1992 Honda Prelude Si VTEC - wip

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October 9, 2021
Crap. Somebody put a Fujimi kit into the Aoshima box.
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October 9, 2021
What's in the box?
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October 9, 2021
Red plastics. I don't like it. In the newer kits by Fujimi, the parts are black molded. I know it because I have some in my shelf and compared them.
Under the tape are the mirrors. The picture was taken before the painting. Nearly forgot it.
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October 9, 2021
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October 9, 2021
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October 9, 2021
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October 9, 2021
The body in red plastics too. The newer kit are molded differently.
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October 9, 2021
My decals are defect. They have flaws
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October 9, 2021
Red part are black completely
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October 9, 2021
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October 9, 2021
Sticked the floor pan and interior together.
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October 9, 2021
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October 9, 2021
Closed the holes for the rear deck spoiler
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October 9, 2021
Already base coated
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October 10, 2021
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October 10, 2021
Nearly good. Some flaws in the passengers door :/
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November 7, 2021
Clear coat is done 🙂
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November 26, 2021
After a little wet sanding and polishing, I was through the rear ends edge 🙁 So I spotrepaired it. Crossing fingers how it turned out.
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January 2, 2022
The paintjob (clear coat) went not that good. The trunk lid won't get the same glossy finish like the rest. The rest was perfect.
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January 2, 2022
Another failure: cracks and crinkles. I was not in the mood to do a repair again.
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January 2, 2022
So I stripped the paint...
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January 2, 2022
...and fillered it again after wet sanding.
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January 4, 2022
New year, new paint job. I'm satisfied with it.
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January 13, 2022
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January 13, 2022
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January 13, 2022
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January 15, 2022
Done.
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January 15, 2022
The decals were not usable after the flood last summer.They have a lot of cracks. I cut them out and glued it with the paper in place. A medium thick layer hand painted clear cote make them looking not that bad. When the body is over the chassis it will be good enough.
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January 15, 2022
So I'm done with it 🙂
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January 15, 2022
I love that front. At last, I added metal stickers on the nose an the rear. They suck. What a tiny crappy work, when the stickers fall apart
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January 15, 2022
The Prelude-Logo broke in three pieces. I did my best. The H fell apart in two pieces. At the back and at the front. I hate it. But it looks good.

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8 9 October 2021, 12:07

István Szücs
Looking good! What's the plan with the dashboard?

10 October 2021, 17:37

Spanjaard
Looking good

10 October 2021, 19:13

Christian W
Thank you for your interesst!
To the dashboard. I'll take the LHD dashboard. It is constructed that way, that the decal will be placed between the top part and lower part. It looks like, that it mustn't be put on like a decal. I think it is good enough to cut it out an glue it in place somehow. I'll look at it by the time when I need it. I'll see, how bad it looks through the windows. If it will be seen, that it is worn, I'll scan the decals of another kit in my stash and replace it. I'm looking relaxed forward 😉

10 October 2021, 19:53

Christian W
Another round for the paint. Stripped the color and did it from the start up.

2 January 2022, 12:14

István Szücs
Not good news... Head up, next time you will do it!

2 January 2022, 15:16

Christian W
Thank you. It's done. Second paintjob.

4 January 2022, 23:47

István Szücs
Looking good.

5 January 2022, 08:30