Honda Civic Si

[xzc426]

I went down to my local hobby store today with $49 and got me a Honda Civic Si, one of those cheap can propelled airbrushes that come with 6 acrylic colors, and steel colored enamel paint. The cars a 1/25 so im going to have to lengthen my chassis, which i have no money to do :cry: But i made the body and started to paint it for the time being. The first layer is all steel, which was less shiny than i hoped. And im thinking of putting a blue or red design on it. hmmmm red or blue? or purple? maybe even green. i like green. O, and i bought some "Sealer for Metalizer." It might sound kind of stupid but I have no idea what that is, but it looked important :lol: . some one care to explain?

http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m71/KIICHl/a51dbf686aed.jpg

http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m71/KIICHl/605160d5ffa8.jpg

Update:...ive just realized that even if i get the chassis to the right size the front tires probably arnt going to turn. i think. well i hope they turn. o well i'll just go through with the chassis extention and see what happens.

Yeah, i lengthened the chassis right now and the front wheels cant turn. I'm going to have to sand some of the body :(

[adamcrawls]

hope it turns out good

[WRXSTi92]

didn't they have a civic xmod but yeah i wanted to make a viper on but i don't even know how to make the chasis longer

sorry for the 2x post but a dark dark purple would be cool like a royal violet or a midnight blue with red accents

[xzc426]

didn't they have a civic xmod but yeah i wanted to make a viper on but i don't even know how to make the chasis longer

probably, but i would have to wait for the shipping :lol:

edit: ...actually i have to buy the thing to lengthen the chassis so i have to wait for shipping anyways lol

[xmodificationer]

yea I bought that same airbrush, actually not that bad.

[WRXSTi92]

probably, but i would have to wait for the shipping :lol:

yeah but a Midnight blue and red or royal violet accents would be cool or if you know how make have a transition of the 2:lol:

[taiwanesekid05]

(Not to threadjack, but) Do have/ still have your Xmods plastic case? If so, you can use it to make a custom spacer cheap. This is how I did it:
http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/7586/img0988xw1.jpg

Cheap and easy to make :D

[WRXSTi92]

where on or in the case do you get the plastic carse i was told to make vents that way PM me in how to CHinese kid

[xzc426]

(Not to threadjack, but) Do have/ still have your Xmods plastic case? If so, you can use it to make a custom spacer cheap. This is how I did it:
http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/7586/img0988xw1.jpg

Cheap and easy to make :D

That seems like a good idea. The only xmod i have is the barricade one and it didnt come with the carrying case, but i have a bunch of hotel cards (used to collect them) i can use.

[tripnips]

(Not to threadjack, but) Do have/ still have your Xmods plastic case? If so, you can use it to make a custom spacer cheap. This is how I did it:
http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/7586/img0988xw1.jpg

Cheap and easy to make :D
**** thats a great idea im gonna try that!!!
its a lot cheaper than the actual spacers
looked on ebay n those things are like 8 bucks w/o shipping i think...
unless that was two spacers but still!!!

[xzc426]

nice, worked like a charm. I only had to use the hotel card on the bottom. Thanks Chinesekid :D

http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m71/KIICHl/27cd2461671b.jpg

[snowboi1289]

Looking good !!!
I used my old hotel cards,old credit cards,and some old discount cards when I extended a evo chassie for my Mustang Boss,and I didnt like how flexable it was,so I went to makling a custom 1 outta3 evo chassie extenders..

[WRXSTi92]

how do you use the plastic to extend the chasis

[fordman239]

why didnt u use spacers and do it the easy way? its much more better, but you have to have the spacers... looks good so far.

[theoriganalRiD3R1967]

i got a revell model kit too, just like a couple a days ago 'cept mine was an integra and i got simalar problems. how wide is your civc body?

[taiwanesekid05]

why didnt u use spacers and do it the easy way?

The cars a 1/25 so im going to have to lengthen my chassis, which i have no money to do :cry: and the front wheels cant turn. I'm going to have to sand some of the body :(

READ!

[xzc426]

i got a revell model kit too, just like a couple a days ago 'cept mine was an integra and i got simalar problems. how wide is your civc body?

Its around 2 and a half inches.

