WIP Revell Eclipse (Tuners)

[druid_99]

Originally Posted by bhop73

i've been pretty busy lately with my job and haven't had much time to work on this, but here are some small updates.

I smoothed the back seats out some


That's about it for the time being... I'm a little pissed off because I either lost the side mirrors, or they're just missing from the kit. Either way, I can't find them, so it looks like i'll have to make some new ones.. which sucks..

The back seat is coming out great after it has been smoothed, cleaned and painted. About the side mirror, with the skills that you have, I suggest that you build the side mirror from scratch.

[bhop73]

This is taking me longer than I envisioned, but it's coming along ok... just busy with trying to find a job..

So here we go.. I painted the body with Tamiya Dark Metallic Silver (I don't know if that's the official color name). 6 or 7 coats. Although it's hard to see in this pic, it's pretty shiny, it just needs to have one speck of dust buffed out, other than that, just some polishing, which i'll do in a few days once the paint has some curing time.. Tamiya spray cans rule. I also stuck a carbon fiber decal on the hood. This was my first experience with carbon fiber decals and it wasn't 100% perfect. There is a small spot where the decal cracked next to the hood's bump, but considering my current financial situation, which isn't great since i'm not working, I can't afford to re-do it. I may fix it later on down the road when I have a job again..



I was going to scratch build some new side mirrors (remember, I lost them, or the box didn't have them), but it wasn't working out right, so I put some custom mirrors on made from an old Revell Testarossa kit that I built in my youth.



Here's a closeup of the hole I cut in the roof. It's cleaned up and I added some rails with styrene. I have cut a piece of clear plastic to stick in there, which I still have to detail up.



And here are the new photoetch brakes that i'll be using for this car from Scale Auto Style. They look awesome.



Since my real car has been giving me problems with overheating.. (it is a dsm after all) it made me think of doing a diorama with it. I have some Fujimi 1/24 figures that I think i'm going to modify. The idea I have will let me leave the hood open to show off the engine, which I intend to detail realistically.

[spitfire143]

great job so far!! looking really nice

[Whumbachumba]

Did you have problems with the back bumper not holding itself up? I had to sit there and hold it in position for like 15 minutes just to get it in the right spot, also puttied the gaps afterward. If you want an extra decal set for the cf hood, I could send you one or print our a sheet of cf and mail you it. Your making this kit look real nice, I went with the same body kit. I have a feeling that you lost the mirrors since they were on one of the spruces, but hey, those aftermarket ones look great. Keep up this awesome work and detail.

[geist_casper]

hello bhop73 ;
nice Model project,great work so far....
i have do the same modell for short time:http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbul...d.php?t=404606
youre Seats on the Back looks great...super Idea.
an the Whells comes Very COOL!!!!
this Brakes from SAS looks very interstent.....i will take a look at your Thread.
nice Day from Germany...Casper

[eph2]

Wow, wow, wow.. The color is GREAT!!! Nice Paint!

[rx7king]

looks amazing all the way around, the sunroof, cf, scratched back seats, great work. Those brakes are going to look really good

[visible33]

Omg that looks very nice, great paintjob.

[FocusOnCivic]

Just got this kit yesturday.

Love the paint! Looks really nice. Interested on how this one turns out...Keeps us updated.

[bhop73]

AAAGGGHHHH!!!

Crap.. I tried re-doing the carbon on the hood and now it looks worse.. not only did I get a big crease in the exact same spot as before, but there are actually more creases in it now in different spots that I couldn't get out.. i'm beginning to really hate carbon decals.

I've now wasted half a sheet of scalemotorsports carbon decal.. this really sucks..

[bhop73]

Small update time.

I waxed the paint. Silver is hard to show gloss, so I tried to catch the sun on it.. you can see my hand's reflection. Looks good I think.



Interior is mostly done. I just have to add seatbelts. There will be a guagepod on the b-pillar, but that'll be part of the windshield, so i'll show that later I guess.



For the hood, I redid the carbon fiber 3 times and finally got it to look decent . I was having a hard time because of the hood bubble. It kept making the decal crease in ways that couldn't be fixed. (what a waste of decals ) I still have to gloss-coat it. I also wanted some hood pins, but couldn't find any place that had some Sparco styles in stock, and then when I did, I didn't want to pay 5-10 bucks for these little things.. so I made my own with wire and some leftover PE parts from when I built my Tiger Tank (award winning BTW ) Anyways, the pins will be workable as well (I hope it works right since i've never done anything like this before) The scale might be slightly large, but once they're painted and on the finished car, I think it'll look ok.



And last for now, is the muffler I made. I bought a big bag of aluminum and brass tubing from my local hobby shop for 15 bucks and used parts from it. It looks pretty close to my real Apexi N1... pretty fun for me.

[injecting]

Amazing job dude. N1 looks superb same witht eh paint job keep it up and keep us updated.

[eph2]

It´s a Real car!!!!

[SidewayzS15]

Wow this is shaping up quite nicely. Sry to hear about your c/f troubles, though in the end it came out great. Paint loos very nice as well. ould you mind posting a mock up with the rims and exhaust, if possible. Im anxious to see it all together keep it up man!

[Wheelin75r]

It's comming along nicely!! keep going!