The modified model car thread - pics
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Let me kick off with an Alfa Romeo Giulia Super. It is our car and my girlfriend uses it as a rally car.
The base model is by Minichamps. Neighter of the Minichamps models have the right colour so that is the first thing that needs to be changed.
Yes, this is the colour of our Alfa
Some small changes to the inside: race safety belts, a wooden box for the navigator to put stuff in,the compulsory fire extinguisher.
Most of the trim fitted. You just can see the metal steering colomn extender.
Now with all the stickers
More pictures
The base model is by Minichamps. Neighter of the Minichamps models have the right colour so that is the first thing that needs to be changed.
Yes, this is the colour of our Alfa
Some small changes to the inside: race safety belts, a wooden box for the navigator to put stuff in,the compulsory fire extinguisher.
Most of the trim fitted. You just can see the metal steering colomn extender.
Now with all the stickers
More pictures
I also made a replica of this race/rally Austin Healey
And the base model is by Kyosho
The model has a Le Mans type boot so that needs to be changed
And an extra airvent in the front
Now the 1:18 model of the Austin Healey 3000 MKI is painted in the right colour
Time to get started on the interior of this Austin Healey 3000 MKI. It is a rally/race car.
First getting all the upholstery out.
Inside painted in orange and adding the roll cage.
All the trim is back on and the first decals are on.
And here is the end result of the big healey scale 1:18 including "rally dirt"
And the base model is by Kyosho
The model has a Le Mans type boot so that needs to be changed
And an extra airvent in the front
Now the 1:18 model of the Austin Healey 3000 MKI is painted in the right colour
Time to get started on the interior of this Austin Healey 3000 MKI. It is a rally/race car.
First getting all the upholstery out.
Inside painted in orange and adding the roll cage.
All the trim is back on and the first decals are on.
And here is the end result of the big healey scale 1:18 including "rally dirt"
Two newsreporters entered the Tulpenrallye. They drove a Volvo Amazon 'KiKa'. Their aim was to rais money for KiKa. A fund for reseach to solve children cancer.
They asked me to make a replica of their car.
The two base models
Preparing the body of the police version. Too many holes.
The paint shop did a really good job. They also build the original car.
A sheet with all the decals.
Starting on the interior. New colour, seat and roll cage.
Most decals are on the model
The left model is nearly ready. Chrome around the windows, fast filler fuel cap, quick fastners on the bonnet, towing eyes and handles on the rear, just below the base of the window.
More photos
A few pics with the model and the real car:
They asked me to make a replica of their car.
The two base models
Preparing the body of the police version. Too many holes.
The paint shop did a really good job. They also build the original car.
A sheet with all the decals.
Starting on the interior. New colour, seat and roll cage.
Most decals are on the model
The left model is nearly ready. Chrome around the windows, fast filler fuel cap, quick fastners on the bonnet, towing eyes and handles on the rear, just below the base of the window.
More photos
A few pics with the model and the real car:
Here's a BMW 325i Compact in scale 1:18
This is the car:
And the base model by Kyosho:
Now making the 'race' interior:
Front half of the roll cage:
The body is sprayed in several colours
Applying the decals (drawn in Inkscape)
Now the 1:18 scale model BMW 325ti Compact is ready some final photos:
This is the car:
And the base model by Kyosho:
Now making the 'race' interior:
Front half of the roll cage:
The body is sprayed in several colours
Applying the decals (drawn in Inkscape)
Now the 1:18 scale model BMW 325ti Compact is ready some final photos:
Quite recently finished a miniature of this BMW 328 in 1000 Miglia livery.
Two possible base models. Left is an AUTOart model and right a YatMing one. The AUTOart model is way more detailed so I'm using that one. From the YatMing car I only use the tail lights.
First I made the decals.
Then I took the model apart.
The interior is sprayed red.
The side vents in the bonnet are painted black.
Starting to make a bespoke banjo steering wheel
The old steering wheel in the front. A stock banjo steering wheel on the left (Austin Healey by Kyosho) and the bespoke one on its axle.
And this is how it turned out.
Two possible base models. Left is an AUTOart model and right a YatMing one. The AUTOart model is way more detailed so I'm using that one. From the YatMing car I only use the tail lights.
First I made the decals.
Then I took the model apart.
The interior is sprayed red.
The side vents in the bonnet are painted black.
Starting to make a bespoke banjo steering wheel
The old steering wheel in the front. A stock banjo steering wheel on the left (Austin Healey by Kyosho) and the bespoke one on its axle.
And this is how it turned out.
I wanted to make a better looking Citroen ID/DS 19 with the first nose. Solido (blue) made one but it isn't really detailed.
So I started of with two models of NOREV. A late berline and an early cabriolette.
I need the front of the cabrio and the rear of the berline
A quick muk up
The front and rear are now connected
Now the body needs some work. The berline is a late DS with lots of chrome trim. The ID doesn't have these. Also the doors, front wings and bonnet need some adjusting. Time for lots of putty and sanding.
Half way a bit of paint to see what pasts need some more sanding
Time to get started on the interior
This is the original DS interior, very luxurious
An early ID has a much more basic interior. The seats are covered in basic fabric. So I first need to make the surface smooth.
Comming along quite nicely
The foor is being carpetted. It is now blue/grey so I need to spray it in dark grey later on.
The body is painted black and the interior in green/white
The Citroen 1:18 is finished.
So I started of with two models of NOREV. A late berline and an early cabriolette.
I need the front of the cabrio and the rear of the berline
A quick muk up
The front and rear are now connected
Now the body needs some work. The berline is a late DS with lots of chrome trim. The ID doesn't have these. Also the doors, front wings and bonnet need some adjusting. Time for lots of putty and sanding.
Half way a bit of paint to see what pasts need some more sanding
Time to get started on the interior
This is the original DS interior, very luxurious
An early ID has a much more basic interior. The seats are covered in basic fabric. So I first need to make the surface smooth.
Comming along quite nicely
The foor is being carpetted. It is now blue/grey so I need to spray it in dark grey later on.
The body is painted black and the interior in green/white
The Citroen 1:18 is finished.
I did this pizza racer last year.
The original car
The base model by Minichamps
First all most of the paint needs to be removed.
The doors didn't fit very well. And I am going to put a thick coat of car paint on the model. So this needed to be addressed.
Removed all paint from the door frames.
The doors are grinded off just a but so the door fits nicely. Then the paint on the doors is sanded down to get a smooth fit with the rest of the body.
A bit further with the Fiat 500 conversion.
First a strip to make the outlining of the wheel arch extenders.
The are now resonably the same.
Some blue tape to indicate where the arch extention should start.
A bit of putty.
And a bit of sanding to see how it will turn out.
During the molding and sanding of the wheel arch extentions I've made some changes to the engine.
Old vs new.
I'm not happy with the Weber carb so that needs to be changed.
The extenders are sanded to a smooth finish. The body is nearly ready to get painted. Also a new Weber is fitted.
Big difference between the old and the new wheels.
The light blue paint looks really well on the model
Okey, time to start on the roof. Minichamps made a nice canvas like roof. This model, however, will get a checkered roof. So I had to remove the fabric and glue. Now it is in primer.
The dashboard changed to 695 dails and logos.
The front with some blingbling
I'm struggling a bit with the wheels
First I made the rear ones but they don't look like the real wheels at all. Just made the front one and that starts to look more like it. The cap needs to be smaller. Also a bit more detail on the centre bit (spokes) of the wheel.
While waiting for some new wheels, I put some of the smaller details
The little Fiat is ready. I changed the wheels and the chrome bit for the lights of the number plate.
The original car
The base model by Minichamps
First all most of the paint needs to be removed.
The doors didn't fit very well. And I am going to put a thick coat of car paint on the model. So this needed to be addressed.
Removed all paint from the door frames.
The doors are grinded off just a but so the door fits nicely. Then the paint on the doors is sanded down to get a smooth fit with the rest of the body.
A bit further with the Fiat 500 conversion.
First a strip to make the outlining of the wheel arch extenders.
The are now resonably the same.
Some blue tape to indicate where the arch extention should start.
A bit of putty.
And a bit of sanding to see how it will turn out.
During the molding and sanding of the wheel arch extentions I've made some changes to the engine.
Old vs new.
I'm not happy with the Weber carb so that needs to be changed.
The extenders are sanded to a smooth finish. The body is nearly ready to get painted. Also a new Weber is fitted.
Big difference between the old and the new wheels.
The light blue paint looks really well on the model
Okey, time to start on the roof. Minichamps made a nice canvas like roof. This model, however, will get a checkered roof. So I had to remove the fabric and glue. Now it is in primer.
The dashboard changed to 695 dails and logos.
