Wings West accord 4 door?????

I know there are a few members here are working on some accords. Here is mine. I was keeping it on the down low because I didn't want anyone to finish one like it before I did mine. :D The base is the Tamiya PIAA touring accord 4dr. I am fitting the Aoshima Wings West front, back kits, and Mugen sides to the sedan body. Here is a picture of the kit fitted on the body.

Here is a picture of the front kit. I had to cut the Tamiya bumper from the turn signals down (in other words, the whole bottom half). The kit is a bit smaller, so it has to be extended. The work can out okay. Not bad for my first job customizing.

The rear kit has to be shortened. That was the easy part. Next the exhaust opening had to be relocated since the wagons exhaust opening is on the extreme right. The body work here was a bit of a pain. Again, it came out ok.

Pretty cool idea! I will be watching to see the outcome!! Keep up the good work!!

Paint it bright orange and slam it on some 18s like they do in Guam. :lol2: Looking good though.

Onto the interior. I am using the wagons interior so I have to fab a rear deck. I used sheet styrene to make it. Here is a rough cut. 2 piece rear. I tried to make it close as possible to the real ones minus the 3rd brake light.

Test fit for size.

Thanks guys. This project is actually over half way done. I was holding off on posting, so I could finish most of the work. Here is the glass. I colored the trim in with a black Sharpie marker.

Paint it bright orange and slam it on some 18s like they do in Guam. :lol2: Looking good though.

LOL. Sorry, the body is already painted. It is the S2000 gray. I'll be posting a picture of it shortly. Since I am using the wagons interior, I'm gonna use the wagons chassis. The only problem is that they don't line up. The chassis has to be shortened about 1/8 of an inch. Then custom mounts for the front had to be made to attach to the front of the body. Don't mind the mounts, they look weird, but they work.

Here is a picture of the body after I painted the window trims. I think I bought the wrong type of paint for it though. I used semi-gloss instead of flat. Came out alright though. Looks kinda like the 03 Acura TL's trim.

Here is a picture of the rear. You can see better how my putty job on the exhaust came out. I bare metal foiled the rear lights. Looks much better than brush painting. The tail lights are dry, and will be put in tonight along with the windows, and head lights.

Looks great, keep up the great work!

Not sure if anyone else has used black sharpie for the windows. One thing that may happen, is when it fades, it may turn a brownish colour.

Here is a updated picture of the interior. I had a fun time filling in the front and rear seats. I glued the deck to the interior, and used a piece of the plastic patrs tree to help support it. I just have to finish sanding 1 of the front seats, then I can start painting.

looks good ! Im glad you didnt do it orange...Ill be building a civic with a body kit ( hows the revell car with the kit? ) Itll have some dished or uhh well lets say ITR rims, but special!

looks good ! Im glad you didnt do it orange...Ill be building a civic with a body kit ( hows the revell car with the kit? ) Itll have some dished or uhh well lets say ITR rims, but special!

Sounds good. I can't wait to progress on this one. :)

Great progress.Can't wait to see it together.:bigthumb:

Hey nice i was thinking of getting an accord and making it like my dads. Well here. I might get that car when i am 16. And i was thinking of doing it like i would have mine if i get it. Like put a bodykit on it and do
some mods It would be a lot of work but hey. Nice though its very good. Keep it up.

Very nice work so far.

Sounds good. I can't wait to progress on this one. :) Well, my idea is i have 8 chrome ITR 5-spoke rims...i cut the back and the inside out of 4 and put a metal rod in it and put the rod into an untouched rim, and use styrene to dish the original..then cut the back of the original off.. and cap off the back of the rod and boom....spreewheels...well i have found 6 i need to find 2 more..

I actually has some time to spray today. I did the first color of the interior. The color is Testors flat ocean grey. Hey Jay I'll be posting the pictures you asked for (dash, and door panels). The rear deck came out pretty nice.

A shot of the dashboard.

The door panel.

A shot of the whole interior.

Progress looks great!

Neat work!

Coming along nicely :smokin:

With all those extra parts, you could make a racing wagon! :icon16:

Very nice ideas, ain't kit bashin great,what rims you going to use?

Looks good. Keep us posted on how it goes.

Coming along nicely :smokin:

With all those extra parts, you could make a racing wagon! :icon16:

You know it. ;) A friend of mine is already doing that.

Very nice ideas, ain't kit bashin great,what rims you going to use?

I was thinking of using the Junction Produce 19" ones like tonioseven usd on his skyline. :)

I got around to painting the second color the other morning before I started work. Here are pictures of the dash and the door panel.

