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Ken's Car Stuff Fabrication.

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Ken Mentor

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Don't know how long this will last but I'll give it a shot. Right now I have about 18 models cars/trucks that I have put together. I started this hobby about 2 or 3 years ago. Now I have put these vehicles together when I had my NFSU2 days and yes, they are riced out. Now I'm starting to redo these models and make them look better (hopefully). I'll be posting pics and perhaps updates of my progress. It's just like working on a real car in terms of custom bodywork and such.

 

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Also, I've been collecting actual car parts here and there. If they need some fixing I'll post them here.

 

 

Here is my 1st car to restore, I forgot to take a picture of what it looked like before but this is what it really looked like, but instead of orange its this dark green And the rim spokes were black:

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Oh and also, I wanted to have a split hood like they had in NFSU2, so I had cut the hood/bonnet in half down the middle. Well that failed so I glued it back together and with a bit of cardboard pieces and a lot of body filler, I hid the cut with a roof scoop. It warped the hood and made it curl and I said whatever lol.

 

Ok, here is the progress I made so far:

 

This was what I had did to the interior... Yes i had painted it like that back in the days, its OBVIOUSLY going to be redone.

http://i944.photobucket.com/albums/ad289/westwingturbos/Cars/Model%20Car%20Fabrication/100_4172.jpg

 

The body:

http://i944.photobucket.com/albums/ad289/westwingturbos/Cars/Model%20Car%20Fabrication/100_4173.jpg

 

Look at that spoiler, its a dining table :lol:. Also the previous wheels are on the left and the messed up hood underneath the body.

 

Where is stands as of now:

http://i944.photobucket.com/albums/ad289/westwingturbos/Cars/Model%20Car%20Fabrication/100_4171.jpg

 

I gotta head to the store for primer and paint to continue. I had to use a lighter to heat up the hood and twist it at many places to get the contours right and to make it fit properly.

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Alright, I found out that I didn't need to go to the store YET being that I found the paints in my shed.

 

Here is underneath the hood, you can see where I had cut it when I first tried to rice the hell out of the thing. :lol:

http://i944.photobucket.com/albums/ad289/westwingturbos/Cars/Model%20Car%20Fabrication/100_4176.jpg

 

Got her all primed up. Sadly though I can manage to see the decal show up, hopefully it doesn't show when I apply the paint... I also got rid of the scoops on the side of the bumper.

http://i944.photobucket.com/albums/ad289/westwingturbos/Cars/Model%20Car%20Fabrication/100_4175.jpg

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Interior Work

 

Box O' fabrics (Don't know why cotton balls are in there)...

http://i944.photobucket.com/albums/ad289/westwingturbos/Cars/Model%20Car%20Fabrication/100_4177.jpg

 

Seats before (left), Seats after (right):

http://i944.photobucket.com/albums/ad289/westwingturbos/Cars/Model%20Car%20Fabrication/100_4185.jpg

 

Piece to cover the rear:

http://i944.photobucket.com/albums/ad289/westwingturbos/Cars/Model%20Car%20Fabrication/100_4183.jpg

 

Before:

http://i944.photobucket.com/albums/ad289/westwingturbos/Cars/Model%20Car%20Fabrication/100_4180.jpg

After:

http://i944.photobucket.com/albums/ad289/westwingturbos/Cars/Model%20Car%20Fabrication/100_4182.jpg

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I've also always wanted to get into modifying kit model cars... Is it really that hard? Just a matter of practice, or is there some proper fabrication skill required? I did do a year of carpentry, so I do have both creative and hands on skill, but would that be enough to get anywhere before i get frustrated and throw the whole thing at a wall?..

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It's not really that hard if you kind of got a creative mind. If its like your 1st time doing it, I suggest you sit and think you want to do with the model first. Even look around the interwebz for ideas. Not only that, but if you have only one model car you bought like this, you won't have as much customization.Since I have a lot I keep all the parts I had left over from other models. Also a lot of paint, body filler, x-acto knives, super glue, etc... Those things come in handy if you want to REALLY customize.

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