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superjedi Community Member
Joined: 02 Apr 2007 Posts: 389 Location: Newport News, VA
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Posted: Sat Jun 12, 2010 4:14 pm Post subject: Medicom Spinner. . . re-modded |
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Hi all.
I thought I had a thread here somewhere on my Medicom Spinner conversion, but I can't find it now.
Anyway. . . I got a Medicom "Future Car" sometime back in 2007 or so and did an exterior mod on it to turn it into a Spinner. I never messed with the interior, and had missed out on the interior conversion kit that was offered a while back. That is, until drmcoy put his up for sale!
I was very impressed when the kit arrived. I've worked with lots of resin kits over the last decade and this is one of the nicest kits I've seen! Very clean, detailed casts, and the parts fit perfectly into the shell of the Spinner.
I didn't take any progress shots while I was painting, but did snap a few shots before I reassembled the body shell.
I looked at all of Offworld66's pics from when he did his conversion and really liked the way the Tamiya metallic blue looked. So I used the same color. All of the interior pieces were airbrushed separately before assembly to make detail painting easier.
The fit tolerance on the parts is terrific! There's not a lot of room in the cockpit once everything is in there.
For detailing, I used some flat white, gloss red, flat yellow, flat black, and metallic silver.
The kit even came with decals for the 2 large instrument "pods." They may be kind of hard to make out in these pics, but the quality of the decals is just as good as any mass market model I've ever worked on.
Whew! Stage one complete. Next will be the light bars. I've never been good with electronics vs. models, so this Spinner will simply be a static display. _________________ I find your lack of faith disturbing. . . |
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SKIN JOB 66 Community Member
Joined: 16 Jan 2008 Posts: 2724 Location: FRANCE
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Posted: Sat Jun 12, 2010 4:48 pm Post subject: |
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Damn, I still have to start work on mine...
BEAUTIFUL work once again on one of your props, Eric...
AWESOME finish !
Fred _________________ THE FUTURE IS A THING OF THE PAST |
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joberg Community Member
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Posted: Sun Jun 13, 2010 2:33 pm Post subject: |
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OOHHH! I like it very much; very good job on the interior and the paint |
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superjedi Community Member
Joined: 02 Apr 2007 Posts: 389 Location: Newport News, VA
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Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2010 6:19 am Post subject: |
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Thanks a lot, guys. I started working on the roof lights yesterday. Pics to come in the next couple of days. _________________ I find your lack of faith disturbing. . . |
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Mr Webber Community Member
Joined: 13 Apr 2008 Posts: 1824 Location: Terra Australis
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Posted: Sat Jun 19, 2010 3:18 am Post subject: |
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Great detail on the interior _________________ Formerly offworld66 |
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BeastMaster Community Member
Joined: 19 Jul 2007 Posts: 994 Location: UK
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Posted: Sat Jun 19, 2010 7:51 am Post subject: |
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Thats a really nice paintjob superjedi! gonna have to replicate that for mine _________________ "F*ck it, it's just a movie. Let him worry about it" Harrison Ford |
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andy Community Guide
Joined: 01 Nov 2006 Posts: 6237 Location: Rochester, NY
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Posted: Sat Jun 19, 2010 2:19 pm Post subject: |
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Great job. Now I am a little more sad I didn't get that conversion kit when I had the chance. I didn't have the money at that time
Andy |
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superjedi Community Member
Joined: 02 Apr 2007 Posts: 389 Location: Newport News, VA
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Posted: Sun Jun 20, 2010 1:27 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks again! Yes, I'm really glad I was able to snag this kit. Really brings the Medicom car to the next level.
I haven't had a whole lot of time lately to work on hobby stuff, but I did get some basic painting and construction done.
Just used some silver and flat black so far to paint the light bars and the bases of the dome assemblies. I really like that the kit included the little reflectors for inside each dome.
I made the holes in each lightbar with a tiny pin vise set. They are where the dome lights will attach. I've mounted them onto thin styrene rods and they'll be inserted so they fit above the rectangular flashers. I still need to get some clear paints to paint the domes and lenses.
More to come! Hopefully sooner rather than later. _________________ I find your lack of faith disturbing. . . |
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joberg Community Member
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Posted: Sun Jun 20, 2010 2:39 pm Post subject: |
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Shiny looking...keep up the good work |
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superjedi Community Member
Joined: 02 Apr 2007 Posts: 389 Location: Newport News, VA
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Posted: Mon Jul 05, 2010 5:47 pm Post subject: |
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Complete!
Had a nice holiday weekend and I was able to finish up the final details on the Spinner's lights. I got some acrylic stained glass paints in blue, red, white, amber, and yellow and painted the lenses and domes. These were pretty easy to work with. They came in plastic squeeze bottles and I just squeezed a small amount onto each clear piece and used a soft brush to spread the color around till it covered evenly.
I gave each lens a couple of coats, letting the color build up rather than trying to lay it on heavily. The only one I had issues with was the amber color. It wouldn't smooth out as easily as the others, so I had to do a couple of extra coats. This caused a loss of the translucent effect on those 3 domes.
But I really like the way this conversion turned out! It'll go back on display with the other items in my Blade Runner collection inside a nice plastic display case.
Thanks for following along with this project.
Eric _________________ I find your lack of faith disturbing. . . |
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andy Community Guide
Joined: 01 Nov 2006 Posts: 6237 Location: Rochester, NY
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Posted: Mon Jul 05, 2010 9:21 pm Post subject: |
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Perfection!
Andy |
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REdYOdA Community Member
Joined: 27 May 2010 Posts: 41 Location: San Francisco
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Posted: Tue Jul 06, 2010 1:31 am Post subject: |
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^^^^What Andy said!!!
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Staar Community Member
Joined: 04 Feb 2008 Posts: 757 Location: AUSTRALIA
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Posted: Tue Jul 06, 2010 2:10 am Post subject: |
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Absolutely magnificent!!
Congratulations mate and cheers for sharing!
Regards
MARK _________________
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SKIN JOB 66 Community Member
Joined: 16 Jan 2008 Posts: 2724 Location: FRANCE
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Posted: Tue Jul 06, 2010 2:55 am Post subject: |
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Second on my list after Tim's own version of the Medicom Spinner (ah, those mini flashing lights !) but great work anyway, you can be proud of what you've done here, especially the paint job on the interior details !
BRAVO Eric !
Fred _________________ THE FUTURE IS A THING OF THE PAST |
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joberg Community Member
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Posted: Tue Jul 06, 2010 6:24 am Post subject: |
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Nice and clean! Love it. |
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