Well seniors, here's my WIP of the subaru impreza car no 5. I couldn't tahan the stickers so I decided to make the body first then do the rest later. Some mod's to the car which is slightly different from the original version: added CF for the air scoop (looks nicer)
























finally, all finished parts or half way finished parts are kept inside casing so that no dirts or air will effect the kits


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Sky san,
Very nice progress. Can't wait to see the complete build.

nandayo...sky san, so so fast!!!

nice, gampate

thanks brother YGTan

hehe yoooooo vince san u really sound like JapOnese when saying that "nandayo" hehe, when we gonna start seing your WIP? I cannot tahan seing everybody else doing so I just gotta do it. The stickers man, really poisonous...... last week the whole Saturday and Sunday, gone! Managed to do this only

Well you know what they say, "once u pop, u can't stop" hehe

Looking good bro. So, you're going to make the doors in open position?

Why did you use the decal seatbelt? Aftermarket belts will make it look better.

yep, the doors will definately be opened so that can see clearer the interior section. Want to try out the door filling technique that you taught me to make the doors more realistic . FYI the seat belt decals are just for fun. Will replace them with after markets of course, cannot tahan the stickers very poisonous just had to tampal them for fun hehe :ph43r:

looks good sky, keep it up ^_^ , very fast also, make me feel like a snail :lol:

This interior is going to be super tricky. DAMN!!!!

wahhh penjejak awan......laju ko buat ekk?

CF sticker tu kan.......lepas tampal elok sapu ngan mr softer ke?

btw.....when are you going to start the "new" thread? :lol:

Nice progress sky_tokyodrifter... do apply a 'smoke' coat over the CF decal as it look smore realistic (just my cents la) ;)

:o ... later scratch out those seat belt decals?? .. so waste meh :(

am anxiuos to see you mod the doors....good luck :P

HEHE bro under the sea, the CF I speard out the liquid onto the parts, then put the CF on top, use hairdryer to blow the CF immediately until it becomes soft and shape itself onto the parts, then use hand to make it smooth. For wrinkle or parts that "do not bend according to shape", I apply the softener on top of the CF then very slowly (like siput) spread the carbon so that they become smooth.
But beware bro, the softener tends to rip the stickers apart if not done in "super slow motion" if you apply the liquid on top of the sticker.
The new thread is coming bro.... doing some homework and reference too hehe.

Brother PCEvo, u sure the smoke will make the CF look more realistic bro? I never knew that method. How will the end product look like? (very scared wooo). If you know more please teach me sensei.... As for the seat belt decal well waste I aggree but it was fun though.

Langit Tokyo Hanyut. Fuyo!!! Gempaq abis... Tak perasan benang ni...

cantique...

mej®

Well sky_tokyodrifter... we can't really see the omni pattern on the actual Carbon Fiber (CF) from a distance unless at close-up. Normally these Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer (CFRP) comes with a gloss and shinning coating.



After market CF decals has a clear and noticeable pattern so to have the 'darker' effect on these decals, hence my point of view is by applying clear 'smoke' would have the best effect...but is up to your preference actually... ^_^

Actually u can look at ...Druid_99 Skyline R34 Build but i'm not sure whether he use 'clear coat' or 'smoke coat'. ;)

sky san..i can't wait to see your finished project. i love the CF decals the most..and i agree with you that applying CF decal on the air scoop makes it nicer!

one thing..everyone gets poison by the Subaru virus in this WRC GB..omg..wonder when my skill can be improved to build WRCs and Super GTs..

waiting for the opened-door mod of your subaru too..

oh man...stop spreading virus..i kena virus lamborghini now kena lagi virus subaru..nanti dompet saya empty saya mati lah! :lol:

:lol: ... now got H1N1 virus... u have L1S1 (Lamborghini x 1 Subaru x 1) virus... :P

arghhhhhhhhh I made a mistake OMG.... thank god I have the (SS) size CF. Oh well, better get things right then wrong. I'll just scrape of "all" the old CF and try the new ones tonight huhu. Have to figure out how I'm gonna take off the decals that has been put onto the CF nicely.

somemore WIP's


This baby cost me 1 hour's work. A lot of time wasted but the result perfect. Full CF inside out for co pilot foot rest


manage to add CF onto meter panel area but cannot see clearly. My camera pasar malam one <_< . Gear stick filled with putty to close the holes made by the molding machine


prodrive sticker kautim


thermal wrapping and first layer of white, done

Nice effort there sky_tokyodrifter... dun worry, the end result sure be satisfaction ;)

some more WIPs


covered with first layer of clear. As usual my pasar malay cam couldn't capture the CF details


front alluminium plate, decided to go with brother druid's idea of painting half only and the other half transparent


since the doors are going to be oppened, the holes on the role cage had to be puttied


my pasar malam camera still couldn't get the CF image I wanted to show. See how tiny this thing is? my eyes koyak habissssss when applying CF


other parts waiting for colour to dry


my CF dashboard. Very tricky. Took me another hour to complete it. Mata koyakkk habisss. Next step clear spray for the CF and clear flat for the upper dashboard then can go with painting switch and buttons on panel.

