http://www.spc.org.uk/toyota/i/green-supra-001.jpg

http://www.spc.org.uk/toyota/i/green-supra-002.jpg

Thanks to Tonioseven for the Inspiration for this.
Not quite sure what else will happen to the body work, ideas will flow as I go along. But the Audi Metallic Mint Green Paint should be very different.
I'll have 19" rims of some kind.

Thanks

Just tryin' to help!! :)

uhm... could we possibly have some pictures of thje inspiration? if there are any i mean... if they were posted somewhere else, then i missed them

uhm... could we possibly have some pictures of thje inspiration? if there are any i mean... if they were posted somewhere else, then i missed them
There weren't any pictures but I just know Steve has a nice collection of 19" wheels and he can work wonders with any color so i just threw it out there as an idea :smile:

alrighty, well, cant wait to see more progress, i'm sure the green will dominate

looking sweet dude, i take it you cut the body, spaced it out then filled the gap and blended it all back in? it looks great, now why didnt i think of that b4?

that green looks great dude, cant wait to see how it turns out. how about some gold centres to the rims?

cant wait to see more! :sunglasse

This Supra is going to come out great! That green is gonna look very nice from whut i can see. Any pics of the front? Great body work! Very clean and simple. Keep it up.:iceslolan

*Pulls up the chair...cracks open another beer...out comes the chippie's...leans back*...and waits for another masterpiece to unfold before our eyes.

:smokin: :smokin: :smokin:

lol tonio... you're right... looks like the p-man didnt have much time to wait

its gonna be awesome.

wow... you build these fast! Can't wait to see! By the way nice widebody effect by keeping all the details! :biggrin:

looking sweet dude, i take it you cut the body, spaced it out then filled the gap and blended it all back in? it looks great, now why didnt i think of that b4?
that green looks great dude, cant wait to see how it turns out. how about some gold centres to the rims?

You got it right :evillol: you could also be right about the rims, we'll see.

The front of the car will have some effects but not sure what yet also the bonnet/hood will have some work done.

i know this one will look sweet!

Just cut some vents into the hood and whack on a big single turbo setup, and we'll be happy :iceslolan Can't wait to see some work done on this model, the widebody effects are very cool, a nice subtle touch.

Nice idea Steve - very subtle - can we expect to see it finished by teatime tomorrow ? :naughty:
BTW nice colour too

can we expect to see it finished by teatime tomorrow ? :naughty:


lol :evillol:

Nice idea Steve - very subtle - can we expect to see it finished by teatime tomorrow ? :naughty:
BTW nice colour too
No but maybe by Monday night as I have Monday off on Holiday :evillol:

sweet, monday is like the worst day of the week.

Looking good, where do you get those little paint bottles???

The paint is mixed at a local Automotive parts outlet in the UK called Halfords

The paint is mixed at a local Automotive parts outlet in the UK called Halfords
Go figure, I need to find somehting like that here in the US

http://www.spc.org.uk/toyota/i/green-supra-003.jpg

http://www.spc.org.uk/toyota/i/green-supra-004.jpg

A bit more done for now. Opinions on the bonnet mods ?

you did it again

to quote warren in your s2000 thread:

Looks like we have a new kiwibot by the amount of kits you are turning out.

Steve, IMHO, you've just crossed the line between import and rice, and your on the rice side. Maybe if you lowered the scoop a little, like parallel it with the hood, that'd be sweet, but that's jsut my 2 pennies.

Steve, IMHO, you've just crossed the line between import and rice, and your on the rice side. Maybe if you lowered the scoop a little, like parallel it with the hood, that'd be sweet, but that's jsut my 2 pennies.
It's only a fun kit build up. Hell it's going to be mint green, so it's not intended to be a Jap street car :)

I like the idea, it's just a little large, but hey it's your car, if you like it, do it. Hey, A litebulb just came on, keep the scoop as it is, mask and matt black the hood and them mask and mint green the scoop like yashio S15 CF hood with pink scoop. That I'd like.

