widebody itr progress

Looks great to me! Whut kinda paint did u use? And will u have any risen copies of ur widebody to sell? Thanx

the kit was painted with gunze lacquers.

i'm sorry shorty, i don't have any plans on making resin copies. i don't think i did a clean enough job on this one to start selling these for money. i'm gonna leave that up to our resident entrepreneurs ;)

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Oh ic, to me that wide body is the cleanest i have seen! Great job...:D

appleseed did you made the front bumper or bought it? if you bought it where did you buy it at?:D

Looks damn great!!

Originally posted by modelcarmaster16
appleseed did you made the front bumper or bought it? if you bought it where did you buy it at?:D

He made that one, but u can buy it also at www.scaleautostyle.com

WOW - that is looking awesome!!! Waiting to see this one done!!

Nice work, go on with your ideas.. Go with the wing!~

NOOOOOOOOOOO:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:
I think it looks great without wing or maby something smaler.
You could sunbath on that wing! Or maby thats the idea:D

Looks great so far, but that wing is too heavy. With the wide body that wing would make the car seem bulky, better to look light and agile. A GT type wing would be best in my opinion. :)

couldn't agree more ! Take it off !
:rolleyes:

Olivier

id do a wing but not that huge. like the smaller wing from SAS

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you are my idol, i hope one day you do make a resin copy of a similar ITR widebody kit, you have ALOTof skill and cant wait to see this done:eek:

thanks for the feedback guys. i guess i'll ditch the wing. my original idea was to keep it clean without the wing.... but then saw what i had lying around and just wanted to see how it would look. no wing it is.

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Only just found the thread - enough to say that is sooooo sweet:eek: :eek:

Excellent Work

whats going on with this mean car??? got any updates?

yea i too am DIEING to see an update!

not much real progress on this kit as of late. i've just redone the turbo and exhaust system. then i've been distracted by other projects. here's a pic of the other two which have consumed my time... one is a civic and the other is a sci-fi diorama... i know one doesn't fit this forum but here it is anyway.

http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/751897civic.jpg

http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/346939sci.jpg

i just sanded down the civic and primed it to check the bodywork. nothing major just yet.

the sci-fi model is what's been taking most of my time. i've textured the body and added miscellaneous details to it as well as an operating searchlight. also scratchbuilt a battery housing with an integrated switch. modified the base so that the battery casing would be hidden underneath. i'm pretty excited about this kit but i don't want to ramble on about it.

i'm also redoing my 350z. this is how it once looked...

http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/8872083502.jpg

been working on the front bumper for now. don't want to give away what i'm doing cuz i don't know if i can pull it off.

anyway, thanks for your interest in my projects! :D

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Waaa....the 350Z looks perfect! Im sure it willl look much better when your done though. Nice civic progress too. Can't wait to see some updates.

That 350z looks really slick.. Question though, are those headlights LED's or did you paint them to have them blue apperance? If you painted them, what color did you use.

Also, what are using under there to hold that civic up?

Nice! Great job man, really like the kit on the R33 front bumper! Keep us updated.:)

camber, what's holding up the civic are plastic sprues bent in the shape of jackstands. just something a bit different when taking photos. and yes, those are LEDs on the 350z. the link to a how to for the lights may be found here in the clk thread i did a while ago (http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?postid=779072#post779072). hope it helps.

a.

:eek: niced mod to an itr yet amazing

I'm asking on how you made the manifold.

http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/766000manifold_mts06.jpg

The thing I don't know how you made was the two ends in the middle of the manifold, did you pull out plastic fomr the middle after it was heated?

I'm confused can't seem to figure this one out since you don't have any heat marks in the middle.

for the inside pieces of the manifold... just two pieces of sprue glued in there.

my engine was made referencing walter's integra engine. i know... i admit... no originality here but his design just looks so damn good! :D

getting closer to finishing this thing... i can feel myself rushing to do so... but anyway... here's a pic...

http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/622060engine01.jpg

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http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/751402170067turboview.jpg


That does look like mine.:D Yours has a brighter valve cover and more of wash applied to the aluminum areas. Great job.:)
-Walter

hey walter! looks like a cheap carbon copy of your engine doesn't it ;)?

what's funny is that i've tried another apporach to the manifold with no luck. i went for the manifold design which flows almost vertical. by the time it was done, it wouldn't fit in the engine bay nor did it have enough clearance.... the exhaust pipe and the turbo ran down too far beyond the engine bay.

haven't seen many posts from you. what have you got on the table?

again, thanks for blazing the path with your turbo design. i'm very much appreciative!

a.

ps. congrats on your tamiya magazine mention:)

Both of u guys, im wondering if u can make some copies of ur turbo set ups?

