RE Amemiya "Final 7" Progress

i know im gonna catch some grief from wilmo and rx7king but oh wells.
Tokyo Auto Salon 2003 RE Amemiya "Final 7"

http://www2.hawaii.edu/~rserikak/myfavorites/front1%20copy.jpg

there's going to be some variation between the tokyo auto salon ver. and mines because i dislike the circle tail lights they used on the real car, the rear will look more like the greddy 9.

real deal:
http://www2.hawaii.edu/~rserikak/myfavorites/BANNER.jpg

Wow!

Wow is right! I'm guessing you are not going to flair the fenders? Good luck, you seem to be on the right track.

This project is going to look crazy! Keep it up! :iceslolan

wow....this will be an incredible kit...i MUST keep my eyes open for this progress....nice start!!!!! GL HF :iceslolan

aayhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh I was tinking that my impala SSr with sthe skyline front and rear bumper with under tray from the C5-R was crazy but that is totally crazy

ah damn you! i wanted to do this model, I'll probably still do it but hey it looks good so far! So did you use the porsche Gt3 front?

pretty sweet project.

if by "grief", you meant praise, you were right :bigthumb: i love it so far.....is it gonna be a "custom contest" entry :lol:

yea are ya gonna enter it in the custom car contest??

thanks for the replies

Posted by SpoonMan Dos - 03-06-2004 at 04:48 PM
Wow is right! I'm guessing you are not going to flair the fenders? Good luck, you seem to be on the right track.

im going to add flares on the back but it will take some time since im working on this model in sections and im only 40% complete with the front :banghead: next will be the sides and last will be the rear

Posted by ADVANFAN - 03-06-2004 at 05:07 PM
ah damn you! i wanted to do this model, I'll probably still do it but hey it looks good so far! So did you use the porsche Gt3 front?

its a GT2 road version althought i think the real car uses the front off a 956 or something? :eek7: (note: if you're planning to build this model you'll have to cut the front end on the porsche in half to widen it. i had to widen it by 3 mm or so)

Posted by rx7king - 03-06-2004 at 05:24 PM
if by "grief", you meant praise, you were right i love it so far.....is it gonna be a "custom contest" entry

i think you posted something up in the general modelling forum about some of the re amemiya cars being way too "overdone" :lol2:

p.s. nope sorry it won't be in the contest as you can see i don't want to rush things. half arse jobs aren't cool

half arse jobs arent cool..i agree but 2 months?!

nah...some cars can really take more than 2 months even if it is curbside...:iceslolan...take your time friend....make it a nice one...

nah...some cars can really take more than 2 months even if it is curbside...:iceslolan...take your time friend....make it a nice one...

:iagree:

very cool project! I love it !

very cool project!!\

keep going :bigthumb:

wao!!
awesome work!
can't wait to see more pix! :iceslolan

Amazing conversion project, very impressive!
keep it up!!

Very well build so far. I will keep reading this thread... Well done!

Rtuned

Very nice. Very nice. A good crisp body conversion is always a good way to get some attention.

O kini nam hahaha.. suiyook too good..
remember miata is aluminum can,, pepsi = mt. dew = coke..

ahhahaa

update:
I REALLY hate the side skirts :banghead: but what's done is done

http://www2.hawaii.edu/~rserikak/myfavorites/SS3%20copy.jpg


yeah wind i know miatas lol c ya round

http://www2.hawaii.edu/~rserikak/myfavorites/SB71.jpg

WOW.....what stage u gonna do now????anyway it is still not late at all to amend the mistakes and dissatisfaction on your sideskirt....IMO from the pic you provided i think the side skirt is wrong...

Man that thing must be a pain, don't give up!, lol...its looking good though :evillol:

awesome work so far. dont get discouraged!!

It's a heck of a lot better that I could do!!:sunglasse

sick! i was just wondering if somebody was going to do this conversion sometime soon just like a day or two ago...maaan thats bad ass! keep it up! i cant wait for your next update!

Looking excellent. More pics please!!!

thanks for the replys, anyways just to give you some verbal updates....putty on...sanding off...putty on...sanding off lol. im trying just smooth out the body work..i'll post more pics next week after the body has been primed then i can see all the mistakes i didn't get that still need to be worked out.....


hmm what do you guys think would be a nice color to paint it?
hot pink maybe? j/k

Well, congrats on the project. It's really cool and unique idea to the 7. Keep posted.

well Amemiya's GReddy FD was that pastel pink. IMO i think it would be a dope color for your car...kinda like getting back with the roots of the original Porsche front from the GReddy FD.

http://www.re-amemiya.co.jp/retuden/pic/greddy/greddy8.jpg

i duno its up to your taste...