Opinions on the bonnet mods ?

It has a pretty aggressive look to it. If it has something to back that look up underneath the bonnet you'll hear no complaints from me. Even if it doesnt have something to back it up it still looks pretty cool :biggrin:.
Keep up the good work.

not bad maybe you could mod the engine air intake to make it functional


sort of

not bad maybe you could mod the engine air intake to make it functional


sort of
Ram Air, on a Supra???? That's crazy,......so crazy, it just might work.

Holy crap!! Where do you get your ideas, is there a new glue on the market we should all know about? :)lol

Await further progress

http://www.spc.org.uk/toyota/i/green-supra-003.jpg

http://www.spc.org.uk/toyota/i/green-supra-004.jpg

A bit more done for now. Opinions on the bonnet mods ?


No, Does not look good, ( to me) The supra has very organic flowing lines, and the scoop has... a blocky style, definatly a :nono: (to me)
Maybe if you lowered the scoop down a bit, and made it flow more with the car or added sumthing like this http://www.ridejudge.com/featured/June01/frontDriver.jpg
or just the two openings without the cowl down the center,
Just my :2cents: , but I like the way you did the body, very cool, hope to see more of this project soon

Looking good, but I can't handle that hood scoop, looks too muscle car-ish IMO.

Wow...it almost looks like it could have some fat drag slicks tucked under the rear and some skinny fronts, pro-street style! I like the technique for widening the rear arches..very nice :smokin:

The scoop looks to tall to me now but I guarantee when it's done it'll look spot on :iceslolan

The paint is mixed at a local Automotive parts outlet in the UK called Halfords

Steve, is it just normal automotive mettalic base coat they mix for you? I didn't realise you could get such a small amount mixed. What do you ask for... is it a special thing they do for paint touch-up on cars?

i like the hoodscoop

i think the hood scoop looks badass myself... keep it, but paint it green while having the rest of the hood CF like SR5 said

i think the hood scoop looks badass myself... keep it, but paint it green while having the rest of the hood CF like SR5 said
yeah, yeah, green scoop, Yashio Factory S15 inspired hood, body colored scoop, CF hood.

Usually I try not to weigh in on style (unless I really like it) because to each his own, and it's not my place, but since you asked for comments....

I think it's too big; too wide and too high, and too square. Like SonyMobile said, the Supra is very organic and it looks sort of out of place. More than that, the Supra is pretty much defined by how it orders its negative space. While the car is generally round, there are a few places that tuck back in a little bit, and this is what makes the car so dramatic. For example, the contour (looked at in profile) of the front bumper and air dam is concave, the intakes on the sides fold back and recede into the quarter panels, and the upturned rear and spoiler makes a nice little indentation right before the trailing edge like the small of a pretty girl's back. These are all negative spaces. That's why the holes in the hood of the Supra in that movie and in the hood FOTW sells work and look good, because they do not extend beyond the curvature of the car, but recede into it. You could make a scoop extend out into positive space like that but you have to be careful, it would have to not overpower the shapes on the car, but instead accentuate them, like if you slightly hightened the curvature of the hood and added a scoop like that. Another option would be to set a scoop into the hoop, like the single turbo drag set up are known to do, or even like how a JGTC Supra does. While I know that's not terribly original, it would work with the Supras shape a lot better in my opinion.

Anyway, that's supposed to be constructive, I sure hope it comes off as such.

very well worded...

It's a nice mod, but it needs to be less bulky, So i recommend cutting down the height to about 2/3's and then slicing the front of the scoop back on the same angle as the hood, and making it a little less abrupt by making it's sides on more of an angle towards the hood. just my 2 cents but it still is your car.

