Ek Civic sedan

[chubbs36chambers]

Damn You are hell a good i wish i had those skills i could imangine...... what i could do Damn...

[clem24]

Originally Posted by Slo_Snipe

nope, i am from hong kong
i opened the fridge one day and found this bottle of green tea inside, so i just took it...didnt even know where did it came from :$
my name is marco and i live in calgary AB canada..nice to meet u guys^^

Woo, go Calgary AB!! Same story with me (HK --> Calgary)... That is some amazing work BTW. I always figure you can usually only go from 4 doors to 2, but 2 to 4.. Nuts!!

clem..

[Slo_Snipe]

thx for the comments guys ^^
clem, do you live in calgary now too? ive been in calgary for 7 years lu...
actually, this is my first try on doing something this big...i had never done any such conversions b4....but ive been planning on how to do this half a year ago...
ive read from the internet that the civics(at least eks) they all share wheelbase, so i would not need to section as much as i thought...i only need to do the back + rear doors
the first pic shows the references i used to help me do the conversion. the pics that i printed off are relatively haf similar size to 1/24 of the real car. so when i cut and connect the back/window edge/door panel line i have an idea of where to start cutting or puttying. an example of this would be like wat i did in second pic...looking at the rear of the real car i can see that the back of the 1:1 is wider so i know i haf to widen my model wif putty too.
RB26, the putty i used to connect the whole back to the rest of body is milliput (2 part epoxy~seems to hold 2 separate parts better than squadron.....) i used squadron for the rest of the other parts. i also used squadron to fill up the side gaps between the 2 doors and i had styrene strips to back the pieces up.
and my third pic, i started on the interior tub. it is from a fujimi evo 3 kit with modified center console. i painted the passenger seat and jacked up the head cusion with a cut paper clip. i planned to paint the whole interior testors flat light aircraft grey to mimic beige cloth.
hope u enjoy the pics, more coming soon^^

[WeaPoN [X]]

When I first saw the progress pics of the car all hacked up, I was like "No way!" Now you have totally removed all doubt from me. You are doing a stellar job on the conversion. The rear looks spot on. Sorry for doubting you, Keep it up!

btw: is this going to be a tuner or stock type, straight from the showroom vehicle. either way im looking forward to seeing it complete.

JeFF

[Snooker]

Wow, a tuner sedan would look really good. I wish I'd have your skills.

[Slo_Snipe]

hehe yea...bringing the car body from all hacked up back into one piece was tedious...took me 4 days to make the shape of the back kind of show up...


i put the body on the chassis again. this time with front lip and wheels meant for this car.

i modified this set of wheels from stock fujimi del sol vxi ones and my attempt to mimic spoon sw388s...but it ended up like this...oh well i think it looks good now too...

front spoiler. it came from the left overs of spoon itr. i had narrowed it down to fit the civic front. im gonna cut out gaps where its marked.
im going to make it a tuner sedan with spoon front hood/lip and mugen wing.maybe i will put in spoon mirrors too...the end result will look like these cars

[ImolaEK]

Thats some great stuff, and thanx for clearing that up for me...loving that DC2, im guessing its a Fujimi why didnt i get one when i was in the shop! it was only 18 bucks! looking great man....

[chaos]

You've got some wicked skills Marco!

[Slo_Snipe]

thx guys~!~!
the integra is fujimi. it needed like at least 3mm of lowering to make it look like mine, so it wasnt easy imo.
more progress comes soon stay tuned :/

[ShOrtyOC714]

Damn! Naaaaice! I like ur jDM style yo! Post some pics of ur EG, EP3, and DC2, they look tight. Keep it up!

[Slo_Snipe]

sure
what part of forum should those finished posts be in?

[ShOrtyOC714]

Originally Posted by Slo_Snipe

sure
what part of forum should those finished posts be in?

In the Completed and In-Progress Projects

Great project!!! its looking really good, i had my doubts at the start but this has turned out to be a real stunner. well done!! cant wait to see it with its first layer of paint.

[exhaust smoke]

Looking good!! I can't wait to see this done.

I am working on some similar projects, such as converting Mk3 Golf into Jetta and a Veilside Honda Civic coupe. How are you going to go about attaching the chassis to the body?

[Slo_Snipe]

chassis is attached by adding a piece of plastic at the end of the chassis long enuff to connect the slots behind rear bumper. i had a pic of it at the beginning

the squadron putty on the sides cracked ' 'T_T''

superglue wont even go into the gaps, and a slightly forceful pull on it made the whole chunk of putty chip out no matter how much superglue i put behind it...
im going to get rid of those squadron putty now and try again by filling the gap wif styrene bits and bond them with testors plastic cement
hope it works this time ~_~'