S7 Group build- I call it: Monkey's Orange

Here's what I m' currently working on, amongst other things...

It's the super seven (as I have promised MPWR)

Most of the things are done today, I tried kitbashing it with the Protar-modeler's Lola, using that engine, special equipment etc... to become the racy variant on the classic 7.

Please enjoy and feel free to leave c&c.

Oli

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v215/bigfrit/A003.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v215/bigfrit/A007.jpg

I wasn't really sure these first shots showed what I wanted to achieve...
so here are some more with some explanation to them.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v215/bigfrit/A009.jpg
This is the look of the car, as of right now.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v215/bigfrit/A010.jpg


I have changed to the shell:

it might go unnoticed but...

I opened up the grille completely
Of course shaved the ugly molded in wings on the front
made aeration - go-fast-holes on the sides to be able to fit the engine in
I deleted the unneccesary stuffies for the wipers, holders for the exhaust
redone the firewall from the inside
redone the dashboard -partial delete - there will be a digital racing one
One seat only, with next to it, electronics components, battery and an extra cooler
I m scratchbuilding a small tranny tunnel
scratch engine stand
breathers for the brakes in front (F1 Style)

and you might notice, on the back ... a diffuser
and also, quite subtil, but striking, the rear boxy stuff has now received a sloping shape instead of being straight.
Also, I put a racing gascap-stuffy on the back.
And I put an air entry on top of the engine cover, which is opened and will be placed right on top of the trumpets of the engine.

Now, mechanically...

I put an F3000 MUGEN V8 engine in it, light and compact.
I am going to change the front brakes and rear to ceramic brakes.
Also, there are going to be carbon wheelcovers in front, and those in the rear will be widened (not as much as in the pictures, though.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v215/bigfrit/A013.jpg

I have some cool rimses for it too (fujimi's)

I don't know what to do with the exhausts, tho!

oh, yeah, and these parts still have to be added...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v215/bigfrit/A012.jpg


I will leave it wingless, in an orange (maybe TS 12 or TS 56), with kevlar inside, and carbon front wheelstuffies (and maybe hood).

I don't know what to add or change next, if there are suggestions, I would be happy to hear them.

Bye for now!

Oli

Cool, off to a good start it seems. I like the diffuser and front brake ducts.:bigthumb: You actually made the V8 fit under the bonnet! :eek: Should look great with the pipes running out the side. Will the inake trumpets fit under the bonnet bump?

Hey, those aren't the Panasports I was expecting- but they do look good (if a bit wide on the back end).

Fire extingusher (or nitrous bottle :rolleyes:) for the left side cockpit bay.

I like where this is going a lot!

I think your screen name just about sums it up - a Big Fritte! :D

Actually, it looks pretty cool and I like your scoop on the hood.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v215/bigfrit/A016.jpg

More progress, fenders scratched on front, and widened at the back... and I made the exhausts, which will be thinned afterwards.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v215/bigfrit/A021.jpg

Oli

Fritte? What is that, big french fry or big strawberry? Or something completely else? I should have paid more attention in French class :rolleyes:

This is gonna be a wicked cool project, Oli! Those wheels look perfect for this, and that engine is serious business! I'd be afraid to get behind the wheel of it (but I'd never turn the opportunity down). Did you really cram that engine in there under the hood or are you faking it? Is that the radiator where the passenger would sit? I hope you find a willing passenger, with a suitably hot butt, to sit there ;)

Finally another S7 build !
So fun to see what everyone is doing with the same base kit. I'll be watching like a hawk :)
Really like that hood scoop. The lightweight lola/mugen stuff and the diffuser is a great idea.
I wonder how it would look with a F1 style front wing?

Thanks all for the nice comments!

And willimo, it is a fry , a fritte!
simple yet awesomely tasty - you know it.

As for the seven, yeah that stuff on the seat is a radiator!

And Mister that's building the super awesome seven, I love your stuff, it's truely amazing and inspiring! I wish I had the skills and the perseverance. But now I just want to build this as fast as possible in a good way.

Sofar, I did more progress... puttied the arches closed, put on it's colour (ts 68 brilliant orange, pretty good I think, and I painted the centres.

Also you will notice a little thingy as a windscreen, also scratched.

I m pretty happy with the first coat, of course I will still have to sand it down a little, for the imperfections and put a few thick coats over it.


Oli- pfew

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v215/bigfrit/AA002-1.jpg

Wow, you can build quickly if you want to, can't you? :)

I love the colour, I think orange really suits this abby, and I love the aero screen. I take it it's going to have just one seat?

Also good thinking on the exhausts, 4 pipes in total will look very mean.

Thanks alex!

Yeah, actually I think one seat will suit it rather well, as i want to make a mugenpowered extreme track car. It will have a little rollbar and lotsa carbon.

Also, the idea is to repaint it ... same colour of course!

Oli

Rockin!
I really dig the orange.
I have my 7 kit and the donor kit handy, there always seems to be something else on the bench...

Looks really good. Is the body slightly lighter than the hood, or is just the light? I really like how the black centers go nicely with the chromed rims, and the rims themselves compliment the color of the car nicely. Great idea repositioning the battery, by the way. Widening the track came out flawlessly... but that's your windscreen? (laughs!) It looks top notch, but I think it's a bit more wind-deflector than wind screen! I'm just pulling your leg, dude. I'm also very impressed at how you were able to keep the hood fitting the car with such a large engine... not an easy job, and I speak from experience!

So far, so good, man. Keep up the awesome work.

You got that fritte color spot on! ;)

You know what I think already - great job all round :thumbsup:

What's that in the background? :evillol:

Hi Oli,

great job so far, nice colour choice.

Nice work Oli! I really love the color, but the coolest part are the superduper rims you've chosen. The dark center in the rims gives that extra you need to make an eye catcher of this li'l kit.

Just a little question Oli, but what are you going to do with the gaps you made on the sides?

Cheers,


Stijn

Don't get lazy, man!

Dude, let the man sleep! Ferchrissake!

The holes on the sides is to be able to put the engine in, donkey!

And of course, they also have a function as go-fast-holes.

I m not just sitting on my but either, it's receiving paint-threatment these days, so stay tuned (but not too much, just a little)

Now build stuff!

..it's receiving paint-threatment these days, Would that be "paint treatment" or "paint threatment"? :rofl:
Are you dangerous with your airbrush? :evillol:

I have to ask, but how do you cut the rear wheel arches so cleanly?

Thanks, Pirata!
Well, the thing is, I have simply used an exacto knife, first gently getting the cutting curve down, and later more violently.

In case you were wondering, I m still working and thinking about this project, here is some proof.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v215/bigfrit/AF.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v215/bigfrit/af005.jpg

Incase you were wondering what I am planning, it's quite simple. I want to make a track car of it. It will have small mugen decals on the hood and it will have carbon work all over the car.

Well, enough babbling, I got my severly awesome photoshop skills, and I will show it to you;

BEWARE , THIS PICTURE IS NOT REAL ! DO NOT MISTAKE IT FOR A REAL ONE , IT'S A PAINT-SHOP!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v215/bigfrit/AF-1.jpg


C&C?

Oli

I'd leave it just like that. It looks awsome :D

Too bad you already painted the scoop on the hood. I think it may have looked better if it were left orange and not painted or CFed (I can't tell in the pic?). You should have PSed the car first, so we could see where you were going.

;)

Nice work, Oli.

Oli,

Those diagonal CF decals on the fenders won't be nice. You hahe to make a straight line from the front till the back of the fenders.
Doing it diagonally messes up the sleek lines of the car.
A complete CF cockpit is too much as well. Carbon inlays in strategic places will work much better with this car. Too much will overdo it.
Places to carbonise are the back of the seat, the gauge panel, and maybe a strip on each side of the cockpit. Nothing more, nothing less.

Cheers,


Stijn

coming along nicely!
can you recall from what kit those rims came from?

Those diagonal CF decals on the fenders won't be nice. You hahe to make a straight line from the front till the back of the fenders.
Doing it diagonally messes up the sleek lines of the car.
I respectfully disagree :D

I'd cover the entire front fenders and bonnet in CF. Leave the rest orange. Sonething like this:
http://www.pistonheads.com/doc.asp?c=112&i=12839
Oh and the interior may give you a few ideas......
PS, however you make it, you can't make it ugly. 7'S look good in any format!!

Come on oli, finish it!
Don't get lazy on us, man!

Great build so far, I really like the F3000 engine idea as it fits with the ideology of the car. Just wondering how you made the front fenders and achieved that smooth radius on the outer edge? Did you take them from another car? Also, did you have any fit problems (such as a gap) between the nose cone and bonnet, and if so how did you fix it?

Great build so far, I really like the F3000 engine idea as it fits with the ideology of the car. Just wondering how you made the front fenders and achieved that smooth radius on the outer edge? Did you take them from another car? Also, did you have any fit problems (such as a gap) between the nose cone and bonnet, and if so how did you fix it?

Thanks!

To answer your question, well it actually wasn't that hard to make the front fenders. Basically I didn't want to go through all the hassle of scratching the front fenders myself completely, so I did what I thought best (but was also a bit time-consuming).

I took a coke-bottle, took the stuffy off to close it, and cut it in two halves. Those pieces were ridden of their ribs via sanding, and the interior screwy thingy was ridden with some careful cutting. After three coats of primer to see how it all could be smoothed it was ready for paint.

