My Crash Test Dummy - Takashi
Good day gentlemen, I need a right hand side driver in white so I decide to paint one. I named him Takashi because I figured he might be driving alot of Japanese imports.
This is the eBay brand 1/10 cockpit which coincidently, I bought it on eBay. This cockpit is actually not bad except the helmet is little out of scale so I decide to put a Tamiya helmet on instead. The body come as a clear shell which it was better than the Tamiya version IMO. The set also come with many accessories which I managed to added them to my cockpit even though I have no clue what they are lol...
I decide to painted matt black for the base instead of gloss is for photo reasons (more realistic would be semi-gloss) . I want the car's body line to be the focal point plus this put a spotlight on the driver's details. I also shaded the driver's legs to give a more depth and realism (the model came as a flat piece). The insturment panels do light up and I add little details here and there such as the safty harness and carbon fiber seats.
Please enjoy and I hope you like, if you dont. that's okay. my mom said I might have a career in automotive bodyshop business.
Marlboro man
Exaggerated lines give more detail inside the car
Added carbon seat backing and safty harness
Shaded the legs to give more 3D effect
Bad photo but still lights! :D
One of the car he will be driving~
eBay cockpit painting example.
If you liked those pictures, you should see these...
My Crash Test Dummies (Always Updating)
Comments
OCD
Very nice - I've seen these on eBay and was curious about the actual quality of them.. and I have to say these look darn good! You're paint work isn't too bad either
Crash Cramer
I like your version best. I think you should send your photo into the seller on eBay so they can sell some more. Perhaps a bit more information on who is selling these. Your work is very nice, I think your mom wants you to change careers.
Victorious Secret
Thank you gents: Brother OCD I think they are pretty good substitute for the Tamiya version. The HPI and Yokomo version just can't compare. @ Brother Crash Cramer: I wouldn't do that lol I'm waiting for the price to drop! LOL~
Victorious Secret
BTW Gents, the safty harness is sculpted really bad... same with the leg details.
Vin87
Looks great VS, that carbon seat looks familiar
pagedm_f350
You have done an amazing job, I nearly bought some of these while in hong kong, I wish I did now
twisty
Fine detail squire,i`m loving the lit-up dash,very nice
Henk4Focus
Looking good. Nice paint work.
53HRA
Stunning work!
ranger blue
looks very cool, nice paint job
TIMECMDR
Ben, I have just boxed all my cockpits and they are on the way across the water to you my friend, so they can look like this
Victorious Secret
Thanks gentlemen!! I really appreciated!! Brother Vin, HA I learned from the best!
technical.burP
Very beautiful!
Skottoman
Wow! You did a superb job! Even the little lines on the driving suit, not to mention the 'leg fade'. SPECTACULAR! You've upped the ante again, and I'll have to do much better painting my next Scollins interior. That is REALLY NICE!
DeeMiller
Excellent job!
Love the lightning!
homerboi
fantastic details, VS.
JYCM3
send me 2 of them thanks
Skottoman
I have to ask, how DID you do the small black lines on his driving suit?! It's just amazing! Your paint job is so much better than the one in the ebay ad...
_anders_
Wow, stunning work!
RallyeBaz
Stunning work as usual
Victorious Secret
Thank you gents for the kind word. Brother JC, send me the R33 and we can work something out
Brother Skottoman, I use a 'triple O' sable brush to do all my line work. The reason to outline in black is to make the driver 'pop out' more when inside the car. This method is not realistic but rather, stylized.
Swarm
Excellent work .Your attention to detail is amazing thats what makes all the difference between a good model and an outstanding model ..This is outstanding, a work of art
Wyoming
wow beautiful Interior and detailing, Wish I had the patience to finish them like this
Tizer
How did you do the shading? just a drybrush or something else?
Tobbe70
Extremely nice!!
scollins
WOW- nice job it looks fantastic!
Goat_Boy
Love the interior (especially with the LEDs). Illuminating the dash never even occurred to me before! It's going into my favorites, and the idea might well be borrowed for something in the future. Thanks!
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