Looking good, but I can't handle that hood scoop, looks too muscle car-ish IMO.
amen :biggrin:

Usually I try not to weigh in on style (unless I really like it) because to each his own, and it's not my place, but since you asked for comments....
I think it's too big; too wide and too high, and too square. ..............................................be to set a scoop into the hoop, like the single turbo drag set up are known to do, or even like how a JGTC Supra does. While I know that's not terribly original, it would work with the Supras shape a lot better in my opinion.
Anyway, that's supposed to be constructive, I sure hope it comes off as such.

Thanks
I think your right, maybe it'll have two hoods if I can find another spare it'll redo it.

doesnt look right on a supra... do a top secret c/f hood

im loving the body mods and think the scoop is cool, but how about making the scoop a little bit more like the nissan pulsar gti r? basicaly scoop it back a little (making it less claw like) and adding a couple of little slats into the vent.
just a suggestion as it may go well with the lines of the body. other than that tho i think it looks excelently made, very smooth,

and in the end build it for you coz none of us are goona be having it in our house. Build for yourself

spoiler makes a nice little indentation right before the trailing edge like the small of a pretty girl's back. :ylsuper: :cheers:

No, Does not look good, ( to me) The supra has very organic flowing lines, and the scoop has... a blocky style, definatly a :nono: (to me)
Maybe if you lowered the scoop down a bit, and made it flow more with the car or added sumthing like this http://www.ridejudge.com/featured/June01/frontDriver.jpg
or just the two openings without the cowl down the center,
Just my :2cents: , but I like the way you did the body, very cool, hope to see more of this project soon


im sorry if that doesnt look good to you you should get off the drugs

That hood scoop is awesome. Great work with it. I can't wait to see what the paint will look like on here.

im sorry if that doesnt look good to you you should get off the drugs

And Im sorry that you do not no how to respect others opinions :nono: , I stated that it did not look good to me. Which is my opinion. He asked for input on the hood scoop, so I gave him my thoughts. Obviously you dont have the intelligence to read properly and maybe state your own opinion, instead of running your mouth.

Have a nice day.
SonyMobile

i do respect other peoples opinions except for yours i bet you never even built a model and you probably dont even wear ecko clothes you little poser

have a nice day

hiro boy i like every inch of your car keep doing your thang

nice project Steve. show us some pics with the rims, hehe :D

turbo, please dont turn this into the drifting forums... we all have our opinions and EVERY one of them needs to be respected... everyone has the right to criticize another's work while staying within the guidelines

come on steve we need some new pic's hehe ;)

Cool project. IMO that scoop is too big :grinno: . Show us pics with wheels. :evillol:

turbo, please dont turn this into the drifting forums... we all have our opinions and EVERY one of them needs to be respected... everyone has the right to criticize another's work while staying within the guidelines

i know shuber i agree i apologize sonymobile

:mad:....

To Hiro: I am very sorry to ruin your thread like this, I assure it will not happen again.

Got any Progress on this yet?? what are your rim choices for this anyways? I thought maybe you would like to take a look at this, It seems to be the same color as you have chosen, I was lookin through my magazine collection to take to the... "reading room" for my morning bussiness, and i came across the issue that this is in and thought you might like to see it.

The link: http://www.pasmag.com/news/get.asp?ID=384&tsectionkey=features

http://www.pasmag.com/img/news/image761.jpg

Thats kinda the idea I have, rims I have in mind at the moment are these
http://www.spc.org.uk/wheels/aoshima/24-abc-exclusive-glanzen.jpg

but the centes resprayed so they are not so shiney.

No pics tonight as i'n working on the front bumper now. Been at the UK IMPS Nationals all day (Nice to see FOPW and Gundam (Paul) again).
Bought too much crap again.

Gotta go now and putty :naughty:

Nice rim choice, What color are u spraying the centers? gold?

BTW where do you buy all your rims? I have heard you have a rather large collection of 19's :evillol: ...

I like it. :)

lets see the engine!

