Motored S2000 - Complete!

Funny that my progress thread (http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=134000) should get topped today, since I took advantage of some free time after eating a turkey to get this thing done. I'm quite proud of this, since it's the first time I've undertaken such an ambitious project, doing some body work and grafting in an engine. I couldn't wait to finish this, since it's pretty much my ideal car, so taking my time was difficult. But I'm pretty pleased with the results.

http://files.automotiveforums.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=502/75086S2000Mugen23-med.jpg

http://files.automotiveforums.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=502/75086S2000Mugen25-med.jpg

http://files.automotiveforums.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=502/75086S2000Mugen26-med.jpg

http://files.automotiveforums.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=502/75086S2000Mugen28-med.jpg

http://files.automotiveforums.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=502/75086S2000Mugen31-med.jpg

http://files.automotiveforums.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=502/75086S2000Mugen29-med.jpg


Hope you enjoy! And let me know what ya'll think. Feedback is always, always accepted and encouraged.

good work...nice job.....
how to make the engine details?

WOW!!!:eek2: :eek2: :eek2: so i guess that engine was worth it then? i wish the price would be lower tho.

Fantastic work!!!

wowa!

not my kind of car but wicked work! :)

good work...nice job.....
how to make the engine details?

check his progress thread:
http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=134000

Will, nice work, the engine bay is stunning, looks exactly the same as 1:1. I wish I have half of your skills.

Looks as if Mr Tamiya tooled it that way. I'm very impressed. Great build Willimo.

Great project and great finish!

This is one stunning S2000!!

Superb work

Excellent stuff mate :eek7:

Fantastic job!! 10/10

I'm completely :eek2: :eek2:

Great work you have done. Congratulations.

Orlando.
:smokin:

stunning

Glad to see this S2K finished without major complications. Looks fantastic!

Fantastic work.:bigthumb:

damn. Looks pretty real.

great job. i really like it.

That looks absolutely amazing!!

Top job!

Gives me the inspiration to dump everything I'm working on and get on with my own S2K.

Great Work!:)

Amazing, great job :thumbsup:

That engine looks so real. Great work on it. Looks wonderful.

Best S 2000 I ve seen(real and model

congratulations.

olivier

Thank you all for the kind words. I really appreciate it. This model makes me want a better camera so I can take better pictures. The motor looks better in person, but the paint looks worse. I was planning on taking a couple pictures outside in bright, diffused light but the Tigers had to clinch the SEC west title and I didn't get a chance. Maybe Sunday if there is any interest.

Kasso- the engine was so incredibly worth it! It was just magnificent, and if you check my progress, you can see how easily it went in, with very minor modification to what I expected. The engine was a model within itself. Just marvelous. But I agree the price is rather steep, especially since it is almost entirely hidden. I don't think I'd spend so much on a part like that unless it was for an S2000, I adore that car.

Thanks again! Your collective sentiments make me want to get started on another car right away. Too bad the semester is almost up, I guess the next project will have to wait.

thats pretty sweet.

Magnificent effort Willimo. :thumbsup:

My only complaint is the low resolution of the pictures, I want to see more of that engine bay!

Awesome S2000 !

Magnificent effort Willimo. :thumbsup:

My only complaint is the low resolution of the pictures, I want to see more of that engine bay!

I Agree, awesome work

Magnificent effort Willimo. :thumbsup:

My only complaint ..., I want to see more of that engine bay!

Pleaseeeee!!!!! Take some close ups on that beautiful motor you made!!!

I can see it's worthy of some more pics, please!!!

I take my hat off :worshippy on all the time and work you spent making all the modifications, from body parts to adapting the motor so well. It's such a candy to the eye!

Congratulations on the first motored (sakatsu) s2000 here... (the one who hits first hits twice they say) :wink: I know that soon others will follow :naughty: and will always be compared to yours; you set the mark pretty high and that's challenging.

This model is perfect! PERFECT 10!! Great detail. This is the best S2000 I've ever seen.

Stunning job Willimo, I'm glad you took your time and not rushed this project. What a stunning finish and a high level of detail.
:thumbs:

what can I say? its perfect. the engine detail is Perfect. it looks great congrats!! 10/10!!! HOT HOT HOT!!!! again, great work on that engine!!

My girlfriend came in town this weekend so I took the opportunity to use her 5 megapixel camera instead of my 3.2 to take some pictures. Here's the motor again since ya'll were asking for it:

http://files.automotiveforums.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=503/75086S2000Mugen39-med.jpg

http://files.automotiveforums.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=503/75086S2000Mugen43.jpg

:loser:

Impressioned!!!

Thanks for those pics!!!

They make justice for a wonderful job.

That Intake is incredible... it can't be scratch... I know you said it was but, is just so perfect! no progress on that, but it would be nice don't you think??? :icon16:

Congrats again!

Awesome build!!! :sunglasse

OrangeR- The intake wasn't very difficult, and someone around here with more putty experience could probably make a better one. The tube was just some thick sprue from some old kit (I keep the sprue for some weird reason) that I heated over a candle and bent. The air box is made with Plastruct 3/4 round (left over from when I scratcbuilt a locomotive tender years ago) with styrene sheet (plasticard) glued to it and to itself to make the basic shape, then I used some putty to smooth it out. After a little sanding and priming it got decalled. The metal clip like you find on the Mugen intake was cut from aluminum tube and polished. Sorry I don't have any pics of the buildup, but it wasn't too complex, and it was a lot simpler than the stock S2000 airbox and intake would have been!

Thanks again for the kind words everyone.

Great pics. All that hard work definately paid off.

`RG