I think you might find this useful if you're ever to scratch these kinds of fenders, saves you a lot of time and gives you that sexy curve on those fenders.



Also, for the rims I chose, they didn't come off any model, they were bought a long time ago, came out of an oldschool blister fujimi rim kit. The rims were simply called Group A's.

That's all for now , and thanks for those who motivate me, I think I will have to continue building now...


Olivier

I love that orange!!:grinyes:

That's such a simple and brilliant idea, I'm definitely going to use it. I kept thinking of how I was going to make them and my ideas were getting more and more complex and unrealistic. You've just saved me a bunch of time and effort.
I've ordered some wheels for this car so the only thing that can stop me is if they don't fit.
Keep the updates coming.

I took a coke-bottle, took the stuffy off to close it, and cut it in two halves. Those pieces were ridden of their ribs via sanding, and the interior screwy thingy was ridden with some careful cutting. After three coats of primer to see how it all could be smoothed it was ready for paint.
Could you please ask our Mutial friend Skip to take his digi camera and photoshop an explanation please?
I like the sound of what you are sayiong but I'm stupid and don't understand it :uhoh:
Thanks
(I hope you find that motivating ;) )

I think he means he used a plastic coke bottle top/lid, cut it in half, then sanded the outside smooth and removed the thread from the inside. That was my take on it anyway :)

your build is really comming along great, might i ask where did you get those rims? :icon16:

Matt RS is right, it's by using a cokebottle...



And here's another update, it's coming sooo slow, due to other stuff...

Still, need to continue working my orange!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v215/bigfrit/DSC_0003-1.jpg

here it is with a quick mockup. The interior and firewall has been carbonfibred.

closer view

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v215/bigfrit/DSC_0004.jpg

that's it that's all!

Oli

PS Thanks for the sweet comments!

I have changed my mind and now like that orange colour very much :)

Your mufflers look great :thumbsup:

Overall, you are taking too long with this! ;) :lol:

Great build, nice engine choice! I love the color and the rims...

Don't know how i missed this thread :banghead:

Thanks all yet again for the sweet comments, I realize I haven't been doing much modeling lately, but a few days ago I got back into the game.
Here's what happened.

I'm very sorry for the blurry picture, but I think you get it.

Basically I carbonfibred a lip around the front stuff, added a carbon 7 inside and put a mesh in front, behind the original grille. Other changes are of course, the addition of a roll-bar and I finished the front suspention mostly. The things I did here, are the disc brakes, the fujimi rims, some air trumpets (is that the correct word?) in carbon fibre, and I added some bigass springs.

It wasn't easy, but it doesn't show. Just like me. :)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v215/bigfrit/DSCN0470.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v215/bigfrit/DSCN0472.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v215/bigfrit/DSCN0471.jpg

ciao!

Oli

I really dig the realistic looking seams on the tires - cool touch :worshippy

Your photos suck - you been smokin'? :evillol:

Seriously though, I really like the CF work on the front and the "7" is a really cool touch :thumbsup:

PS wanna sell me the PP kit? :rofl:

I really dig the realistic looking seams on the tires - cool touch :worshippy

Your photos suck - you been smokin'? :evillol:

Seriously though, I really like the CF work on the front and the "7" is a really cool touch :thumbsup:

PS wanna sell me the PP kit? :rofl:

Hey thanks! Actually I wasn't aware the line was that realistic, I was thinking of changing to slicky slicks, but I thik I ll go with these then.

And yes, my pictures suck, i don't have my own digital camera, so I m just taking what comes in handy, without understanding it correctly. And to answer your question, sometimes :)

Thanks, and to answer the PP question, Hell no!

Oli:grinno:

Hey thanks! Actually I wasn't aware the line was that realistic, I was thinking of changing to slicky slicks, but I thik I ll go with these then.
:lol:

Thanks, and to answer the PP question, Hell no!
Bloody TellyTubby :p

I'm digging the color and mods, dunno how I missed this one...I like it alot!!

I love the cf work on the nose..what brand cf do you use?

Thanks
Gray

Looks good. Here's my camera tip for you, man... find a button that is labeled with a flower. That'll generally activate macro mode, which lets you focus on objects a lot closer to the lens. It's a universal symbol. Generally looks like a tulip.

And to answer your question, sometimes :)

LOL!!! I raised my kinda indian Mary... when I was kid (well not so kid LOL) but now I have too much lurking kids searching strawberries and raspberries in the kitchen garden LOL

Lavoro Fantastico, my friend.

Lookin' great Oli. Your mods are awesome. You've inspired me to start my own entry to the group build ;)