GTR Silvia Lowering/Fender Mock-up
davidmmz
08-04-2002, 08:22 PM
Here's my first pic....
fullbloodchop01
08-04-2002, 08:49 PM
not to sound stupid but whats a "Fender Mock Up"???????
davidmmz
08-05-2002, 12:33 AM
Whoa! Sorry for the crappy pic!
You know the story...it doesn't matter how expensive the camera is, it's still the same idiot looking through the viewfinder! I'll fix that soon.
The "mock-up" refers to the temporary nature of the process I use to build custom fenders that look appropriate in size, scale and design to the actual racing car.
I'm converting this Fujimi SARD Silvia S15 into the Dajshin Silvia GT300 so there's lots of custom work to the body and racing interior. The fenders on the kit body have been cut out and the suspension adjusted to lower the body 5-6 scale inches and the fenders widened to accommodate the 18 inch racing slicks in the rear (from Tamiya's NSX). Once the fenders are cut and the new ride height is satisfactory, I use non-hardening clay to mold the fenders on one side of the car to the right shape. Doing it this way allows me to play with the fender for a couple days until the fender looks smooth, accurate and not "globby" or "toy-like." Leaving the kit with it's new body shape alone for a while day also lets me see if the new widened fenders follow the body contours. After any final adjustments, I now know exactly what the new widened fenders and the car will look like.
I then go to the other side of the car and make up the fenders with epoxy putty and plastic card to match. I've just saved major time and aggravation trying to work with putty as it dries. There's much less time spent sanding and re-doing it as I know EXACTLY what I want.
For the next step, I go back to the first side I was experimenting on, remove the soft clay mock-up fenders, clean the body and build that side up. In the end, both sides of the car will match.
Sorry for the long explanation, my next progress pics will show how this works.
:)
Ciao!
davidmmz
You know the story...it doesn't matter how expensive the camera is, it's still the same idiot looking through the viewfinder! I'll fix that soon.
The "mock-up" refers to the temporary nature of the process I use to build custom fenders that look appropriate in size, scale and design to the actual racing car.
I'm converting this Fujimi SARD Silvia S15 into the Dajshin Silvia GT300 so there's lots of custom work to the body and racing interior. The fenders on the kit body have been cut out and the suspension adjusted to lower the body 5-6 scale inches and the fenders widened to accommodate the 18 inch racing slicks in the rear (from Tamiya's NSX). Once the fenders are cut and the new ride height is satisfactory, I use non-hardening clay to mold the fenders on one side of the car to the right shape. Doing it this way allows me to play with the fender for a couple days until the fender looks smooth, accurate and not "globby" or "toy-like." Leaving the kit with it's new body shape alone for a while day also lets me see if the new widened fenders follow the body contours. After any final adjustments, I now know exactly what the new widened fenders and the car will look like.
I then go to the other side of the car and make up the fenders with epoxy putty and plastic card to match. I've just saved major time and aggravation trying to work with putty as it dries. There's much less time spent sanding and re-doing it as I know EXACTLY what I want.
For the next step, I go back to the first side I was experimenting on, remove the soft clay mock-up fenders, clean the body and build that side up. In the end, both sides of the car will match.
Sorry for the long explanation, my next progress pics will show how this works.
:)
Ciao!
davidmmz
flyonthewall
08-05-2002, 07:28 AM
Thats a project i would love to do too, but as the Xanavi version (love these cars on GT2!).
Its looking good, a very interesting technique, keep it up!
Its looking good, a very interesting technique, keep it up!
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