1/18 renault 5 gt turbo (garya's replica :))

[yojimsindahouse]

i started on garya's 1/18 gt replica today
it will be the same as his ,same colour,interior etc
pics of his car






and some of the 1/18
standard





so then i took it to pieces

and painted the engine hoses

while that was drying i got the seats out

and because his are black leather i painted them black

i then got started on the boot (because his is smoothed)
layer of filler

and sand smooth

then i put it in primer and put it on the car (still needs work)


at this point this is what the interior looked like

oh wheres the engine ? lol

then i put it back together and painted the wing in primer






so that was today's progress

comments welcome

[garya]

wow got to say mate very very impressed so far love the engine bay lol awsome cant wait till its done then buy it cheers mate good work.

[yojimsindahouse]

thanks
tommorow im going to smooth the doors, finnish the boot,lower it,do the arches and possibly put it in primer

[garya]

good stuff mate cant wait to see it when its done.how are u going to do my alloys tho? lol would that be hard.also my water resovouir is now red lol so if its possible could that also be painted red if not its ok as i see u are putting a lot of work into it mate.keep me updated well done.  

[yojimsindahouse]

oh yeah forgot about the alloys
well got 2 options on them
1. paint the centers of the wheels that are on it raider blue
2. buy some lookalike alloys for it off ebay but that will add to the cost of the overall price
also the alloys of ebay wont turn round
which one do you think best ??

[garya]

i am not botherd mate just decided what you think would look best if u think the ones of ebay would be better then i will cover the cost but if u think that the standard ones look better then keep them on not botherd mate.have u sold many of these mate its a good thing u have going on here.cheers mate.

[yojimsindahouse]

well the cheeper option here is the standards and they dont look too bad when painted up
like on ASH_LEE's car , plus if i keep the origionals they will still turn .
wont be too much of a difference so i think we will go with the origionals

and i havent sold much apart from the 3.6 v8 escort which i sold for £70 i have always just modified models for fun

[yojimsindahouse]

done a bit more today
sanded the car down and de locked it


and made some plates up for it


comments welcome

[r5matt]

We have our very own Picasso in the making  :lol:

[yojimsindahouse]

thanks  :mrgreen:

[5-Mission]

I know these models are quite big but I'm amazed by the detail and realism of them - even the rear panel with the arch removed looks like a real one! :lol:

[yojimsindahouse]

lol oh yeah never noticed that

tommorow im going to add the spoiler and get it into primer ready for when i buy some raider blue

[GTTboost]

lol oh yeah never noticed that

tommorow im going to add the spoiler and get it into primer ready for when i buy some raider blue

The detail with the engine bay is awesome    nice work.

[yojimsindahouse]

started on the bumper today
it need more work but its almost there lol
first i started with some card

then cut it down




then i added filler (boot also getting some touching up )

sanded down and here it is on the car


will do the rest of it tommorow as i ran out of time today

comments )

[r5matt]

Its almost like your actually doing a complete resto ! . . but only on a quite smaller Scale Legendary ! lol  :mrgreen: