Just finished this one and also found a car forum here:
http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=927
I got this for $5 on ebay and wanted to play around. The "carbon fiber" was done with testors exhaust then oversprayed with testors brass sprayed through some screening. The bra is done with acrylic gell that I use for doing water bases for ships. The dragons come from Tamiya's Toyota bB (scion) kit and were trimmed/manipulated to fit.
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modelguy2
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Posted: Monday, December 15, 2008 - 07:07 AM UTC
rv1963
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Posted: Monday, December 15, 2008 - 07:15 AM UTC
Great work Mike and well worth the price i really like your carbon fiber i may try this out my self seeing how expensive some decals have become. I have 1 question how close did you hold the screen to the hood or did you have it touching.
modelguy2
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Posted: Monday, December 15, 2008 - 07:44 AM UTC
The screen was laid right on top. The brass was airbrushed lightly through it.
KoSprueOne
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Posted: Monday, December 15, 2008 - 12:47 PM UTC
That technique looks great. I'm going to practice that one!
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Posted: Monday, December 15, 2008 - 01:33 PM UTC
The carbon fiber looks mighty good, as does the bra. Nice techniques!
-YL
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Posted: Monday, December 15, 2008 - 04:27 PM UTC
Nice work man! I like a build that has new and different techniques used. With the bra, did you have to mask it off before you applied the gel? To get the edges right?
Cuhail
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Posted: Monday, December 15, 2008 - 05:04 PM UTC
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Nice work man! I like a build that has new and different techniques used. With the bra, did you have to mask it off before you applied the gel? To get the edges right?
Cuhail
Yes I used 1 thickness of masking tape to achieve the desired level with just straight lengths along the top edges and cut out shapes around the lights/grill
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Posted: Monday, December 15, 2008 - 10:51 PM UTC
Very cool model Mike. Very well executed.