Mitsubishi Eclipse (Fast and Furious)

1084 Views 16 Replies 6 Participants Last post by castrol_supra_gt, May 28, 2004

castrol_supra_gt

Discussion Starter · May 20, 2004

I finally did the mods that I wanted on my Eclipse model yesterday night/this morning. I repainted the engine bay to make it look like the real car's own rather than the stock engine bay as well as adding some wiring.

Original Engine Bay (1/10)

Mod Overview (2/10)

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castrol_supra_gt

Discussion Starter · #2 · May 20, 2004 (Edited by Moderator)

First stage of painting engine bay - blue wires and hoses (3/10)

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castrol_supra_gt

Discussion Starter · #3 · May 20, 2004

Final stage of painting engine bay - cam covers painted silver + labelled, battery and front suspension turrets painted appropriately (4/10)

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castrol_supra_gt

Discussion Starter · #4 · May 20, 2004

Engine bay back in model bodywork (5/10)

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castrol_supra_gt

Discussion Starter · #5 · May 20, 2004

Here you can see that the filler cap is only painted black - there is no chrome circular cap.

Absence of filler cap from real car (6/10)

I made one using the filler cap from my Hot Wheels TVR Speed 12 model.

New filler cap (7/10)

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castrol_supra_gt

Discussion Starter · #6 · May 20, 2004

Because the seatbelts were so inaccurate in terms of colour (they were just silver painted mouldings in the seats) I made some with some glossy sticky labels and used MGI Photosuite to make the orange, red, black and grey chequered patterns on them.

Both seats - please forgive the low light (8/10)

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castrol_supra_gt

Discussion Starter · #7 · May 20, 2004

Seat belts - driver's side (9/10)

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castrol_supra_gt

Discussion Starter · #8 · May 20, 2004

Seat belts - front passenger's side (10/10)

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· #9 · May 20, 2004

Much much better :nicejob

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allanmodel

· #10 · May 20, 2004 (Edited by Moderator)

Great job you've done Darren :nicejob :danbanna :danbanna

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· #11 · May 21, 2004

great job Darren :cheers

also, good idea to post it in a step-by-step format, so other people can use your method to improve their FF Eclipse :cheers

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StygianMax

· #12 · May 21, 2004 (Edited by Moderator)

You've really improved the looks of the Eclipse. Terrific work Darren!! I also like your "How To" photo-tutorial.

OT: Is it me or does anyone lese find the green on Ertl's rendition of the Eclipse a tad on the yellowish side?? :confused :confused SM Jr has one in 1:24 scale and the green is more vibrant. It's made by Revell as a kit: