*EDIT* Some of the pictures have changed oddly, I don't know why.

I was just given this today as a christmas present by the guy who owns my LHS. Yes the box is waterlogged, but everything is in excellent shape. I don't know what I want to do with this yet, but I'm think street drifter. I was thinking of cutting up some of the chassis (it has a pee shooter exhaust anyway) for a fatter exhaust with no catco converter just straight pipe to a honoturtle styled muffler; and to add some of the R34 turbo detail from my R34 (rest it's soul, I'll build another one day.) I don't want any body mods, just want it old school drift :iceslolan . I was thinking of a new school wing and maybe a CF hood. Gimme some ideas and read the sixth pic carefully. Also what color should it be, should it have some nismo decals?? Thanks.
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As you can see it has an assortment of extras such as a mild cage, and extra seats.
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nice wide wheels :iceslolan

pics dont work for me :(

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btw, yes, cut out that circled part :)

Schuber the pics work for you? I don't get it, what does IGOR have against me, whenever I post a pic, I don't see them, and neither does anyone else. I used the pic button.

wtf kinda car is this?

you simply pasted the wrong stuff... you put

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where you only need
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Thanks, I fixed it. Just used a different web site, I've been having trouble with cardomain for a while. BTW, Mike, it is a 19?? Nissan Skyline R30 GTS

BTW "IMG" should be capitilized.

shouldnt have to be capitolized... example:

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this is what i typed, minus the period in the closing tag
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btw, sorry for hijacking your thread sr5... cant wait to see more progress

not a problem schuber. my fault for not doing it right to begin with. btw, I'll be cutting open that vent thing for the cooler tonite, and make the cooler tomorrow. any color suggestions?

your idea on the parent forums is a good one... try it and if it works, write up a tutorial :)... btw, any color ideas?

Sounds like a cool project. What happened to the box? Drop it in the toilet or somethin ? :rofl:

i like the concept of this build. the CF and wing would look nice but since ur building a drifter, i would only use CF. the best colors are probably gunmetal, black, and white. dont forget to get racing seats with 5-point harness.

Uhm if you wanna go old school drifter i'd go with some bolt of fender flares (you know with the part you can see the bolts), and probably no cf or wing but its up to you! And yes. yes you should cut that out for an intercooler. :biggrin:

Well, I would build it complety stock. I think it is a great model for that. The old school.... the classic.....

Well It has the large vent which was cut, and I found an old radiator from a nascar that was just the right width for a intercooler. It also has a little vent on the front left of the bumper, so I cut that out too. I don't plan for any body mods, also I'm doing some lite engine detail, just cut some of the chassis to show a turbo and inlet mani. I'm working on the exhaust now. More updates later today after I get some pics, I'm thinking of gun metal for the color, what do y'all think of some laffing gas in this car?

Interesting project, very interesting, I would say, make it as low as possible, make it have a roll cage, 1 racing seat with 5 point harness, No lafin gas (not a drifty thing) and make it have 2 fart cans... err.. 2 fairly large exhausts, slant mounted right next to each other... that'd look killer. just my :2cents: have fun building this one

Well the racing seat may be outa the picture, I have none. So, I might just use the sport seats provided for the front. It does have a roll cage, I just need to add a mid bar for the main hoop, and it'll be a 6pt. Still retaining rear seat. My first idea was to trash the rear seat and go for a sound system with the NOS centerpiece. Well, here's some pics, and I was debating, the LHS had a sale of CF 4x11 sheets for 2.99 each, so I was gona buy a load of them and do the entire body in CF, no prob with some microsol, but that was 4.99. So, I bought Graphite metallic for the color, I'm still debating the CF hood/trunk decision.

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Large blurry closeup, keep in mind, I kinda messed up the other vent, but it'll have some netting in it painted body color, so it's okay. Hey drift machines are likely to sustain some damage.

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Here, you can see I cut out some of the chassis for the turbo view and intake view.

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Keeping the rear seat and still using the cage, hey it's a4dr, I just gotta keep it.

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Back kinda dropped and the rims with the wing I'm debating, if I use it, it'll bepainted black with CF decal.

Pics for shits&giggles:
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:evillol: Hittin Switches Fo' Da Bitches :evillol:
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Lookin good so far, but I think a full blown nascar style cage would look steller, ya no with bars goin' every which way inside the car, very cool looking if you ask me, I would say, go for the C/F hood and trunk, IF you arent putting the wing on, but if you add the wing and its c/f dont do the trunk in c/f. but other than that, looks good, could still be a bit lower, it should come close to scrapping the ground.. just the way i like em. :smokin:

It will, trust me, the ass of the car is like 2-3 16ths of an inch from the ground and the front comes with spacer bars for the wheel mounts so they'll go on the bottom to tuck the wheels. Here's some quick pics of what's done so far, I've painted the center console and dash in graphite metallic, it could pass for clear coated CF, I'm still debating the graphite or gun metal body color. Fujimi did an excellent job on the interiro detail, damn car has TILT steering! If the under carriager were better, I'd enjoy it even more. I decided, since I'll do another R34, I ripped the racing seats and 4pt Takata harnesses from it, and they'll go in here. I'd do a nascar cage, but I want to keep the street style going so, I'll stick with the 6pt. I think if I do the wing, It'll be graphite on CF hood and trunk. Here's some pics:
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Low enough?

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Which muffler for my turbo back exhaust?

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How low can it go?

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Graphite dash, pics don't do justice, it's just like 1/25 cleared CF, without polish on it.

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Can't believe it's so blurry, well if you can see, Fujimi did damn good with the door detail, it'll have some blue or flat red accents.

Yes, that is low enuf :iceslolan , I say go for the Strait cut muffler, not the angle cut tip, but mount the muffler at an angle so you can sort of see a side view.. no what I mean? So you can see 3/4 of the canister of the muffler, just my idea, but yea... the interior looks pretty good. I really like those rims for sum reason... lookin good so far dude :sunglasse :smokin:

This is most cool :sunglasse The four door will make excellent old style drift material. Amazingly this kit looks to be identical to the Revell kit I took the body kit from for my Auster, except the wheel arches on the body are cut away a bit and the dash is LHD. The chassis is 100% identical. Even the wheels are the same although the ones in my kit are wider. If anything goes wrong and you need any bits the stuff from my kit is available as without the body kit it's not much use.

I also have some pics of the real car if you need reference pics. I'm pretty sure this model is an R31 BTW not an R30. Not that it makes any difference :iceslolan The tail lights on them are quite cool..

http://files.automotiveforums.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=/503/105911r31sedanr.jpg

This style is real old skool but I'm not sure it'd work with a 4 door. You can get arches like this from the Aoshima works kits.

http://files.automotiveforums.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=/503/105911r31_oldskool_r.jpg

Whatever way you go this is going to be an interesting model. I'll be keeping an eye on this one :naughty:

I was thinking of doing arc's, i even stole some plastic ones from a rally car (70's) and tapped on their, but I didn't like it for 3 reasons: 1, no real good looking wide wheels I have would go with it. 2, it's a 4 dr. 3, finally, I want this to be something you'd see running downhill on some of Japan's mountains in the late80's / early 90's. The instructions say it's an R30, but whatever, it's still a skyline. Rat Dat, What do you think of the wing, the kit comes with 2, one that looks like this:
/-|----|-\ cept the 4 mounts don't go above the wing and one just like that cept' the center mounts lift the outer ones off the trunk, so I thought of using the one I have in that pic. Sony: I already thought of that, and it'll be mounted like 3/4, 7/8's because I want the exhaust pipe straight as can be, did I mention I sanded down the catylitic converter and pee shooter pipe, for the scale 2 and 3/4 inch exhaust? Well I did, and I'm making the exhaust as we speek. Also, should I put some spare mesh in the canister mid-way so you can't see strait through it??

ratdat is correct; Revell and Fujimi have shared kits and/or tooling in the past. I have a Revell SW-11 MR-2 with a wide-body kit and those same BBS wheels as those shown above.

I don't know if that's good or bad, but BTW, tonio, what do you think of it??

I like it so far!!:sunglasse

My father owns an R30 sedan, no racing pedigree whatsoever, but it does feature a broken head gasket and an appetite for injectors. Still runs though. Yours is an intriguing idea. when was the model produced?

I was curious so I checked up. It's most definately the R31 model as it's a 4 door hardtop...a body style that never came as an R30. Odd for the manufacturer to get that wrong! :screwy:

I reckon the wings in the kit will be too tame so that other one would be much better. Either that or go for the wingless look :naughty:

As it's a hardtop you could leave the side windows out and remove that thin center pillar as on the hardtop there isn't one. I guess they molded that thin bar there to form the seal that sits on the front edge of the rear glass on the real car. See in this pic there's no center pillar, just a thin black seal. Oh, is this what one of the rear spoilers in the kit is like?...

http://files.automotiveforums.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=/503/105911r31ht4dr.jpg

that's just like the stock one in the kit, the other is just like it, except the middle struts lift it up more.

My father owns an R30 sedan, no racing pedigree whatsoever, but it does feature a broken head gasket and an appetite for injectors. Still runs though. Yours is an intriguing idea. when was the model produced?
I don't know when it was produced, I hardly know the models actual year, so I can't tell ya, or I would. I might check into it, seeing as I want another one, for uhh, putting a mild body kit, and some tuning wheels and such, today's tuner, maybe with an RB26DETT to back up it's looks.

old school Nissan representin! :pimp:

The R30 Skyline came out in August 1981 and ran to August 1985 when it was replaced by the R31. That ran to August 1989 when the R32 arrived.

There are loads of kits of R30's, less of R31's but they are still around. The best R30 for a drift car is the 2000 RS which had the FJ20ET engine. Later intercooled ones were over 200hp stock. I know a guy who owns one..here's a couple of pics of it...

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Made any more progress on the four door?

Yeah, I put the first coat of chrome paint on the exhaust pipe that runs up to the rear diff ( 2 piece, piece 1 runs from the turbo to the front of the diff and glues on the chassis) tonight I'll make piece 2, glue the muffler and paint tomorrow. I need to redo the doors, I fudged the paint accents. BTW, anyone know where I can get a good straight view of a kicker L7 sub??

BTW, RatDat, when are we going to see threads on that truck and 66 mali?

Updates time!!! Here's some quick pics of the wing, I figured the struts it had were too short, so, I made some of my own, and using gt400mike's SAS how to scratchbuild tutorial, the left strut needs some trimming but it's okay. Btw, I put the first coat of chrome on the muffler and piece 2 of the pipe. I also stuffed some mesh in it mid way so you can't see all the way through. I attached the canister to the pipe using liquid nail for small projects and smoothed it with my finger, it's nice and dry and the chrome looks awesome. Here's the pics.

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closeup

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R34 tamiya engine detail, gotta have Twin Turbos.

BTW, RatDat, when are we going to see threads on that truck and 66 mali?

Ooh, I don't know about that :iceslolan I'm not sure if either are worth it yet. The truck is mostly done but is on a go slow (this Aoshima 720 lowrider is an awful kit) and the Malibu is still in the cutting and filling stages. The only bit of that in paint is the engine and rear axle. I might post some threads later:naughty: I'm also working on a 1966 Nissan Silvia. It's strictly a kerbside but it's looking nice. I'm just polishing the paint at the moment. Also got a somewhat basic 1966 Bluebird on the go and just started a Veilside S14. A Fairlady 240ZG will follow soon (there's a bit of a theme going on here:rofl:)

Yup that wing's the sort of wild thang I was talking about :grinyes: Are you doing the engine detail to only be visible from underneath?

Unfortunately so, I hope I can find another car just like this, and do twins, except, I'm thinking of kitbash the other car with the R32, you know, full R32 underchassis, everything from an R32 I strap on the 4dr I could think of. If I were to do some engine detail visible from above, you'd have to take the body off to see it, (bad experience cutting hood one time.) But still, you can see a good bit underneath, so I'm happy so far.

Interior so far:

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Sorry for the blurry pics, kinda in a hurry to get to TARGET and pick up that Red Hot Chili Peppers Greatest Hits CD. I need to do a once over thing with the flat red on the panels and the seat inserts.

Nice work so far, im not to fond over the read, but hey, not my car, i was thinking yo would do grey/flat black/ silver accents :iceslolan

I haven't started the silver yet, I think red and black go nicely together.

awesomeness...

I haven't started the silver yet, I think red and black go nicely together.

That's a perfect period colour scheme for this car - red, black and silver :bigthumb: :iceslolan

Here's the plan so far: Primer the entire car, hit just what I want with the black paint, let set for 1 week in the sun. Mask car and remove for exposure of trunk & wing, mirrors, and hood (also there's a little aero front lip, that'll be done seperatley.) Apply primer, let set 2 days in sun, apply graphite, let sit for 1 week in sun. Then I should have the desired effect. I'm trying to decide about doing the wing side struts in a certain color, any suggestions??

silver...

I've decided, the gt lip, looks like shit, so I cut some 30thousandths styrene to make a front air damn piece, only problem is the wheels don't touch since the car is so low (plan to put the damn all around the car). So what do you all think nismo R34 rims would look like on here, I have some, i'll need to convert them to female to fit, but other than that, will it look good or not?? Honestly, I'd like the rims that P-man has on his R33 calsonic skyline.

No lafin gas (not a drifty thing) What about that silverish s15 that was built in texas it had like 6 nitrous bottles in it, and was featured as a drift car in super street??

BTW:Updates:

Here's some pics of the new wheels I'll be using, the others were too small for the body kit. Special thanks to SuperStreet for doing an article on the Blitz 4dr drift car, the body kit on it(stock bumpers, and sideskirts with flat panels under it) inspired me to add it to my 4dr drift car. So the wheels had to go, here's what I'll be using instead the nismo rims from the Tamiya Vspec II R34 gtr. Here's pics.

http://images.cardomain.com/member_images/5/web/449000-449999/449738_64_full.jpg

Just mean looking isn't it?

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Side shot

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Added extra support bar, need to put one in the main hoop, just deciding on the place for it, seeing as it'll be holding seatbelts and laffing gas.

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Fujimi ITR shift boot and shifter, R34 tamiya hand brake, still gona paint the shifter aluminum.

So what does everyone think?

Great work.Can't wait to see it complete.

What about that silverish s15 that was built in texas it had like 6 nitrous bottles in it, and was featured as a drift car in super street??

I know the one yer talking about i have the superstreet in my hands right now. That "drift" car also has a full system with amps and such. It also has a tv in the trunk hood and a screen in the dash.

In my opinion this isn't a drift car but a street/ show car that could theoretically be used for drifting because it is powerful and has rear wheel drive.

But its up to you if you want to add Nitrous. Keep up the good work!!:iceslolan

PS: i can get pics of this car if anyone wants some.

Yeah, I've just finished reading about it, it's a great car, I'd love to own it, full system, tv, nitrous, and has that damn cool sticker: WARNING!: This car is equipped with a nitrous system, since heavy breathing will undergo, we suggest that all females remove all restrictive clothing :evillol:

looking good so far, I think it could use some side skirts, just looks kinda weird cause the front and back are lower than the sides, and the rims look top notch, i like em, roll bar, i'd say, make the bar go strait across, on the main hoop, so that you can tie in the seatbelts, and maybe some slanted bars that will end in the crease of the back seat, then mount your Nitrous bottles "hanging" on these bars, kinda like the one in super street, just dont put 4 bottles in it, i thought that was kinda stupid looking especially because the 2 in the very back looked like they were plumbed into the subs :sly:

Looks good man.. But im not too crazy about the rear skirts.. They look a little too boxy. Here's a suggestion on what you can do. It'll give it a more drifter look to it too :)

http://www.photobucket.com/albums/1003/Camber/sugg.jpg

just another suggestion about the rear skirts,

You see that small angled peice just above your skirt on the bumper, what if you made the skirts cut off and slant at the same angle?

just some more of my pennies :2cents:

Thanks alot for the input, yes I'm planning for side skirts. One thing at a time. Camber, that rear wraps around the whole back end, So maybe a little tearing off the card and reformatting my plan for it, and then start the side skirts. Sony, I am planning to do just what you said, similar to the Silvia, just gonna have to take the NOS outta my SS truck, but oh well, gotta do what I gotta do to make it work. Oh yeah, I got two 150 shots going to each one of my 10's so they'll bump even faster. Anyone know where I can get that sticker that says: WARNING!: This car is equipped with a nitrous system, since heavy breathing will undergo, we suggest that all females remove all restrictive clothing ; like on the silvia, scale it down and put it across the rear windsheild, that'd be pretty cool I think. Camber, what should I do about the rear clip since it's the same basic thing as the front and goes all the way around? I want it all one piece, so I'll rip it off and make a new piece that already has the angles for the rear in it.

Looks good man.. But im not too crazy about the rear skirts.. They look a little too boxy. Here's a suggestion on what you can do. It'll give it a more drifter look to it too :)

http://www.photobucket.com/albums/1003/Camber/sugg.jpg

But Camber, another note, here's what I'm trying to replicate, not exactly, because I haven't the skill to apply the indentions in the body kit.

http://images.cardomain.com/member_images/5/web/449000-449999/449738_68_full.jpg

As you can see that car's body kit has a boxy look to it, and that's what I wanted to do.

http://images.cardomain.com/member_images/5/web/449000-449999/449738_69_full.jpg

Quick pic of the back with the muffler in krylon chrome

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Nice stuff, never noticed the body kit on that skyline before, just another suggestion, You no where your exhaust comes throught the back bumper, maybe make that outlet, not so tall? :iceslolan

no, the muffler is just sitting there, it realy comes up close the the original bumper, like 2-3mm away from it, I just sat it down there to see what it looks like.

Yeah, I've just finished reading about it, it's a great car, I'd love to own it, full system, tv, nitrous, and has that damn cool sticker: WARNING!: This car is equipped with a nitrous system, since heavy breathing will undergo, we suggest that all females remove all restrictive clothing :evillol:
Here's another sticker for ya
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid90/p9b10cfe13dce0316d74499b81f6b51cb/fa76fb7f.jpg
:evillol:

Man, I'm sorry to say but that it uglier than shit IMO, the wing is huge, need lowered bad. It's just me though. And do you have a life, I can come on here at anytime of day and see you posting on here, man step away from the PC and go do something...

Lower it a tad bit and cut the wing mounts down to about half that size and it will start to look good...


Josh

Man, I'm sorry to say but that it uglier than shit IMO, the wing is huge, need lowered bad. It's just me though. And do you have a life, I can come on here at anytime of day and see you posting on here, man step away from the PC and go do something...

Lower it a tad bit and cut the wing mounts down to about half that size and it will start to look good...


Josh
I like the wing the way it is, it's up high like the GT wings seen on todays drift cars.


That's your opinion, your entitled to it, couldn't you have just said you didn't care for it, or you didn't like it :thefinger ? Or maybe just not post at all. I don't have a life, I live on my computer and have a lil fridge under the desk that holds my beer and fritos, next to that is my models. I never leave my computer, I don't have a life. Hope that clears it up for ya. Who gives a shit if I'm here when I want to be, put it this way: if you had a job with a boss like mine, and had to go home and live with the nosy fucking neighbors around here because you want your music a little loud they call the cops, you'd be on here to. So think before you post, not every one has a great fucking life :thefinger . There's no specific time I'm supposed to be on, if its in the middle of the day at the shop, and I've nothing to do, I'll hop on the computer. If I'm here all day long and you don't like it; KMWA!

I like the wing the way it is, it's up high like the GT wings seen on todays drift cars.


