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Brought a Mitsubishi FTO GPX off Ebay for $25
Posted: Tue Nov 02, 2010 8:43 pm
by brent88
......................Obviously its a model lol, its a fujimi and the instructions in one part say: "after taking the parts from the plastic bag tear up the plastic bag. little child may wear it over his head only to be suffocated" gotta love those translations haha. i also have to "aviod making a fire nearby" damn.
finished!!! takes ages (4 hours) if you wanna do it pretty good but its so fiddly (insted of stickers it comes with paper u glue on and some peices like the inserts for the hooded dials are about 1mm square.
painted it in the paint from my actual fto (two pac imperial red)and mixed some thinner in there and even clear coated it. painted the interior black and used texta in the outside trims and lights colours(indicators etc) lots of gluing required and over a hundred parts. cost was $25 and $15 postage from ebay
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/1-24-FUJIMI-0337 ... 4153c59052
here are some pics of the final product(taken with a flash on a mobile phone camera.)
what do ya's think?
Re: Brought a Mitsubishi FTO GPX off Ebay for $25
Posted: Tue Nov 02, 2010 9:09 pm
by Storm
brent88 wrote:......................Obviously its a model lol, its a fujimi and the instructions in one part say: "after taking the parts from the plastic bag tear up the plastic bag. little child may wear it over his head only to be suffocated" gotta love those translations haha. i also have to "aviod making a fire nearby" damn.
finished!!! takes ages (4 hours) if you wanna do it pretty good but its so fiddly (insted of stickers it comes with paper you glue on and some peices like the inserts for the hooded dials are about 1mm square.
painted it in the paint from my actual fto (two pac imperial red)and mixed some thinner in there and even clear coated it. painted the interior black and used texta in the outside trims and lights colours(indicators etc) lots of gluing required and over a hundred parts. cost was $25 and $15 postage from ebay
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/1-24-FUJIMI-0337 ... 4153c59052
here are some pics of the final product(taken with a flash on a mobile phone camera.)
what do ya's think?
It needs lowered
Re: Brought a Mitsubishi FTO GPX off Ebay for $25
Posted: Tue Nov 02, 2010 9:44 pm
by Shane001
It actually looks pretty accurate!
Now u just need to put a little electric motor in it and go racing
Re: Brought a Mitsubishi FTO GPX off Ebay for $25
Posted: Tue Nov 02, 2010 11:26 pm
by Kustom
Re: Brought a Mitsubishi FTO GPX off Ebay for $25
Posted: Wed Nov 03, 2010 12:29 am
by Shhtuart
-1 for joke Kustom.
Re: Brought a Mitsubishi FTO GPX off Ebay for $25
Posted: Wed Nov 03, 2010 12:36 am
by Kustom
Re: Brought a Mitsubishi FTO GPX off Ebay for $25
Posted: Wed Nov 03, 2010 7:19 am
by Supplanter
I bought one of those a few years ago, its still in the box
Re: Brought a Mitsubishi FTO GPX off Ebay for $25
Posted: Wed Nov 03, 2010 7:29 am
by brent88
lol the box probably looks cooler anyway
Re: Brought a Mitsubishi FTO GPX off Ebay for $25
Posted: Wed Nov 03, 2010 7:48 am
by Bennoz
Supplanter wrote:I bought one of those a few years ago, its still in the box
With your seat covers & magnecor leads?
Re: Brought a Mitsubishi FTO GPX off Ebay for $25
Posted: Wed Nov 03, 2010 10:51 am
by I8A4RE
Is it just me or is that paint job hideous?
Re: Brought a Mitsubishi FTO GPX off Ebay for $25
Posted: Wed Nov 03, 2010 11:01 am
by Shane001
I8A4RE wrote:Is it just me or is that paint job hideous?
haha yeah I was gonna comment on that, but when Brent said he spent 4 hours on it, didn't have the heart
Needs a real good cut & polish
Re: Brought a Mitsubishi FTO GPX off Ebay for $25
Posted: Wed Nov 03, 2010 12:15 pm
by Supplanter
Bennoz wrote:Supplanter wrote:I bought one of those a few years ago, its still in the box
With your seat covers & magnecor leads?
No, with my seat covers and oil filter adaptor plate.
Re: Brought a Mitsubishi FTO GPX off Ebay for $25
Posted: Wed Nov 03, 2010 5:55 pm
by Kustom
Shane001 wrote:I8A4RE wrote:Is it just me or is that paint job hideous?
haha yeah I was gonna comment on that, but when Brent said he spent 4 hours on it, didn't have the heart
Needs a real good cut & polish
Re: Brought a Mitsubishi FTO GPX off Ebay for $25
Posted: Wed Nov 03, 2010 7:12 pm
by SchumieFan
brush painting will do that too you...
looks like my car's real paint job... minus the bumper hanging off
Re: Brought a Mitsubishi FTO GPX off Ebay for $25
Posted: Wed Nov 03, 2010 7:34 pm
by brent88
haha yeah i knew that the paint from my car would look shite but i wanted to see how close to the real thing (colour on my fto) i could get with improvised mixing with thinners, only 4 coats of paint and using a hairdryer insted of an oven on the clear coat lol
Re: Brought a Mitsubishi FTO GPX off Ebay for $25
Posted: Wed Nov 03, 2010 8:16 pm
by EscapingFate
LOL looks like my FTO only with out the black roof n hood haha
Re: Brought a Mitsubishi FTO GPX off Ebay for $25
Posted: Wed Nov 03, 2010 10:00 pm
by brent88
and yours is a facelift+ different wheels i think
Re: Brought a Mitsubishi FTO GPX off Ebay for $25
Posted: Wed Nov 03, 2010 10:12 pm
by EscapingFate
Oh true aye didnt notice the wheels cause of glare... >_> lol
Re: Brought a Mitsubishi FTO GPX off Ebay for $25
Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2010 2:35 am
by bduffman
Re: Brought a Mitsubishi FTO GPX off Ebay for $25
Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2010 9:08 am
by Shane001
holy f**k that is hideous