Looks good, i dont go to AF for a week and i miss out on a lot.
Im loving every thing on it except for that hood

Steve, those rims will go spectacularly with the green paint, are you considering what I suggested about the CF hood and mint green scoop inspired by the YF S15? It looks nice either way.

the wide-body treatment you've afforded this beauty deserves a custom hood. so.. If you decide to deep-six the one you've made I would think the SAS hood could make that model exceedingly sexy. I just love that TRD widebody supra. seeing yours makes me think immediately of that famous hood.

I really like those rims, they will look awesome on the car. Aren't they, by the way, the same rims on the Aoshima (?) RE Amemiya (sp?) RX-7? Or at least on Subway's build of it? Regardless, they will look wicked cool. And also, I really like hood on the green Supra you posted a pic of. It pretty much exemplifies what I was saying in my long post before. And keep in mind, with as hot as high-revving, lean burning Japanese motors run you can probably add more horsepower cooling the engine more efficiently than you can by ramming air into the intake manifold (especially when said manifold leads to a turbo...) and that's why you see the "backward" vents on so many Japanese cars. Anyway, I should shut up about that, and get back into my place...

Should look awesome in that color and rims :eek: ...

That green is going to look awesome, and I don't think there's a damn thing wrong with the scoop. It all looks good to me. Can't wait to see the paint on it.

more pics?

Great work so far! Good thinking for the widebody.

Bit of an update front end, no way near finished but an idea of what is going on.

http://www.spc.org.uk/toyota/i/green-supra-005.jpg

http://www.spc.org.uk/toyota/i/green-supra-006.jpg

Feel free to share your opinions :evillol:

Woaw... I like it a lot.... very agressive. I like too the intake like the Celica. For the bonnet don't use the big air intake, personnaly I prefer the intake like the Bomex Supra (http://www.hlj.com/cgi-perl/hljpage.cgi?AOS03285).

Keep us update..... :smile:

Stunning :iceslolan and nice wheels. I can't wait when its finished :evillol: .

Lookin good, I like the small intake you put in, looks awsome, I agree though, those rims definatly need to be resprayed, waaaaaaay to shiny.

Awesome.. Rims look good how they are.. Like the non-scoop hood too.

thats stunning, love the widebody effect, and the front work looks to be coming along nicely

I like how you've redone the side scoops to be aggressive, very cool. The lil intake is growing on me, I'm liking that, but with the way your doing the car now, it needs to scoop. The rims look good shiney like that.

totaly in love with this little baby, keep up the good work.
centre scoop is great

looks awesome, me want more

front end is tight......

Wow, looks real good! I like it with or without the hood scoop its up to you!! :smile:

Whoa!!! Its coming along very well. Keep the pix coming along!

love the front bumper.

The front end is great! It's somehow subtle while being very aggressive. I mean, it looks aggressive but looks like it belongs there, it does well with the Supra's overall look. Very cool! This model is going to be killer, no doubt.

http://www.spc.org.uk/toyota/i/green-supra-007.jpg

http://www.spc.org.uk/toyota/i/green-supra-008.jpg

http://www.spc.org.uk/toyota/i/green-supra-009.jpg

Please excuse the picture quality it's late and not very good lighting so level have been tweeked in Photoshop a bit.

Body sanded again and primed, it still need loads more sanding yet to get right.

wow. i like the new scoop and the front bumper, very stylish! :smile:

Oh yes! Now you're right on the money! :bigthumb: The new scoop is great...really suits the rest of it.

Are you planning any kind of side skirts to bring the sills closer to the ground. Maybe not a full length one but the front end just behind the front wheel looks quite high compared with the front bumper ...which I might add looks excellent. :smokin: It almost looks FTO-ish from the front. :iceslolan

http://www.spc.org.uk/misc/yellow-fto.jpg

I see what you mean (this was my other halfs FTO before she sold it)

That looks nice... unusual colour for an FTO, most I see are red, silver or black. Do you go to JAE by any chance?

looks real good steve. much better on the new scoop.

it's comming out really nice
i love it

Good look. Is that a modified Euro spec Supra scoop?