That's your opinion, your entitled to it, couldn't you have just said you didn't care for it, or you didn't like it :thefinger ? Or maybe just not post at all. I don't have a life, I live on my computer and have a lil fridge under the desk that holds my beer and fritos, next to that is my models. I never leave my computer, I don't have a life. Hope that clears it up for ya. Who gives a shit if I'm here when I want to be, put it this way: if you had a job with a boss like mine, and had to go home and live with the nosy fucking neighbors around here because you want your music a little loud they call the cops, you'd be on here to. So think before you post, not every one has a great fucking life :thefinger . There's no specific time I'm supposed to be on, if its in the middle of the day at the shop, and I've nothing to do, I'll hop on the computer. If I'm here all day long and you don't like it; KMWA!Hey now dont start being a asshole over what i said, first you stated it was my oppinon and im entitled to it, then you go off at me like a asshole, i stated what i thought of the car, if YOU dont like what i said , easy , dont respond to it, and i really dont care to hear how your life is.. dont want the cops called, easy move to the country, i can blare the music as loud as i want to 24/7 and not get one complaint...


Josh

Look man, I'm sorry for being an asshole, it's just don't I have the right to be here when I want to? Ok you think my car sucks, I have no life, we all have opinions, peace

Look man, I'm sorry for being an asshole, it's just don't I have the right to be here when I want to? Ok you think my car sucks, I have no life, we all have opinions, peacei never said the car sucked, i gave you tips on what i think would make it look better, if i wanted to say it sucks, i would of, and for one, yes i did call it ugly but thats only cause the wing is so huge and the ride height is so high...

Oh ok.. I did'nt know it wraped around. Looks cool :sunglasse

i never said the car sucked, i gave you tips on what i think would make it look better, if i wanted to say it sucks, i would of, and for one, yes i did call it ugly but thats only cause the wing is so huge and the ride height is so high...
This aint the place to brawl, you do that in the streets. The wing would be kinda hard to lower, considering it's superglued on their and has been dry and stiff for days on end, so tearing it off to lower it, would destroy the trunk.

This aint the place to brawl, you do that in the streets. The wing would be kinda hard to lower, considering it's superglued on their and has been dry and stiff for days on end, so tearing it off to lower it, would destroy the trunk.SHUT UP! period, dont keep the shit going... take the wing off carfully sand the truck and there.... its done, then cut the wing mounts and reglue. it wont be to hard...


Josh

SHUT UP! period, dont keep the shit going... take the wing off carfully sand the truck and there.... its done, then cut the wing mounts and reglue. it wont be to hard...


Josh
Man, I'm leaving the fucking car as it is, because I fucking like it, and if you don't then don't fucking look at the thread, very simple. btw, KMWA!

I like it too, :iceslolan , and its his model, and im pretty sure hes building it for himself.. and i dont really need to get in the middle of this so.. ill shut up.... nice car dude

Sony, your right. I'm building it for myself. BTW, I got pics... I decided the box look had to god, so I pulled out a palm sander, and put 150grit paper on it and went at the rear valence with it on an angle, still I'll do it some more tomorrow, needs a little more angle. Really brakes up the box look huh? what do you think??

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how about you 2 either come to a decent conclusion about each other or just let me handle it my way?! :nono: if you don't like the damned model, don't look at it!! Go build your own!! :disappoin consider this a warning to whomever feels they need one. I don't like warnings My next action will be permanent.

I've just put him on the ignore list, so it's no big deal anymore.

That does make it look 10 times better, the slant makes it look nicer, i think your right tho, a little bit more of an angle and it will be perfect. nice work so far.

And as you can see, I cant wait to see even more progress, Im following this thread verry closely! :iceslolan Nice work so far man.

Update: had to do a lil filling with putty but not alot, just had a minor crack in the rear valence, so while that dries, I'm sketching up designs and swiping ideas from the blitz R34 side skirts for mine. Index cards make perfect editing pieces, draw out what I want, cut it, fit it, if don't fit, cut a little more. Also, I'm still not happy with the black color of the car, any suggestions seeing as the car will have graphite composite hood and trunk?

Does anyone have some Nismo decals, or some blitz decals similar to those of the blitz R34, that they wouldn't mind giving/trading for??

You want to keep it black, cause my suggestion would be a nice rich red, or dark dark green. i think that these colors would complement the color of the graphite very well. other than that, if you keep it black maybe put some decals on the sides and stuff, that would also add to the color/style. just more of my pennies :2cents:

I'm leaning towards that sapphire blue that everyone has suggested. Maybe that would look good with the graphite?

Updates: I gave it another go with the sander, and gave the rear wrap-aroudn skirt a contour so it flows a lil bit. Still working on the sideskirts at the moment.

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No box anymore :biggrin:

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Looking good so far. :smokin: Here's a couple of things you might think about (or you can tell me to get lost :evillol: ). First how about extending the hole in the front bumper down into the skirt to make a nice big front mount opening? Second, level the ride height out a bit. I did a quick photoshop to show you what I mean. I also put some side skirts in to get the full picture of how it should look :iceslolan
The angled the rear skirt looks much better by the way :icon16:

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good job so far keep it up

Looking good so far. :smokin: Here's a couple of things you might think about (or you can tell me to get lost :evillol: ). First how about extending the hole in the front bumper down into the skirt to make a nice big front mount opening? Second, level the ride height out a bit. I did a quick photoshop to show you what I mean. I also put some side skirts in to get the full picture of how it should look :iceslolan
The angled the rear skirt looks much better by the way :icon16:

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Ride hieght will be level, I'm taking care of the suspension now, just stuck the wheels under there for a mock up. I'm not to sure how to tackle the side skirts, everything I cut out on index card looks dumb, any suggestions?? As far as a big mouth, no dice. It's a good idea, but If I try to cut it out with the dremel, knowing me, I'll fudge it all up. So, I'll stick with it the way it is, maybe on my next one, I'll try making a body kit with some putty depending on how this comes out. I see how you put another intake on the right side of the car, can't so that either, the one on the left, is a secondary air intake for the car's 'original' turbo system. So, I think I'll leave it there for the hell of it. So, far I'm very satisfied with the comments I've recieved, and I thank you all, this is the most work I've done in this short amount of time, and haven't fudged anything up yet. :icon16: Also, I see you removed the mid piece that seperates the windows, I'm deciding on that, but I don't know yet, seeing as the rear windows will be ''rolled up''. But thank you again to everyone for their assortment of comments, I hope to have decided on Sapphire Blue for the color, pending on how it'll go with the graphite. BTW, Anyone know how to make those lil mirrors you see on drift cars with the rod holding them up, the stock ones on the car looked liks shit stiking up as they were, so I want to make some of them. They were on the Fast And The Furious Mitsubishi Eclipse in the movie, any ideas?

the wing doesnt look that bad. LOL @ KMWA.

the wing doesnt look that bad. LOL @ KMWA.
With the lil fat struts on it, it was ugly, so I mad some new ones. You figured out what KMWA means?

kiss my white ass

dead on.

Just to quote Tonioseven's sig: Build for yourself; nobody else matters!!!

I like your model, it's something different that I'ver never seen in my life (of course because I am not into drifting, but nevertheless).
For these little mirrors, take some of a motorcycle or maybe of a F1 car.

Looks good, Testors Met. Saphire Blue, is a verrry nice color, just make sure you heat up the can real well, it spits a bit if its just warm, but a very nice color, and go easy on it, very light coats are the key, the paint "builds up" and runs really easily so just go easy with it. The rear valance looks much much better than it did when it was boxy, it suits the car much better with that little modification. the mirrors you are talking about, I belive Fly On The Wall made a set of those, i think you could make them by just using the stock mirror, cut it off its base, sand and cut the mirror part to be smaller, then bend a pin to a nice angle, heat up the tip, slide it through the base of the mirror (the part that connects to the body) heat the tip again, and stab it into the mirror. then once that has dried put a little dab of superglue around the two holes. :grinyes:

Thanks Sony, I'll be working on those tonight. Snooker, unfortunately, I've never built a bike or an F1 car, I had considered it, but not tried it too many parts, get frustrated real fast and screw something up.

Man, I'm leaving the fucking car as it is, because I fucking like it, and if you don't then don't fucking look at the thread, very simple. btw, KMWA!

Just so you know.. Im not getting in the middle or taking sides at all
first of all.. But, AF has lost yet another long-time memeber. And yes,
you guessed it.. it's sk8ter, which further proves AF is getting over-run
by ass holed newbs (Not saying you are one at all! I mean the people
who are.) So thats 4 good people gone : Fullbloodchop Syndicate, GTI1800,
and sk8ter in ny... and counting :shakehead

looking good there dude, what kind of exhaust you putting in there?

Just so you know.. Im not getting in the middle or taking sides at all
first of all.. But, AF has lost yet another long-time memeber. And yes,
you guessed it.. it's sk8ter, which further proves AF is getting over-run
by ass holed newbs (Not saying you are one at all! I mean the people
who are.) So thats 4 good people gone : Fullbloodchop Syndicate, GTI1800,
and sk8ter in ny... and counting :shakehead
Camber, I'm sorry he's gone. That's all I can say, I guess I should just let alone what everyone has to say about it, if it's negative. Btw, chris, the car had a pee shooter exhaust(molded into the chassis), so, I sanded it all off including the catalitic converter, found some 12gauge sheathed wire, bent it to come from the turbo, up about the diff(molded to the chassis too) and out to a honoturtle muffler. It's not the most realistic looking mufffler, but it's nice enough to work. Thanks for the enthusiasm in my project, I should be working on the side skirt ideas soon.

sorry to go OT, but i remember The Syndicate saying hes leaving because of the lack of spelling and grammer use.

Update: I decided to build the sideskirts such as RATDAT shows them in his photochop. Just lined striaghtdown off the body by the wheels with a 45 degree skirt from the body to the edge of the skirts, I added the side supports, and am in the process of cutting out the skirts from 30thousandths styrene. Thanks for the input, anyone have nismo tuner stickers and the signal broken line across the R34? If so could whoever has them scan them and post the pic, I'll save and print using the testors decal maker. Thanks.

