Creation of a VW R32

Been away from modeling a bit, got my new kit which is a tamiya golf v5, eversince the R32 came out i was in love with it, wanted to trade in my gti for it but i couldn't afford insurance on it. So i guess this is as close as i'm going to come to one. Okay well started some progress on this one, the front bumper vents are cut out, still needs some more work on it though. The golf came in 4 doors, so i have to make a two door out of it. I shaved the panel lines and cut out the pillar, made it smaller and scribed a new door in. Only one side is done so far with lots of work still left to make it accurate, rear bumper is being worked on at the moment. The front gril has been cut out and will have a badgeless aftermarket one. Progress will be slow on this one due to a couple other projects at hand, also school and work also. The most difficult part will be creating the sideskirts. Leave some feedback guys.


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Awsome man!! Tamiya really needs to reissue this kit. I haven't been able to find it anywhere. Good luck on this. You are doin great so far.

Frank X.

This is going to be cool. I also really like the R32, it'll be nice to see it in model form.

Awesome. This rocks! I didn't realize the three and five door cars shared the same wheelbase?

Nice work moving the door. And here I am about to make a Focus ZX3 into a ZX5 LOL.

Very nice project. Nice start!!!

Keep it up brow

Cesar Bossolani

www.scaleimportracer.com

cool project bet it be real nice when its finish what color you have in mind. the color i like is the blue the R32 comes with this guy in town has one its real nice but its kinda slow it weighs a crap load i think 3000 pounds

Awesome work so far! And being a dub-fanatic, I'll defintely be watching this one closely! Keep it up!

Nice Project!! I Love The R32!!!
I Can't Wait To See This One Done!I'll Be Following This Thread!!

Nice Project!! I Love The R32!!!
I Can't Wait To this One Done! I'll Be Fallowing This Thread!!
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Looking great!

Willmo - The wheel base is the same for all 4 and 2 door golfs (a.8t,vr6,tdi) might be a tiny bit bigger on the r32, but in scale form its close enough for me.

emperorsupra - Does weigh a little much, less than 3300 lbs to be exact, but thats less than any golf. Also its not quick from zero to sixty, but thats because of the gearing. Still 0-60 in 6.4 is quite amazing, the euro r32 i beleive is 0-62 in 6.1
Quite impressive if you ask me for being stock. The thing is that it will pull away from sti or evo (stock) in the long run.

Nice work to date :)

Willmo - The wheel base is the same for all 4 and 2 door golfs (a.8t,vr6,tdi) might be a tiny bit bigger on the r32, but in scale form its close enough for me.

emperorsupra - Does weigh a little much, less than 3300 lbs to be exact, but thats less than any golf. Also its not quick from zero to sixty, but thats because of the gearing. Still 0-60 in 6.4 is quite amazing, the euro r32 i beleive is 0-62 in 6.1
Quite impressive if you ask me for being stock. The thing is that it will pull away from sti or evo (stock) in the long run.

dog i know the stats i said it was slow cus the driver doesn know how to drive yeah its impressive when you can drive it right ive bin in one an their pretty sweet but thats enough were getting OFF TOPIC

Looking good, I love seeing 2 door/ 4 door conversions! I might be wrong but I think the rear window right now is looking kind of too small compared to the real car. Perhaps you could take a look at it? but again i could be wrong though..

Good luck!

Nice progress so far.

What's the plan for the door panels?

Nice start! I'll be following this one.

Nice work so far. I'll be looking forward to seeing this one finished.

The R32 Golf is indeed an awesome car! I'll follow this build with interest!

Wowww.. this project is cool!! Nice start!!!

A little bit of progress, not much due to some unfortunate events. One of my good friends past away on july 3rd in a car accident, only 20 years old. EK R.I.P. reppin KBS for life kid!! The good always die young!!

The rear bumper recieved some surgery, the cut outs aren't complete and perfectly sized yet. More progress to come, so stay tuned. This build will be dedicated to my one and only friend Eric Kalber.

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Looking Great. Sorry to hear about the loss:(

yea... it's looking good so far! sorry about your loss...

That's terrible news about your friend Eric, I'm very sorry!
It's a real motivation to continue the nice job on this kit as a tribute to him!

Sorry to hear about your friend.:( Model is coming along great.

