Mitsubishi Lancer Evo Final Edition

Sanded and prepped for primer. All pieces currently held together with blu-tack. 

 

 

 

 

Primer done. 1 x mist coat and 2 x wet coats. 

 

 

 

 

Sanded out the rough parts and added white primer. 1 x mist, 2 x wet. A little heavy in some spots, but hoping to sand it back. The bumper is now separate because I realised I needed to add primer to the piece behind it.  

Radiator painted, PE'd, panel lined and cemented in place. This will be taped up when painting the body.  

Base coat sprayed on with Tamiya TS-66. But before I did that I sanded back the front left section of the front bumper and filled in the two holes where the number plate is supposed to go because in Australia the number plate is positioned on the front grill. This was done using home made sprue glue from left over pieces of resin and Tamiya Thin Cement. Once dried the area was sanded smooth and the primer coats were applied and sanded even before the bade coat was put down.  

 

First time building PE wheels from scratch. Each wheel is about 8 pieces of PE. Some of the smaller pieces unfortunately didn't make it, as you can see in the pics. There was options for these pieces and in hindsight I should have used the plane discs. Panel liner was added to the grooves and markings were added with a file.  

Callipers sprayed with Tamiya Italian red, then clear red. Decals added, but still need to clear coat. 

 

 

Clear coat added and callipers glued into place with CA glue. 

 

Primed and painted with a Molotow pen. 

Weathering and heat stains added. 

Grey was painted with Tamiya TS-66 spray. Black parts were painted by hand with flat black acrylic. All silver was done with a Molotow pen which reached once the gloss clear coat was added. Wasn't expecting it, but I'm happy with the result.  

Weathering and heat stains added. 

Underside complete. 

Additional weathering added to the muffler and exhaust. NOW it's complete.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pedals done using part of the PE with the existing resin. I personally think this looks better than using the entire PE pedal set and folding it into shape.  

Automatic gear shift, painted in flat black and Molotow pen, with PE at the base. Chose automatic for this model because it has the sports paddles on the steering wheel.  

Handbrake ready to go. 

Interior parts painted with Tamiya gloss black spray and then a flat clear coat. Detailing to come.  

I will be flocking the interior flooring 

Not happy with how this looks. Had taped it but it bled so then it was a matter of cleaning it up and getting it to what it is now.  

 

Front grill with aftermarket PE  

Seatbelt buckles painted by hand with Tamiya acrylics 

Painted with Tamiya gloss black spray and then Tamiya flat clear. Didn't prime it as I don't have black primer. Didnt turn out as well as I'd hoped. Can still see through it when held up to the light and the tape bled all over the place, which had to be cleaned up with a toothpick. 

Matt finish on the interior while the gloss black shows through the clear. I like this effect. Since doing this I noticed mold lines on the side windows. One on each side, both identical. Will possibly try to remove these with some Tamiya polish.  

Roof painted in Tamiya gloss black and Tamiya clear. Got a bit carried away and put one too many coats of clear down, which led to orange peel. Also, the tape left residue which I had to pick off and it took some of the grey with it, so I'll need to touch that up too.  

Can see the orange peel here. Will be sanding this back before applying white pearl.  

Dashboard detailed and ready for decals. Mid section sprayed with Tamiya gloss black.  

Dashboard completed. Not happy with my brush work of the silver.  

Doors detailed with gloss black (which doesn't really show up in the photo) and Molotow chrome. 

Removed some of that orange peel. First time wet sanding and polishing a paint job using the correct materials (micro mesh & Tamiya compound). I'm liking how its looking so I'm going to test the white pearl on some spoons before deciding to apply it. I keep hearing that it will just turn it silver instead of giving it a milky overtone.  

Pearl added! I used SMS white pearl. First time using my airbrush. I only put a very light layer on to achieve the desired effect. Too heavy and I it would have turned everything silver. I then polished it with the Tamiya compound set.  

Just enough fleck to get the look I was going for.  

 

Focussed on the fleck.  

Focused on the reflection. The finish is very smooth. Shame about the lighting. Probably could have waited until morning, but I was excited to show you all.  

Flocking done using gunmetal embossing powder.  

Interior completed. 

 

 

That steering wheel is a lesson and a half. Makes me cringe.  

Doors added. 

Interior competed.  

Exhaust tips added and additional weathering with Tamiya Waethering Kit D.  

 

Attempt at heat stains using clear blue, clear orange and smoke acrylics and Tamiya Weathering Kit D 

 

Wheels painted with SMS gunmetal and then SMS super clear. Aside from the pearl mist, this is the first time I've airbrushed a kit. Very happy with the results. Decals added with microset and microsol and a drop of Tamiya X-22 clear over each decal. Tyres worn down with some 600 grit.