The door panel.

I also tried to follow FOTW's instructions to build an IC. Here it is painted. Let me know what you think. :)

I couldn't wait. I used my semi gloss black for the radio and gauge trim. a little too shiny, so after I put the gauge decal on, I'm going to spray a flat coat over the whole thing. :)

Nice job man!! cant wait to see it done..

Dori_Farrington

:bigthumb: coming along nicely

This has become one of my favorite projects so far!! :sunglasse :sunglasse

Thanks guys. I have the exhaust done also. I am using another Fujimi metal muffler. I made the piping for the the same way as I did the integra one using the styrene tube. I'll post some pics later tonight. :)

Ok. Here is the interior all finished. The whole car is pretty much done. All I need to do is put in the intercooler, and the front turn signals.

OK here are some exterior shots. Sorry for the bad pictures. My camers sucks. :(

http://files.automotiveforums.com/attaches/42491/35168.attach

Rear shot showing the Fujimi metal exhaust.

http://files.automotiveforums.com/attaches/42491/35169.attach

sweet, it looks awesome man!

sweet, it looks awesome man!

Thanks. :D

I like it, well done :cool:

So Sweet!

Thanks again for the comments. Here is an outdoor shot 3/4 rear. I am working on adding a rear wing to the car. I just have to shoot another coat of color, then clear it, and it should be ready to mount. I'll post updated pics when it is done. :)

http://files.automotiveforums.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=/500/42491accord.jpg

Thanks again for the comments. Here is an outdoor shot 3/4 rear. I am working on adding a rear wing to the car. I just have to shoot another coat of color, then clear it, and it should be ready to mount. I'll post updated pics when it is done. :)

http://files.automotiveforums.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=/500/42491accord.jpg

Looks like real. The color is the same as the 1:1 1994 accord! :sunglasse

I thought that was a reference photo! Looks so real. Great work.

I am working on adding a rear wing to the car.

For downforce huh? This car is definatly a show winner. One suggestion, I think you should add a rear licence plate... maybe a Hawaii one? ;)

For downforce huh? This car is definatly a show winner. One suggestion, I think you should add a rear licence plate... maybe a Hawaii one? ;)

We shall see..........;) Not sure if it's a show winner though. I was thinking about adding a HI lic plate to it. Gotta find one now.


I thought that was a reference photo! Looks so real. Great work.

Thanks. :D

Here is a shot from the front. I tried to make the shot look like how they do in the magazines. You can kinda see my crappy body work on the front bumper. Also missing in the pic is the intercooler. I put it in after.

http://files.automotiveforums.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=/500/42491accord20.jpg

Excellent

We shall see..........;) Not sure if it's a show winner though. I was thinking about adding a HI lic plate to it. Gotta find one now.

Hope this link works.... ACME Licence Maker (http://www.acme.com/licensemaker/licensemaker.cgi?state=Hawaii&text=&plate=1991&r=1154916583)

If you're going to print it.. go for a resolution of 300+.

Hey malcolm thanks for the advise. I made some plates. :D Here is the one I made for the accord. I also added the safety/recon too.

http://files.automotiveforums.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=/500/42491acc8.JPG

How did I miss the finished product?! This is one of my favorite AF builds of all time!!:sunglasse

Nice job. I really wnt to do this now. Im putting it on my models to do list along with like a thousand other things. LOL. But the kit cam out VERY nice i see. Great job. Two thumbs up. :bigthumb: :bigthumb:

Very nicely done.That's one clean Accord.:bigthumb::bigthumb:

How did I miss the finished product?! This is one of my favorite AF builds of all time!!:sunglasse

Thanks for all the coments everyone. Antonio, I think alot of the other members missed it too. I should have started a new thread with the finished project, instead of leaving it in here. I didn't want to take up anymore space. :) Oh well. I guess from now on, I'll be starting new threads with my finished stuff. :D

Looks great...really inspires me

OK. The spoiler is finally finished. At times I think it is a little too big. What do you folks think?

http://files.automotiveforums.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=/503/42491acc12.JPG

The spoiler is from the Aoshima FRP wing set. I had to shorten it alittle. The upper is sectioned on the outer sides of the inner mounts. And the bottom is sectioned right down the middle.

http://files.automotiveforums.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=/503/42491acc11.JPG

http://files.automotiveforums.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=/503/42491acc14.JPG

Here is a front shot with the intercooler and the blinkers mounted. Not sure if I posted a picture of it yet. :)

http://files.automotiveforums.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=/503/42491acc10.JPG