YOUR CUSTOM MADE LAMBORGHINIS

The way I made the engine cover it is not going to open so it was first installed on the car and then the "glass" was fitted. It was cut from a sheet of clear acetate and then the edges were painted flat black from underneath
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It is almost finished and I think it looks cool. The only thing left is to paint the "lips" on the front.
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As I said before they are really hard to mask and besides they are so little that you can do it by brush. First apply the paint without worrying to mess up......
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.......Then when it is dry just buff out the excess.
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I know what you are talking about. The way Maisto made the model two of the pedals are molded under the dash and the other one is molded in the interior tub molding. It makes sense as on the real car the brake and clutch pedals are top mounted and the gas pedal is bottom mounted. It is same way with Ferraris. Regarding the fact that when the model is all put together you barely see under there I found it made no sense to correct the detail on the Gas pedal.
Good observation though.

 

Now that the SE is done and send to its new owner I started on another project which involves a Gallardo Spider which is being "a little" tweaked. First I want to have a cleaner look, so it made sense to me since I find the headlights ugly, to start with modifying them first.
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After I kept just the outline of the "glass" then stuffed some aluminum tubing in the housings and then filled the rest with CA.
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Then I cut the tubing under the same angle as the original headlights and started to sand away all the hardened CA
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Last I just started filling and equalizing the surface with some putty.
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The end result should be some cool looking a la Strossek headlights

 

Thank you.
Wait 'till you see the Spider.
I am going out of town and be back tuesday night. So there are going to be no news 'till next weekend

 

What color?
The neon green metallic looks great IMO

 

I am sorry, but there isn't much done to it since. I have my hands pretty full with all the commissions I received. Soon though.

 

OK guys, here is the headlights sanded, blended and painted. Also the door handles' lines have been filled in. I believe the shaved doors look a lot smoother. In reality they can be located under the edge. After all even Subaru make button openers. In real life the headlights would not be a problem as Strossek in Germany was making cars with such headlights in the late 80s.
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I forgot to tell you that the mirrors were eliminated also and some cool rear view cameras will take their place. In carbon fiber of course.
The windshield was cut, effectively turning the Spider into a barchetta. This is made in order to create one continuous line starting from the back of the doors and wrapping around. For this some side windows will also be custom made.
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The interior was first painted an almost-black blue color. Then some parts were masked off and a new lighter shade of blue can then be applied. This would create a nice two tone interior which would compliment perfectly the pearl white exterior. Later on some blue carbon fiber would compliment on its turn the two tone interior.
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