1/24 Revell Audi R8 with some added extra

[Flipper]

I picked up for just over £5 on eBay because all that was allegedly wrong was that the box was worn a wee while ago.

On closer examination there is more than that wrong with it, but nothing I won't be able to work round.
I'll be adding a few bits and pieces to the kit, including an aftermarket bodykit that still to arrive.
It will be painted in Lamborghini Blu Caelum hich is a darker blue metallic colour.
Anyway here is the kit.

The instructions

Next up the bodyshell, it's ok but not the best I've ever seen with quite a few sink marks, which will need to be sorted.

The Audi 4 Ring Badge will come off as I've ordered a real metal decal kit which will hopefully arrive tomorrow.

The decals, not many of them, although I'll be added a few parts that will be carbon fibre decaled with decal sheets from Scale Motorsport.

The rest of the sprues, quite a few of the parts are better detailed that the BMW i8 I've just about completed.

The chassis which is probably one of the reasons the kit was cheap as its severely warped. It was a lot worse before this pic, I've had it under hot water for a while. Next up I'll take it off the sprue and apply a fair bit more heat to it. 

Now I didn't plan to use the original wheels and tyres, but on opening up the kit there is no way I'd be using them anyways. The wheels are alright at a push but the tyres are horrible.

This is one of the tyres. They can only be mounted one way and this is the outside of the tyre. It looks like one of the other sprues has been wedged heavily against it.

So I've my work cut out for me, but hey ho that's what it's all about, if everything in this Hobby was easy it would be boring, well that's what I keep telling myself lol.

More to come soon.

 

Edited February 13, 2017 by Flipper

[richellis]

I'll be watching, my wife has brought me this kit, Mr Grey drives an R8!

[Flipper]

Ah Mr Grey I can't keep up with him lol.

The paint and metal decals arrived from Hiroboy.
The paint from Zero Paints which is a Lamborghini Huracan colour.

And the metal decal kit from Hobby Design.
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Just a short update although I have been busy with it today getting all the engine and drivetrain bits and bobs sorted out. Considering this kit and the BMW kit are from the same era, this kit has loads more detail. More pics to follow.
Cheers for looking.

[Flipper]

First up is some body work, now the body was straight enough, but had a few sink marks, plus loads of mould lines and other marks. I highlighted these with a Sharpie Black Marker.

The rear bumper assembly comes separate for some reason this just required some general sanding.

The body imperfections and mould lines were then sanded down using various grades of Sanding Sticks. Then I went over the body with a 600 grit Tamiya Sanding Sponge to key the surface.

The Audi Badge has been smoothed but still can be seen on the body (Weird)

Next up the rear bumper was glued on. The fitment of the bumper was a breeze compared to the bumper on the i8.

That's as much as I'm doing with the body work until the body kit arrives.

[Flipper]

Next up I thought I'd offer up some of the wheel options, hopefully the car will sit this low.
The first one is my son's favourite. It's an Advan 19" 5 spoke. 

The second one is a Volk Racing 19" 10 Spoke these are in chrome at present but will be painted black or a darker colour.

Lastly these 20" multi spoke wheels were offered up. I'm not using these wheels as they are going on a LaFerrari. These are just to give you an idea of the look of a set of 20" BBS wheels I've ordered.

Now which ones to use, bearing in mind that it will have a T-Tray rear spoiler, front spoiler and side skirts.

[shood23]

Another great build flipper. Such an understated car is the r8.

 

On Mon Feb 13 2017 at 10:14 AM, richellis said:

I'll be watching, my wife has brought me this kit, Mr Grey drives an R8!

 

And richellis please tell me that's not Christian grey from that chickflick lol

 

Shaun

[Flipper]

Hi there folks, I'm now fed up waiting on my kit for the car so I thought how hard can it be. Mmmmm.
First up the front splitter. Out came the 0.75mm plasticard and I marked out the outline of the front of the car.

I then smoothed it up.

Yeh that's what I was looking for. I'll fashion up some struts to mount splitter to the front valance. The splitter will then be decalled in carbon fibre.

Next up was the rear of the car. On the chassis at the rear I felt that it was lacking something. 

So out came the plasticard to add some bits to it. I haven't a clue what they are called, but I think they look alright. The rear valance will be carbon fibred as well.

Next up was the rear spoiler. I had a JDM spec spoiler kit. Again I think it looks alright, a bit OTT but hey.

Right that's enough of the Audi for a day or two as I need to finish the i8.

[shood23]

I actually quite like the look of that rear wing, give the car a very gt3 spec look. 

 

Shaun 

[Flipper]

2 hours ago, shood23 said:

I actually quite like the look of that rear wing, give the car a very gt3 spec look. 

 

Shaun 

Cheers Shaun that's the look I'm trying to get, a road legal GT racer

[MikeGTC]

Nice work so far m8!

 

This R8 kit is a few years older then the i8 one.