There we go, I like this scoop muuuch better, looking good hiro, thats a nice FTO, dont you have an FTO?

Car is looking really nice now Steve, cant wait for more progress pics. Keep it up!:iceslolan

That scoop is much better!

I guess I'm one of the few that liked the old hood scoop? Oh well, along great as always.

`RG

I guess I'm one of the few that liked the old hood scoop? Oh well, along great as always.

`RG

Don't worry I'll be painting both up, so we can have both :evillol:

now keep it wingless...you'll love it!

Dang thats cool :naughty: , good work dude ! :smokin:
And scoop is much better now. :evillol:

I like this one!! It's better than the first one.

Love the mods on that front bar! cant wait to see the car with some paint on it. still amazes me how you crank out such fine models in such a short period of time.

Are you planning any kind of side skirts to bring the sills closer to the ground. Maybe not a full length one but the front end just behind the front wheel looks quite high compared with the front bumper I see what you mean, so tonight I created something at the front end.
http://www.spc.org.uk/toyota/i/green-supra-010.jpg

http://www.spc.org.uk/toyota/i/green-supra-011.jpg

Primer is still wet at the moment, so another good sanding down required tomorrow.

Thanks guys and Yvon

much better steve, how about doing that on the back just behind the wheels, seeing as there already is one in front, just my two cents.

i like the front part of the side skirt now. Its good cuz its draws up into the higher back end and it gives it a cool looks. Good work Steve! :bigthumb:

pure beuty hiro

WoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooW !!! :smokin:

SEXY BEAST! :evillol:

I see what you mean, so tonight I created something at the front end.

Spot on! :bigthumb: Very subtle but most effective!

http://www.spc.org.uk/toyota/i/green-supra-012.jpg

http://www.spc.org.uk/toyota/i/green-supra-013.jpg

http://www.spc.org.uk/toyota/i/green-supra-014.jpg

Primer now rubbed down smooth, 5 coats of paint airbrushed on, a sanding with micromesh tomorrow maybe a few more coats then the clear.

Bleached the wheels ready to paint pale gold as the TE37's (shown) but now kinda like them in gloss black. Any opinions on the wheels.

Thanks for the continued interest in this build :)

I think that both wheels look very good.
But I prefer goldish. Nice combination with green.

Mmmm black wheels :iceslolan :bigthumb: :bigthumb: :bigthumb:
The gold wheels are kind of what you'd expect on this car so I feel the black is the way to go. Looks great. The colour is lighter than i expected too.

Do you get you Pegasus sleeves here in the UK or mail order from the states?

very awesome work !!! really love the green with the black hood

i love the black rim better, they really suit the green but also make a combination with the hood IMO. so go with the black one !!

Wow! Looking nice..... Both rims look clean, i like the Volks more though for some reason, or maybe you can paint the volks black with a chrome lip. Keep it up!:smile:

i would have to agree with the others. go with black rims (I don't say this often) this car can pull off black rims where other cars cant.


steve... its perfect. I LOVE the bodywork.

WOW! That looks awesome man! :icon16:

Looks awsome, the color is a little darker than I had expected, but very nice!, I like the black, and the gold, have you thought about a "two faced" car? one side with black centered rims and one side with gold centered? just my :2cents:

i would have to agree with the others. go with black rims (I don't say this often) this car can pull off black rims where other cars cant.


steve... its perfect. I LOVE the bodywork.
:iagree: :sunglasse

Steve, top notch job buddy. Looks hot, honestly, the gold shiney rims would've gone better, however, I like the black, and the gold, they both look real good. It's up to you in the end.

A duller gold like you said would look really nice.

looks awsome

wow, i love that colour. i would say go with the black rims as they give the car a realy cool stance.

i cant get over how great this car looks. it truely is gorgeous. i think the front bumper looks excellent. keep up the hard work dude.