Finished the left side skirt addition, it's not quite as angled as I wanted it but I'm happy. BTW, I'm aware that the Warning signs aren't quite to size in all the pics, I was in a hurry, but hey, it's cool. Also, Since the car will have 2 10''s in the rear dash, I had to put the Rockford Fostgate pic inside them.
Enjoy, and :feedback:

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Now, I'll get to finishing the right skirt, and hopefully finish modding the interior cage.

nice skirt dude, looks very nice :iceslolan hopefully the right side will turn out just as perfect

I'm about to finish it up right now, Just waiting for the glue to dry. I used a combo of super-glue, krazy-glue, testors-tube, and testors-pen glues mixed together and is applied with a minature brush for accuracy to hold the stryene and plastic together. Funny, I though I'd have more comments about the RF chik in the top corner, Might be putting that on the car somewhere(real small, if I do). Rockford Fostgate Represent!

Looks good dude. Keep us posted. Nice little logo in some of the pics, lol

I'm glad you liked my sticker. :smile:

Yeah, it was very helpful, I kinda made my own, since that one said it's aequipped with a 'turbo', so I made my own, but never would've been able to if it weren't for you getting it to me CircuitR, btw, my gf' said she loves that lil duck in your avatar, it kinda brakes up all the cars here on AF.

Ha ha, it's only taken a few months for someone to mention Ducky.
It was given to me by my girlfriend.

I've always wanted to say something, but never did. So here goes, "Quack, Quack!"

great job 86sr5 its looking good! I really like the whole kit now, follows suit perfectly i like the boxy look and the wheels and all match up sooo well!

:smile:

Have you decided on a color yet? Or did i just miss the section where you mentioned the color?

I'm still deciding on the color, I bought 2 cans of sapphire blue metallic. But, the car still needs work, need to get some 12,15,and1800 grit sandpaper before it see's primer. Glad you've taken interest in this project. BTW, the right skirt fell off, and kinda got dried to the dresser the car was sitting on. So, I cleaned up the body and will be cutting some more styrene for it tonight, hopefully.

Good luck man, don't hurry it though.
I'm trying to take it easy on my soarer, it's hard not just to cut corners and get it finished.
Keep us posted man. :smile:

I'm thinking, Just Thinking, since I have my work cut out for me, I'm thinking of making a lcd computer management system to put in the dash, adding that lil electronic gauge cluster from the R34 dash, and making some 4pt takata harnesses for the rear passengers, I still have work to do on the door panels, should have them done by tomorrow. Anyone know what the site for hoppin hydros is, I'd like to get some 10'' subs from them, or anyone on AF that sells 10'' subs.

hoppinhyrdos site is www.hoppinhydros.com

4pt. harnesses for the rear passengers? :eek7:

Well, I figure with the crazy nitrous being plumed into the TT engine, the subs hitting like no tomorrow, I'd want them strapped in to enjoy the havick this car would wreik. But it's just an idea.

Ah nice! :smokin: It's really taking shape now. It's cool to see this one progressing. What king of headlights and tail lights has your car got? there's a few different styles. Some R30 and R31's had projector headlights and some ordinary ones. I think on that Revell kit I plundered for bits the tail lights are like concave with a round bit that sticks out in the center. On the other R31 kit I have they are totally different.

I was digging through some of my half started/abandoned kits this evening and found a Tommy Kaira M30 which is like a two door version of your car. I painted it, must have been maybe 3 or 4 years ago and had some kind of reaction on it so I put it in the box and never touched it again.

Well, seeing this taking shape has inspired me to dig it out and resurect it. Tomorrow I'll start stripping the old paint. I'm not sure what style I'll be doing yet though. I've got a picture of a wicked drag car R31 which would be cool but way too much fabrication (I've got enough to with the Auster :evillol: )

Well, I figure with the crazy nitrous being plumed into the TT engine, the subs hitting like no tomorrow, I'd want them strapped in to enjoy the havick this car would wreik. But it's just an idea.


:lol: hahaha! :lol:

Anyway, thanks for the support. This has to be the most body modifications I've done to one car without fudging it up. Except, anyone know what takes off superglue(not my concoction, but regular superglue?) RATDAT, this car has the proj. lamps, and for the tails, it's just like the pics you showed me when ya asked if that was one of the spoilers, all clear, gonna be tricky painting. I thought of drilling out the tails, and spraying the covers black, and spraying some styrene card red to go behind the holes, but it's not very realistic.

Right, yours has the flat lights. Yeah, I can't figure how to paint those accuratelty. If you want the lights from my butchered kit you can have them...they would probably be much easier to paint. Here's a pic of them and how they should look...

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UPDATES: Well, here's what's done. Right side skirt cut, fitted and added. Roll cage had to be raised, seems fujimi thinks it's funny for the roll cage to be at the height of the rear view mirror on the windsheild :screwy: , added 4 bars of .100'' styrene rod, 1 for rear strength, 2 for strength and to mount the N20 tanks on the inside :naughty: , and the other for strength/seatbelt mount. Also, I cut the rear dash from the backseat, and made a big subbox that will hold 2 1/25th 12'' subs, and 1 or 2 4500 watt RF amps :iceslolan . Covered using grey felt, yeah I know about the white residue(damn superglue :banghead: ), so I used testors glue to hold the felt to the styrene card. Also, did the black on the door panels, I know it's off but not bad for first time freehand with a brush that has bristles the size of of nose hairs. :p That's pretty much it for now, still working on the R34 seats and takata harnesses. BTW, RATDAT, if I take those old lenses off your hands, will they fit onto my car's body where the flat ones go? Also, where are you located so I could calculate possible arrival time?
Thanks.

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have you thought about turning the backseat of the car into a panel or sumthing? I dont no if your going for realism or not but, 2 12's and a massive amp in the rear deck??????? how often fo you see that? :disappoin , i have seen amps mounted in this place, but i think it would be cool if you went all out and did a fiberglass style enclosure with the amps and subs on the back seat, make the subs point on an angle towards the front seats with 2 amps mounted in the middle... just some more of my pennies :2cents: , but yea, nice work so far man, im really enjoying seeing updates on this thing.

That was my original plan, but I can't bring myself to do that because It's a 4dr, and I want a lil realism to it, so I figured that was the best way to do it.

"Havoc" and "wreak."

Anywho, this car is coming along nicely. To remove superglue, which is a cyanoacrylate adhesive, use nail polish remover, but make sure it's the kind with acetone or it won't work. Also, I'd suggest not using your concoction of several glues together or whatever it is you used. Superglue is a bonding adhesive, that is a thin layer of superglue between the parts is what holds the parts together, while plastic cement is a solvent type of glue, which dissolves the surfaces of plastic it was applied to and when it dries, the plastic has been dissolved together like metal that has been welded. That's why cemented joints are so much stronger than superglued joints and why you can't use cement on metal. Point being, mixing the two will reduce the effectiveness of both, and I imagine that's why the skirt fell off. Just use plastic cement and you will be set.

The car is looking good. I'm following its construction with some interest.

"Havoc" and "wreak."

Anywho, this car is coming along nicely. To remove superglue, which is a cyanoacrylate adhesive, use nail polish remover, but make sure it's the kind with acetone or it won't work. Also, I'd suggest not using your concoction of several glues together or whatever it is you used. Superglue is a bonding adhesive, that is a thin layer of superglue between the parts is what holds the parts together, while plastic cement is a solvent type of glue, which dissolves the surfaces of plastic it was applied to and when it dries, the plastic has been dissolved together like metal that has been welded. That's why cemented joints are so much stronger than superglued joints and why you can't use cement on metal. Point being, mixing the two will reduce the effectiveness of both, and I imagine that's why the skirt fell off. Just use plastic cement and you will be set.

The car is looking good. I'm following its construction with some interest.
Well, thanks for the spelling lesson. The concoction I use is just for putting styrene card's together, I decided not to use it on the car as I said, too messy to apply. Thanks for the info on how to remove superglue from the body. Also, I appreciate your criticisim. I'll be updating tonight.

mixing chemicals is bad :evillol: (and fun) but when you goto your LHS or sumthin look for sumthing called Styrene weld, I have a bottle called Ambroid Pro Weld, or sumthin like that, and this stuff is magnificent, it creates a joint in the styrene that is actually the same strength as the rest of the styrene, well worth the couple bucks i paid for the little bottle, and talk about good stuff, i left the bottle open while i was using it and well,,, was i ever a space cadet after that :icon16: anyways, ya i see what you mean about the 4 door thing, it completely slipped my mind. it would look kinda stupid if you have 2 back doors for 12's eh, i c your point.

Also, I thought of shaving the handles, cutting the mid window trim, filling the door lines, scribing new ones and trimming the rear window to fit and make a 4dr, but too much work. Besides, it's time we see an outrageous old school 4dr skyline.

my 2 cents (dont feel offended): i dont really like the idea of subs and amps in a drift car... too much unnecessary weight imo... but if it floats your boat, go for it...

as for the rest of the car... damn nice :)... keep it up... cant wait for the next update

Yeah, I was thinking of that, but already painted the chassis(on paint stand and had glued and masked the sub and box before paint, so no turning back for now :banghead: .) Eventually I'll build a drift car from a JGTC, so no uneccessary weight. And, honestly, no one ever said a lil good clean bass was a bad thing. :evillol: Anyway, I got around to thinking and since having a blue flared tip is the shiznit nowaday's I carefully lowered the end of my chrome muffler into the paint to let the paint get a ring around it and dry. Now, realize it's not perfect all the way around, but I'm not Hiro, P-man, etc. So I don't have to be perfect :icon16: Anyways, I've got some Apexi decals similar to what's plasted into the pic that'll be printed on decal paper and slapped on the left side of the N1 inspired muffler. Here's pics now.

