ZERO STAGE S14 Progress - custom comp entry

Huh?... Zero Stage S14??... (http://www.zerostage.co.jp) What the funk is that???... Well its a Nissan Silvia S14 with S15 front end, RB26DETT supplying the grunt and its...err...blue:D Appeared in Option/2 a few times from which i'm getting all my reference. I'd tell you all alot more about it if I could read Japanese but i'm not bothered about specs - i just think it looks cool and presented the perfect opportunity to work on a S14 kit...
http://www.scaleautostyle.com/images/AF/ZEROSTAGE_S14/ZEROSTAGE_mags.jpg

Taking one Fujimi S14 and one S15, I began with a little cut and shut - just like they do down at Honest Joe's Quality Used Cars just down the road from me:D Taking inspiration and reference from spoolin's excellent 180sx/S15 (http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=138725&highlight=s15+front) project thread, I opted for a similar cutting point for the two front ends. I measured up many times being extra careful to get the cuts right, surprisingly the process was trouble free and with first dry fitting the S15 front mated up quite nicely to the S14.

http://www.scaleautostyle.com/images/AF/ZEROSTAGE_S14/ZEROSTAGE_1.JPG

Some slight modification was required before the S15 was grafted on though. To begin with the S15 front being narrower and with diferent contours meant there was little surafce area between it and the S14 body to provide a good enough bond. To remedy this a strip of .030 styrene was glued to the inside of the S14 body along the edge of the cut. Prior to this .010 styrene was glued to the face of the cut to replace the plastic removed by the razor saw.

http://www.scaleautostyle.com/images/AF/ZEROSTAGE_S14/ZEROSTAGE_2.JPG

Strips of styrene were also placed infront of the widscreen to fill the gap between it and the S15 hood. The profile was carefully sanded to shape

http://www.scaleautostyle.com/images/AF/ZEROSTAGE_S14/ZEROSTAGE_3.JPG

With the S15 front now firmly attached, the shapes of styrene you can see behind the front wheel arches were placed there to make up the difference in width. Filler was not used for this as I shall need to build upon this area with more styrene later on so a good bond is needed. Other styrene strips of various thickness were glued at strategic places on the rear for the wide body kit. Thin .010 pieces were used to define the outline of the bolt on wider fenders and thus obtain a crisp edge. The contour of the fender will be aided by the pieces across the length of the rear and round the wheel arch, this should become clear later on.
http://www.scaleautostyle.com/images/AF/ZEROSTAGE_S14/ZEROSTAGE_4.JPG

http://www.scaleautostyle.com/images/AF/ZEROSTAGE_S14/ZEROSTAGE_5.jpg

http://www.scaleautostyle.com/images/AF/ZEROSTAGE_S14/ZEROSTAGE_6.jpg

I shall be doing similar work on the front in preparation for putty work later on which will be shown in future updates. It makes a change to do this sort of build instead of modifications necessary for t/kits, hopefully I can get i finished in time for comp.

OOOOOOOOOOh! (round eyes)

Daayumm.....I think I'm just wasting my time now.
Not going to stop me from finishing though.
that is top notch work........I'm going to be watching this one closely.

omg!!!!!!!!!! that is so fuc*ing cool.

thanks. you just made me feel like the sh!ttyest modeller EVAR.
:rofl:

that right there is like hardcore porn for modelers. :naughty:

keep with the updates. Im already feening for more!!

gee, there goes the contest :p

OMG, that is the car of my dreams. :evillol:
keep us posted! please!

Loving it...

cool project!!!!!!!!!!!im speechless.1 thing wots up with the wing on the real car??????:screwy:




chris

Damn that is bada**!!!!!!! Cant wait to see more! Keep it up Chris! :iceslolan

Whoa....over fenders and the skeleton. That's awesome. Can't wait for more.

seems as tho this means friendly war!!! everyone here seems to already tag you as the winner but i am here to state that i will give you a run for your $$ LOL J/K let the best creation win....LETS DUAL!!! feels good to me to be able to build against you, you are a well known builder around here. Hook us up with more pics!

seems as tho this means friendly war!!! everyone here seems to already tag you as the winner but i am here to state that i will give you a run for your $$ LOL J/K let the best creation win....LETS DUAL!!! feels good to me to be able to build against you, you are a well known builder around here. Hook us up with more pics!

I might not get this finished in time for the comp, there's alot to get done. I still haven't finished my ITR for lst years comp yet:dunno:

Nice project you have there, Chris. Looking forward... :biggrin:

Rtuned :icon16:

i just cant wait to see this baby take more shape, its gonna be killer.
remember guys the public will vote and i trust there will be some nice cars in this comp. as for you chris you better get it done, j/k. LOL. i cant wait to see it done. im just gonna sleep for the next few months and when i wake up it will be done,LOL.


Robert L.

looks so sweet... cant wait to see it done

That will look awesome, that wing is huge!

Unreal!! I just looked at the Option2 with this car in it yesterday!! :sunglasse

Awesome

Im anticipationg this one.

Nice...very nice.

Daayumm.....I think I'm just wasting my time now.
Not going to stop me from finishing though.
that is top notch work........I'm going to be watching this one closely.

:iagree:

Absolutley stunning! I am as excited to see this one done as I am the S2K I am building for the comp. Looks as though this will be a great contest!!!! :naughty:

any progress on this?

Absolutley stunning! I am as excited to see this one done as I am the S2K I am building for the comp. Looks as though this will be a great contest!!!! :naughty:

^^^ stunning is right! great job!

Well, I have seen some of your work and it is the best I've seen so if you finish this in time I can't see how you could lose the competition. The project is impressive! I hope the results are equally impressive. I'm sure they will be. Good luck!

any progress on this?

Very little. Everytime I seem to start a progress thread on something here all progress stops for months. I did do a little bit of work to it a couple of weeks ago and will continue to post reports when I can. I've been mostly concentrating on other stuff though, obviously this never made it for the comp deadline - just like the ITR before:D

going to be sweet.