Hello everybody,
after a long time, I start building models again...
This is the tamiya zexel skyline gt-r gr.n

http://lh4.google.com/zervosst/RveYBfkTCfI/AAAAAAAAADM/xxJUsnQwb6g/s800/P1012097.JPG

but I'm not making it out of the box..
Instead I'll make a more street (drift) version..
I dont have much free time, and I'm also building some other models, so be patient...

well, this is the chassis

I glued these "fenders" at the back
and I cut some grills in front

http://lh5.google.com/zervosst/RveX8vkTCWI/AAAAAAAAACE/Quy2jjzwrdU/s800/P1012067.JPG


I sanded some things (like names, badges etc...)
and I used some putty to cover holes..
anyway here it is

http://lh3.google.com/zervosst/RveX9PkTCXI/AAAAAAAAACM/kopeJcdciYk/s800/P1012073.JPG

I wont put the spoiler

Nice! Looks like youve got quite a couple of WIPS going on huh? I can't blame you I got like 7 builds going on at once! Looking good so far!

oh, yes my friend, I have a little trouble with time....

anyway, lets start with the engine.... so, lets make a DRIFT car, right??
hmm, let me see, this car is a 4wd... no I dont want it, I want a RWD with a LOT of horsepower!!!
so, why dont I... change it into a RWD???

this is the result:

http://lh6.google.com/zervosst/RveX9_kTCYI/AAAAAAAAACU/416fsvevN5w/s800/P1012075.JPG

no front differential, and no front axles... it also has some paint, and some pipes for the radiator..

here is from under:

http://lh4.google.com/zervosst/RveX-fkTCZI/AAAAAAAAACc/E1c3IUblBqw/s800/P1012080.JPG

http://lh6.google.com/zervosst/RveX-_kTCaI/AAAAAAAAACk/m3V4wqAXWxI/s800/P1012082.JPG

here is the intake, with some piping (and something like a blow-off valve):

http://lh4.google.com/zervosst/RveX_fkTCbI/AAAAAAAAACs/lj5fhrDQt6s/s800/P1012084.JPG

http://lh6.google.com/zervosst/RvebM_kTCjI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/6760DMNJku8/s800/P1012086.JPG

let me know what you think...

:D awsome! im guessing the engine in the Grp.N. engine is standard like the stret version? as far as I know, they had to have pretty much standard engines, doing many mods to the engine?

I'm not sure if its stock or not, but for sure it doesn have a lot of detail...
(the pipes stop on the air...)
Well, for starters turning a 4wd into a rwd I think is allready a BIG mod, what u say??? Plus I'll put a BIG turbo, custom (full) exhaust, full piping, (maybe some cables) etc. -you should see what I'm doing with the intercooler....!!!
:ylsuper:

WOOO!!!!! sounds good Ill be sticking to this thread like a defect to a silvia.:D heres a pic of My one,Its RWD aswell, but the lasy way, remove the final drive and CV shafdts and hey presto, but, i trust you will do a better job than me :D, what are you doing to the intercooler!!?? oooh tell me!, im loving this, any ideas on colour?

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l277/The_St_jimmy/R32skyline041.jpg

well, my friend, thanx for the support!!
you got a nice engine bay there!!
(now I have to make a better one? :banghead: ) :lol:

for the colour, I bought a spray from a shop (not a model shop)
so I dont know if it works on the model body, but I'll give it a try, because its very nice colour... It is a light green pearl...

as for the rest, I'll let the pictures do the talkin.... :evillol:

http://lh4.google.com/zervosst/RvebNfkTCkI/AAAAAAAAAEY/TwWsl7bxK30/s800/P1012907.JPG

http://lh4.google.com/zervosst/RveYAfkTCdI/AAAAAAAAAC8/OedR9_WHXnE/s800/P1012092.JPG

http://lh6.google.com/zervosst/RveYA_kTCeI/AAAAAAAAADE/WE2P-HF-5vs/s800/P1012094.JPG

I'm not sure about the wheels...

maybe I'll buy others from the internet....

what do you think???

buy other wheels :P

any suggestions anyone ??

personally I like the wheels, very 80's, but im not sure if they suit the drift look.HAAhAA!!i see the intercooler....:eek:....Oh my....that is the intercooler right? u havent grafted on an 18-wheeler front grill have you?....wow...is big...:naughty:...so where is the rest of the car?
Oh RIGHT! behind it!! i missed it for a second, that is awsome,so awsome, did u make the intercooler?
mmmm,pearl green, sounds great, if it works out, and im confident you would easily do a nicer one than mine, mine aint that nice.
wow.....my mouth is still hanging open from when i layed eyes on the intercooler...totally cool!

HAAAAHAHA, thanx my friend, I see you liked my intercooler :grinyes:
ok, I'll tell you my "little" secret (haha)
if you look more carefull, you'll see its the one from the kit!!!!!
I just put it in front of the bumper.........:evillol:

ok, so here is a bonus picture for today.........

TURBO (yes, this is full custom..)

http://lh5.google.com/zervosst/RveX_vkTCcI/AAAAAAAAAC0/ydnxWPj0pDA/s800/P1012091.JPG

thanx a lot!

as for the wheels, I'm thinking RS watanabe...

well, I have some photos of the paint progress....

