1983 Toyota Levin ***Progress***

and how did u lowered ur car? u cut the shocks or what have u done? thank you :)

old thread...:bloated:

honoturtle, is the project dead? want to see some progress :p :D

long live the AE86,

This car is awsome

nice choice of rims on the model


AE86 kid

peace

:bloated: :cool:

Originally posted by Dr.AK
honoturtle, is the project dead? want to see some progress :p :D

Ditto.

damn man lets see some more progress!!!this thing is sxe!

Patience my friends! :D The car has sucessfully crawled out of the grave with minimum damage. I have "ripped" off the brake "mounts" and will produce better quality ones with better styrene sheets, now that my skills have surpassed what I had before, I can make a better car, I'll get some pics right now of it's current state.............

Just took the pics just a few minutes ago:
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This is what it looks like at the moment, if you have any questions, you know what to do.

:O dude im never into these kinda cars but this thing turns me on!!!! howd u do seatbelt harnesS?

TAKATA!!!!
HOW DID YOU DO THAT!!! TELL ME!!1:eek:

Originally posted by endlesskev86
TAKATA!!!!
HOW DID YOU DO THAT!!! TELL ME!!1:eek:
Grrr..... I hated doing the belts!! I used ribboin I purchased at a local Longs Drugs, but it was a pain to cut the thing in half!!:mad: It needs a lot of clean up to be nice! And the Takata logos were from pictures that turbos86 PM'd me a while back. The only thing I don't have is a nice PE set for the buckles.

you could get buckles at The Hobby Company at Pearidge Shoping Center hono. they got 4 point harnesses that i bought for like 6 bucks man. hella expensive yo:( . well i took me 3 hours to finish the damn thing and the minimum time to make is 2 hours! (it said so itself on the package). just becare for dont losse the pieces cuz thier very tiny. also, where do you buy your kits at man? i was just wondering. cuz i know this one place in kaimuki and that place sell model dirt cheap!:D its called MechaHawaii. i wonder if you heard of it? lates

Power to the turtle!, not the mutant turtle, honoturtle :D

Great job, old thread but its still alive!

Finish the model already!?!?!? That thread's been up for like 4 months and no progress as I can see.

Looks good so far. Waiting for the completed model.

wow :eek:

Honoturtle, looking really good mate.. :cool: :cool:

I've thought of doing one, love the shape and style, but the underside chassis detail looks like it's a bit sparce...:(

Still, you have done a wonderful job. Good work.. :)

cheers stump

It's looking like the Levin Takumi raced. :D

Looks awesome.

Beck, how I "lowered" the front is explained on previouse pages, and the back as well.

180sx, nice to see someone else from Hawaii, when you say "dirt cheap" how much? And I couldn't find MechaHawaii in the phone book neiter. Give me more info on them, although I live on the North Shore. And thanks for the tip, I'll get the buckels on my next trip there.
Lastly, all of us AF people from Hawaii should have a model car meet some time, how does that sound?

Bookshelf, patience my friend, remember I'm a turtle........

Stump, yah, but I like AE86s and Fujimi is the only ones that manufacture them!

Bah humbug, actually I'm making one like Moto-Ps car, with some modifications to it.

Look foward for progress!:)

Originally posted by Honoturtle

Stump, yah, but I like AE86s and Fujimi is the only ones that manufacture them!


yeah thats sad :(

btw. how is the fitting quality of these ae86 kits?

Looking great. Hope to see some more pics soon.

well hono... he doesnt have the shops phone number listed in the phone book because its a small shop and he's an entrepanure. he only opens on saturday from 2pm-7pm and you could go on he's website to find out more :www.mechahawaii.com. you could also post on his forum. most of the price on themodels you see on the site is not the real price, its lower plus a 10% discount everytime you buy something from him. very cool guy once you get to know him...sometime he give out free stuff. his number is 398-6324(cellphone) ask for sean and tell him martin introduced ya. dont worry, you could call him at that number, thats like his business phone.

for those of ya from the mainland, check out his site and you could order stuff from him too.

well hopefully that says it all hono and maybe ill see you this saturday(5/10/03) at his place. he's coming in with new shipments of models. dont miss out man. lates:D

Yo Malcolm

Good to see this project still alive :p
Can't wait to see more

Originally posted by 180SxDEwaYz
well hono... he doesnt have the shops phone number listed in the phone book because its a small shop and he's an entrepanure. he only opens on saturday from 2pm-7pm and you could go on he's website to find out more :www.mechahawaii.com. you could also post on his forum. most of the price on themodels you see on the site is not the real price, its lower plus a 10% discount everytime you buy something from him. very cool guy once you get to know him...sometime he give out free stuff. his number is 398-6324(cellphone) ask for sean and tell him martin introduced ya. dont worry, you could call him at that number, thats like his business phone.

