If I had all the time in the world...

...then I still wouldn't have the patience to complete something like this.

This is a 1/12 scale Tamiya model.  I've never seen anything this detailed, but the best part is, most of the build up was documented. This just blows my mind.  Just remember, this started as a box of plastic parts. I wonder how long it took?

Full build here, just wish I know what I was reading, but the pictures tell enough of a story:

http://www.mobile01.com/newsdetail.php?id=5933

From this:

To this:

Changed it up...

Changed up the front end of my WRX again on the weekend after a slight run in with the law... the po-po didn't like my yellow lights, so I pulled off the yellow headlight film and did something else.

Here are some pics with my brothers STI so you can see the difference (I also did his reverse lights the same as mine with the 'iron' film a few minutes before these shots).

Much better...

Yesterday, I put the smoke film on the reverse light part of my taillights, but decided that it was way too dark, so I pulled it off today, and used an 'iron' film instead.

What I started with today:

Peeled the 'smoke' film off:

Laid the 'iron' film down, before the cutting (the scariest part):

After 20 minutes of careful cutting:

The finished product, I did the spoiler LED too:

Much better now, not dark enough to attract unwanted attention (cops), but enough to be unique.

3 more full days off, what else can I do?

Its too late...

I found this funny, so I decided to put it up here.

Things didn't go as planned...

I picked up a chunk of smoked exterior tint film over the weekend because I was gonna tint my spoiler LED so it would blend into black underside of the spoiler.  But things didn't go as planned, the film ended up on the reverse lights instead.  I just did it to see what it would look like.  I think it is too dark though, and will probably go with a lighter film on the reverse lights and this film on the spoiler LED.  Good thing I have this week off.

The Man of Many Belts...

Just finished watching the Manny Pacquiao/Miguel Cotto boxing match.  And it was insane!  Pacquaio is way too fast.  If there were any doubts that Pacquaio is the worlds best 'Pound for Pound' boxer, then he silenced those doubts tonight.  He was in total control of the fight (with maybe the exception of the first round) with a knockdown in the 3rd and 4th round, up until the ref stopped it at 55 seconds of the 12th round.  Cottos face was puffy and swollen, and even his wife and kid left their seats after the 9th round because they couldn't watch any more.

With this win, Pacquaio made history by winning his 7th world title in 7 weight classes.

Floyd Mayweather Jr. has been ducking and dodging him since he's been back fighting again.  I think it is finally time...

Home Depot, for all your car needs... or at least some...

What happens when you have a day off, and have a itch to mod?  You start looking at your car and decide to see what you can improve on the cheap.  Last year, I put a little thin rubber piece on the bottom of the front lip/bumper, but it got all tattered and torn over the course of the year, and was looking mangled, so I took it off.  Then I ran to Home Depot and found this:

Took some double sided tape to it, and ended up with a new front lip:

I put a few self tapping screws in it to make sure it stayed, but this stuff was much better than the stuff I used before, it was much thicker, and more foamy so it'll last through the cold weather.

Total cost: $25