1/24 Porsche 928 *DONE*

1/24 Porsche 928 (Esci) *COMPLETED:12/29/2007*
Last Saturday, I was able to visit Nova Fontana (Greenhills) again... and was able to buy from the ukay-ukay boxes. One of the models I took home was the 1/24 Esci Porsche 928 for PhP 150 (~$3). It's still in good condition. Even the decals are useable. Unfortunately the wheels set included in the kit was incomplete/wrong, 3 normal sized-wheel and 1 wide wheel... the correct set should be 2 normal sized-wheels and 2 wide-wheels. :) Anyway, I'll just replace them w/ some of the wheels I was able to buy for the ukay-ukay also (~Php 10/set). For $3 I could not complain, just hope I checked the boxed thoroughly. :(

The kit looks ok. I downloaded some reference photos for the actual car and Esci was able to follow the basic shape of the car. Some of the panel lines were not captured/excess. But they are easy to fix w/ some putty and loving care :).

Some photos of the sprues and instructions sheets before i cut them up :)

I'm including this kit in our online group build. I'll keep this as OOB as possible. No opening of doors, no adding of engine details, etc. For this build, I'll focus on the basic construction and painting.
The Honda S800 will be temporarily shelved. I need more reference pictures. :( If you know someone who owns a Honda S800, kindly PM me their email address so that I can ask for reference pictures :) thanks!

I was able to do some body work on my kit. Kit was primed using Mr. Surfacer 1000 thinned w/ Mr. Thinner. The finish of this primer is great! Unfortunately, I have some problems when spraying it. There's some sort of cobwebs shooting through my airbrush whenever I use this primer... :( Any tips on how to use it properly, pls leave a comment :). thanks!

The rims were painted w/ Mr. Color Super Stainless and then clear coated w/ Future. The rims and wheels came from my Fujimi Ferrari Dino GTS.

I started work on the interior as well. I did not take photos as it's not yet finished. I've something planned on the back of the interior. I'll put a pair of 12" speakers and probably an amplifier :) It will be too bare to leave it w/ two factory stock speakers.

(12/1/2007) After making sure that the final black base coat is thoroughly dry, I airbrushed Black Lace nail polish from Careline (~Php24). The color came out superb!!! I'm sold in using nail polish for cars :) The finish was good and hard. Very durable.

The interior is done already. I installed carpet using black felt paper (although not pictured here).

After mustering enough courage (I've been trying to put this off for a while now that's why the update was delayed) I finally applied my 2k Clear Coat (Anzhal). The clear coat was very very thick. I used 3:1:4 Clear Coat:Catalyst:Gloss Thinner and mixed my small batch inside a small bottle. After I loaded it to the airbrush and fire a few mist-coats,I found out that the mixture is still a little bit thick. I added more gloss thinner so that micture is 3:1:5.
I'll let the photos do the talking:
Glass-like finish 11 hrs after wet coat. clear cot already hard.




Can you see my reflection from the photo!!!!

Finally, I was able to finish a car kit! :) wohoo!! Here are the photos, I'll still try to replace the wheels and polish the glass. But I can choke this up to the finish tally.












with wipers:

1/24 Honda S800

1/24 Honda S800 (Fujimi)
This is my 1st serious car build. I built 2 cars before when I was starting, one was wrecked already and the other one still WIP. Hopefully this time, I will be able to complete it.


I bought this kit for PhP250 (~$6) at a local hobby store. It was a find! :) Kit was in superb condition except for the decal, which was yellowed already. But that can still be fixed if I decide to use it. I'm planning to build the non-racing version.

The kit is good! 2 sets of rims are provided. There is an option to do top down and w/ top convertible plus a hard top as well. There is very little flash and mold lines on the body. I forgot to take a picture of the sprue before I removed the parts, later I'll buy another one so that I can post the parts.

I've already decided to expose the engine so I had cut-off the hood. While I was deepening the panel lines for the door, I also decided to cut the passenger side and posed it open. Hopefully I'll be able to hinge it so that I can close it during transport.

On to the photos:

update time. i spent some quality time w/ my son while building this kit ;D ;D ;Dhe likes to watch while I work, he's specially interested now that I'm building a car :D he's a certified car lover. i was planning to paint all the "flat black" paints tonight but since it was running late already, we just dry fitted the parts. no major problems seen. although there are a lot of flashes on some of the under chasis parts. Even though my son is already sleeping, I can't paint the parts... promised him we'll paint them together tomorrow. so until then, enjoy some in-progress pics.

i forgot to mention that I stripped the chrome from the small parts and the engine. I initially used Coke but the time to strip all the chrome was taking a bit longer. So before I left for the office this morning, I switched to bleach. When I came home, all the chrome were gone :D. I didn't strip the chrome yet for the front and rear bumpers and also the headlight housing since I might be able to use them still... no alclad chrome available here yet, i don't want to stall the project while waiting for it to be available.

1/48 P-51B Mustang

1/48 P-51B "Mustang" (Accurate Miniatures)
The kit and decals were gifts from David, a friend from the States. This is my 1st 1/48 kit. The fuselage was foiled and surgery was done on the wheel wells to improve accuracy. Some modifications were also done on the drop tanks and cockpit. Completed last January 4, 2005.

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