other colors that Amemiya uses on their cars:
-Dark Orange
-Pastel Blue
-Pure White
-Gunmetal
-Green
-Army camo
-Yellow
-Royal Blue
-Ferrari Red

there are a few more but those are his fav colors for the cars.

well its all primed and ready for the air brush...i've decided to go with a tangerine looking orange much like the real car..i still have ALOT of regrets w/ this model esspecially w/ the fenders i REALLY dislike them..it doesn't have the amemiya "style" in them :banghead: anyways here are the pics N-Joy

http://www2.hawaii.edu/~rserikak/myfavorites/DSCF0066%20copy.jpg

http://www2.hawaii.edu/~rserikak/myfavorites/DSCF0068%20copy.jpg

hey dude it looks great ! ! how i wish i can do this kinda conversion....is something wrong with the fenders? IMO you shd follow the car you are replicating....i mean the colour.... :icelsolan

I cant wait to see this completed...

Very nice project! Can't wait to see this car finished.....

That's awesome! You shouldn't be dissappointed with that at all.

Awesome work you have done so far.

Looking great! Flawless job!

Jeez man that looks amazing!!!!! Seriously its outstanding!!!

I can't wait to see this one done! This is unbelieveable!

Dude looking good... TiTs for you ( o)(o )

Awesome work you have done so far.

i agree 100 %

It is looking too sweet, keep us posted on the progress!!!!!!

Kool..kool..kool....
oh, did I mention this looks kool. :smokin: :smokin: :smokin:
Mate, [B]awesome job.

cheers stump :aus:

well it wouldn't be a amemiya car without the rear defuser so here is a pic in the early stages...i still have to attach the "winglets' on the ends and do a lot more sanding ...n-joy

http://www2.hawaii.edu/~rserikak/myfavorites/DSCF0059.JPG

The diffuser looks great so far!

Paint it in pink dude. It looks great in pink.

Nice job on the modification.

hey its been a while since i updated this project but i've been working on it constantly

anyways here is the updates...i thought i could use the fujimi rear tail
light on the tamiya R-1.. (i mean they are both FD's RIGHT?!). i figured it would only be slight modification and the fujimi one has the amemiya spoiler built onto the lip but take a look...
http://www2.hawaii.edu/~rserikak/svgactivity/tailbad.jpg

as you can see the fit is REALLY off..i even tried fitting it onto the fujimi RX-7 and the fit was off...the boys at fujimi really are slacking...so after some :swear: and :banghead: i decided to use the tamiya tail light which you know is off the first gen FD.....fast forward 2 weeks later and this is what i have
http://www2.hawaii.edu/~rserikak/svgactivity/tailsgood%20copy.jpg

i drilled the holes in the tail lights to replicate the last gen FD's they will have inserts later...also i molded a spoiler (made of styrene) on which was a real pain..oh well

you know i said it would take about 4 months to finish this model when i first started this thread....man i was way off....

man this is turning out great. Keep us updated

Coming along great!!:)

Applause everybody ! that's very nicely done...it's a good choice you did not use the fujimi one,as it is already wrong other than fitting problem..good job dude...More ! ! ! :iceslolan

wow, amazing!! those taillights are going to be awesome

Nice progress!

Cant wait to see the finished product! :)

its lovly i hope you dont beat your brains out trying to finish this.looks great so far.

Been waiting for an update on this, keep 'em comming!

Wow. Superb!!1 I wouldn't worry about the flares too much. They look great, even if they aren't exactly Amemiya-style. Can't wait to see this thing shiney! Good work on the custom tails too.

Well, Have missed this thread when it came by the first time, but I must say I really do appreciate your work, it looks stunning, even if you don't (or didn't ) seem so very happy about it
.

Can you provide us some overall shots of the work done to it, please, and overall, keep on the crazy conversion.

olivier

Looks very hot already! Take your time and keep up the good work, the side-skirts looks so fine!

WOW!
Cool Project...how could i miss this...
keep up the good work!!

I used Fujimi S13 headlamps on a Tamiya S13 - straight fit. :D Shame to see you weren't so lucky!

I have to say I'm stunned at how good it looks so far.

thanks for all your kind comments, bigfrit whatever i showed so far on this thread is all i have...i like to keep the suspense lol... anyways on the topic of the side skirts maybe i'm just too anal? amemiya RX-7's have a different flow on the fenders than any other company
http://www.re-amemiya.co.jp/retuden/pic/greddy/greddy_final_side.jpg
as you can see on the rear fenders you can tell it is an add-on piece bolted on to the body that flows all the way to the tail lights where mine looks like the fenders were "rolled" out.....

anyways i'm putting the car in the garage for a week to concentrate on my finals oh well :banghead: