f&f eclipse (also)

[spidereddie]

Hey, this is some progress on my eclipse I've been working on for a little while now. I've been reading and reading all the wonderful help you guys offer, *tear* it's a wonderful thing..thanks for sharing your knowledge and helping my learning curve.

Now I'll post some body images as soon as I can. I'm painting the body a dark blue. Below is a pic of the interior...which was crap to begin with. I dremeled the back seats out, puttied up the shape of the speaker boxes, and flocked (mostly to cover extreme amounts of putty). I also used a lighter and a needle to make the holes for the power (sodder) and speaker wire (..um speaker wires) from the amp.

Sorry phone pics are bad, digicam pics up soon.

[EMAXX]

Great work on the interior dude. I like it. Keep us posted on the build.

[bigfrit]

Indeed, That looks excellent!

Hope to see more interesting pics soon !

Cheers,
Olivier

[jgmodelcars]

Great work! Really like the whole amp/ sub setup. I too use the lighter and needle trick for various wires(spark plugs, speakers) , I thought I was the only one!

[MR-2RaCeR]

Nice interior!

[ex-r]

Very nice interior. I like the flocking. Keep up the good work.

[spidereddie]

here's what it's looking like so far. I know there are mistakes everywhere...but this is my first model in 8 years and my first since learning from many of you how it SHOULD be done..heheh

The body isn't set right on the car cause I just placed it there for the foto..and the wheels aren't attached yet either. So don't worry, it will at least look straight, semi-low and the camber on the wheels will be ok

quick questions though...should I use those decals that came with the kit? (light blue eagle looking things)

and...should I spray clear on top of the decals if I do use them? (how many coats)

[spidereddie]

here's the interior...

still need to add the harnesses (from studio 27...which I have no idea how to do, I can't even get the buckles off the tree...what a newb!)

[Thor302]

interior looks awsome!!!

[86_SR5]

Originally Posted by jgmodelcars

Great work! Really like the whole amp/ sub setup. I too use the lighter and needle trick for various wires(spark plugs, speakers) , I thought I was the only one!

I do the same thing. I think the car looks good, besides AMT's total wreck of an engine. Suggestion: Remove the chrome from the wheels and spray them white or black, that'll look cool under the blue car. No for the decals, blue on blue isn't a good thing. Use the decal for the hood though.

[spidereddie]

thanks for the feedback on the car...

here's a pic from the rear, just to give a glimpse of the tailight (which I'm proud of only because of the shear amount of ridiculous time it took to carve out the mitsu sign by hand).

[jgmodelcars]

wow that must have been a pain in the ass but it looks good and it appears to have paid off! my friend mauricio has a dark blue eclipse, heres a pic of the tail i took:



i don't particularly like the tail lights but i like the fact that he had the mid section painted, and its a gst!

i can get more pics if you want me too!

Keep up the good work!

[spidereddie]

where could I get a spoiler like that one in the pic...or what can I use as a base to make one? I hate the one that came with the kit

[jgmodelcars]

well i think you could bend a piece of styrene over then putty up and carefully cut in the separation lines where the rear boot lifts up, if you need more pics i got some.

good luck
- justin

[86_SR5]

If you have a revell ITR, it has one similar to that.