Pimpin' '68 Mazda Cosmo

crazydave · Post by **crazydave** » Mon Oct 27, 2003 12:34 am

Ok, so you might look at it, and say, "Hey, that's that goofy MAT car."

Well I didn't see a a japanese action hero's car. I saw a legendary classic Japanese sports car.

First thing I did was ditch those rims, and put some rims from a Import Racer! (formerly Dub City) die-cast car.

Then I sanded all the sloppy molding lines off, primered it white, and layed a nice sporty pearl red.

Threw in some details. The headlights were already painted silver so there was no way I could try to replicate the original bucket headlights, so I decided to give them tinted lenses.

I had slightly different plans, and went astray, but I'm really happy with it. I'm surprized I haven't seen any others like it.

hue35 · Post by **hue35** » Mon Oct 27, 2003 12:53 am

Beautiful crazydave, I'm having a hard time messin' with mine... that's my name and my frequency.

SuperFly · Post by **SuperFly** » Mon Oct 27, 2003 1:06 am

Ok, I wouldn't pull this out if I didn't mean it: my favorite car you've done. period.

payaso · Post by **payaso** » Mon Oct 27, 2003 1:15 am

Fantastic man... I also can't believe I haven't seen one as hot as they look. Now you're making me want to paint mine... Love that classic red too.
It begs for alloys though. I'm such a sucker for alloy parts.

silla

noxorc · Post by **noxorc** » Mon Oct 27, 2003 7:01 am

nice job...it looks like a car from the '60s.

-nox

Post by **CaboWabo** » Mon Oct 27, 2003 8:06 am

looks great man, you chose a classic color too.

crazydave · Post by **crazydave** » Mon Oct 27, 2003 8:17 am

Thanks for the comps guys, and Superfly, it's funny you've said that a few of my recent cars were you're favorite to date. I must be working in your direction, but it makes me wonder, "What could I possibly come up with that would be Supefly's next favorite?"

@Payaso, here ya go man.

It was supposed to have gold rims, that's one place where I went astray. It was also supposed to be a convertible, that's the other place I went astray.

Now after putting it on this chassis I kinda wish I went with my original plan, but oh well, it looks cool. No use being hung up on the woulda, coulda, shoulda's.

crazydave · Post by **crazydave** » Mon Oct 27, 2003 8:20 am

CaboWabo wrote:looks great man, you chose a classic color too.

You know what's funny about that? I've been using the same can of red for the last 4-5 months, I just use different color base coats to change it's shade. I had been using gold under it, but this time I went with the white primer to give it a brighter sportier look.

This car was the end of that can, I barely sputtered out 2 coats.

Post by **CaboWabo** » Mon Oct 27, 2003 8:40 am

well I'd say it was just enough.
that car just screams classic all over.
love it.

VooDooMafia · Post by **VooDooMafia** » Mon Oct 27, 2003 8:45 am

Nice job dave

damn I can't believe you got around to painting your before I had the chance to do mine. Didn't I just get a PM saying you got it in ok

You are like me you get something in and start thinking right away. Only differance is you paint it and I stop 80% of the time at thinking and get another beer

crazydave · Post by **crazydave** » Mon Oct 27, 2003 8:53 am

VooDooMafia wrote:Nice job dave damn I can't believe you got around to painting your before I had the chance to do mine. Didn't I just get a PM saying you got it in ok You are like me you get something in and start thinking right away. Only differance is you paint it and I stop 80% of the time at thinking and get another beer

Yeah, I jumped on it right away. When I got a picture in my head, I have to act.

Besides, I've been trying to work out the SE issue all week, and been dreaming mosfets. I had to do something non-techy for the afternoon to clear my head.

VooDooMafia · Post by **VooDooMafia** » Mon Oct 27, 2003 9:00 am

Well its nice so good job. IMO some of the hero bodies are nice to work with cause they are different and not seen as often. Plus they have some great lines in them

hogjowlz · Post by **hogjowlz** » Mon Oct 27, 2003 9:19 am

well im a sucker for flames cuz well huh huh fire is cool. but ya dude that thing looks like an old jap sports car forsure. nice color nice detail always.

crazydave · Post by **crazydave** » Mon Oct 27, 2003 9:43 am

Thanks Hog. You know I almost put some silver flames in my base coat, so there would be just a hint of flames showing through the red, but I decided to keep it tasteful.

Here's the real deal...

hogjowlz · Post by **hogjowlz** » Mon Oct 27, 2003 9:52 am

ya dude you dont need flames on every job you do. that thing is very tasteful.