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Here you can see the mesh I stuffed in using spure before paint, didn't come out perfect but, better than seeing right through.

looks sweet!...whered u get that mesh?

spare mesh leftover in the tamiya R34 vspec II kit, they give you more than you need.

BTW, RATDAT, if I take those old lenses off your hands, will they fit onto my car's body where the flat ones go? Also, where are you located so I could calculate possible arrival time?
Thanks.

Sorry for the late reply..not been about for a bit. Im in the UK. If I airmail them they'll take 4-7 days.

I got a few other bits from that kit too, like a wierd sedan grille and headlights, the windows, tail lights. dash, door panels etc. You can have the lot if you want. I'm mailing out a load of stuff I sold on ebay on Monday so I can send them then if you want. Here's some pics ..this looks the same as the back of you car like by the look of it...

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I've been getting on with the resto of my coupe R31 ...it's come out better than expected. :naughty: I'll post a thread for it i think.

Sorry for the late reply..not been about for a bit. Im in the UK. If I airmail them they'll take 4-7 days.

I got a few other bits from that kit too, like a wierd sedan grille and headlights, the windows, tail lights. dash, door panels etc. You can have the lot if you want. I'm mailing out a load of stuff I sold on ebay on Monday so I can send them then if you want. Here's some pics ..this looks the same as the back of you car like by the look of it...

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I've been getting on with the resto of my coupe R31 ...it's come out better than expected. :naughty: I'll post a thread for it i think.
That's cool, I managed to paint some of the tails(that needs to be black.) But got a lil dribble in one of the lenses, any idea how to get it out? The lenses will be flat red(outta transparent).

I Like what I see so far. Can't wait to see finished car =)

Well, here's what's happened: Sorted and fitted front suspension, decided the front wheels need some camber :naughty: , but after the suspension pieces dried, I realized, drift cars have camber on the rear wheels. DOH!(exactly what I said! :rofl: ) Anyway, I tried to rip one of the wheel-disc combo off and crack, the glue dried the male's, well you know inside the hole and it broke off! :crying: So, Do I drill it out, and make a new one from brass rod, or glue the wheel back on have it posable but no movable? Here's some quick pics:

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R31 Skyline GTS: $15,000; 2'' Drop kit: $700, Negative Camber & Premature Tire Ware: Priceless.

"drift cars have camber on the rear wheels"

:screwy: .... I have never seen a drifter with rear wheel camber, Its usually the front wheels tho...

that sucks that you busted up your brakes man, I would say drill it out and make a new one out of some sprue or, brass rod other than that, its still looking pretty good, have ya painted up the body yet??

do you use an airbrush at all?

My, $170 airbrush is used only, and I mean only for custom paint jobs, such as the one I did on my cousins super stallion. I'm still working on the body, seeing as the grill it has on the front keeps clawing at me and saying, "kut me out!" and I'm a lil afraid to do it, but have plenty mesh to fill it in. I've primed the undercarriage however, but with this cold ass weather and the way the sapphire blue acts, it's a bitch to get just right.

UPDATES: Time for another update. Here's what I've done....I decided, well, who really needs a sound system in a drift car, I'll save it for something else. The roll cage kinda got stepped on by my dog, and luckily on the weak fujimi plastic rear supports cracked off, out comes the dremel to straighten and clean where the supports broke, and in place comes some .100 styrene rod. I kinda fudged the r34 seats a bit, using Hiro's technique to drill out the space left inside by Tamiya, only my pen vice (finally got one, but is dull) wouldn't penetrate, so I heated up the tip, I guess too much and removed the inside part, and the lil sleeve inside the seat. So I spent my time carving it out on both seats to get a clean-ish look. I wanted a bright red for my seats, had some candy laying around in a bottle, so I sprayed flat black primer (big mistake!) I air brushed some candy red on the seats over the flat black primer, and had a lil water in my compressor, so I have a floked look on the front of the seats, not the problem though. The problem is, the seats are wayyyy tooo dark. Probably because I used flat black instead of the white I use for bright colors. Any way to brighten the seats, and just so ya know, stripping the paint is outta the question. Here's the pics, I'm gona go lie back down. Been sick with the flu, so haven't done much modeling.

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I smoothed the back indention and the top lines with some wet 600 grit paper before applying the primer.

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quick mock-up, I realize the right rear support is off now, with a little bending it'll be back in place. I also decided I'm going to add the forward struts, and the top struts to make a 10pt cage, and that'll be it for interior mods.

Sorry for double post.....But would anyone care to comment about my sr5 and it's puny rims and the "?" in my sig? Thanks.

Nice lookin cage dude, looks pretty good, I agree, the seats are a tad dark for my liking, but thats just me, personally i say just paint over em with some gloss red, thats the way i do it up!, and for the rims on your car, i say just leave em as is.

UPDATES: Well....I've got to ditch the full cage idea and simply use what I've got, maybe I'll add the forward bars, but will have to upper ones. Reason being, the cage sits in the pretty much middle of the car, and I had to move the cage back 3mm, and the steering wheel forward 2mm for the seat to fit. Not only because of lack of room, but because of cluttering. The interior is basically cluttered as can be now. Also, I painted my two N20 bottles electric blue, but they came out dull, so I brushed some true blue pearl onto them and they look real good now. I'll add pics a lil later on today.

I was starting to wonder about this project, and hoping you'd update soon. I think the seats look fine, and if you add seatbelt hardware I doubt anyone would notice the holes being a little big. Too bad about the roll cage, I think a full cage would have been a little more appropriate but I can see where you're coming from. Hope you feel better, and get this thing back underway!

Oh, and your wheels, I say leave them as is also. I don't think I've ever seen a painted stock wheel that looked halfway decent. The retro style is kickin'!

I was starting to wonder about this project, and hoping you'd update soon. I think the seats look fine, and if you add seatbelt hardware I doubt anyone would notice the holes being a little big. Too bad about the roll cage, I think a full cage would have been a little more appropriate but I can see where you're coming from. Hope you feel better, and get this thing back underway!

Oh, and your wheels, I say leave them as is also. I don't think I've ever seen a painted stock wheel that looked halfway decent. The retro style is kickin'!

Thanks for the support, I've been working on the seatbelts, trying to finish up the shoulder pads and such. I am disapointed with the roll-cage, but my next skyline will have a full cage. R32 combat veilside, but that's gonna be a while. BTW, thanks for your opinion on my car's puny wheels. Although they appear to be stock, they aren't. I have one of the stock rims as a full-size spare, if you saw the spare this car came with, you'd sware it was a donut! :rofl: The wheels on my car are Carroll Shelby Racing Inc. 4pt take-offs. Very popular wheels for this car, I've seen a few corollas with them, and I'm going to get some nice gunmetal 6spoke rims on-line eventually, can't beat 4 new tires& new rims 17x7 4lug for 500bux with no tax and free shipping. I just thought I'd try and paint my spokes black, and give it a lil tude. I might still do it, maybe in a few months when the whether is warmer. BTW, Here's the N20 bottle pics I promised.

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The paint is a lil rough on the bottles, so I'll pass some 600grit wet paper on them, and give them another coat with a newer brush.

Thought you might like to see mine. I built the GTS-R HR31 kit up as a "drifter" for a laugh (the first paint reacted a bit so it wasn't worth the hassle to try and make it into a perfect GTS-R like I originally wanted).

Got camber ?

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Race seats from an old RX7 touge kit, and my "titanium" half cage (used the main hoop from the kit, with custom diagonal bars to the rear. Main hoop needed about 8mm of extension, BTW, was too short)

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My cannon - used original muffler, an offcut of sprue, and a section of stainless steel tube that once formed a ball point pen body for the tip. best shot I have.

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And the overall view:

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Personally I think I might put a gt-wing on and heaps more stickers. Also have some flat black painted AVS model 5 18" rims (but I cheated and just mounted them on brass rods fr/rr , so no steering or camber with them on)

Oh and heres the 1:1 R31 sedan I drive, every day. I know the pic's dark, its like, artistic....

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One word-WOW! Thanks for showing yours. It's very nice. Your silver R31 is a beauty aswell, I'd love to drive one of those, I get to drive an R33, once a year, my freind chris brings his down for christmas. It's a blast to drive. I see you had the same problem with the main hoop being to short, I just extended mine. Thanks again for pics, that has just pushed to me to go work on the car some more.

Heres one that was featured in a local Japanese Import magazine here in Australia - Look past the detail (I badly photochopped out some dodgy yellow, chrome and red decals that were all over the side of it and resized it for a sig) and look at the bigger picture....Some Vienna krisis wheels would be ideal (btw, where the hell can I get those!?!? ), IMHO....

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One word-WOW! Thanks for showing yours. It's very nice. Your silver R31 is a beauty aswell, I'd love to drive one of those, I get to drive an R33, once a year, my freind chris brings his down for christmas. It's a blast to drive. I see you had the same problem with the main hoop being to short, I just extended mine. Thanks again for pics, that has just pushed to me to go work on the car some more.

NO worries, thanks mate! the R31 coupe actually looks a bit more average in person, its what I call a "top shelf quality" model - it looks its best on a very high shelf, at the other side of the room :biggrin:

My 1:1 isn't a bad thing, handles well, but its not real fast - some mods are in store for it....Its no R33 GTS25T at the moment, but it should whip their arses one day soon... :evillol:

Heres one that was featured in a local Japanese Import magazine here in Australia - Look past the detail (I badly photochopped out some dodgy yellow, chrome and red decals that were all over the side of it and resized it for a sig) and look at the bigger picture....Some Vienna krisis wheels would be ideal (btw, where the hell can I get those!?!? ), IMHO....

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That car is clean, I love that wingless, deep dish rim look. Amazing I have to say. You shouldn't complain about your R31 not being very fast. Just say, "hey, it's no R34, but it's still a skyline, and that's all that matters." That's what I do when people make fun of my corolla, I just call it an AE86, 8-6 for short. It says on the firewall ****AE86***

I don't know much about this kit but look great

I've got that verry same magazine. Just bloody hard to find those mags here in NZ

Oh and heres the 1:1 R31 sedan I drive, every day. I know the pic's dark, its like, artistic....

