S2K= Honda S 'Tune'thousand

Tamiya white version that comes with the mugen wheels and top.

Will tune this one out also. But will try to keep it a 'classy' tuner. After all this IS an S2K. Plans:

Full custom body kit from tamiya epoxy
Aoshima 19's (not sure which ones) with brembos'
Semi-conservative tuner decals
Gt-wing
FMIC
custom dual exhaust
Tach
A-pillar gauges/pods
Dash TV
Nos bottle
Photo etch racing pedals
Racing harness
2-tone interior


here's all I have so far. Just the body kit done

Side skirts.
http://img311.imageshack.us/img311/6606/img30472mv.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

Front lip
http://img311.imageshack.us/img311/3374/img30517ok.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

Rear taken from the custom revell thunderbird rear end dremeled and epoxy modified to fit
http://img311.imageshack.us/img311/1197/img30567cz.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)
http://img311.imageshack.us/img311/4314/img30570of.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

With first coat of primer to see where defects are
http://img295.imageshack.us/img295/8509/img30743ym.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)
http://img295.imageshack.us/img295/1729/img30736ls.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)
http://img295.imageshack.us/img295/57/img30726gr.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)
http://img295.imageshack.us/img295/4508/img30710ip.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

Well, I'm enjoying this quick dry epoxy more and more every time I use it....it's so simple

Now how on earth did you do that? It looks absolutely flawless. Outstanding work :thumbsup:

Now how on earth did you do that? It looks absolutely flawless. Outstanding work :thumbsup:
I reckon! At first I thought it was a resin kit. There must have been alot of filing and sanding. :icon16:

That is amazing. You should do a puttying tutorial i think. It looks perfect.

How did you make that body kit with Tamiya Epoxy putty?

Was there some sort of mold made first?

Looks great so far.

Very nice start!!!

Cesar Bossolani

www.scaleimportracer.com

definetly looks like a resin kit, awesome job, please show us how you made those m3 skirts!!

I'm sure you'll make it a first-class project!!:sunglasse

good work so far!

Great so far.

Wow, great work!!

Excelent!

I like the front lip, remind me of the OEM lips!!! Looks great!

WOW!

That looks awesome! Your putty skills are supurb. I'll be on the look out for this one!

:thumbsup:

Wow! Thanks guys. To answer some questions

Yes i'm using tamiya quick dry epoxy. Not it's not a resin kit. No I didn't use a mold. The side skirts where done mostly with the dull side of a blade to make the sharp edges and a toothpick (notice the little bucket of them in the last couple of pics). I just globbed a bunch on and kept molding with my fingers first. Then I would keep rolling a toothpick over it to smooth it out. Then I'd use a toothpic again or any flat object to press down and mold the straight lines. The little 'indentations' towards the front of the skirts where done by taking a piece of styrene and just pressing it down into the putty.

Then I just started sanding with a 300 grit dremel drum. Then I used 220 grit paper and worked my up to 1000. I always attached my sandpaper to some flat object to allow me to make the lines crisp (toothpick, blade, piece of styrene, block etc)

The front lip and side skirt look great, can't wait to see more ;)

That front lip looks soo nice:) The side skirts go well with it, but i think the rear bumper is a little too agressive :screwy: Hangs a little low for my taste but everything came out very smoooth, you got some skills eddie;)

White will look fantastic ;) Why not use the MUGEN MF10 wheels provided by Tamiya? Those look soo good on white.

looking really smooth! you should cast these and sell the kit, id buy one!

That front lip looks soo nice:) The side skirts go well with it, but i think the rear bumper is a little too agressive :screwy: Hangs a little low for my taste but everything came out very smoooth, you got some skills eddie;)

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Side skirts are awesome. I think you should sometime make a tutorial on how to make the side skirts. Many people will be benifitted by it! :thumbsup:

the quick dry stuff, is that the blue and white mixed together? i can never get the putty to dry hard enough to sand. I can wait a week or 2 to sand it and its still like rubbery. What am I doing wrong?

that some outstanding work man, keep it up.

Wow love the Idea. Lip kits are the best.

the quick dry stuff, is that the blue and white mixed together? i can never get the putty to dry hard enough to sand. I can wait a week or 2 to sand it and its still like rubbery. What am I doing wrong?

