Fujimi Drift Machine

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!

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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.