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Wednesday, November 27, 2013

Lexus IS200 x Toyota Altezza (11)

As the IS300 was being done, I have started to put up stuffs for the Altezza.
I really do not want the kit to be abandoned for any longer so I am doing it straight ahead.
I have no idea what and how the cockpit for this one made race should looks like. I had a couple of picture for this race but it was really hard to know what were the details.

The best I could have got is from the Advan Altezza which I barely know if it is in the same category as this one. So I decided to just pull up some of my own ideas. It will has a race driver side but I am keeping the rest as a street car, mainly to shorten the time I spend thinking on what they should be. And it is just much easier to give those details from the kit itself.

Anyway, I backed the passenger seat with plastic sheets. and fill up some of the details exactly the same as the IS300.

As I have found the ride height is a bit off from the IS300, I have worked some tricks on the front suspensions, to lower the ride height.

I got a nice buckle seat from some of the left over from previous kits. It is really good to have those parts kept for future use. I am almost done with the prep work and is ready to start the painting.

Thursday, November 21, 2013

Lexus IS200 x Toyota Altezza (10)

Eventually, this Lexus is now ready to go. The front suspensions seem a bit off and giving a higher ride from the photos. But I managed to put it into better height at the end. Let me get her a nice pair of number plate and she will be boxed properly.





Thursday, November 14, 2013

Lexus IS200 x Toyota Altezza (9)

After leaving the pair alone for quite some time, I decided to get it a run to finish them off before he end of the year.

I started with the stock IS200. The cockpit has been prepared for some minor adjustments before paints.
You will see some gap between the console and the floor in the following pics, so what I did was to fill the gaps with some filling and sanding.
The shifter was also reshaped by plastic rod.






The back of the front seats are filled.

After all these minor adjustments, I have painted the interior with Flat Black and some highlights.

And afterward, the body was polished with very easy effort as the coating on this is just the Gunze GX100, which has been dried for months.

Thursday, November 7, 2013

BMW K100 (8) - Your are not old, You are just Classic!

Now that I just realized I have not take some proper photos for my build last year. Here it goes.



Wednesday, November 6, 2013

Honda CB750 Custom (4)

God! How can I missed to share the most horrible nightmare in the project?!
These 4 air funnels were recreated with plastic tube modified with extensive "hardcore" effort!
It took me an entire evening just to safely deliver these 4, with more than a decent has failed......
And from the end result, these things don't even look like a mod work! (Lord!)

Anyway, just to share this as this can technically been done by hand instead of relying on aftermarket parts, which may not always fit the exact size required.


Tuesday, November 5, 2013

Honda CB750 Custom - Completed

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Honda CB750 Custom (3)

I have been out of town for almost a month so there hadn't been any progress at all. 
But the good thing is there are just a few tiny things to work on before putting this to an end.

First of all, I have "aged" the leather saddle... It was just a trial and error to brainlessly apply some Andrea acrylic paint on the edges. It was not very successful at the beginning but with some luck, I am able to get a satisfying outlay now.


The other thing I was about to add is a helmet. I used to have a couple of AGV GP-Tech built but this time it will be a simple city helmet. I get a donor parts from a 1:12 F1 garage kit as a base. I completely modify the shape until it looks like one of the reference AGV city helmet. Additional lines are engraved.


I have added the starter key to the starter kit in front of the engine. This is my signature to put a "Remove Before Flight" tag on my bike kits.

A rear light was scratch-built as well, referencing some of he bicycle rear lights. But I added a wire which connect back to the console to signature the bike is controlling if the light goes on.

More on the helmet as it underwent some decal and coating work.

Then I quickly turn it into a painting mode as I hand painted the interior cushion as well as the leather buckle belt.

This is way more fun than how I have expected this helmet to be. This is so fun to put up such a simple but dedicated piece.

After some final touches, this CB750 Custom is good to go!


 
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