Hi all! Youve seen my WIP for my Audi R10, which sadly the process has slowed while waiting for Dexter to finish parts for the 07 Audi. The C6R is being polished, and so I need something to do!
Im proud to introduce my next project: the Dodge Viper Competition Coupe.
The car was produced by Dodge starting in 2003, running at $120,000. In order to buy the car, you had to be a professional driver. In many opinions, Dodge had done this half-heartenly (Dr Z killed it, but thats another story). The Viper GTS-R had dominated Le Mans, and the ALMS. It left a big whole, and sadly the Competition Coupe (CC) couldnt fit in the whole its older brother had left. The car was in the middle, not being fast enough to run in GT1, but couldnt race in GT2. Instead, the car ran in the Speed World Challenge GT series, running against the E46 M3, Audi RS6, Porsche 911, Corvette C5 and C6, and the Caddy CTS-V. Then last year Woodhouse Performance, a team from Speed GT, brought the CC to Mid-Ohio to compete in the ALMS in the GT2 class. The car was slimly modified, and running on Kumho Tires. The car finished the race, a great accomplishment. Later that year, Primetime Racing brought the CC for the last 3 rounds of the ALMS, but not running full spec.
This year, Primetime had finally got the car to full GT2 spec, and ran at this years 12 hours of Sebring. The car survived the gruling 12 hours, with the only team in GT2 running with only 2 drivers. The car finished an amazing 5th in the class.
This is the car I wish to make. Im taking Revells 1/25 Viper SRT-10 Coupe, and starting the Modding from there. My skills and patience will be put to the test (I have little of both). I have never used putty before, and to turn the Viper into a race car will need a lot. Ive just learn about pe parts, so everything in this project is new to me.
Well, the build out of the box is simple, parts fix pretty well. Major problem I had was the hood. Revell made it so it could be opened, yet when in closed position, it stuck out, being un-even by the left front light, and could not stay down. With advice from my dad, I spent 10 minutes with a hair dryer heating that hood up and re-bending it into the correct shape with the chassis, and it worked. Then I found out that the race cars hood doesnt open like that...
The engine took a while, very nice detail down to the hook up with the Dif in the back.
One of the first things I did when opening the kit was cut out the doors. Since I didnt had a saw, I used my xacto knife. 5 hours later, they were off.
Im going to turn the interior into a racing cockpit. Ive started by cutting down toothpics and creating the cage. Ill get a proper racing seat in the car, I just wanted to see how cool the stick one was
By not using the inside door piece, putting the dash in is really hard, having to cut in certain parts so it could rest on the toothpic.
At least the blue springs look nice
Now the wheels....Stock they came chromed!
I personally think the bar inbetween each main spoke was ugly, so I cut them out, and started sanding the crome off.
Anyways, odds are Ill use different wheels, but cant find the anything like the wheels that are used:
Next I need to find a way to redo some major parts of the body work. I need to extend the front nose a little bit, and the rear needs to be redone. The hood for the CC is majorly different from the srt10, and also the exhaust location is different. Anyone know a good way to do this? Ive seen people use Stryene I think, but dont know where to get it. I looked at hiroboy, and they were out. Also, does anybody know how to hinge doors? I havent the slightest clue, but I cut the doors out before thinking...
Thanks for looking!