Fujimi Drift Machine

*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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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..

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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.

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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?...

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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.

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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.

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

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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