First WIP thread, F430

[rx7king]

Hey guys,
This is my first WIP thread, and for several reasons. One: I haven't had a camera that I thought could take good enough pics, now I bought a Nikon D5000 which works. 2nd I haven't been building much since 2006 or 2007 when I completed my Enzo. I'm hoping that having a WIP thread will help me continue to work on models even tho it is hard to find time it seems. I know I post on a lot of peoples threads and have no work to show of mine so here it goes..

On to the model. It is Fujimi's F430 Challenge with some other parts of other detail sorts. I didn't want to convert a challenge into a street but when I ordered it last spring the street version was out of stock and I was impatient Now I am wishing I had waited because it wouldn't have made a difference. I am far from making a full conversion and have realized this now that I am farther in the build, I will probable give this to a friend and redo it hoping for better results and use this to get better. Here is the look I am trying to achieve as far as color combo for body and rims:


I need 1 more coat of paint before I add details and polish/clear etc.






you'll notice the vents are cut out in the last pic, I will be putting P/E from CrazyModeler

here is some of the other parts I have made some progress on:



Idk if its visible to anyone but I put the PE prancing horse under the primer and paint hoping to have it pop out, it is subtle tho





I have a lot of work to do on cleaning up the dash, Masking job wasn't perfect



Since I dont know how to paint a the lip of the rim properly I think I will just be trying to make lips out of Styrene and maybe add some depth to them and paint seperatly

I have other parts with some progress but I will wait until I am further on them. if anyone has any suggestions or criticisms I would love to hear it. thanks for looking

[CifeNet]

Looks very good so far! Good start you got going. I like the matt seat finish, very convincing.

[OliVTEC]

Very nice start, the body looks flawless, I'm looking forward to see more of it.

I love these seats too, may I ask which product you used to paint them?

[rx7king]

Originally Posted by OliVTEC

Very nice start, the body looks flawless, I'm looking forward to see more of it.

I love these seats too, may I ask which product you used to paint them?

Thanks for the comments, It is just Scalemotorsports Faux Fabric spray, I ordered it from Stradasports

[KevHw]

Nice progress. Is the seat cf done in one piece? I like your inspiration for the build too. Looking forward to more.

[OliVTEC]

Thanks for the quick answer

[rx7king]

Originally Posted by KevHw

Nice progress. Is the seat cf done in one piece? I like your inspiration for the build too. Looking forward to more.

The bit that you see in the pic is all one , however where my thumb is is done in two seperate small pieces which I will show later. I am not sure why Fujimi did this because there will now be a visible (or hopefully not so visible) line where the 3 pieces meet.

Again thanks for the comments

[da_ashman]

Originally Posted by rx7king

Thanks for the comments, It is just Scalemotorsports Faux Fabric spray, I ordered it from Stradasports

Your seat looks great, i can see the Horse under the paint, nice touch.
I wish Scalemotorsports were able to ship this overseas, stupid customs service hindering us "foreign" modelers.
Also what CF did you use?
Its good to see your first WIP , cant wait to see more

[agamo]

Nice!
I’m also about to start this same kit.

I also like the finish on the seats, they look great, too bad I can’t get “Faux Fabric” in Mexico.
I will follow this one for sure

Keep it going!

[rx7king]

Originally Posted by da_ashman

Your seat looks great, i can see the Horse under the paint, nice touch.
I wish Scalemotorsports were able to ship this overseas, stupid customs service hindering us "foreign" modelers.
Also what CF did you use?
Its good to see your first WIP , cant wait to see more

Ash I would double check hiroboys site to see if he carry's this or something similar. I have ordered so many brands of CF that I don't recall what kind it is (Im at work right now) I think it is crazymodeler. I will double check later.

Originally Posted by agamo

Nice!
I’m also about to start this same kit.

I also like the finish on the seats, they look great, too bad I can’t get “Faux Fabric” in Mexico.
I will follow this one for sure

Keep it going!

Getting it shipped to Mexico shouldn't be an issue, I would double check

Thanks for the comments

[countach79]

i'm watch'in

[rx7king]

Not a large update but I sprayed my last wet coat on the body and want to post it. pics suck kind of but I like how it turned out







Like I said these are bad pics and I will try to get better ones later on,
again thanks for looking

[agamo]

That yellow color looks great, which paint are you using?

Regards

[rx7king]

Originally Posted by agamo

That yellow color looks great, which paint are you using?

Regards

Thanks,

It is Tamiya (TS-17 I think)

[rx7king]

Small update. I wanted to post pics of the body body polished. I have used fine compound from Zero paints as well as micro mesh (3200-12000) from Hiroboy prior. Only thing I haven't done yet is wax it which I think i will wait to I am closer to being finished first. I don't know what the hell i was thinking because I glued the pieces in the openings in the front bumper in and painted them yellow. Just now realizing this I have to see if I can pop them out without ruining anything so I can paint them gunmetal...

Also for some reason I dremeled the detail off the intake plenum (don't as why cuz I'm not sure) so I had to use styrene to try to fix this and I think It came out okay. and now the pics....









The intake plenum detail fix isn't perfect. But I think its a lot better than just leaving it off all together.

Thanks for looking and comments and criticisms welcome as usual...