Integra Type R

Hi all, this is my first WIP here, so I'll try my best to make something clear, c&c welcome.

This is the fujimi kit that everyone knows
http://i62.servimg.com/u/f62/11/02/45/28/wip_it10.jpg (http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=326&u=11024528)

After a little work, everything is mocked-up with white glue
http://i62.servimg.com/u/f62/11/02/45/28/wip_it11.jpg (http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=327&u=11024528)

http://i62.servimg.com/u/f62/11/02/45/28/wip_it12.jpg (http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=328&u=11024528)

Everything looks very nice, except the ride height that looks like a SUV
http://i62.servimg.com/u/f62/11/02/45/28/wip_it13.jpg (http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=329&u=11024528)

So I decided to modify this. Hopefully I found a very good tuto here on how to lower a ride height.
Btw, I would like to use the occasion to thank all the people that wrote tutorials here, I really learned a bunch of tips. ;)

So here is the result, modified suspension (right) vs original one (left)
http://i62.servimg.com/u/f62/11/02/45/28/wip_it14.jpg (http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=330&u=11024528)

Modified the subframe as well, just cut it half way, bend it and glued it at the correct angle.
Below is a pic where you can see the cuts, though I forgot to take an "after" pic. :biggrin:
http://i62.servimg.com/u/f62/11/02/45/28/wip_it15.jpg (http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=331&u=11024528)

Used the same technique for the front suspension, and here is the final result, looks much more convincing to me.
http://i62.servimg.com/u/f62/11/02/45/28/wip_it16.jpg (http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=332&u=11024528)

More to come...

Great work on lowering it! Simple but very effective - and those are the best solutions. I'm looking forward to seeing what you do here!

Thanks willimo. To give you an idea, I wanted to build it straight OOB, but I actually changed my plans for a mild track day racer, with some modifications here and there.

Small update for today, bodyparts are in primer. I did no modifications on these except shaving the "H" badges as I will use PE ones.

http://i62.servimg.com/u/f62/11/02/45/28/wip_it17.jpg (http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=333&u=11024528)

The recaro SRDs from Fujimi are quite awful, I couldn't decently paint them like that, so I began reworking them.

The look straight out of box :
http://i62.servimg.com/u/f62/11/02/45/28/wip_it18.jpg (http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=334&u=11024528)

What the back is supposed to look like:
http://i19.servimg.com/u/f19/11/02/45/28/rexins10.jpg (http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=55&u=11024528)

The result after modifying:
http://i62.servimg.com/u/f62/11/02/45/28/wip_it19.jpg (http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=335&u=11024528)

I still have to drill the holes for the harnesses the right way, and do a little sanding on the shape.

New wheels are on their way too, I hope the post service won't lose them. :biggrin:

Paying attention to the details like the height and the seats will surely make this a great model when completed.

I look forward to seeing this come together. :sunglasse

Thanks for the comments ;)

Here is a small update of the week-end work:

- Seats modified with harness passage like original ones and primed (unfortunately no pics for now as I forgot to take some :p)

- Body painted:
http://i62.servimg.com/u/f62/11/02/45/28/wip_it20.jpg (http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=336&u=11024528)

http://i62.servimg.com/u/f62/11/02/45/28/wip_it21.jpg (http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=337&u=11024528)

I know it's just the billioneth white ITR showing up here, but I just love white tegs, so my choice was easily made.
Though I still didn't have decided if I will put some carbon parts here and there or not. CF is already ordered, I will probably take the decision at the last minute, as ever :cool:

- Chassis has been painted white too, and I just painted the fuel tank semi-gloss black. Maybe to shiny for my taste, but with a decent weathering it should be ok.
http://i62.servimg.com/u/f62/11/02/45/28/wip_it22.jpg (http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=338&u=11024528)

- Last but not least, new rims have arrived. As ever I was too carried away to take a "before" picture, but here is how they look like now:
http://i62.servimg.com/u/f62/11/02/45/28/wip_it23.jpg (http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=339&u=11024528)
It's Fujimi's Enkei RP-F1, 17 inches. They came out of the box with gold color, but I prefered respraying them once again with semi-gloss black. I removed (by drilling) the hub cap and made some red anodised lug nuts, result is not so bad.

That's all for today, I'm still waiting for some piping to make a nice rollcage, as ever positive or negative feedback is always welcome ;)

The work in the Recaros is Great!!
Tries to make the opening of the belts

Enkei Rims!!
You know what you're doing!

I think it mutual the same love for Hondas and JDM cars...

Go!