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What's your 1:1 got in it... RB30? A friend of mine found one like that in a wreckers here and bought it for £150. It had a busted side window and dead waterpump. It's the only one I've ever seen as we never got R31's here (or R30's). It's got a leather interior and a/c etc. Very nice car...I did consider buying it off him to replace my Laurel (same floorpan as an R31 but different styling and an L24 ...totally gutless :cwm27: )

This build is coming along very nicely. Good work so far.
And your rims on your 1:1, I say just keep them like they are. They look fine on there just now, why change them? Thats just my opinion. You can do whatever you want with them though.

Ok, let me start off by saying thanks. Thanks to all of those who advised me and guided me through this process. Ok, now, I realize the seats look brighter, but I was just too lazy to shoot gloss red over the dark, so they'll stay dark. No big thing to me. I have finished half the seat belts. I just glued the belts together because, A: I have no way to get photoetched seatbelt pieces. B: Even if I had them, I couldn't work with stuff that small. C: I plan on entering the car in a Valentines day model contest, just held on Valentines day, no relation to the day it self, and they don't allow photo ethced parts such as metal seatbelt pieces. So, that's why I just glued them together. As far as the top pieces go, I can't install them until the cage is glued in the car, because the top parts will secure on or around the cage. I know the second pic is blury, and I know the takata decals aren't just right. This was a quick photo chop. So, just wanted to keep all of you updated.

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I dont like your seat belt at this time but...Its not easy to make it but Modeler's make good kit for that

What's your 1:1 got in it... RB30? A friend of mine found one like that in a wreckers here and bought it for £150. It had a busted side window and dead waterpump. It's the only one I've ever seen as we never got R31's here (or R30's). It's got a leather interior and a/c etc. Very nice car...I did consider buying it off him to replace my Laurel (same floorpan as an R31 but different styling and an L24 ...totally gutless :cwm27: )

Yeah, its an RB30E with some intake/exhaust mods, making about 175hp at the fly (I'm under no illusion I can turn it from silk purse to sow's ear, thats why I'm saving for the turbo/manifold/injectors/cam/ECU from an RB30ET). I like it! Ours are different to the Jap ones, in that we get the SOHC 3.0 motor, and we get a 4-link with panhard rod and a Borg Warner diff instead of IRS and R200.
Its no drag racer, but it gets along damn well (G-tech'd at about 0-100kmh in 8.2s, should run a mid 16 by my reckoning)well, good enough to keep me entertained until the turbo kit, which should be good for about 250hp at the tyres :evillol: But yeah they RB30 isn't a bad motor by any means, its a willing performer, last forever, and make good bottom end power (I can pull away in top gear at 50kmh smoothly, if not quickly).
It is a basic spec car, which means wind up windows and cheap interior with cloth seats, and a manual gearbox, but it has power steer and air con, and makes up for the lack of luxo options with the fact it is almost 120kg lighter than the rest of the R31 range (1280kg with fuel).

That one you came across sounds like a Passage GT, was it pillarless? I think the Aussie Ti (top spec luxury model) only has a velour pimp style interior. If you could get it cheap enough, mate, buy it! The waterpump should be the same as the RB30S patrol, by the way, or any other RB30 powered car, pretty much all RB pumps are interchangeable, RB30 and GT-R pumps are the best ones though.

This build is coming along very nicely. Good work so far.
And your rims on your 1:1, I say just keep them like they are. They look fine on there just now, why change them? Thats just my opinion. You can do whatever you want with them though.

Oh they look fine, yeah, but they're 15" diameter and 6" wide. I am planning to fit 16x7.5" and 16x8.5" rims, which will let me run a lower profile tyre (and open up my choices for R-spec track tyres), and a wider tread, as well as widening my car's track width to help stability and "mechanical grip". This is a handling upgrade, not for looks! Basically it should sharpen the turn in to corners and help negate some tyre related understeer I am experiencing. I also need the extra space to cover my new rotors and 4 piston calipers.
I'm planning to enter a few club motorsport events (timed lap sprints, club track days) in the coming year so thats why, in a nutshell, I want to change the rims.


86_SR5, I'm really sorry for HiJacking your thread!!
On topic, If I were you I'd probably leave the belts off- they just look kinda over scale and too shiny.
Are you planning to do shoulder straps too?
Looks like it is coming together well anyway, keep going!!!

86_SR5, I'm really sorry for HiJacking your thread!!
On topic, If I were you I'd probably leave the belts off- they just look kinda over scale and too shiny.
Are you planning to do shoulder straps too?
Looks like it is coming together well anyway, keep going!!!No problems here. It's related to R31, so I'm not complaining. BTW, I auto-enhanced the pic alot, to show what the belts look like. They're really quite dark. BTW, yes, Shoulder straps will be done, that's why I said I have to wait till the cage is in. Because, instead of cutting 2 strips, and glueing individually, I'm going to cut 1 long strip, slip through the belt holder, around the main loop of the cage, and out the other belt loop. That'll make a shoulder strap 2 n' 1.

That one you came across sounds like a Passage GT, was it pillarless? I think the Aussie Ti (top spec luxury model) only has a velour pimp style interior. If you could get it cheap enough, mate, buy it! The waterpump should be the same as the RB30S patrol, by the way, or any other RB30 powered car, pretty much all RB pumps are interchangeable, RB30 and GT-R pumps are the best ones though.

I think the one my mate found might have come from South Africa. It's right hand drive and has IRS but is still a sedan not a hardtop. It's not a Passage GT. Here's a couple of pics of it. Believe it or not those are alloy wheels! They look like plastic hub caps :iceslolan

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86_SR5: Did those tail lights arrive yet? Sorry, I forgot to do the clear red on them. I only remembered after posting them :uhoh:

Haven't arrived yet. But I'm not worried about them getting here real soon. BTW, I have some UPDATES! . I wish now that I would have dremeled out the original exhaust, uinstead of sanding it away, because you can see the exhaust pipe right under the side skirts. Oh well, I guess I learned something :iceslolan Next time I'll dremel it out so I can stick some pipe into the undercarriage so it's tucked up further into the undercarriage. I'm thinking of brushing the oil pan, tranny, tranny brace, driveshaft loop/brace in aluminum, and the rear end in red.

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The Apex'i sticker on the muffler was photochopped. I haven't printed the one I'm using yet.

looking good

[QUOTE=ratdat]I think the one my mate found might have come from South Africa. It's right hand drive and has IRS but is still a sedan not a hardtop. It's not a Passage GT. Here's a couple of pics of it. Believe it or not those are alloy wheels! They look like plastic hub caps :iceslolan
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Ok, if its got an RB30E, that grille, those lights, and IRS, its definitely a series1 or 2 South African model. They actually continued selling them there right into about 1992. The next model update has a different grille, lights and bonnet.
They make more power than the Aussie ones due to running on leaded fuel and not having all the emissions crap ours does. Would be a nice car, actually.. Especially if its manual...

What I did with mine was chop the pipe off at an angle and run it into the floor, but then on mine i haven't even bothered painting the floor so underside detail and accuracy isn't all that important on this one :lol: :lol: You're doing a lot more underneath than I am! :iceslolan

Here's some pics...

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I'm so close to finishing this car I'll wait another day to post pics of the whole thing I think. With a whole day on the models tomorrow I should have two more finished :eek7: woohoo!

yours looks good ratdat. But seeing that lil bitty ass pee-shooter tailpipe there, just killed me. So I made a full 2 3/4" scale exhaust from the turbo back to the Apex'i. You gotta admit, it does look alot better than that lil bitty thing.

Well, it's that gracious, glourious time again for updates. Well, I'm a little mad. Here's why: I got a bright idea to carve the lil scoop that is seen in the vspec 2 r34's hood into mine, didn't go as planned :angryfire So, I drilled out a big whole and squared off the back. Since the drill kind shmelted some of the hood :angryfire I had to devise a plan to cover this up, wipped out the 60,120,150,280,600 grit papers to smooth it up, but still had that big ugly whole. So, I went online to look at some old 300zx's and found an 85 300zx-T and it had a little scoop right over the turbo. IDEA!! :thinkerg: I'll make a lil scoop like that just large enough to cover the hole in the hood. Now, I don't honestly know how the scoop functions, but i'm guessing RAM AIR. So anyway, I fixed that, needs a lil putty and sanding but the hood is cool. Problem 2: When the bit heated up and melted the hood, it melted and disformed the left a-pillar :newburn: GOD DAMNIT! I think I said it so loud, Eddie might've heard me :grinno: So, I still have a lil to fix on it, but fixed most by sanding with 60 grit to level the arm back out. So, I got back on my pc, and was looking at sub-way's gold wide body supra with the te37's that he bent the centers in, the whole time I'm pressing my thumb litely on one of my nismo rims, and I happen to glance at it. And at first I was like, Oh fuck, not again! But then it hit me, I'll do the same to all and acheive the effect he did! :thinkerg: So, I was bending one and punched the centers out. SON OF A BITCH! but then, I glued it back in and broke another and glued the other back in. I had all of them in far, but the 2 I had to glue, can't be bent in as far, so those'll be used on the front, luckily one of them was the one that the male lost his,....prong.... :rofl: So, I fixed the rims, semi fixed the a-pillar, semi fixed the hood problem. And painted some of the under carriage with alumi-chrome, chromed the rear compartment of the car and the cage. ADVICE:!!!!! If you're using a can of chrome spray paint, from krylon and such, don't use grey primer. Use gloss black it adds even more realism to the piece. I also alumi-chromed the turbos, intake, and viewable motor pieces. Whoo! that was alot.

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view 1 of hood scoop

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view 2 of hood scoop

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side view of car with bent rims a lil in front and deep in back with scoop

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Crappy pics of the 'dented' rims. I have no macro! Santa bring me a 5 megapixel sony digital camera with macro!


