| September 18, 2005
This is how it was initially. This was a model that had no appeal to me, so I felt that I should have some playing with it. I sketched some oval headlamps instead of the hidden ones. |
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| Then I saw the remaining parts of a Viper. I figured out that the roof would suit this Mazda, so I cut the roof. |
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| A test fit showed positive. |
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| With the addition of the glass, I decided to proceed. I cut some plastic to open up the side window a bit more, since the seat was placed towards the rear. |
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| The headlamps of a PT Cruiser fit in very well, after some minutes of tailoring. |
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| I finalized the side window opening by cutting out a bit more, covering the gas filler of the Viper and trimming the new lines for the upper door part. |
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| I had to cut the front part of the chassis and the wheel wells due to the reflectors, so I applied some steel putty to hold the body on the chassis. |
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| Then I permenantly glued the roof to the body. |
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| September 20, 2005
The dashboard was RHD, and I did not want it that way, so I decided to change it to LHD. Something more to play with! |
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| I drilled lots of 0.5 mm holes around the dash cowl and separated it from the panel. |
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| The detached parts are shown. |
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| September 21, 2005
I glued in the parts for LHD positions. Puttying will take care of the rest. |
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| September 24, 2005
The dashboard had to be extended due to the new windshield position; so I cut two layers of extensions, the lower one for stiffening. |
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| I glued the extensions to the dashboard and applied putty. I cut the rear flocked panel from an mp3 player box! |
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| I sprayed white base to the body, it needs more care at some points. |
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| September 25, 2005
A fellow modeler, Ceki Erginbas, suggested that I open a quarter window at the back of the side window, to blend in better with the smooth shape of the car. Well, was he right! |
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| I applied silver as a base coat for the clear red in my mind. |
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| I sprayed Tamiya X-27 clear red on the silver, to get a nice shade of metallic dark orange. |
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