The front with some blingbling
I'm struggling a bit with the wheels
First I made the rear ones but they don't look like the real wheels at all. Just made the front one and that starts to look more like it. The cap needs to be smaller. Also a bit more detail on the centre bit (spokes) of the wheel.
While waiting for some new wheels, I put some of the smaller details
The little Fiat is ready. I changed the wheels and the chrome bit for the lights of the number plate.
I did make a couple op Porsche 911 Targas. No NSX yet.
The first one I did:
Here are the two base models by Autoart and Minichamps
First a bit of disassambling and testfitting
Marking were the body needs to be cut
Chopping the roof off really worked out well
Next up, grinding off some of the body and the fill the gabs.
The rear window from the coupe differs from the targa so the inside of the body needs to follow the shape of the interior as close as possible.
Also the small gab between the body and the window needs to be filled. Sounds easy but is it a lot of work to make a smooth edge and raising is less than 1 mm.
Checking to see if everything fits.
After grinding off the front window frame the hard top fits nicely.
The body seems OK now so I can take it to the paint shop.
Back from the paint shop and now in ivory (4610)
Some better pics (a bit yellow-ish)
Big step forward
And now all stickers are applied
Some last changes.
- the suspension is lowered
- 911T badge on the rear
- new Porsche script decal on teh side
- square mirror
The first one I did:
Here are the two base models by Autoart and Minichamps
First a bit of disassambling and testfitting
Marking were the body needs to be cut
Chopping the roof off really worked out well
Next up, grinding off some of the body and the fill the gabs.
The rear window from the coupe differs from the targa so the inside of the body needs to follow the shape of the interior as close as possible.
Also the small gab between the body and the window needs to be filled. Sounds easy but is it a lot of work to make a smooth edge and raising is less than 1 mm.
Checking to see if everything fits.
After grinding off the front window frame the hard top fits nicely.
The body seems OK now so I can take it to the paint shop.
Back from the paint shop and now in ivory (4610)
Some better pics (a bit yellow-ish)
Big step forward
And now all stickers are applied
Some last changes.
- the suspension is lowered
- 911T badge on the rear
- new Porsche script decal on teh side
- square mirror
This is the second one, mainly the interior is different.
Preparing the body:
While the body is being resprayed, I can start on the interior. It used to be black.
The body is ready and a bit of black is added eventhough it will be hardly visable.
Testfitting the interior.
And the undercarriage.
A bit of chrome sticky paper to cover the Targa roof.
And that seems to fit as well.
Not very common, a green engine cover (deep down there somewhere).
Together with the base model from AutoArt.
Preparing the body:
While the body is being resprayed, I can start on the interior. It used to be black.
The body is ready and a bit of black is added eventhough it will be hardly visable.
Testfitting the interior.
And the undercarriage.
A bit of chrome sticky paper to cover the Targa roof.
And that seems to fit as well.
Not very common, a green engine cover (deep down there somewhere).
Together with the base model from AutoArt.
Many models I customize are classic rally cars. Only minor body changes and mostly adding roll cages, different wheels, lots of decals and some spot lights.
This one however is quite the opposite. It is a former slant nose Porsche 930 with 993 front wings and a custom rear bumper.
Here some pics of the real car while being rebuilt.
I started with two models, a Welly 911 Turbo and a Bburago 993
One side is nearly finished
The work on the Porsche 911 scale 1:18 continuous
A bit of progress
It took a while but finally some big progress. Time to make the body smooth.
The model is now at the paintshop for its bright yellow paint.
Meanwhile I started on the interior.
The old interior, a black and dark plastic place
Now in light brown, including rear seats from the donor 911
The model is now bright yellow
Now I have added the wheels
And some small black lines between the body and the bumpers
And now the model is finished
This one however is quite the opposite. It is a former slant nose Porsche 930 with 993 front wings and a custom rear bumper.
Here some pics of the real car while being rebuilt.
I started with two models, a Welly 911 Turbo and a Bburago 993
One side is nearly finished
The work on the Porsche 911 scale 1:18 continuous
A bit of progress
It took a while but finally some big progress. Time to make the body smooth.
The model is now at the paintshop for its bright yellow paint.
Meanwhile I started on the interior.
The old interior, a black and dark plastic place
Now in light brown, including rear seats from the donor 911
The model is now bright yellow
Now I have added the wheels
And some small black lines between the body and the bumpers
And now the model is finished
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