Originally posted by appleseed
for the inside pieces of the manifold... just two pieces of sprue glued in there.

my engine was made referencing walter's integra engine. i know... i admit... no originality here but his design just looks so damn good! :D

getting closer to finishing this thing... i can feel myself rushing to do so... but anyway... here's a pic...

http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/622060engine01.jpg

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Of all the possivle ways Why couldn't I think of that. :rolleyes:

Just glue it there! OMG I'm so stupid!

http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/572664fin_cha_coll.jpg

simple black interior.... a mix of semigloss black, flat black and gloss black accents. kinda hard to capture the accents with the camera. trust me, it's there.

a.

That is one detailed engine:eek:

I think that is a nice engine too but after all the work u put into the kit you should go with some other rims because them rims are not that nice. That is my opinion though.

Looks extremely well executed !
Keep it up!

Olivier

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awsome as all your other updates:cool:
can we get some more detailed shots of that suspension??

damn thats looking good

Are we there yet,..are we there yet...:flash:

Man, I am soooooooooooo dyeing to see this done :cool: :cool:
Absolutely bloody fantastic mods you have achieved for your first
go at something this advanced.. I love it :)
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Motor looks sik,nice detail

cheers stump :smoker2:

the suspension is kinda wierd... i lowered it as far as it would go... meaning that i cut the suspension parts but it was still sitting really really high... part of the reason it looks so high is that i opened up the wheel arches by about 3mm to give it a better profile. what i did was to cut the suspension parts as far as i could and then glued plastic sheet to the back of the disks to act as shims. this way i can glue the wheels higher onto the hubs. in addition to that, the shims acts as an offset which pushes the wheels out a bit to fill the fender flares. in addition to the shims, i added a lip on the front of the rims to widen the wheels. wider wheels need wider tires so therefore, the tires were also modified to be wider. the resulting tires are one tread line wider than the stock tires in the kit... you can't really tell from the pics without the body on but when it is, you'll be able to see the difference.

at the beginning, i also was skeptical with the wheels but with the body on, i really like the way they look... i guess you’ll just have to keep an open mind and trust me until i finish this thing...

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Yeah I think if u like that kind of style of rims u should put some xs tuning c2 sports on there because they would look much nicer since there the same style. I like this same style too!!

Hey appleseed if we could get a picture of the the suspension I certainly would appreciate it. I'm trying to lower my ITR but having trouble.

Looking good! Can't wait to see the final product.

reveller

to do: respray hood and polish and panel lines

http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/414967fin_back_coll.jpg

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Beautiful!

:eek: Thats amazing! Great detail too. I love the BOV and the turbo set up. Hurry up and get that hood sprayed.

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More pics more pics that is awesome!!!!

IMO if there was going to be an ITR contest you might win!
Well unless a big vote went to FOTW. :D

THAT is SOOO AWESOME!

GREAT WORK!!!

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that looks fabulous! you really need a wing on there.......maybe a SAS wing!

IMO, don't need a wing.

Looks great without it.

And I think he has no intention of putting a wing since he has filled up the holes.

Appleseed please don't put a wing. :)

:eek2: :eek2: :eek2: More pics please. I think a Double Deck wing would look great on that.

Dont put a wing on it, itll look better without. Id also change the wheels, maybe some nice Fujimi work meisters would look good. Looks great how it is though. nice work.

looking good man!!!!!!!

more pics

thanks for the comments :D you know how to make a guy feel good!

i'm still fond of these wheels on this car (thanks daggerlee!) they actually have alot of detail once you dechrome them and take the thick clearcoat off.

here's a couple of more pics. the hood still needs to be repainted and polished. and yes... i know i still have to do the panel lines:frog:

http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/627338fin_front_coll.jpg

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OMG i love this car amazing scrach building. i would put the smallest S.A.S. wing on that would look good:)

This is how a Teg should be done. Clean and powerful. The color choice, wheel & tire package, and wonderful engine earn this car.....


http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/198648treizemilliardo.jpg

Originally posted by appleseed
to do: respray hood and polish and panel lines

http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/414967fin_back_coll.jpg

a. HOLY SH*T!!! That thing is unspeakably beautiful!!!:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

HEY I GOT 2 INTEGRAS I GOT WIDE BODYS ON BOTH , THERE NOT DONE YET , BUT DAM YOURS LOOKS CLEAN WHEN I SAW THAT I WAZ LIKE DAMMMMMMMMMM MY JAW HIT THE FLOOR LOOKS CLEAN ILL HAVE SOME PICS UP LATER KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK , LATEZ

:eek: Fantastic! Keep the wing off - the car looks superb as is.

Very nice!

Simply stunning work of art! IMO the rear wheels would look SOOOO nice sporting a huge Lip to really showoff how wide the flare is, not that it does not look incredible already!:D :D

:ylsuper :ylsuper

Everything looks superb.

The only thing I disagree with is those two middle headlights!


Well since everybody else likes them, I'll shut up about that.

Good choice of wheels and how you decromed them.

I like the lip.

AND PLEASE KEEP OFF THE WING!!! :D