:biggrin: :biggrin: :biggrin: :biggrin: :biggrin: :biggrin: :biggrin: :biggrin:

i actually liked the gold ones better but the black looks great too. did you put a clearcoat on because its just not that shiny? but man i love that color

black

very awesome work !!! really love the green with the black hood

i love the black rim better, they really suit the green but also make a combination with the hood IMO. so go with the black one !!
Couldn't have said it better myself.

Supra looks sweet, how is the back looking, did you modify the rear bumper as well? Post some pictures.

The car looks mean as, maybe you try the gun metal grey for a wheel colour.
Just a sujestion.

Update : Added 3 more coats of paint tonight and 4 coats of clear so far, so sorry no photos tonight.

Thanks

I say the gold rims look 100% better, i think the black wheels make the car look way too dark.

Go with the gold! Looks hot!

The car looks mean as, maybe you try the gun metal grey for a wheel colour.
Just a sujestion.


Im with circuitR on this one, i really thing a gun metal or dark metalic gray would suit this car perfectly, black rims are nice as well but i think it wont show off those big rims,i think the dark metalic grey will really empahasise the wheels a lot more than the black. either way this car is going to look damn hot regardless of wheel colour or combo. this is a masterpiece,i wish i could develop skills like this in the future.

Wooow i love the colour :naughty: . IMO the black rims is better :grinyes:

oh good lord you are good steve i love the paint the hood scoop the black hood what you did on the fron bumper and sideskirts this is a nice ass peice of work man...........NICE ASS

http://www.spc.org.uk/toyota/i/green-supra-015.jpg

http://www.spc.org.uk/toyota/i/green-supra-016.jpg

http://www.spc.org.uk/toyota/i/green-supra-017.jpg

Bit more progress.
Loads not done yet.
Lowering is the next thing to do.

Thanks

Stunning as usual Steve :eek7: :eek7:

the black headlights look soooo menacing!
loving it!

http://www.spc.org.uk/toyota/i/green-supra-018.jpg

http://www.spc.org.uk/toyota/i/green-supra-019.jpg

Not happy with the photos I took this morning. So I some more.
Boy that paint is hard to take photos of.

Looks even sweeter in the new pics :eek:

yeah, the new pics look great, i love that colour so much. there are not enough green cars about!

cant wait to see this finished :smokin:

Looks even sweeter in the new pics :eek:
:iceslolan :iceslolan

this is an exciting supra. I can't wait to see your engine build!!

Man that paint is fiine enough to eat, the black lamps do look menacing, something that like the top dog street racer of japan would roll, so you gotta do something badassed under the hood to back up them damn fine looks!

that is bad ass, looooove the black head lights

http://www.spc.org.uk/toyota/i/green-supra-020.jpg

http://www.spc.org.uk/toyota/i/green-supra-021.jpg

I have now completed the window rubbers, panel lines and painted and installed the engine, Battery and Brake Fluid Tank to come soon.
Oh also lowered the suspension at the front only.

Nice

Excelent progression...

Im impressined!!! :eek7:

Wow!

Looks mean

Very nice looking Hiro, that color is very... different, alot darker than i thought it would come out, but nice, the widebody thing you did looks stunning, looks alot better than stock. nice work.

I think you should open up a hole in the hood scoop that is on the bonnet. Then it will look functional. Everything else looks a-o-k.

`RG

beautiful job steve, color is awsome and this is another beautiful work from you :)

coming along nicely! the intercooler is scratch built correct? any chance of a shot of it plus the piping work?im just trying to make out the end tanks of the cooler.im setting up something similar on my Evo III. i saw the tutorial on how to make intercoolers but yours seem to look more realistic. is it covered with bare metal foil or sprayed.

wow, looks good i like the color a lot! :smile:

Nice man!!!