C-West Evo VIII 1/64th i have.
That looks pretty cool. Who makes it? I'd like to get my hands in one, and even better if they are screwed together, I could also try to reproduce those wheels (:
Anyway, it has been way too long since I last posted anything here. Some of you may remember I was restoring a Majorette Renault 4 Furgonette. It has been done for a while now but only recently I had the time to edit the pics. Long post ahead, because the process was pretty elaborate, even if the result is pretty straightforward.
Here is what I started with, I tell you, when I picked it up in the flea market I was almost disgusted to touch it.
Torn appart; you can see how trashed the glass was from the inside, which made impossible for it to be reused. The headlamps, however, were cut off from the rest of the piece, cleaned and reused:
Here it is all stripped. The front bumper in the chassis was broken, leaving only the license plate area; I filed away the remaining zamac and just let the license plate as if it's just installed in the front between two small bumperettes.
Here is the custom glass made out of a bottle of Coke. This was installed using adhesive tape and a bit of glue. No side windows were included.
The car had a steering wheel when I bought it but, stupidly, I lost it, so a new one was taken off a donor hot Wheels 65 Mustang, detailed and glued in. You can also see the headlamps in place in this picture.
Here is the car fresh from the paint job, the color was custom mixed for Wyvern's Supra, but we had enough color left to paint another car and it was pretty close to the classic "Renault blue", so...
A week later, the panel signage area was painted white, here it is all masked up:
And here are the results.
Why white? Because I custom-made some tampos for it. The original design was this one:
But the waterdecal paper I bought did not handle well the printing and wasn't transparent either, sothis design was discarded in favor of this one, which used the white base better.
So, with all the elements in place, it was time for detailing.
The rear license plate was painted white and detailed. Mock up wheels.
Inside the cabin, the surrounds of the interior were brush-painted matte black.
The rear was also detailed and the bumper painted white, to match everything else.
The final result of all this looks like this:
Here are the waterdecal tampos. These things rule, I will for sure use them more in the future, the possibilities are endless.
In the previous front picture it looks like it doesn't have a windshield, but it does...
The wheels I finally chose for it are a set of Johnny Lightning white lines to give it a nice classic appearance. It wore several sets troughout the build.
In this picture you can see the detailing at the front of the car, with the chrome grille surround and emblem, turn signals and license plate.
The exhaust tip is a ballpen tip that was filed to fit with the Dremel.
And finally, here is how I presented it when it participated in the club's custom contest. The other side of the card shows the rear view.
I have another that's even worse; that one will be lowered to the ground and wear a street-rally theme, maybe even with a set of Hellas instead of bumper. I'm still planning what to do with it, but you'll see it here of course.
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Turned out nice, Cano.