 

Like the colour choice!

 

Mike

[Flipper]

1 hour ago, MikeGTC said:

Nice work so far m8!

 

This R8 kit is a few years older then the i8 one.

 

Like the colour choice!

 

Mike

Cheers Mike, with the i8 kit, Revell certainly took a step backwards then.

[Flipper]

Hi there folks I've not done much on this in ages due to one thing or another.
Anyways one of the mods I've seen on real R8's is where the side blades have been extended out. I thought I would try this mod on my car. Now I  have several pics of how I did the alterations but as usual Photobucket is continually playing up.
What I did was mark a line from the door handle back wards. I then cut along this line and pulled this section outwards. I then filled in the gap with 2mm strylene sheet. I then smoothed and filled it till I got this shape.

 

It's not perfect but the blades will be covered in a carbon decal, so hopefully it will look ok.
I then gave the car a coat of white primer. I then gave the car a coat of Zero Paints Metalic Silver (from the Honda RC213V kit).

 

After that was dry I gave the car several coats of Zero Paints Lamborghini Blu Caelum

 

Once the blue has cured I'll mask off and paint several areas black including the roof, side blades, etc.

[shood23]

Looking great, I love the colour 

 

Shaun

[MikeGTC]

Looks really good! Like the blue!

 

Mike

[Dazzio]

 

  Loving the work on this. Personally I'm not a great fan of Audi's, their designs just don't hold my interest. But that blue is just amazing, think I'll have to use that colour on a R-34 I've got to build.

 

 

  Kind Regards,

 

  Dazz

[kpnuts]

My God what a beautiful colour (maybe slightly bias as it is my favourite colour) but man that's nice.

[infofrog]

The bodywork came out good . 

Rick 

[S5 modeller]

That sure is a beautiful blue.

Do you mind if I ask you a question? 

I'm soon going to tackle the bodywork on my current enzo build, and I'm using zero paints tour de france blue, which looks a similar colour to yours. Did you use the silver base coat to highlight any defects?  Or was it required to achieve the finished colour?

I only ask, as there is no mention of requiring a silver base for my blue on the hiroboy website. 

 

Keep up the good work.

 

Matt

[MikeGTC]

If you paint blue over the zero paint grey primer it will look a bit darker.

So you can paint some silver first or a coat of white/pink primer.

Depends on what colour you will use.

 

Mike

[S5 modeller]

Thanks for the info Mike, I'll keep it in mind.

 

Matt

[Flipper]

On 28/03/2017 at 0:28 AM, S5 modeller said:

That sure is a beautiful blue.

Do you mind if I ask you a question? 

I'm soon going to tackle the bodywork on my current enzo build, and I'm using zero paints tour de france blue, which looks a similar colour to yours. Did you use the silver base coat to highlight any defects?  Or was it required to achieve the finished colour?

I only ask, as there is no mention of requiring a silver base for my blue on the hiroboy website. 

 

Keep up the good work.

 

Matt

Hi there Matt, no I just used the silver base coat to give the blue more pop, you don't really need to do it.

[Flipper]

Hi there folks, I haven't been doing much on the Audi as I had an issue with the paint lifting just above one of the doors. So the car got put up on the shelf until I could be bothered with it.
So I thought I'd better crack on with the R8.
First up the area that was giving me an issue. I picked the paint off then sanded the area affected.

 

I then gave it a coat of Zero Paints grey primer.

 

Then I gave the area a coat of the blue and blended it in.

 

Next I gave the full car a couple of coats of Zero Paints 2K Diamond Finish Clear Coat. Once this is dried I'll lay down the decals, areas of black and other bits and pieces that need done. I'll then lay down more coats of the clear coat.

Edited May 17, 2017 by Flipper

[Flipper]

Nxt up was the engine. Not much to it but still better detailed than some engines I've built recently.

All the bits and pieces of the main engine

 

And built up

 

And painted using various shades of Vallejo Metal Colors.

 

[Flipper]

Next up on the R8 was painting the black areas and adding some carbon fibre detailing.
So first up was masking up all the areas that are to be black and areas that are to be carbon fibred.

 

I then painted the areas with Tamiya X-18 Semi Gloss Black. 
This is one of the side blades pre applying the carbon fibre decaling.

 

I then made a masking tape template, cut this out on a sheet of carbon decal from Scale Motorsport No. 1020. I then applied this to the car, using Microset and Microsol.

 

I did the same with the other side.

 

I also carbon decaled the roof, with the pattern meeting down the centre of the roof.

I also applied the carbon decal to the rear spoiler uprights.

 

Next up I used real metal decals from Hobby Design. These decals in my opinion adds a real touch of realism.
On the photo the front one looks lopsided, but I've measured it with a micrometer and it's fine.

 

And that's it for the moment. Hopefully if SWMBO is out the house I'll get some final coats of clear coat on the body.
So thanks for popping past and looking at the build.
Many thanks.