Sky San,

Nice to see progress, makes me wanna start mine, but I must resist coz I must finish my viper first.

can't wait to see ur finished build, so Sky San, hayaku!!!!!!


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Sky San,
i dont know that pasar malam existed in Japan....they must copied us when they came dulu2 ... :lol: :lol:

giler gempak...siap taruk CF lagi....

the dashboard look alive.......

even i'm not a car modeller and i dont know how to comments, but this sure deserved the attention

BUY NEW CAMERA :lol:

those cf looks promising, especially on the dashboard :D

nice progress bro.......boleh amik close up dashboard tu ke?

Bro, get new camera lah... For sure Tokyo got a lot of camera shops what??? Hahhaha... Make sure you don't buy the disposable one jee...

Another option is you come back to Malaysia and show us the progress lah... hahaha...

well druid_99... i think he won't be letting us know if he's coming back...'nanti beli kita punya after market parts lebih dari luggage dia pulak'... :lol:

more WIP's

Because I was sick the whole week from firday, couldn't do much. Couldn't spray, couldn't even applied a decent decal. Anyway, today feeling a bit better and managed to finish some CF.


CF to air scopp


CF to black box

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Stripped off old CF and applied with an even smaller CF


Before


After


Before


After


more realistic scale


CF on the dashboard look more realistic with the smaller scale. Now to add in details

bro sky,what size of that decal u use(L,M or S size)..?

nice job on the smaller CF size kajang-san :D

careful bro......if not you'll be quarantined in your own house cos of suspected H1N1 virus wakakaka :lol:

just joking

brother ular :P the CF i used very special one. Saiz SS from studio 27 which is super susah mau dapat wooo hehe. Just got back from model hunting and managed to secure a contact that could get me this CF unlimited quantity hahahaha (just ordered 3 piece). So anyone else want to order can cari me hehe (most shop dont have them). Will explain more on this in resource section.

Brother Lan selam, bila mau siap your Aircraft da..... :P

P/s: brother ular, I got more poison for you coming up hehe

Yup sky_tokyodrifter...the smaller CF looks more better.

Just FYI... for ST27 decal size "S" is 1/24, "M" is 1/20 and "L" is 1/12. ;)

Good effort there... take k ya~!

Apo kono ehh jang....den monung ajo ni haaa :D

Right now I'm concentrating to finish one more aircraft for the upcoming SvGB, so the T'birds is put to rest inside the nest huhuhu

Some more WIPS


exhaust system with the thermal wrapping finally finished










will be stripping off old kevlar at seats and replace with this smaller scale kevlar to make it look real (product from museum collection)


the kevlar scale


will be using this PE from WRC 2004 which has more parts compared to the 2001 WRC PE


PE seat belts


wires for cockpit


extra decal bought from tamiya for extra use in case something goes wrong

sky,

i think u already dead and go to model heaven...............

giler ahh so many goodies yet so close to collect........ even extra decal pon beli......

i wish i die and go to heaven too..........

keep it up bro

jang.....exhaust thermal wrapping tu pakai ape?

brother lan,

The thermal wrapping, "sifu druid" taught me hehehe. Ok here is how he taught me, take a normal masking tape, cut the masking tape thin size so that the width is about the same scale as a real thermal wrapping. Then just "balut" the exhaust and spray it with white.

Another method brother druid taught me is "balut" the exhaust first then colour the edge of masking black first and after that spray with white. This is to add in the shadow of the wrap (black edge).

I added my own recipe to the "sifu's" method. Before spray, I used my fingers and touched all the thermal wrapping surface so that oil from my fingers will create spots on the masking after spray with white. The thermal wrapping is suppose to have small holes because it looks like fabric pattern. If I didnt use my finger technique to add the oil onto the masking, then if spray with white the surface is going to be super smooth which is not logik hehehe.

P/s: oil form finger tu natural punya (sweat / peluh dari tangan)

the smaller cf do look much better ^_^

fuiyo..banyaknya after market :P

keep it up sky :D

wahhh......aku belajar benda baru hari ni.....

terima kasih cikgu :D

you sure the sweats naturally from fingers? not from armpit ehhh :lol: :P

brother entau, hehe the after parts make my poket koyak kaw kaw :P

brother lan, if the sweat from ketiak, I myself will "ong bak" the kit after that hahahaha busuk woooo, or buat very nicely then jual to some japanese budak hahahaha (dajal)

makk oiii...so bigg ur decals paper brader awan..huhuhuu..

P/S-sky,eden raso encik azlan selam dh kono racon dgn eko..hehehhe..aku pon dh terkono :lol:

hahaha kono jang jangan tak kono. den songajo racun ekau duo. hahaha. malam ni racun lagiiiiiiiiiii