IN PROGRESS: Nismo R32 S1

I hope these pictures stay put. If not click on my page in my sig. to see more IN PROGRESS pics.

In addition more specific pics can be viewed on my page below.

I hope you like......

Here's te exterior. I've added some more decals. The wheels are obvioous. The brakes are SAS PE x-drilled.
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2004-3/668499/Picture113.jpg


The interior. I SB'd a harness bar and 4 point floor bar. The harness is Modeler's. If you look closely the Sparco's wear pads are paint semi-gloss and so are the belt rings. The back side shell is also painted semi-gloss.
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2004-3/668499/Picture104.jpg


The Intake Manifold. The Nismo S1 and R1 engines have red valve covers and red intake manifolds. If you noticed the throttle bracket is not the normal Tamiya. I shaved the solid Tamiya piece and replaced it with an open bracket from an Aoshima RB.
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2004-3/668499/Picture114.jpg


A close up of the valve cover. You might ask why the VC and Manifold don't match. Well I switched themes of the car after I received some Nismo S1 decals. At that time the VC was already detailed. So the final cut is going to be an S1 engine with a R34 VC and timing cover (which is the correct color).
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2004-3/668499/Picture115.jpg


As mentioned before. More pics can be viewed in my MSN page below in my sig.

OMG, beautiful stuff man, that cover looks great, im jealous!...lol...also love those rims, gotta love the TE-37's...

niiiice. great to see more 3-2's!

Great work!!!:sunglasse

Looks tight! :smile:

oh nice work so far

Damn it....sorry guys. I'll get the pics fixed in a couple hours.

Pics are back up. I didn't realize the subscription at Village Photo would be used up so quickly.

Here's some more progress pics.

This is the rear end. If you noticed I put a solid axle in there. Pics and explanations below. Of course, to fit the Aoshima TE-37's.

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2004-3/668499/rearend.jpg



Here's a closer pic of what I did. I cut the axle boots off the Tamiya stock piece. I then drilled them hollow and had to drill a little bit of the differential housing. I had to do this extra step in the name of detail. :p After that, I test fitted everything one last time and secured it all down. Converting the rear end to the wheels.


http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2004-3/668499/rearend2.jpg

I love it!

Brakes look real nice behind the TE37's;)

great work!nice and clean!@

yeah very clean work keep posting!!

Very beautiful work! I love the drilled brakes and the rims :sunglasse btw, where did you get the decals? or did you make them?

man i wish my undercarriage looked as good as that :disappoin , love it!

keep us posted please!

man. great work so far. I LOVE all of the go-fast detailing you've done. its not all show, your concentrating on areas most overlook. unbelievable how you even obsessed over the throttle bracket, which came out fantastic!! I checked your site and the other pics. thats quite a shine there man. what paint did you shoot? the seats... nice attention to detail again (matte and gloss finishes). Most of your work speaks for itself but what I've mentioned + the two tone interior, the decal work, the harness bar (NICE)... its 10/10 all the way.

you can really see the love you have for the car through this model, and I think in the end thats what we all try for. ;)

Thanks for all the compliments guys. I take a lot of pride in my work. I try my best.....

The paint is Tamiya Gunmetal. I shoots a lot lighter than the can color suggests. After the PMan recommended paint layers I hit it with the typical 5-step wet-sand kit, Tamiya blue compound and Tamiya wax. I received the Tamiya Ultra Fine Compound today and I hit the model with that stuff. Let me tell you, that stuff is GREAT. The model has more shine now....which I didn't think was possible.

blueboost - thanks for all the comments. Motivational words no doubt. :)

Sweet stuff, love to see more.

jus callin it as I see it brotha. models like that make me anticipate working on mine.

In Progress engine shot. Not done yet but it's starting to come together.

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2004-3/668499/Picture120.jpg

Nice touch with the filters...looks real cool. I hope to do something like that when I start my zexel street car. btw, since we're on the high performance skyline topic, what's the largest size turbos the 2.6 rb can run, if you know off hand?

Probably a T88 or a comparable size.

Doing good !!!

:smile:

Later, Mike.

Great work so far!
Keep the pictures coming.

Rob

thats cool!! what kit is that? keep up the great work man

thats cool!! what kit is that? keep up the great work man

Standard Tamiya R32....

Nice touch with the filters...looks real cool. I hope to do something like that when I start my zexel street car. btw, since we're on the high performance skyline topic, what's the largest size turbos the 2.6 rb can run, if you know off hand?


It can be the T88, but I´m sure it can go with some other turbo to. Maybe a Innovative or some truck turbo.

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O-M-G beautiful detailed engine, man i wished mine looked like that, seriously. Looking at yours makes me want to go back and fix mine up a bit :loser:

Great job!

Niska and hks thanks for your replies to my question. Im asking because the turbos on the ZEXEL look small, and well, it gives our great RB and small, ball less look. So, some monster turbos could fix that. Thanks again, and good look with your build.