking really good.

Ur using sms cf? I like the orange/black combo.

[cjsbosox]

Hello AF! Another quick update

Originally Posted by MidMazar

Looking really good.

Ur using sms cf? I like the orange/black combo.

Thank you midmazar. I am actually using studio27 decals. I prefer them because they bond to each other so well that if done right, most repairs are almost impossible to spot.

As far as the car I got the clearcoat on. I followed someone's advise from a a post I cannot find. Anyway, every coat of 2k clear afeer the initial one gets thinned down. I got a better result on all parts besides the body. So much so that I will only lightly polish them, if at all! The body hdidn't turn out the same due to my candy now going on smooth. Live and learn I guess. I also got to work on the harnesses.







With the flash on


The harness PE is from Hobby design




Thanks for watching

[drunken monkey]

shiney but i would say that there's still an uneven surface on that clear coat.
that's the sort of thing that is the hardest to get rid of, especially on the scale that we work on.
you can reduce its effect by taking photos from slightly further away.

good work with the embossing powders too.
I've got a bottle of microbeads that I still haven't gotten round to use as surface texture yet; it's mainly been used for mixing fillers.

[robrex]

Very nice!