Your mixing ratio is all worng. If in doubt add more hardnener. Maybe even your mixing is not thorough enough. Some things to consider....

Wow! Thanks guys. To answer some questions.....

Eddie,
Thanks for the detailed explanation. The body kit is a double thumbs up! as I am always impressed with scratchbuilding and bodywork. I am toying with the idea of scratchbuilding my own Aston Martin DBR9 (even though I know Renaissance are working on one right now) as I get a great deal of satisfaction from this aspect of the hobby!

Cheers
Nenad

Really nice work.
Good to see a custom S2000. I also plan to bulid one

It looks like it should have come like that...great work!

hey how much did that epoxy stuff cost and where can i buy some?

wow man thats sum of the sickest molding ive ever seen. That is one hot S2k

Awesome start!

I took the advice and sat on it for awhile. I saw that I really wasn't happy with the back end. So here's version 2.0

Of course, I still need to do alot of sanding/smoothing. But the basic shape should stay the same.
http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/7129/img32513ly.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/1043/img32536eo.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/2876/img32579ew.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

That rear bumper looks way better.
I never thought of using toothpicks to help shape the putty. I will use that next time. You can't beat Tamiya quick dry epoxy, it shapes nicely.

Really nice body kit. i don´t know.. but.. i guess i rear bumper V1 looks better.. but.. it´s just my 2cents..

Anyway.. it´s very nice... and i agree about the tutorial....

Keep going man!!!

That rear is looking good. Looking real good. Now it seems to flow better:thumbsup:

I kinda dug the old rear bumper. Had a Mooncraft flavor. But whatever. I'm diggin' the new one too. You're makin' a killer S2k.

the interior is almost done

here's a peak

http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/5624/img34906xp.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/2886/img34914ur.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/3559/img34953wg.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Looks great!

Nice interior, the bodywork's cool also!

That Interior looks superb;)

its nitrous not "nos". this isnt fast and the furious.

Wow that's clean cut... :evillol:

its nitrous not "nos". this isnt fast and the furious.

It's a propietary eponym and the word I used was done so legitimately

Please watch your step before trying to correct someone because this is completely uncalled for. I get to call it whatever I want, and frankly, you can too, but don't take out your frustrations of this world on someone who feels like using the word nos. So here is a selection from an old thread I started because of people like you who need a little more education in their lives.



You'd think that it's quite an ignorant thing that requires someone to become so enflamed at the words "I put 2 NOS tanks in the trunk". But the reality of language and its users' suceptability to use short-cuts is represented very well here. The phenomenon of giving a name to an item regardless of manufacturer [called a propietary eponym]has been studied by linguist for decades. There are many instances of propietary eponyms in our language.

Examples:

When was the last time you called it a 'flying disc' [Wham-O Inc. is credited with the mass-selling and renaming of the 'Pluto Platter' that led everyone to use that name regardless of brand to identify the lovely plastic 'plate' we all had so much trouble throwing when we were kids].

And how about a facial tissue [Kleenex brand facial tissues have long been the front runners in this niche of personal hygiene, ergo....everyone calls it a 'kleenex'. Even if it's made by Wal-Mart].

The same goes, although to a lesser extent, for window cleaner. Not many have a problem looking at a generic bottle of blue window cleaner and saying "I found the Windex".

Do you tell people to make you a photocopy of a document or just say "Xerox this for me"?

Introducing umbrella terms [even if they're registered trademarks] into our everyday language for the sake of efficiency, understandability and ease is as natural to language as pronouns. Think of it as a 'slang' of sorts. And especially when a company's product becomes so well known and common place that it only seams reasonable for easy communication for someone to say.

"Hand me a Kleenex so I can clean my Frisbee with this Windex". Instead of "Hand me a facial tissue so I can clean my flying disc with this window cleaner"

So get use to plain ol' 'NOS tanks'. The media has already taken grasp of this term to refer to any brand name nitrous oxide system, and if history is a lesson, everyone else is sure to follow.


Here's a website to check out if your bored for some more info and references about propietary eponyms.

http://rinkworks.com/words/eponyms.shtml

lol :owned: .

Looking great so far and the body is excellent.

Can I ask where you get all the speakers and amps from or do you make them? Because I really want some.