That's terrible news about your friend Eric, I'm very sorry!
It's a real motivation to continue the nice job on this kit as a tribute to him!

I agree, very nice gester. Progress is coming along very well, keep it up :)

Wanted to see how it will look with primer with the other side not done yet. Also to pick out the trouble spots to sand and putty. Don't worry it won't be painted until everything looks nice. some teaser shots.

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its getting there, and sorry for the bad pics.

how much was the insurace you got quoted?

please please please make it that bold blue color that comes stock on the r32

Great Job!

Hope to see more progress soon!

Regards

looks real nice. great job on the conversion thus far. can't wait to see more.

Great conversion you've got going...I'll be watching this one:)

I agree, very nice gester. Progress is coming along very well, keep it up :)


Very nice one........keep up the great work. It looks great...... :grinyes:

Nice work! Looks great so far :sunglasse

The front bumper looks like the one on my Golf V5 :wink:

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cheers.

Finally got this project out of the box again, made a badgeless front grill, i also fitted in some skirts, stock skirts were frustrating to build!! Panel lines on the doors are done, but the picture doesn't help showing them. Also i'm slowly sanding it down to smoothness, had many flaws after i shot some primer so i added more putty. Now it will be sanded and the front lower grills will be shaped a little bit more. Comments suggestions?

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I Was Wondering When you Would Get Back To This One(lol)
It's Looking Good!

Glad to see you working on this beauty again!
It's becoming great.

Hope to see more soon.

looks great looking forward to seeing the finished car

nice progress so far, but with all the shavings and body mods it looks more like a modified GTi rather than an R32.

A little progress on this project. I was able to fit the suspension with minor modifications. The front springs/struts were cut with about 1 mm taken out. In order for me to fit the rear wheels i had to dremel out the inside of the wheels, about 1/4". The rear wheels have a positive camber, that will be fixed. Oh the wheels used are fujimi BBS LMs, and i think they will be painted gunmetal. Hopefully next week the body will be primed and painted Blue Lagoon.

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looks hot man! cant to see it finished!

Awesome undertaking, keep the updates coming.

Its really coming along. nice rims BTW. keep us updated!

Was wondering what happened to this project, i remember seeing this sometime back.Glad to see you working on this beast again! Cant wait to see it painted.

looks sweet! I don't know where that earlier comment came from, I must have been an asshole back then :lol:

Can't wait to see this one finished!! :naughty:

Can't wait to see more, keep updating!
Good job!!

Congrats!!

WOW this one looks very cool.. interesting project I really like the rearbumper.

I also wanted to built the tamiya golf 4 but none of the modelshops got one for me :S

I'll focus my eyes on this one!
Kris.

Cool, glad to see this project is being continued.

I know have to do much of the same conversion to the kit I found a few months ago: I have to make it a 2-door to match the Golf GL I bought in October. My biggest obstacles are the door handle recesses and the hubcaps. I might just have to buy alloys for the real car rather than make new ones for the model :)

It's very nice, I can't wait to see it done.....I wish I could do the same work....thanks.............keep it up

looks good

please fix the quarter panel window size before painting

see http://img.2dehands.nl/f/ad/10039478-volkswagen-golf-iv-tdi-135-dkm.jpg

Little update time, I got the paint (Deep blue pearl) mixed by a local dealer. I sprayed 5-8 coats, follwed by duplicolor clear as i thought tamiya clear would have caused problems. The paint seems a little darker than the actual car color, but i have to deal with it. I polished it out, and i polished through the paint in two spots, they will be covered up by some light coats of paint and clear through my airbrush. I Also made progress on the chasis, which i will show some pics of it tomorrow. Comments and suggestions please.


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The little dots on it are rain spots.

very nice color i love it nice build keep up the nice work :)

Beautiful job on the paint! This is gonna be VERY nice!

Brilliant, what a cool project man!

I m checking this now, and man it looks good in paint!

Oli - too bad about the veedub script on the front...

Oli - too bad about the veedub script on the front...


I wanted to go badgeless.

Great color choice! and awesome paint job, can't wait to see more :sunglasse

Awesome Dude!!!!!!!

Very nice work. It´s a pitty you didn´t correct the side windows as "patate" has told you.

Nice work.....but how did you make the side skirts?? From other kits??? Thanks...

very nice color!!!!