Revell Mitsubishi Eclipse DSM

['06_silver_stang]

hello everyone, I am starting on a Eclipse for a tuner model competition. Now if you have built the Revell kit, then you know there is no stock option, just 3 ugly body kits. What I am gonna try to do is create the stock GSX bumpers. The color is most likly going to be silver ... or maybe a white if silver doesn't look good with my wheel choice.

Here is what I am trying to replicate ...



This is where I'm at, now I'm still need alot of work.







filled in spoiler holes ...



Started on the side skirts, shaved off ... now it just needs a little styrene



engine, I will be rebuilding the Turbo and an intercooler. headers and intercooler piping will also be scratch built.



manifold is steel+gold mix





WHEELS !! ....

tell me what you think would look good on a silver car



Volks will have to be trimmed to fit



the decal was a pain in the @$$, that hood bulge was tricky. and i ran out of decal set part way through I will see if i'm going to use it after I clear.




thats it for now, sorry for the bad pictures.

any comment and tips are welcome. so chime in

[rice4life]

Ok, you PROBABLY knew I was going to be the one to ask you but HOW DID YOU chop all that stuff of the blitz front bumper? Just a dremel?
And the sides?

Hook me up wit da info!
Thanx. God bless!

['06_silver_stang]

Originally Posted by rice4life

Ok, you PROBABLY knew I was going to be the one to ask you but HOW DID YOU chop all that stuff of the blitz front bumper? Just a dremel?
And the sides?

Hook me up wit da info!
Thanx. God bless!

i sent you a PM explaining it

[blubaja]

Thank you for trying to derice that kit. Looks good so far man. I think there are some of those 5 spoke rims, in scale. But hell, can't go wrong with Volks. And what are they from? They look a little skinny for the aoshima ones. Or maybe just the angle.... That tear in the cf hood isn't terrible either. Some 1:1 stuff can turn out like that too.

['06_silver_stang]

Originally Posted by blubaja

Thank you for trying to derice that kit. Looks good so far man. I think there are some of those 5 spoke rims, in scale. But hell, can't go wrong with Volks. And what are they from? They look a little skinny for the aoshima ones. Or maybe just the angle.... That tear in the cf hood isn't terrible either. Some 1:1 stuff can turn out like that too.

the volks are Aoshima, but i have the revell tires on them so it doesn't mess up ride height much. If i use them, i will have to cut the wheel to be skinnier, so they can all fit under the car nicely. the wheels are 1:24 19' and the kit is 1:25, so a bit of a scale difference

[rice4life]

Hey nice work on the bumper by the way. I am in trying it and I think I cut WAY to far on the out side vents. It's all good though. You should cast this front bumper in resin and sell it! I would buy it!!!!
I'll keep going on mine but yours will win plus I'm only going off your pictures......
God bless!

['06_silver_stang]

Originally Posted by rice4life

Hey nice work on the bumper by the way. I am in trying it and I think I cut WAY to far on the out side vents. It's all good though. You should cast this front bumper in resin and sell it! I would buy it!!!!
I'll keep going on mine but yours will win plus I'm only going off your pictures......
God bless!

I'll have to look into buying a resin kit first.if i can get one, then I'll cast them

[remingtonbox]

As far as the resin thing goes, here is the only link you need
http://www.alumilite.com/

['06_silver_stang]

ok, update guys.

front bumper is almost done, rear is on it's way to finish bondo-ing



one thing I forgot about the 1:1 is that is has a moonroof. so i began to add that, it will be held open to allow more light into the interior. better viewing

[rice4life]

Did you have any mesurments for that moon roof? JW And more info on the front bumper. I have MOST of it shaved I just need to make the PAIN IN THE @$$.............. supports for the front slants, where the intercooler goes. I cut TOO far into those side vents too. OMG this is WAY harder then it looks, and it looks hard!!!

Love the progress! And there is a kid on YouTube that say "all i am up agenst is an eclipse", yeah, one that HAULS @$$! LOL

['06_silver_stang]

Originally Posted by rice4life

Did you have any mesurments for that moon roof? JW And more info on the front bumper. I have MOST of it shaved I just need to make the PAIN IN THE @$$.............. supports for the front slants, where the intercooler goes. I cut TOO far into those side vents too. OMG this is WAY harder then it looks, and it looks hard!!!

Love the progress! And there is a kid on YouTube that say "all i am up agenst is an eclipse", yeah, one that HAULS @$$! LOL

no measurements, cause i couldn't find any, so I got a pic and tried my nest at accuracy. it's looks good though.

for the intercooler opening I used strip styrene. the bottom piece is a little bit larger and i sanded it to be flush and bowed out to match the curve of the bumper.

I thought the hardest part was the brake ducts on each side.

when I was cutting the hole is the clear part for the moon roof, i cracked the windshield in half

thankfully i have two eclipses that I completed previously, i will have to steal one from them.

['06_silver_stang]

update everyone, here ya go



the Volk's had to be trimmed down to fit skinnier and thinner tires. also brembo brakes with drilled and slotted rotors. stole them from my prelude model,





rear bumper is about half way done,,



scratch built turbo and headers ...



the he-uge turbo charger

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seats

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the start of the muffler ...

[rice4life]

Your TOO good! Love the front bumper!!!!

['06_silver_stang]

Originally Posted by rice4life

Your TOO good! Love the front bumper!!!!

yeah, I'm pleased with it, i just need the black trim around the fog light openings and the side markers.

[spideyman]

Originally Posted by '06_silver_stang

i sent you a PM explaining it

Can I get one of those PM's too