:smokin:

Thanks hirg.
I already made the harness openings, but I must admit it's kind of easy to get some details on these seats as I have my back in them every day in my real ride. :)

You're right, seeing your DC2 it seems we love the same kind of ride. Funny there are 3 DC2s at build at the same time here.

Thanks hirg.
I already made the harness openings, but I must admit it's kind of easy to get some details on these seats as I have my back in them every day in my real ride. :)

You're right, seeing your DC2 it seems we love the same kind of ride. Funny there are 3 DC2s at build at the same time here.



If, for a long time since I last saw DC2 building and now there are several!

I also see every day of my Ek9's Recaro 1:1, I love them!
And I also had CRX Si 91 in 1998, my adoration!

I changed the engine three times, japan Doch ZC, B16A and b20!

ahhhh, that those days!

Sorry for my english, I know is to bad...

hmmm another jdm lover. yay..!

welcome.

i have started a type r kit also by fujimi. i opened my hood on mines... will post it up over here on AF cause i know we have quite a few hondamaniacs. lol. KEEP UP THE CLEAN WORK BRO...!!!!

This is gonna be super clean when it is finished. The rims will look sharp. Cant wait to see what you do with the roll cage

Thanks for feedback guys ;)

very nice work bro. who doesn't like a whit type R.
i have the mugen type R in my stash.

White never gets old on Type Rs. Those black Enkeis should look great!

Looking good, nice job on lowering, well worth it, why do Fujimi nearly always have such high ride heights?

Looking good, nice job on lowering, well worth it, why do Fujimi nearly always have such high ride heights?

That's a good question! :rofl:

Very little update as I had an extremely busy week at work and I couldn't get my hands on the model. Better too much work than not enough, but sometimes it's just too much... :biggrin:

Anyway, here's what I find the time to do:

began scratchbuilding some detail parts for the recaros:
http://i62.servimg.com/u/f62/11/02/45/28/wip_it24.jpg (http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=340&u=11024528)

parts now ready to paint (tomorrow as I'm taking my wife to theater tonight):
http://i62.servimg.com/u/f62/11/02/45/28/wip_it25.jpg (http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=341&u=11024528)

couldn't get my hands on a can of faux fabric, so I painted the recaros with Tamiya XF-7 (flat red) and I'm rather happy with the result. More detailing to come.
http://i62.servimg.com/u/f62/11/02/45/28/wip_it26.jpg (http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=342&u=11024528)

and just for the fun of it, I painted shocks using öhlins color scheme, because I'm just worth it :grinyes:
http://i62.servimg.com/u/f62/11/02/45/28/wip_it27.jpg (http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=343&u=11024528)

chassis has been weathered too, but no pic yet, you will have to wait a little. ;)

More news soon!

The recaro's parts is awesome!!!

Good very good!!

Thanks for comments.

Recaros are now finished, rather happy with the result even if it can always be better.
http://i62.servimg.com/u/f62/11/02/45/28/wip_it28.jpg (http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=344&u=11024528)

Began working on the rollcage as well. I decided to go for a 6-point model as the spirit of this car is not really a hardcore racer but rather a daily drive that hits the track from time to time.

I started making the templates with soldier wire, then build up the real thing with steel wire that was pretty hard to bend, but was of the correct diameter to replicate a 40mm tube.

A quick look inside the tub:
http://i62.servimg.com/u/f62/11/02/45/28/wip_it29.jpg (http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=345&u=11024528)

http://i62.servimg.com/u/f62/11/02/45/28/wip_it30.jpg (http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=346&u=11024528)

http://i62.servimg.com/u/f62/11/02/45/28/wip_it31.jpg (http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=347&u=11024528)

And a view alone:
http://i62.servimg.com/u/f62/11/02/45/28/wip_it32.jpg (http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=348&u=11024528)

http://i62.servimg.com/u/f62/11/02/45/28/wip_it33.jpg (http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=349&u=11024528)

I'm just trying to find the best solution for keeping it assembled, here are the choices I have so far:
-keep it bonded with CA glue (as it's at the moment) and handle it very carefully as it can be broken easily
-try to soldier it to give more strength, but I'm not sure it can work good
-replicate it with plastruct so that I can glue the parts really good, but will lose the metal finish of the steel wire :banghead:

Any ideas welcome ;)

Hi there!!

Nice Integra build. Maybe someday you can tell how you make those Recaros step by step, he he, those are awesome...

About the rollcage... I think the best way to keep the metal look is soldiering it. One of the forum members (can't remember hwo) it's building a circuit Mitsu Evo V. It's a really really ambicious work. Maybe you can get some advice from him, because he's doing the entire chassis, rollcage, engine and some other things in metal... Hope that helps.

I hope you'll keep us tuned about this project.

CHEERS

Hey Vladamor!

Yea, I remember that splendid time attack Evo. Incredible build and skills that I'm far from matching honnestly. Anyway, I tried soldering steel wire and it doesn't work really good. If I remember correctly that Evo guy build everything from brass rod, which must be easier to solder.

I took the option to stay with CA glue, and painted everything in the color I wanted, after all, it doesn't really have to be structural, isn't it?

Here is the result:
http://i62.servimg.com/u/f62/11/02/45/28/wip_it34.jpg (http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=352&u=11024528)

http://i62.servimg.com/u/f62/11/02/45/28/wip_it35.jpg (http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=353&u=11024528)

As for the recaros, well maybe should I detail with more pictures but the steps are quite easy:
-1/filling the "hole" in the back of the seats
-2/drilling the passages for the harness
-3/scratchbuild reclining handles
-4/scratchbuild pivot plates
-5/paint and glue together

Looks easy like this, but it really is. All you need is a good reference, which in my case was easy as I own the real seats :P

Began building a new rear sway bar with soldier wire. Too lazy to comment, here are the pics :)
http://i62.servimg.com/u/f62/11/02/45/28/wip_it36.jpg (http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=354&u=11024528)

http://i62.servimg.com/u/f62/11/02/45/28/wip_it37.jpg (http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=355&u=11024528)

http://i62.servimg.com/u/f62/11/02/45/28/wip_it38.jpg (http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=356&u=11024528)

http://i62.servimg.com/u/f62/11/02/45/28/wip_it39.jpg (http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=357&u=11024528)

http://i62.servimg.com/u/f62/11/02/45/28/wip_it40.jpg (http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=358&u=11024528)

http://i62.servimg.com/u/f62/11/02/45/28/wip_it41.jpg (http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=359&u=11024528)

http://i62.servimg.com/u/f62/11/02/45/28/wip_it42.jpg (http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=360&u=11024528)

http://i62.servimg.com/u/f62/11/02/45/28/wip_it43.jpg (http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=361&u=11024528)

http://i62.servimg.com/u/f62/11/02/45/28/wip_it44.jpg (http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=362&u=11024528)

http://i62.servimg.com/u/f62/11/02/45/28/wip_it45.jpg (http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=363&u=11024528)

Sorry for the bunch of pics...

I admire your attention on small details! Btw, do you think the kit wheels are a little on the small side?:sly:

Thanks a lot for comments.

Yep, I think the kit wheels are too small, but don't get me wrong, they're correct in the scale. The fact is that '96 spec ITR were released with 15 inches wheels, easily indentified by a 4-lugs bolting pattern. Thats the ones Fujimi provides with this kit. '98 spec and later models were equipped with 16 inches (PCD 5x114.3) which suits better the line of the car IMO, that's why I choosed to go for the Enkeis in 16", but original wheels are not wrong.

Too much wind to paint anything this week-end, so I kept on working on small interior details.

First I wanted to add some gauges to check for oil temperature and pressure and afr.
I cut 3 pieces of sprue, intentionaly too long so that they're easier to hold.
http://i62.servimg.com/u/f62/11/02/45/28/wip_it46.jpg (http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=364&u=11024528)

Once cleared of molding lines and rounded with sand paper, sprue diameter is 2.7mm which qualifies it to create 60mm gauges easily (I know it makes rather 64.8mm, but I'm not that perfectionist).
http://i62.servimg.com/u/f62/11/02/45/28/wip_it47.jpg (http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=365&u=11024528)

Before beginning such a delicate drilling, i use to pinpoint the center of the rod, then I pre-drill it using a 0.3mm drill bit.
http://i62.servimg.com/u/f62/11/02/45/28/wip_it48.jpg (http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=366&u=11024528)

Once done, I drill really delicately with a 2.5mm drill bit until around 0.5mm depth. I prefer drilling directly with 2.5 instead of beginning smaller and going up because the walls are only 0.1mm thick so the drill bit would push everything outward and break the wall. If you've been patient and carefull enough you should end up with something like this, if it's not the case well just file off 2 more millimeters on the rod and try again. :)
http://i62.servimg.com/u/f62/11/02/45/28/wip_it49.jpg (http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=367&u=11024528)

Then the 3 rods were cut down to the appropriate length (3.5mm) lightly filed on the back so that they sit with an angle pointing to the drivers head and glued on the dahboard with a light angle too.
http://i62.servimg.com/u/f62/11/02/45/28/wip_it50.jpg (http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=368&u=11024528)

Everything was puttied up to give a dashboard pod look to the 3 gauges.
http://i62.servimg.com/u/f62/11/02/45/28/wip_it51.jpg (http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=369&u=11024528)

Final dashboard in primer:
http://i62.servimg.com/u/f62/11/02/45/28/wip_it52.jpg (http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=370&u=11024528)

Once it will be dry I will begin preparing it for final paint.

I also created some pedals from styrene:
http://i62.servimg.com/u/f62/11/02/45/28/wip_it53.jpg (http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=371&u=11024528)

Pedal pads were cutted down, drilled with a 0.3mm drill bit (even if not very visible on the picture) and then assembled. Next step painting...
http://i62.servimg.com/u/f62/11/02/45/28/wip_it54.jpg (http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=372&u=11024528)


Thanks for following, as always comments and advises welcome ;)

Wow, a lot of cool work into this car. I really like your roll cage, I love how it bends around the dashboard, very cool and very accurate to what people are doing these days. I love it. Keep it up.

The swaybar came out cool, the solder is 1.5mm? Also the gauge pod came out great, with the putty on it looks really good.

Thanks for comments guys! :)

@ MidMazar: yeah solder is 1.5mm which is a bit too thick for a sway bar, unless you want a really stiff one. Unfortunately it was the closest I could find from what I needed for this, and as it's not too much eye-catching I think I'm gonna stick with this one. ;)

Small update for all the followers around, interior is now nearly finished.
Pedal set is painted airframe aluminium and glued, interior floor is flocked with Dark Grey flocking using 3M photomount spray glue.
I also add Blitz ice blue gauges in the gauge pod. I just scaled down a picture I found on the internet and printed it at max resolution on glossy photo paper, then cut and glue. Result looks rather convincing to me. Tell me what you think about it.

http://i62.servimg.com/u/f62/11/02/45/28/wip_it55.jpg (http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=373&u=11024528)

http://i62.servimg.com/u/f62/11/02/45/28/wip_it56.jpg (http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=374&u=11024528)

Another point that was quite time consuming was the assembly of the 4pt harness. If you have shaky hands and no patience, don't ever think of doing this... :rofl:
More seriously, half of the nervous breakdown I got when building this came from the fact I'm not that used of building photo-etched details. The kit is from HobbyDesign and I found it quite nice and accurate, only mistake to be noticed, the end buckles (the ones that come either in the harness lock or on the chassis bolts) are not wide enough to let the "harness" pass through. I found this really weird.

I made shoulder pads using the same photo paper than for the gauge after having print the sparco logo and a wide blue area (I also made black and red ones, but finally decided for the blue). The thickness of the paper gives a nice bulk impression. You can't see them in the pictures but underneath the shoulder pads are sparco label directly glued on the harness. Same technique except I "peeled off" the photo paper to have a really thin support.
Enough of talking, here are the pictures. :biggrin:

http://i62.servimg.com/u/f62/11/02/45/28/wip_it58.jpg (http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=376&u=11024528)

http://i62.servimg.com/u/f62/11/02/45/28/wip_it59.jpg (http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=377&u=11024528)

http://i62.servimg.com/u/f62/11/02/45/28/wip_it60.jpg (http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=378&u=11024528)

Thanks for looking, more to come soon, and as always, comments and critics are welcome. ;)

seats look really good and so does the detail on the dash.

The amount of detail you have put into this is absolutely amazing! Keep up the excellent work :D

this is gonna be one sick teggy when its done,especially with all the attention to detail you have put in.

Wow. I really LOVE what you've done with the interior. Gorgeous seats!! And the gauge pod. Wonderful!

excellent work so far! with the bracket details for the recaro, you can probably display the seats outside of the car :D

The seats came out perfect. I think the detail would have been lost with the fabric spray!

This thing is looking amazing

@ rx7king, NissanSkylineGTR98, KrsDrft, willimo, bri g, Drift F.C, civicex84 : thanks a lot for your positive comments, they're pushing me not to rush to the end but to keep on building it as clean as possible.

@ Drift F.C : you might be right concerning the faux fabric, but I'm still in the idea of giving it a try one of these days. ;)

Sorry for the progress being so slow these days, but we have a really heavy period at work right now, couldn't get my hands on the model for a full week.

Only thing I managed to do is modify the OEM muffler to re-create Greddy Ti-C model. For now it's still a piece of plastic, still have to paint it.

