Progress: VW Rallyegolf

Hi there,

I've been here a while but this is my first thread.

I am going to make a Revell / Fujimi golf crossover, with the Fujimi body and the engine bay of revell's mk2 GTI 16v.
The engine will be a resin copy of revell's Corrado G60 kit made by Julian a.k.a. Das Wiesel.
Suspension will be made of Revell/Fujimi's mk3 vr6 (same kit, have em both) with working steering, and 4wd conversion with Tamiya Toyota Supra rear axle.

The original:
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Progress:

First i've cut the hood and fitted the front end of the Revell engine bay.
Then i worked on the bodywork with mulliput two part epoxy putty, and reshaped and reshaped and reshaped.. Still need some slight modifications, but that's not a major problem.
Now i'm working on the front end, which is completely scratch made.

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Looking nice :) some larger photos would be great?

Nice! Do you have some pics of the engine?

Fabulous idea and project!

I love all Golf generations.

Wait to see more progress!

Will look good when finished mate

W are you going to do about the AWD?

i like it, keep us posted

Hey guys, thanx for all the comments.

I have no pics of the engine copy, because Julian is busy this school, so i've got to be patient. It doesn't bother me because this will be a long term project.

As for the AWD: I have picture of the rear suspension from a German magazine, and I'm going to use parts of Tamiya's Supra, which will be modified to replicate the rallye's suspension.

http://files.automotiveforums.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=/501/167686renerallye-2.jpg

http://files.automotiveforums.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=/501/167686inters2-med.jpg

keep up the good work. is there putty work on the body? The pics kinda suggest that you flared the fenders, did you? Also are you gonna do a turbo IMO that would be sweet.

keep up the good work. is there putty work on the body? The pics kinda suggest that you flared the fenders, did you? Also are you gonna do a turbo IMO that would be sweet.

In fact this engine is already charged with a G-loader, a belt driven compressor, developed by VW. You could see it in my previous post, left from the middle, directly linked to the airfilter box.

pssst...It's a G-ladder, not loader:P. A G60 to be exact. :)

loving your project! :smokin:

pssst...It's a G-ladder, not loader:P. A G60 to be exact. :)

You're wrong too, mate :p . The Germans call it a G-lader, same as the dutch word, I didn't know if other people understood what a lader was, so i just translated the word into English.

Small update:

I finished the strip under the headlights and did some work on the radiator.
Revell did some texturing on the fan-side of the radiator. But since the radiator will be visible from the outside, i decided to cut it and turn it around :screwy: Also I started the grill.

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Hey guys, thanx for all the comments.

I have no pics of the engine copy, because Julian is busy this school, so i've got to be patient. It doesn't bother me because this will be a long term project.
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So the engine isn't finished yet, that's what I already knew because I'm waiting for this nice engine.

An update, finally. I did lots of work on the body to get it right. I started the mods on the bumpers. I could have bought me a set of fat golf bumpers, but thet would have to be modded to the fujimi body and rallye model, and shipping them costs a fortune, so i'm taking the original ones from the kit and modify those with styrene sheet an putty.
Further, doing some work on the chassis, where the rear axle and drive shafts will be. I also shortened the floor plate at the front and extended it at the back, so there will be room for the exhaust and fuel pump from the revell golf.

And yes, after a very long time of waiting patiently, I recieved a resin copy of the G60 engine from Revell's Corrado in the mail today along with a set of wheels.
I immedeatly started cleaning up the parts and did a mock up to see how it will look like.

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Please let me know what you think!

I think this will be one of the most anticipated threads for me now, I love the modifying, and although it doesn't show (your work is excellently clean) there is really a lot of modifying going on.

Superb subject, and good that you have the balls to go fully detail!

Olivier

oh yeah...
great work so far!
Julian told me about this and i was very kind.... still am i so i will follow this thread

Nice work so far. I love this car already. Keep up the work

Woah nice stuff there. Should be awesome. Btw, a treverse mounted transmission with with AWD? i dont think ive ever seen this in real life or if its even possible? Are you going to me fixing that?

looking good i wanna see this one done, one thing i would do is extend the hood so it goes over the headlights and grill a little bit.

...one thing i would do is extend the hood so it goes over the headlights and grill a little bit.

NO!, this one will be as it came right from the factory, so no weird lips, spoilers and exhausts, i'm gonna make it as original as possible.

Oh man, I would kill for that Ralley-kit!! Keep it commin' !!

Yesterday was Queen's day. I was going to celebrate that in Amsterdam :smokin: , but the trip was cancelled, so now i could do some more work on the engine.

I glued the parts together and painted them. Next thing is plumbing the intercooler, cooling and oillines from copper electicity wire. also te intercooler itself needed to be made.

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And for aN4rK1 a pic of how the syncro system works. It's not a particular pic of the Rallye, but that doesn't matter:

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Nice progress here! :thumbsup:
Makes me a bit proud to see my copies as a part of your project. :grinyes: I see you did some nice improvements on the engine, are you satisfied with the parts? I even didn´t get a mail from you, that you recieved them :twak:

What about the VR6 exhaust? Are you going to use it?

Hey Julian, sorry fot not sending you an email, i think i was just a bit enthoustiastic so i forgot to say thanks.
The VR6 exhaust looks great, ithink i'm going to use the rear silencer with the endtips.

About the improvements on the engine: there was no cambelt or a drive belt for the G lader, so i took it from my revell mk2 donor and modified it a bit. It looks alright to me, but there's still no drive for the alternator, and i think i have to make a tensioner for it as well.

Its coming along very nicely.

I sure love to make one for myself. But how did you do the body? Resin?

Thread revival.
Hey this is looking good there. This has got to be one of my all time favourite cars. Wheres the Rallye kit from mate?