for those of ya from the mainland, check out his site and you could order stuff from him too.

well hopefully that says it all hono and maybe ill see you this saturday(5/10/03) at his place. he's coming in with new shipments of models. dont miss out man. lates:D
Wow, thanks for the tip! They list their Tamiya Ferrari Enzo as $26, and not $45 like the Hobby Co. They have some good pricing compared to other shops! The only thing for me is the location. That's at least a 45 min drive out from Waialua, no? Or that would be quite a bus ride...... since I don't have a license yet.

I'll give him a call tomorrow. Don't think I'll see you next week, I'm marching at a Parade in Waikiki to promote our Robotics team. But I'll see what I can do when it finishes!

Originally posted by Honoturtle

Wow, thanks for the tip! They list their Tamiya Ferrari Enzo as $26, and not $45 like the Hobby Co. They have some good pricing compared to other shops! The only thing for me is the location. That's at least a 45 min drive out from Waialua, no? Or that would be quite a bus ride...... since I don't have a license yet.

I'll give him a call tomorrow. Don't think I'll see you next week, I'm marching at a Parade in Waikiki to promote our Robotics team. But I'll see what I can do when it finishes!

aww....thats a shame you cant be there on saturday. well maybe next time. and yea his model are cheap like the enzo. just to let you know, i think hes having a modeling contest around the end of may or june. you could win yourself a model. i sure did:D i got first place on street mod class! lol well yea.. most contest if you enter and win, you could chose anymodel you want, it doesnt matter how expensive it is. cool guy. :) well hope that levin of your come out nice and maybe ill see it down at mechahawaii.

heh:D :bloated:

since my thread got locked...my bad:P i'll ask here, honoturtle how did you make those bride decals for the seats?



thank

lol ^^^ silly boy :D

this thread gets dug up and honoturtle doesn't have the courtesy to have a complete kit for us :bloated: wow. it's been 7 months.. you started this at the beginning of school, and i assume it's probably the end of school now :confused: it can't take that much time :) like the molding lines reduced.. hope to see some FINISHED pics soon :) not that i don't like update pics but come on man, 7 months? lol. ah well keep it real. the hawaiian air must be fryin your brain :eek7: i'm just jealous

180, blah, I didn't call him........ but now MechaHawaii opens 3 times a week yah?

hon808, Hey, the bride decals came with this particular AE86, I already made Takata racing harness, and I plan to re-paint the interior door panels and floor for a more quaility job this coming weekend, since I don't work on the weekends.

rs, Heh, I didn't have that much time to build cars this past year, since I was part of robotics, golf team, etc. and now I got a summer job (intern thingy) for the summer time which is consuming most of my time...... But I find little time to certain things on the car, like puttying, sanding etc. And as my name stated "honoturtle" which represents my pace in building cars. Ask any of the members that been around for at least a year, and they'll tell you how many projects I've started and still haven't completed, just to name a few: 2000 Ford Mustang Cobra R, 1967 Ford Mustang GT-500 Conversion with 427 Cobra Jet motor.

Anyways guys, expect to see a "finished" thread by the end of this month or the beginning of July, since this car is in "first priority" to be completed. I hope next week I'll have enough time to "complete" the puttying jobs.

Nice to see some peeps from Hawaii... Yeah, Mechahawaii is awesome and cheap.. Believe me man fitting it into your schedule and getting there ius worth it.. currently I'm working on the same Mito Natto levin and I'm about to get the Fujimi 180sx by Ok Racing in the mail.. PEAS!!!!!1:biggrin2:

Here are some new shots of what the call looks like as I type this:

Spoiler still needs time, putty, and work
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Trying to make it as accurate as I can.
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Made newer, better, nicer brake hubs(front shown).
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BTW, this car has a rear disk brake conversion.
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Bride seats with TAKATA racing harness, unfortunalty there are no buckles. :(
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Some new, crystal clear glass for all the windows in the car.
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Unfortunaly, I accidentally cracked the front lights, so if any one has a trashed AE86 Levin or spare front light, I need it. The good thing is that if someone made one without the middle part of the light, that's where it cracked. BTW, I already have this in the classifieds.

looks good, that sux about the light though. Does Fujimi or w/e do replacement parts?

Good to see this one still moving Hono,I know time can get tight with work/sport commitments and other things,in your own time mate:smile:
If you rush these things,thats when you make mistakes:frown:
Love the seat:cool:

cheers stump:aus:

Originally posted by stump
If you rush these things,thats when you make mistakes:frown:
:iagree: But can you do it just a little bit faster?:biggrin2:
Sorry to hear that you cracked one of the front lights. Maybe you can do something like this? Just a thought.

Originally posted by Cychalen

:iagree: But can you do it just a little bit faster?:biggrin2:
Sorry to hear that you cracked one of the front lights. Maybe you can do something like this? Just a thought.
I'm trying to work faster...... I know this project has lost most of the intrest from the beginning already. Well, for the light, that isn't the look I was going for.

Anyways, this is the cracked front headlight.
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And of course, the spoiler.
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Yes, I added more styrene before I put the putty on. I want to get all the curves correct for this one.

Keep up the project you are doing a great work on a great car...It's nice to see a real drifter and a nice trueno...

Keep more pics coming...

P.S:The bride seat looks great!

hasn't lost my interest :) good luck with the light..hope to see this one finished.

Sorry to revive an old thread, but Honoturtle, check your email

Hey malcolm... I can't wait to see more progress.... keep uopy th good work

What did you make the spoiler out of?

And how did you get the Takata decals on the ribbons. I was gonna rip some harnesses out of a 1/24 Viper and spray them green...

Originally posted by Dorikin
What did you make the spoiler out of?

And how did you get the Takata decals on the ribbons. I was gonna rip some harnesses out of a 1/24 Viper and spray them green...
The new spoiler is made out of my styrene stock, and Tamiya 2-part epoxy, the old one is out of styrene (very little) and red putty, that's why it wasen't that good, the new one is 10X stronger.
The ribbon is from my local Longs Drugs store in the "crafts" section, they come in many different colors. And for the decal, I printed them out with a picture I recieved from turbos86.

Sweet.

Im looking at investiing in decal paper.

Im looking for Styrene sheets to make the spoiler, I think I got a line on some.

Bump, maybe this willget hono to give us some prog.. hehe.. laters

Originally posted by Honoturtle
Well, that's it. [/B]

on your signature, would you have the link to your 'drifter-wheels'? or is this just a part of your sig?

Damnit hono. :wtf: is taking you so long to finish this damn car. Its been like 9 months already. Just give us more progress pics.

9 Months?!?!?!?! WHAT THE ****?!??!

This guy I know has been working on his Trueno for over a year!!

man!
i'm going on a week for my car. He must be very paitent. IT should be coming out grrrr-reat. espicially after 9 months

Haven't been posting much latley.

Anyways, I've learned recently that this guy has changed the hood of his car:
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I haven't decided weather to make the changes or not. Also I may put in a 20V 4AG-E motor, once I get the parts that I've traded with another member.

FYI, right now I've been working mostly on the 69 Camaro because I got a contest to make which I would like that car to be an entry into the detailed class.

Thanks for the support, I'm glad there are still people keeping an eye on this thread, as I WILL complete this car, don't worry just wait until you see the "Finished" thread.

Well, good luck.... the world is waiting!! j/p BTW, yea, make that hood.. it should be interesting

HOW are you gonna make a 20V?? :eek: :eek: :eek: :biggrin:

NO!!!! Leave the hood stock. The car looks badass stock.

NO!!!! Leave the hood stock. The car looks badass stock.

i feel you man. It be better if you left it stock

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FINISH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!


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do the hood!!!!:bigthumb:

Take your own sweet time and finish it when you're ready!!:sunglasse The main thing is that you're happy with it!:sunglasse :sunglasse

Originally posted by Dorikin
HOW are you gonna make a 20V?? :eek: :eek: :eek: :biggrin:
Hey guys! The 20V is my little secret ;):). Nah, it's actually going to be an extensivley modified Tamiya 96 Supra engine. I waiting for the parts to come in from another member.

I don't think I'll make the hood, to me I think it's not as cool as the Cusco hood that he had with the hood pins. As for the 20V, I think I may save it for one of my Trueno kits.

Stay Tuned, as this car should begin to progress (again) hopefully a minute or two after I complete my Camaro.:)

Ok hono. Thats cool. Stock hod. But hey the car looks badass stock with the lowering and the mods you did. Keep up the gr8 work!

I just ordered a Levin from HLJ. Prolly wont be doing as much work as you've done, but it should look nice.

Great work!

spud....make a progress thread to show the build up of the car.