Wanderlust.

[Shelby 427 1965]

Haven't posted here in a LONG time...

This has been by far my most ambitious project yet. And my first completed model as an 18 year old.. Granted as it was my birthday yesterday and all I did was put on the mirrors it doesn't really count but oh well.

This is inspired by (not an exact replica of) a car from Forza 5, which I use quite a lot. A lot of people know about my love of Sophie Ellis-Bextor, so I've been putting Wanderlust logos on a lot of things, frankly because I think it's a cool logo.
Inspiration shots:












As you can tell, the hardest part was probably the camo - and the writing on the side, which obviously there was no decals for. So after over 15 hours work, the all handpainted base camo and Wanderlust lettering were finished.
A few more hours saw the suspension lowered and such.

Overall mods include:
Tamiya Impreza Roll Cage
Moon wheel, sequential shifter, various rally parts from said Impreza
Fully plumbed interior
Rally dash from an Evo VII
Custom aerodynamics - Home-made Canards, rear diffuser and spoiler
Aluminium tubing exhaust
Lowered suspension
Front splitter from an R34 Skyline GT-R
Hood scoop from the parts box
Toyota Wheels from the parts box
Various decals from the decal box

All in all this was about 3-4 months work, my longest ever project.

So now, pics!

































Thank you for looking, all comments etc. all greatly appreciated
- Tomo

[MidMazar]

Cool evo, and nice collection

[MPWR]

Very ambitious work for hand painting, nicely done.

Next time you want to do a bunch of lettering like that, check out dry transfer letters. You have to find the size, font, and color that you want, but they look great- as good as decals. You rub them on individually. Or you can apply them to clear decal film in strings/words, and then cut out the word and apply the decal to a model.

[da_ashman]

Great work! Nice collection of games too!

[willimo]

That's great! The hand painting is very ambitious, and I am super impressed how well it came out! I agree about the dry transfers - it would be a little difficult to reversed letters and things, but could be a good start. Overall, I love it. Fantastic work!