Update: I spray painted a dragon wing design onto the body. looks decent. only i had to do it twice because the masking tape that "won't lift paint" lifted the paint :lol: I went to my local hobby store to get some gloss so i can spray it over everything after i finished but they were closed for easter :( . I'm gonna put a little logo (also dragon wings) i made on the hood, but i ran out of blue so its gonna be either purple, black, red, or teal. Not sure which color though...suggestions?

here's the logo i whipped up:
http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m71/KIICHl/winglogo.jpg

and the car
http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m71/KIICHl/hondacivicbluewings.jpg

[snowboi1289]

WOW !!!!!
Looks nice,are those the colors that are going to go with the car or will you use different colors or paints???

[xzc426]

WOW !!!!!
Looks nice,are those the colors that are going to go with the car or will you use different colors or paints???

thanks. Not sure what you mean the rest though :lol: . The colors i listed are the choices for the logo that'll go on the hood. I'm leaning towards red.

ps. u guys think i should keep the windows clear, or black?



Update: Ive spray painted the logo on. I mixed teal, purple, black, and leftover blue, which there was only 4 or 5 drops. It basically turned out teal :P the tape did a bit of damage to the hood again, but this time it was because i hadn't let the hood dry for long enough. Figured that enamel would dry alot quicker. i probably layered it too much at once. so here's the logo. Its a bit fuzzy all around (which im sure you can't tell because of the already fuzzy pic) but i plan on scraping off the excess teal with an exacto knife. I'm more or less finished with the body paint, i just need the gloss and maybe paint the windows black. o, and i attached the wing on the back.
http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m71/KIICHl/Hondaciviclogo.jpg
ps. i still have masking tape over the headlights. just so you know :D

[youngxmodder]

this one is pretty awesome i like the dragon wings and the graphics on the side can't wait to see it finished

[taiwanesekid05]

I say black out the windows to conceal the electronics and such.

[xzc426]

I say black out the windows to conceal the electronics and such.

yeah, I was thinking I would, but then I had an epiphany (love that word :lol: ). Maybe I could cut the seats and other stuff the model came with and glue them onto a board to put ontop of all the electronics so you can see the interior thought the window. But i'm pretty lazy so im not sure if i'll go through with it :p

update: Ok, i bought some gloss and screwed up my car a bit. The enamel gloss lifted and mixed up the base steel color. I only used it on the edge a bit so it wasnt too bad. I decided to use some acrylic gloss-ish stuff, it was more like glue but it got the job done. sort of. I didn't like how i could see the brush strokes, because i applied it with a brush, so i sat there thinking for a while and then I thought of the model window glue that i bought with the gloss. So basically i layered the glue on the whole body and i'm waiting for it to dry. Don't worry i tested it out :lol: Well, at least i have gloss i can mix in with some paint the next time i need to paint something. O and i painted the windshield all black from the inside (laziness prevailed :lol:) and attached the side mirrors, which i had totally forgotten about. No pics right now, i'll get some after the glue dries.

[xzc426]

UPDATE: Alright, I'm officially done with my project. I've installed the clip made of hotel cards, and drilled a hole in the back windshield for the antenna (not in pic), which i completely forgot about. Also as you can see in the pic i glued the exhaust pipe on. I tried using the tire the kit came with instead of my stock tires but the size was a biiiit off and it scraped against the knuckles :( . I didn't realize that the front side windows were nonexistent until i was about to glue it on :lol: so you can see the stuff inside. The only thing I don't like is how you can see the battery pack pretty well from the side. I forgot to put the skirt on, but it only would have covered 1/4 of a cm more. Yeah, and CA glue isn't so great... It bonds weak and it spreads everywhere, you can't put a drop on a spot and expect it to stay there. I like the precision gluing nozzle though :lol: . Krazy glue ftw.

Pics
http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m71/KIICHl/Hondacivicclip.jpg
The clip ^

http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m71/KIICHl/Hondacivicfront.jpg
front

http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m71/KIICHl/Hondacivicback.jpg
back

Thanks for the support guys :)

add on: oops sry for the double post :p

[snowboi1289]

I like the second pic the most...
You gonna put any mesh in the front bumper

[texan_idiot25]

That came out really nice man :)

[xzc426]

I like the second pic the most...
You gonna put any mesh in the front bumper

It already has mesh, just cant see it well from the angle i took the pic

That came out really nice man :)

Thanks :D

[blue504life]

looks good great job