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Old 01-08-2010, 11:53 PM
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Heres my current project. Not much to it so far, pretty simplistic compared to others I have done. The model at 1:25th scale actually fit a large chassy perfect, and needed no body cutting. I tried something new with the windows, and by using a black paint marker on the inside of the window, the outside came out looking streak free and matches an xmod window pretty well.



After assembly most of the inside of the body has been cut away to make room for the chassy.



taped off for painting the racing stripe this weekend.


I will upload more as the project progresses.
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Old 01-09-2010, 02:03 AM
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WOW. ya know... in all my years in xmods, i dont think ive ONCE seen a viper xmod...

kinda strange? Looking forward to this!!!
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Old 01-09-2010, 02:24 AM
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hey man looks like a nice start to your project...black stripe?...ideas for wheels?...looking forward to your progress pics


SPR,man you have been gone too long LOL...check out september COTM 2009

http://www.xmodsource.com/forum/show...ippo%27s+viper

zippo and fieldfairy had a viper buildoff...then entered their cars in the comp...which was definitely one of the better comp IMHO...still cant decide which viper is better...both cool in their own ways
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Old 01-09-2010, 02:54 AM
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wow, both are nice builds. It will be striped like this pic, and I have wheels to match. I am debating on whether to keep it simple so I can race it without crying when it wrecks, or go all out and completely redo the hood to match the photo also.

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Old 01-09-2010, 11:12 AM
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glad to see another viper being done. i want to rework mine sometime, when i get time. quick question, did you sand the body where the stripes are going? still looks like the glossy factory finish in the pics. with not sanding you risk pulling paint off when you take the masking off.

please resize your pics to 800x600 or less as well please.
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Old 01-11-2010, 09:42 PM
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Sorry about the image sizes, I thought I had resized them. Here are some updated photos, after a weekend of myself, my wife and 6 mo daughter being sick as hell. All thats left is detail work, and installing the mountings for the chassy.

Decided to be creative and try a new resource. Used some scrap leather I had from an unrelated project to make the air intake on the hood.


The leather worked out after being sealed with rubber cement (leather being incredibly porous).



Taped off again, ready for painting.



Painted. I used what I had on hand, which was some crappy krylon fusion spraypaint.





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Old 01-11-2010, 09:54 PM
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interesting choice using leather.. You can def tell it isn't smoothed out. Looks good otherwise.
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Old 01-11-2010, 10:00 PM
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actually its the lighting, the leather was smooth, its just the paint I used left a slight texture. For some reason in the photos it was more visible on the leather. If you look at the front end of the second painted photo, you can see the same texture on the smooth plastic.
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WOW. ya know... in all my years in xmods, i dont think ive ONCE seen a viper xmod...

kinda strange? Looking forward to this!!!
seriesly? i just added a thread yesterday about my viper i'm doi'n pretty much the same thing as him and nobody cares.
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Old 01-12-2010, 09:27 PM
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seriesly? i just added a thread yesterday about my viper i'm doi'n pretty much the same thing as him and nobody cares.

In his defense he posted that before your Viper thread I like your Viper, can't wait to see it finished.
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i had to check the dates but yer right he did post first. my bad.
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