Project: APR G35 Widebody Resurrected!!
 

Okay so here is the link to the original thread when this project began http://www.xmodsource.com/forum/showthread.php?t=14164 .

Alot happened in my personal life so this project was put on hold. I decided to go back at it from a different anngle this time. At first I was using putty to mold the widebody kit and it was lousy!! Alot of sanding, crumbling, and it was ridiculously heavy...so I ripped off all of the putty and started from square one. After doing alot of reserach, I decided to attempt the widebody kit out of styrene. I am using .4mm styrene sheets and 1.68x2.29mm styrene sticks (strips). Here is what i've got so far:

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s...0107000337.jpg

Here it is cleaned up and ready for the body work. The stance shown here is pretty accurate as to how it will sit when complete.


I began by glueing the styrene sticks along the edge of the wheel wells to serve as a guide for the styrene sheet widebody fenders.

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s...7/DSCN0854.jpg

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Here it sits with the styrene sheets added to the front fenders and the styrene sticks glued to the rear fenders for guides.

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s...7/DSCN0858.jpg

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s...7/DSCN0859.jpg

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Let me know what you think. I will update this thread once some more progress is made. I'm a single parent and work for a living so don't expect anything super fast! :bigwink:

id like to be the first to say, amazing styrene skills! im looking forward to its progress, very nice!

agreed! :D

not bad, Good Luck! Oh, be sure to check over the spoiler when painting. It gets annoying when 1 side is lighter than the other.

Thanks guys! Working with styrene is definitely something im learning along the way.

Thanks, but what in the hell are you talking about!!?? LOL!!!!:lol:

Really a great idea to use styrene to create the wide body kit!

I can't take credit for the idea. Somewhere after hours of sifting through threads on here and xmf, I came across a thread where someone mentioned making a widebody kit using small pieces of styrene. I figured I would give it a shot since I happened to have alot of styrene laying around that wasnt being used. Once the basic form is made out of styrene, I will probably use a very thin layer of putty to smooth things out where needed. We'll see how it turns out!

Im talking about the spoiler that reaches out. The chin spoiler.

that is some very creative thinking! persoanlly i dont like the hood, keep up the good work though!

unlike ANBU^ up there, i happen to like your hood. the project looks real promising

Thanks for the support!

that looks amazng! very nice. wants to see updates! lol

UPDATE...while I wait on my putty that I ordered to arrive. This is the basic widebody kit laid down with styrene. Some sanding will need to be done and tweaking with putty to smooth and even things out, but here's weher she's at for now. Kind of at a stand still until the putty shows up. Had to order it because none of the shops around here have milliput or tamiya...

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s...7/DSCN0933.jpg

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http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s...7/DSCN0931.jpg

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Comments, criticism, opinions all welcome! :)

i think that looks great so far...should be pretty sweet when you get it puttied and smoothed out...nice job...colors when its done?

Thanks man! Still pretty much up in the air on colors so far...have thought of everything from pearl white to some crazy metallic orange or lime green drifter colors. Not really sure as of yet though. Maybe i'll have a better idea once it all comes together.

Looking great, you can use krazy glue to fill up the gaps on the styrene, then smooth it out, IMO that's better than using putty on small area like that.

Thanks Dr! I have used gap filling CA glue to fill in the gaps. Am i going in the right direction by thinking putty is what I need to smooth everything out and in with the original body of the car? This is really my first crack at this so i'm kinda figuring it all out as i go.

This is great! It is going to be gorgeous.

Keep it up.

You could use a very thin layer of putty to smooth out the styrene, but it will still takes longer to sand it down compare to using krazy glue. But if the gap is big, then I'd say go with putty over those area.

Thanks max!


I'm trackin with you now man. Thanks!