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Cage and rear compartment.


All that's left to do, is felt the interior for carpet, put the interior together, finish the scoop and a-pillar, sand with 1200 prime, and paint, and it's done!

I took a look at Subway's Supra (again) to see what you're talking about. At first they looked like bent photo-etch in an aluminum sleeve (anyone wanna start putting these out??). I don't know if you looked on the second spread on the car, the page that chronicled the build, but it appears he got aluminum sleeves to put the rims in, cut off the original outside, thinned the spokes, bent the spokes, then glued them into the aluminum sleeve. That's likely how he avoided breaking the spokes. But no matter, your rims look good and you can't tell there was trouble. There or anywhere on the car, actually, the A-piller and the hood look fine and the vent is cool. Your roll cage looks good as does your undercarriage. Good work salvaging what looks to be a poorly molded part! Some detail painting will really liven it up. I like your exhaust too. Good work. Can't wait to see it done.

Oh, and though I don't mind, some of people around here might take issue with your language. Like I said, I don't mind, but I would mind less if you toned it down a little....

Ok, I'll watch the language. Sometimes I can get out of hand, and I trully apologize for it. BTW, I did some more work to the scoop, nothing much to how, just puttied a little opening, just enough to seal it shut.

Well, the problems you've had sure aren't too apparent on the car! It looks great still! The hood scoop works well. In the little package I sent there is another body shell. Although it's not much use in itself as the wheel arches are opened up to suit a body kit, if you needed a pillar or something it could be useful.

Kudos to you for getting the chassis looking good. I didn't bother but kind of wish I had... maybe next time :iceslolan Is the blue on the chassis the colour that's going on the body? I think I'd just stick to black and silver for the detailing of the suspension ...red willclash with the blue big time :eek7:

I built a cage for mine but in the end I didn't use it because it just wouldn't fit with the front seats in place :mad:

Yeah, that's the blue I'm using. I'll still have the red seat inserts but I'll be doing some blue stripes and such to brake them up. Also, I'm almost done carpeting the floorplan. Thanks for your support and the parts you sent Eddie.

The parts arrived, yeah? Those lights any use?

The red on the interior will be cool... I just wouldn't use it for any detail underneath. What are you carpetring it with? Flocking? I haven't ever done that myself ...I might have to give it a go sometime. Maybe on my 300ZX (I'm gonna post a progress thread on that this evening)

No, they haven't arrived yet, but I was just thanking you again. But, I talked to a postman today and he said sometime in the next week area, since they have off from tomorrow through saturday and we dont get post on sunday. To do the carpet, I bought a 20cent piece of grey felt. I just cut it to shape, glue it in with testors tube glue. BTW, I changed my mind with the red diff., it'll either stay blue, have a chromeish gear cover, or be all alumi-chrome. I'll have some completed pics of the interior in a few hours, I'm going work on them as we speak.

Nice progress update, sucks that you bent and broke all that stuff, but that will just make it more of a challenge in the end!, I like the little scoop, it fits in with the car, the scoop isnt rounded at all, so it flows with the car... in a chunky way.. the skyline is a very "chunky" car, almost box like. I like this, chunky is masculine, I dont like cars that are all fluid and organic, kind of girly, anyways im gettin OT, so great to see more updates, take it easy and have a merry christmas :sunglasse

Finally, some good updates. These are some interior shots, I'll have more later tonight. By then, most, if not all of the interior will be done (with exception of the NOS bottles, I need the decals). I'll be working on the seatbelt shoulder straps in a bit, also. I'm on a quest to find those Takata racing harnesses, well a decent pic. I think I have one on the harddrive. Stay tuned for more.

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Did you make that roll cage. If so VERY NICE. I still think it would look cool if you put the nawz where you regularly had planned. But thats just me. Great job, and hope to see more posts soon! :)

Did you make that roll cage. If so VERY NICE. I still think it would look cool if you put the nawz where you regularly had planned. But thats just me. Great job, and hope to see more posts soon! :)
....I'm not even going to answer to the 'nawz' remark. But I had a fun ass time glueing the seat belts and all in last night, so If they look like shit. i really don't care, because I'll be spraying dull-coat on the interior to hide glue droplets. I made bits and pieces of the cage, I made the main loop brace, knew rear supports, floor extensions, and the bars where the NOS tanks were going to be. The reason I was gona put them there, was because I know a guy named 'twa' that has a hella fast v6 6spd turboed maxima, 94 I believe and it has a similar cage with the two NX bottles mounted where I had planned to put mine. But the other day, I sat in the back to get and idea about how it'd look, and as I was getting out, I slammed my head into the nx bottle. Talk about some pain.

Also, the glue fogged the passenger seat, but the dull-coat will fix that, and I'm thinking of tinting the windows so you cant really see too much inside.

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Well, I'm a little disapointed that no one's said anything about my crappy seatbelts, but hey, I said it didn't matter, and it doesn't bug me! So, I decided I'm gona snap some pics of the car with it's dented' wheels. I did a lil editing and gave the pics some tude' to re-inforce me to keep working, I haven't done anything since last update :disappoin . I need re-inforcement, or it'll end up not done.

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That's all folks!

Stay tuned, as I'll be finishing the interior tonight for everyone to pick at.

i think you should mount the belts on the bar right behind the headrest. mounting the hharnesses like that could brake your back in a crash. looks good though!

Yeah, I was thinking that eaxact thing last night, so I stripped them where they're mounted, and used the top bar and the main loop for securing points, looks 10x's better now. I'll post pics in a few hours. BTW, MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAVE A HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!

Well, I've sanded the body with 100grit automotive paper, and primered it, just one coat. Also, I did primer some front wheels, Took pics of wheels, not the car :screwy: twa has borrowed the cam, and will bring it back tomorrow. Well, then I'll have some car pics, but here are my 2 front wheels, in their painting process:

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Gotta wash, scrub and hand dry to be sure it's clean, then I sanded it with 240grit, then passed some 600 grit paper litely over them.

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Here's one of the wheels taped off, and primered in Wal-Mart's Color Spray $1.63 USD Grey Indoor/Outdoor, wood, metal, vinyl spraypaints. They work well.

PICS: How the car is sitting outside right now on the jackstands:

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Some quick engine pics of my almighty 1.6 SOHC 2bbl carbed 4cyl 4AC:

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Look Ma! No wheels!

Left the backones on so I can dump the clutch and burn them out, thus making the car fall off the stands and look like a redneck!

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Ok, if you think the motor is nasty and grimey now, you shoulda seen, it took 1 and 1/4 cans of HEAVY DUTY Engine degreaser to get it this clean, I'll have another go at it with a brush tomorrow.

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Simple front view, still needs a good degreasing and wash job.

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And here they are, my 2 front wheels in primer, got done doing them 7:00pm central standard time, will be up and 7:30 tomorrow and coat them with the gloss black paint. (have mon, tues, and wed paid days off! WOOHOOO!)


So, now, you've seen my wheels, after they're dried in the gloss black, and I remove the masking and newspaper should I
A: Clearcoat the black and silver parts of the rim
B: Clearcoat just the black
C: Pearl clearcoat the black and silver
D: Pearl clearcoat the black only

nice caR! how much did you get it for? i always wanted one of those =D

Nice. But i think you should get some nice 24 inch chrome spinnerz LOL. Just joking, just joking.

Where's your Skyline?

Oh, and since you posted your real car progress, I'll make this comment: I would have also masked off the part of the wheel where the lug nuts seat. When you tighten them, the paint will chip and come off, and it could possibly take paint with it immediately around the nuts. This will 1. be visible because the shiny metal will contrast so much with the black and 2. help moisture and air and other agents of natural paint remover get under the paint and primer and eventially help all the paint chip off. You used an etching primer right? Even though you scuffed the surface, aluminum (I am assuming there) oxydizes very fast.

So far an interesting thread, I'm looking forward to seeing the bodywork with a few coats of paint applied. Keep up the good work Dude

Nos....?

on a drift car...?

those 2 don't go together...

don't get me wrong, Nos can be useful when used properly...but the simple fact is you don't need Nos while drifting...

it would hinder you more then it would help.

just a thought...

good progress by the looks of it. :) keep it up.

Damn, more replies than I thought. Wilimo, I have some pics coming as soon as Twa brings my camera back. I know realize I probably should've masked the lug nut places, but It's not real big deal, as where they are, there's kinda like a lip thingy, that seperates the lug nut holder from the outer spoke. Yes, I used that primer. Thanks for your replies, and as far as the NOS goes, I don't know if I'm still putting it in, I might save it for something else.

Forgot toanswer the other replies:

nice caR! how much did you get it for? i always wanted one of those =D

Guy was asking 1250usd. After test driving it, I said, I'll give ya 1150, he said 1225, and I said, ok, 1200. Got the car for 1200usd, and he wrote down the price for the title exchange to 650usd.


Nice. But i think you should get some nice 24 inch chrome spinnerz LOL. Just joking, just joking.

That's funny. Actually, Twa had a set a of 4lug 19'' rims, 7, or 8 spoke, not sure who made them, with yokohamas (still had some tread) that we fitted, or tried to fit on to the car, we managed to get them on there, but the car looked like it was ready to go play in the mud with some 4wd's. If they hadn't lifted the car as much as they did (about 3''), I would've bought them from him.

The model car looks good. I can't believe this thread is up to 12 pages already. I'm really liking the interior.
1:1 rims look good. Just one thing though, if you paint where the lug nuts go, wouldn't that kind of fill in the threads a little? Are you going to have to chase the threads or is the paint not as thick as I'm thinking?

Eugene, that's not where we're talking about. We're talking about the lil holes where the studs come through the rim to attach to the lug nuts.

