Building a mini solstice for Car Shows. (COMPLETED)

Im making a mini solstice for car shows.. I will keep this updated with my progress.
Any tips will be appreciated as I have never done anything like this before.

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good luck man! excited to see how it turns out! those custom models are never easy.

Thanks man, I started with a die cast, cause I know a little about repair car bodys, was gonna try the same principles with the model, since I know nothing about those..

sweet man... like to see how it turns out

well your doing a good job so far!

Thank you Sir.

yeah will look sweet once you get it done... good luck with that

Put some more work into the model today.

Back bumper finally harden

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Now I just need to fill in the small places with scratches. Then carve our the bumper.

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New material waiting to dry above.

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Getting ready to carve out fenders with a drill and a file.

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Added primer so I could see imperfections above easier.

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Added more material after sanding out imperfections after primer dried.

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Sanded that out, here is what it looks like now, but still not finished.

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taking longer to do that mod than the real thing- lol

Yeah, its quite a pain really. Cause its so small and detail is hard to achieve.

Well, some putty dried today, I sanded the back bumper and then filled in some more putty where pieces chipped out. The hood, I reprimered to see the defects with home small inperfections would fill in and sand out with 1500 grit paper. We will see. Here are pics of the progress from today.

The model I started with, I bought two.
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Putty I am using
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Now the hood progress.

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sweet man. you have more patience than i do... . I prolly would have already thrown it out the window.

thats cool man keep up the good work.

Tonight I decided to start on Norms fenders. I was thinking about carving these out with a metal file but I really dont have the right tools, So I decided to drill them out, and then carve them out of bondo that I fill the gap back in with.

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Looking good

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Done a little more shaping on the left scoop, need to do the right one now.

Continueing my build, got the first coat of black paint on it tonight, got some of the rear diffuser shaped, and one vent in the side shaped. None are completed.. but here are the pics...

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awesome man it's looking good... i'm gonna have to buy another car and have you mod mine up- lol... you need to buy a plain jane black one so you have before and after...

They dont sell black ones, looked everywhere. Only ones they sell are matchbox size. I am gonna have to paint another one black just to get both.

Dark Sol wrote:

They dont sell black ones, looked everywhere. Only ones they sell are matchbox size. I am gonna have to paint another one black just to get both.

gotcha...

Continuing the build today. Painted and then scrub down with a scrub pad. Will repaint again later, but you can get the idea of what its gonna look like.

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looking good

Back to work. Was ordered to have this finished before this car season by the wife.. lol

So.. here are the pics continueing on this build.

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New paint.. and not just any paint. this is the exact color and type of paint used on our solstice. This is pontiac paint from the dealership on this model.

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Painted in the fog lights.
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Grills installed.
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Before and after.. used another silver car to make one like ours.

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Headlights in.

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Tinted the tailights with vht and a paint brush, then clear coated just like a real one.

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Motor in.

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Tada!

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NOTICE THE TRIM AROUND THE WINDSHIELD AND TRUNK.. I am having it painted black on the real car to match what I done on the model. I like it better for sure.

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Now I need an Exhaust.

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Cut some aluminum tubing and bonded it in with the putty used for the hood.

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UT oh.. solstice is getting pulled over..

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looks just like it! good job!

Thank you. That sir, was a ton or work and patience.