I sprayed the body with this "strange" color that I found...
and it got a lot of "spots" on top of the surface...

http://lh5.google.com/zervosst/RvebOvkTClI/AAAAAAAAAEg/q3TNetCIFG8/s800/P1013091.JPG

rather than that, I think its a nice color..

http://lh5.google.com/zervosst/RvebPvkTCmI/AAAAAAAAAEo/eMzQTQoBiA8/s800/P1013095.JPG

but dont worry because I sanded it, and now its ok!

http://lh3.google.com/zervosst/RvebQPkTCnI/AAAAAAAAAEw/bfBHmnsBdlY/s800/P1013096.JPG

http://lh5.google.com/zervosst/RvebQvkTCoI/AAAAAAAAAE4/68Km-fnbJNQ/s800/P1013097.JPG

http://lh4.google.com/zervosst/RvebRfkTCpI/AAAAAAAAAFA/iT0VOTxO-TM/s800/P1013101.JPG

I also painted the intercooler !!!

http://lh3.google.com/zervosst/RvjRs_kTDzI/AAAAAAAAASg/aNX0YSda_0E/s800/P1014378.JPG

mister s13 what do you think?? :naughty:

wow thats different! maybe some white graphics? or white wheels with polished lip or something?

looks a little like an S13 colour that was available, but it looks tops on the R32,lol, ATDMC suggested white graphics and white wheels?? and as i scrolled down I saw his signiture picture...and then it all made sense...have 2 say it would look pretty good tohugh, i still think charcoal centred wheels tohugh, altohugh its ur model, and since youve made some unusual decisions so far and they have all fitted togather better than SR and 20.so I trust you will do this car justice
lol, ands i didnt know that kit came with an intercooler, with the standard one, you get this sad plastic excuse for mesh,, and no form of intercooler at all :(

with the standard one, you get this sad plastic excuse for mesh,, and no form of intercooler at all


:lol: I understand what you mean! But the Zexcel comes with this one!!!
So I guess I was lucky!! (the only difference is that they put it inside the bumper :evillol:
plus I put these "hoses" at the sides, to connect some piping...

and I was gonna buy that kit instead!:banghead:
oh well....you cant win em all

Ugh, not liking the colour at all, but I'll see what the whole thing looks like when it's finished :screwy:

this will look so good with the watanabes on it! i love the colour, unusual, yet, it grows on me every time i look at it, that intercooler is insane, so kool :P looking forward to more progress

That paint makes the model look more "toyish" looking, but we'll see how it comes out when it's done.

looks cool keep it up

well this is my first try (ever) for carbon paint
what do you think??

http://lh4.google.com/zervosst/R024vqI4WSI/AAAAAAAAAhM/-sFf6Aw39i4/s800/P1014467.JPG

http://lh3.google.com/zervosst/R024xaI4WTI/AAAAAAAAAhU/faFk-8PuKJ4/s800/P1014469.JPG

woo! the R32 is back!, i like the carbon paint, i tried that once, but i can never get it right, i think it looks tops.

yes its back!!

thanx my friend!

Very cool! Carbon paint looks sweet! Weave may be a little out of scale, but for your first time its very nice! Wish I had the huevos to do that!

thank you

yes, I know its abit out of scale..
but if you watch it from a litlle distance, I think it looks ok (you dont see the problem that much) - the picture is very close

maybe I will spray it with clear coat

well, I decided to "modify" the wheels !!
hehe

lets start....

http://lh5.google.com/zervosst/R024y6I4WUI/AAAAAAAAAhc/2Yvjc2VtIck/s800/P1014480.JPG

http://lh6.google.com/zervosst/R0241KI4WVI/AAAAAAAAAhk/TDgYcgWF1Lw/s800/P1014482.JPG

http://lh5.google.com/zervosst/R02426I4WWI/AAAAAAAAAhs/I-ib9PVY_7A/s800/P1014485.JPG

http://lh5.google.com/zervosst/R024t6I4WRI/AAAAAAAAAhE/R5NgUEv3jV4/s800/P1014487.JPG

Yeah baby !!!

those wheels look incredible, this is turning out to be a very unique build, i love it, lookin 4ward to more

sorry for the delay.. here is some progress:

I painted black matt the window trims and door handles..

http://lh6.google.com/zervosst/R9Lk_IzHHnI/AAAAAAAAA2w/hC0BSknfutQ/s800/P1015045.JPG

http://lh5.google.com/zervosst/R9LlJ4zHHoI/AAAAAAAAA24/tcKACk6BXO8/s800/P1015054.JPG

the wheels..

http://lh4.google.com/zervosst/R9LlTozHHpI/AAAAAAAAA3E/7hIoeJoqSrw/s800/P1015509.JPG

http://lh6.google.com/zervosst/R9LlrIzHHrI/AAAAAAAAA3U/Si2bU93FLdI/s800/P1015514.JPG

Glad to see this is still in progress. I like what you've done with the wheels. They look really good. Still not really a fan of the colour choice...never liked this colour :p. Did you use a netting material for the carbon fibre effect? Like you agree it is a little bit out of scale, so maybe double layer the netting next time (or if you can still do so now). Fold the netting material in two with one layer cutting through half the holes of the other layer, so that there the mesh is finer. Maybe that might help? Keep it up though.

hey!
i havent been online for a while, im so glad to see this is still going!!cant wait to see more!keep up the brilliant work ::sunglasse

Just a couple more pics

http://lh5.ggpht.com/zervosst/R9LmB4zHHtI/AAAAAAAAA3k/dvNxlJYGQPk/s800/P1015667.JPG

http://lh5.ggpht.com/zervosst/R9Lml4zHHvI/AAAAAAAAA34/uUY0D1DNCic/s800/P1015672.JPG

very nice man, but it's still 4wd..kinda. You need to cut the bit that sticks out of the transmission tunnel on the side..

very nice man, but it's still 4wd..kinda. You need to cut the bit that sticks out of the transmission tunnel on the side..

If you are talkin about the picture with the painted wheels, well, sorry, my mistake, but this is not the R32 on that photo...
I only want to show the wheels...
If you check the first page of this thread, you will see that I have allready made this that you suggested. thanks