Anyway, I have updates!!!! Keep in mind the car only had it's 1st coat of primer, and it's a lil rough on the roof, but I'll sand that down, and re-prime it. As you can see, under the rear bumper, it is missing primer, I know, I did the back a lil too fast, and the paint looked thick, so I figured, instead of trying to fix it with more primer, I'd be smart, let it dry and catch it then.

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Also, Rim updates!!!!!!!!!! Ok, I've put the 5 mist, and 1 medium wet coat of the gloss black, and it's been dry for 2 hours now. So, I took off the paper, and masking tape, and here's what I got. Don't mind the bubles on the rim, that's from the rain, yes it's raining here, and the rims were under my carport when I painted them. Just got splashed (lukily was dry) when twa walked past it to bring my camera to me. The pic with it in masking is the Front left, and the one un-masked is Front right. Hopefully, tomorrow morning, I can put the rims on the car (letting them dry over night so they can get real hard (the paint). And turn the car around to do the rear rims.

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Rims look good. Nice way to customize your car, for not a lot of money. My cousin, he sent his rims out to get powdercoated black and it cost him almost $2k.

Jeez. 2k. Well, before I did this, I asked around at some paint shops for an estimate and the cheapest I got for gloss black centers was 79.99, plus tax. I did it (well half now) for about 15 I guess with masking tape, 3 cans of grey primer, 4 of gloss black, and some old newspapers. BTW, I sat the rim on the hub just to see how it'd look, and I swear, 100x's better than plain silver!

Heh, Rolling Rock ain't too bad!! I like how this project is turning out! Lemme know if ya need anything for it! PM me if you do :sunglasse

Post some pics of them next to the car. I want to see how it looks. But anyway nice job on the paint(the wheels) and also good job on the model. Keep on posting. :)

Heh, Rolling Rock ain't too bad!! I like how this project is turning out! Lemme know if ya need anything for it! PM me if you do :sunglasse
Thanks Tonio. Yeah, rolling rock isn't bad at all. Just still getting used to it. Thanks for everyones interest in the car, and the corolla. Hondaaccordboy21. Tomorrow I'll have pics, rigth now both of the wheels are in my spare bathroom, in which I have the window cracked and the heater on 3/4 to full so the paint can 'bake' I'll be putting the rims on the front tomorrow morning, I'll snap some pics of the car with aluminum rims in the back, and balck with silver lips in the front. Now, as you can see these are only 14.5'' rims, same size used on the D'sift trueno, in the USD1 championship.


BTW, Tonio, If I need anything else for the car, I'll let ya know. Thanks again for the tuner decals!

Post some pics of them next to the car. I want to see how it looks. But anyway nice job on the paint(the wheels) and also good job on the model. Keep on posting. :)
Did ya one even better. Here's the Front half completed pics. BTW, No work on skyline, just been mocking up some very cool 1/18th 15'' drag slicks, and if it were a drag car, it'd look to be about a 7second car or so.

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SHITS N' GIGGLES:

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Those wheels make a huge improvement on your car.

Thanks. BTW. Tonio, what's your trick with doing panel lines before paint? I've bought 2 pigma micron .20, cause the .25 was too fat to do my panel lines, did them on a 69 camaro (the blue one, my first car on AF). It works well, if there's no dust on the car.

the model looks great. its really coming along nicely, great job so far!

the wheels on your car are sweet!! makes a nice improvement. very nice!!

nice monitor. Nice car most of all!! keep up the
g-reat work

PAINTED!!! FINALLY!! Never thought it'd get there! Well, yes it is very orange peely :banghead: But, I don't care, because, I just put a 22'' chrome 5spoke rim next to the paint, and you can see it's reflection!! I do want it to be cleaned up a bit. Would some abrasive 1800grit sanding cloth and then a coat of wax work? Okay. To the point! I've decided, I love the blue too much to cover the hood, trunk, and wing in graphite, so it'll stay all blued up. I didn't make the mirrors I wanted, so chances are, I'll spray the ones it came with in flat black, and glue them on, after I do the window trim in black, and the panel lines with my pigma micron pen. I appreciate all replies, but if your gonna talk smack about my orange peel paint, just don't reply at all. I know it needs to be fixed, and I intend to use the 1800 grit sanding cloth, and then giving it a coat of wax, hope that'll work.

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nice color... but i think you should atleast paint the wing graphite... if not, it's alright since it's your model :)

doesnt look orange peely to me, but that looks really light in color... or is it darker than that in real life? testors met. saphire blue? mine came out about twice as dark... but i did use grey primer... anyways, nice job, and i cant even notice the orange peel :sunglasse

I doubted you at the begining, And said it was ugly, But then it kinda grew onto me and I really like it now, But still I think the wing site a tad to high, My oppinion. But the blue looks awesome, Body kits very clean, I know how hard it is to get styrene to bend just right, Im working on a 93 cobra with a body kit made of styrene and its a PITA. But it looks good now and is that testors paint? if it is, will you be using rubbing compound, IF so. Don't use 3M it will eat through the paint. I really like the scoop on the hood to. Personnaly I think the hood painted flat black would be sweet, along with the wing mounts and sides. Anyways, It turned out alot better then I thought it would, And I'm sorry about what I said about it before.

Josh

Thanks to everyone for there posts. I appreciate all your comments. Sony, the paint is testors sapphire blue metallic, and I used a different brand than testors grey primer, and it's about what you see in the pics, brightness wise.

Josh, your post definetly means the most. I'm very glad that everyone likes it, and that you like it seeing what you said about it before. I'm not sure about the compound. Don't know where to get it and what brand to get. I just planned to do the wing struts, and side mounts in a mat black and maybe do a lil desgin in mat black on the hood scoop, or just the whole thing in matt, dunno yet.
Keep watching, tomorrow it should have all its panel lines, and window rubbers done. I'm still a lil iffy about the rubbers, seeing as this will be the first time I've done them, but I've used 3m blue painters masking tape before and it worked, so mabye it'll come out nice. Thanks again and keep posting your thoughts for all of you who haven't yet.

Loving the blue. Looks really hot. Nice little sparkle in it.

Rims are looking really hot. I'm loving it. hehe

That's really cool. I would say paint the wing graphite!

FINALLY! An update! Bet all of you thought I gave up huh? Well, I didn't! My first completed car of 04'! Well, it's almost done. It needs the following: Custom rim application (gonna change something about the wheels); License plate, intercooler put in, and I think that's about it. So, I know the pics are blurry, I was in abit of a hurry. SO, if you can make them out, enjoy.

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WANNA DRIFT?!



BTW, Special Thanks to Tonioseven. If it weren't for him, the car wouldn't have the decals and spicey niss it does now!

oh damn that's hot hot hott... AWESOME build

Thanks. BTW. Tonio, what's your trick with doing panel lines before paint? I've bought 2 pigma micron .20, cause the .25 was too fat to do my panel lines, did them on a 69 camaro (the blue one, my first car on AF). It works well, if there's no dust on the car.
Sometimes I apply them before the first coat of paint depending on the color and how opaque the paint is. Great work on it!! :eek: It was well worth the wait!! :iceslolan :sunglasse

Shibby!, great stuff man, looks deadly, very nice job, i was wondering if you had quit!, you were doing alot to that ITR (which i havent seen a progress thread on yet :disappoin ) but very nice job indeed, hope to see some more pics! :sunglasse

Looks great man! I've been watching and waiting since this car's inception and it was well worth it! The color looks great, and I really like the graphic right along the waistline. Very cool. Can't wait to see clearer (and outside, if ever stops raining) pics of it... It's hot!

Very cool. I'm glad you completed it. BTW, my 4AC can beat yours. I gained HP since my muffler rusted off! :evillol: :lol2:

H-A-W-T!!! I love it!

Thanks guys. I figured, I'd get some replies...not this many! Willimo, soon, more clearer pics, and outdoor shots, if the rain stops that is. Im glad you all like the car, and the stripe along the side of the car, it's not the signal grahpic, but it came with the 94 stealth RT TT I'm building as a present for a freinds b-day, he only gets a b-day every 4years, so I figure I'd give that one to him.

BTW, The wheel's...well, i'm thinking of doing the spokes black, and either leaving the lip grey, or doing it in some brush silver. What are your opinions on that?


Very cool. I'm glad you completed it. BTW, my 4AC can beat yours. I gained HP since my muffler rusted off! :evillol: :lol2:

Hey spoonman.....what are you willing to bet on that? I've got my 2.5'' exhaust piping (cat back, minus the cat :evillol: ) custom bent at meinike and have a performance muffler...yes, mike, if your reading, a rice pipe. 2.5'' in, 3'' out. Also, I saw in FEB. 04 of Super Street, the yellow R32 GTR 8sec 400m drag skyline. Routing to it's twin turbo's were the heat resistant 6'' flexible tubing. the stuff used on air conditioning ducts, can be purchased at home depot...well I bought some 4'', have installed the K&N round filter in the stock housing, and am devising a cool/ram air thing with the piping. So hey, ya wanna laff at my air condition cold air piping, go ahead. Cause I know, the stuff works. you can really feel it when you lay into the pedal @60mph.

haha..hopefully this will do better in next year's AFMOTY, then that ghettofied bel aire. Def. need to paint the rubbers, and chrome trim. Your skills are really improved compared to the models you showed me in SR.

hey...I got one vote. and for whoever voted for it...thanks. Mike, I'll get to doing the trim soon. Just couldn't resist decaling, after I managed to get them to stick on. BTW, the fujimi decals, well, they've been in the water for a day now, still haven't come off the card yet! As I've said, it's not done quite yet. by next week hopefully :)

Thats AMAZING !!! :eek2: :eek2: :eek2: :eek2: :eek2:

thanks..I've made some progress with window rubbers last night. but I don't know where I would put the chrome trim. Mike, whereabouts does the chrome trim go on the body? Also, the spokes are black, and drying. pics tonight...hopefully.

damnit 86sr5 , you and ratdat have thrown down the [R31] gauntlet, my GTS-R is going to have to be pretty f'n special now :mad: :evillol: