converting a Jota $5 kit

garnet_garnet

12-05-2010, 07:44 PM

Ferrari TR

12-05-2010, 11:37 PM

Welcome to AF. That looks like quite a project.

garnet_garnet

12-06-2010, 12:53 AM

thanks, glad to finally have a reason to make a thread
i've seen a lot of great modelers threads on this site, really incredible work!
inspired me to do one or two models for my office, not done any for many years
i'll try and post some better pics with next update

rollin80s

12-06-2010, 01:58 PM

welcome and wow! :eek7: for it being a while for you, it sure doesn't seem like it. keep up the great work. ill be tuned in for sure.

garnet_garnet

12-06-2010, 11:33 PM

quadzero

12-08-2010, 04:37 AM

The effort you are putting into this is amazing. What a grand entrance you made in your return to modelling. Interior is fantastic, keep up the great work.

jano11

12-08-2010, 06:43 AM

Nothing short of impressive! :thumbsup:
Looking forward to see more. :)

CrateCruncher

12-08-2010, 12:00 PM

I agree. This is some impressive scratch-work. It just goes to show how far skills can take a crappy kit! But I simply can't fathom why you spent this much effort on an Airfix kit when you could have started with the Hasegawa for $20 more and had a Best of Show winner with half as much effort.

garnet_garnet

12-08-2010, 11:39 PM

thanks guys
the chassis & engine/trans are entirely scratch built
i used a resin casting kit (for first time) to duplicate a few small parts (like valve covers) from a countach kit
the interior uses just the dash and seats, both very modified, the rest is scratch built too

i sure like the "make own PE parts" thread, hmm, i'm going to have to try that out at some point!

i never planned on this but it was on a $5 table at local hobby store clearance...so why not!?

i picked up another italian kit on the go too :iceslolan

drogo

12-09-2010, 02:06 AM

well in my point of view, it doesn't matter if it's a $5, $500 or even for a free kit...
what's important is the kit now lies in the hands of a master grade builder, and that's you bro.

i'm also inclined to builds like this too, never want to build a car model that looked just like the same one as the guy next door...

novelty work here!
keep it up.:smokin:

garnet_garnet

12-09-2010, 08:34 AM

i'm with you brother, and thanks for your generous comments

i've never made a model for contest, just built them for myself, same with this one, it's not going to be "perfect", but nice enough for me to enjoy looking at

cheers!

well in my point of view, it doesn't matter if it's a $5, $500 or even for a free kit...
what's important is the kit now lies in the hands of a master grade builder, and that's you bro.

i'm also inclined to builds like this too, never want to build a car model that looked just like the same one as the guy next door...

novelty work here!
keep it up.:smokin:

garnet_garnet

12-10-2010, 11:51 PM

couple of update pics

going to re-do a few things, will detail those later

inner rear wheel wells and bracing for engine lid
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a82/jersturbo/scale_models/003-1.jpg
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a82/jersturbo/scale_models/0102-1.jpg

re-work front bumper to SV spec, was early spec
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a82/jersturbo/scale_models/0052-1.jpg

after cutting out windscreen, used some of clear left-over to make new signal lamp covers for frt bumper
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a82/jersturbo/scale_models/0062.jpg
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a82/jersturbo/scale_models/0072.jpg

begin scratch making brake rotors, and calipers, then suspension+hubs after that
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a82/jersturbo/scale_models/002-1.jpg

CrateCruncher

12-12-2010, 12:23 PM

garnet_garnet

12-12-2010, 07:56 PM

I hope I didn't come across as a stick-in-the-mud Garnet. I love what your doing here and am finding your thread quite a thrill to follow. Build whatever and however you want! Keep those updates coming!

no, no worries...like i said, it was just sitting there on the clearance table, so i thought "why not"

maybe it's my cheapo nature, i can't justify a $140 kit, like the profil24 jag LD coupe

this build is admittedly low tech, no PE, starting with a very basic kit really, but i hope to redeem some virtue from it with a decent finished result

more pics
changing chassis and underbody details, rid of rivet seams, make smooth, triangulated front and rear subframes, add grill plates to door frame, redo upper door panel detail, add inner door handles
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a82/jersturbo/scale_models/006-2.jpg
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a82/jersturbo/scale_models/018-2.jpg
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a82/jersturbo/scale_models/003-2.jpg
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a82/jersturbo/scale_models/011-1.jpg

klutz_100

12-13-2010, 07:27 PM

great project :thumbsup:

will be following with interest!

garnet_garnet

12-16-2010, 01:38 AM

thanks man!

a few more pics
kit came without any rear bumper assembly (being a jota), so scratch built one
the lamborghini specific (wide octagon) grill material is to complex for building in this scope of project, so i used an octagonal grill mesh, it's close enough looking for me

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a82/jersturbo/scale_models/0022.jpg

front bumper, used same grill mesh (it'll be hardly noticable tucked underneath front bumper anyways)
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a82/jersturbo/scale_models/0032-1.jpg

interior updating, upper door skin height flush to side window, door handle assembly (later chromed)
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a82/jersturbo/scale_models/013.jpg

low tech (plastic) used to scratch make door grills, not as thin as PE so has 6 fins instead of OEM 7, but it will look well enough i think
opened bottom grill fin as door handle, and thumb press door lock set in
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a82/jersturbo/scale_models/009-1.jpg

pic of original box and instructions, to show how simple the original kit, different in appearance as jota vs. miura
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a82/jersturbo/scale_models/014-1.jpg
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a82/jersturbo/scale_models/016-1.jpg
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a82/jersturbo/scale_models/017-1.jpg
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a82/jersturbo/scale_models/015-1.jpg

CrateCruncher

12-17-2010, 10:19 AM

maybe it's my cheapo nature, i can't justify a $140 kit, like the profil24 jag LD coupe

this build is admittedly low tech, no PE, starting with a very basic kit really, but i hope to redeem some virtue from it with a decent finished result

Dude! You're preachin' to the choir - I'm the king of cheap. After grinding the resin out of some overpriced lumps I'll take a bargain-bin injected kit as a base any day. I'm planning a early street Miura build myself (I like the eyelashes around the headlights) and decided to use the Hasegawa as a base with the S27 photo-etch. The interior and tires in that kit are gorgeous. The S27 fret, though fiddly as hell, actually fits, or so I'm told. The engine is oversimplified and definitely a minus but I had planned to adapt the Fujimi engine as you did. Another great thing about Miura's are the wild body colors. It's like building something in Richtofen's Flying Circus.

Crate

P.S. Love your thread! Which version Miura are you building? Have you decided on a body color?

drunken monkey

12-17-2010, 10:30 AM

it's necessarily about being cheap.
i'm sure a lot of it is also to do with prefering to actually make/model/sculpt/whatever something.
some of the best fun i have with kits, especially older kits is filling in the missing or fixing the incorrect.

it's why transkits never really appeal to me because that would be taking away some of my fun.

garnet_garnet

12-18-2010, 02:58 AM

sounds like a great project :thumbsup:

i probably could have used brass to make the grill fins of the doors and hood, but it's done now LOL

being a jota, the body work only fits for an SV, which is my favorite anyways, so the changes are to match the SV (front bumper, interior, tail lights, etc.)
earlier miuras don't have the flared rear fenders, and other bodywork changes were made too
color is going to be a darker monaco red (none metallic), with the blue-grey interior (shown)

the engine i had to build 100% from scratch
i only used the countach kit to make molds for the valve covers (which i then cast), and i built the rest of the engine based around the valve covers (for correct scale)

Dude! You're preachin' to the choir - I'm the king of cheap. After grinding the resin out of some overpriced lumps I'll take a bargain-bin injected kit as a base any day. I'm planning a early street Miura build myself (I like the eyelashes around the headlights) and decided to use the Hasegawa as a base with the S27 photo-etch. The interior and tires in that kit are gorgeous. The S27 fret, though fiddly as hell, actually fits, or so I'm told. The engine is oversimplified and definitely a minus but I had planned to adapt the Fujimi engine as you did. Another great thing about Miura's are the wild body colors. It's like building something in Richtofen's Flying Circus.

Crate

P.S. Love your thread! Which version Miura are you building? Have you decided on a body color?

garnet_garnet

12-18-2010, 03:02 AM

what i mean, is that if the kit sitting there was a $70 H-kit, then i would likely not have picked it up

since it was a cheap kit sitting there, i picked it up for pocket change, and thus began the build

i don't expect to build many kits, a few of my favorites, but since i don't like pre-built metal display models, i'd rather have the few on my shelf to be ones i put together, and with enough detail to enjoy looking at

it's necessarily about being cheap.
i'm sure a lot of it is also to do with prefering to actually make/model/sculpt/whatever something.
some of the best fun i have with kits, especially older kits is filling in the missing or fixing the incorrect.

it's why transkits never really appeal to me because that would be taking away some of my fun.

klutz_100

12-18-2010, 05:39 AM

i don't expect to build many kits, a few of my favorites, but .... i'd rather have the few on my shelf to be ones i put together, and with enough detail to enjoy looking at
:1: :iagree:

I feel pretty much the same :thumbsup:

garnet_garnet

12-18-2010, 12:18 PM

bumpers done in black...just need to clean up a little bit of excess paint in the mesh, but otherwise finished
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a82/jersturbo/scale_models/0063.jpg
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a82/jersturbo/scale_models/0013.jpg
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a82/jersturbo/scale_models/0043-1.jpg
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a82/jersturbo/scale_models/0033.jpg

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