Hopefully, this week will be quieter and I should be able to show up some more progress.
Stay tuned ;)

Sorry for the progress being so slow these days, but we have a really heavy period at work right now, couldn't get my hands on the model for a full week.


Shouldn't be sorry, a lot of us others should be. Sucks man i havne't been able to sit down and build in such a long time. It happens man, sneak it in whenever you can. :thumbsup:

Can't wait to see it done. Make sure you paint the headlights silver (chrome) with black housings as they look not good just all silver.

Thanks for the comments, you're right it's not always easy to find some time so let's enjoy the one we have.


Can't wait to see it done. Make sure you paint the headlights silver (chrome) with black housings as they look not good just all silver.

Sure, I plan on painting them Alcald chrome with black housings+some very light color accents to simulate the different bulbs. Don't know if I will succed in doing what I have in mind, but if it's the case they should look pretty good.

Finally found some time to work a little on the teg, so here is a quick update.
Unfortunately, it won't start with good news as I test fitted all parts this morning and just realised that my rollcage can't fit in the car... :frown::crying:

You can call me stupid, I finally understood where my mistake was, I made my rollcage using the inside of the bodyshell as reference, and it fits perfect... as long as you don't put the windows in.

Fujimi glass parts are so thick (as most model windows, anyway, nothing wrong with fujimi) that it's simply impossible to make the rollcage come in, despite there was a good margin between the rollcage and the bodyshell.

Quite impossible to modify what I've already done before, so here is where I am right now on this, must admit it's a bit despairing somehow.
Anyway, I started working with styrene this time, it will make things a lot easier.

http://i62.servimg.com/u/f62/11/02/45/28/wip_it61.jpg (http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=379&u=11024528)

I should finish it this evening, then will have to prime+paint black+paint chrome+paint blue until it's finished. Anyway, this time I'm sure it WILL fit inside the car. :iceslolan

Another mod I wanted to do is on the exhaust, as any modified DC2 won't run the standard muffler. As I told you earlier, I decided to go for a Greddy Ti-C exhaust, here it's how it looks on a teg:
http://i62.servimg.com/u/f62/11/02/45/28/greddy10.jpg (http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=380&u=11024528)

Here is the one I made from styrene, the original muffler aside.
http://i62.servimg.com/u/f62/11/02/45/28/wip_it62.jpg (http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=381&u=11024528)

http://i62.servimg.com/u/f62/11/02/45/28/wip_it63.jpg (http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=382&u=11024528)

Once primed.
http://i62.servimg.com/u/f62/11/02/45/28/wip_it64.jpg (http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=383&u=11024528)

Made some canards in styrene , just to be sure to get a good traction. They will finish in CF.
http://i62.servimg.com/u/f62/11/02/45/28/wip_it65.jpg (http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=384&u=11024528)

I kept on working on the undercarriage, weathering looks a bit heavy in picture, but after all it ain't a showcar, it's a daily drive. Still have to add fuel/brake lines before I can finish mounting all the suspension and exhaust items. Sometimes I have the feeling that the chassis is going to be the nicest, most detailed, best worked ... and less visible part of this project. :rofl:
http://i62.servimg.com/u/f62/11/02/45/28/wip_it66.jpg (http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=385&u=11024528)

And last but not least, body has been decaled and cleared with Tamiya X-22+laquer thinner. I had some little dust problems, so I will have to sand it back again and give it another clearcoat, nevertheless I'm happy. :p
http://i62.servimg.com/u/f62/11/02/45/28/wip_it67.jpg (http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=386&u=11024528)

http://i62.servimg.com/u/f62/11/02/45/28/wip_it68.jpg (http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=387&u=11024528)

http://i62.servimg.com/u/f62/11/02/45/28/wip_it69.jpg (http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=388&u=11024528)

http://i62.servimg.com/u/f62/11/02/45/28/wip_it70.jpg (http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=389&u=11024528)

Not pictured here, I also started reworking the original brakes as they just look too small to stop anything that has so many bhps under the hood. :loser:

As always, comments & critics welcome ;)

I've been impressed with this wip, since you started.. Nice Work!! ;)

If this help you, i had the sma problem with the roll-cage in a fujimi golf MkII.. Ups.. :(

Keep it working!!

James. :)

im enjoying this build, and a genius idea for making the rollcage,ive had the same problem with it not fitting when the glass is in,

Nice thread you've got here. I like it when people really get into the small details...and aren't afraid to make them. Great job on the seats!

Jimmy

Coming along nicely! Don't worry about a little setback like the rollcage, you'll get it fixed and it'll be fantastic. I can't wait to see what you've got next!