Its coming along frustratingly slow coz the shite british wether means i've been unable to finish off the body and interior with my airbrush. However i have been working on lowering the suspension and have decided on the rims - Fujimi 18" Work Meister's. This is how i have adapted them to the kit.
With some of fujimi's rims you will find a small round recess at the bottom of the tube the polycap fits into. This is perfect into which fit a peg, thus creating a Tamiya style rim. The peg itself was an uneeded part from a Megane kit which was alot wider than required at the base. It was reduced in size by fitting directly into the chuck of my Dremel and spun against a file. The diameter was checked regularly in order for the peg to fit snugly, it was secured in place with 5min epoxy.
After test fitting prior to any lowering mods taking place, it was obvious that the track would need to be narrowed. I'm never keen on chopping A arms etc to bits, so in order to tuck the wheels in slightly i modified the hubs.
At the rear, all i did was sand down the hub.
I also did the sme at the front but it wasn't enough, so i came up with this. I enlarged the hole just enough so that it still retained the poly cap, i had made things a little more tricky for myself coz i had already glued the hub together with the p-cap inside. Therefore i had to sribe this with a compas then cut away, if i knew i was going to have to do this then i could have filed the opening bigger and made life easier!
With this done i could then further modify the rims by grinding away some of the plastic around the peg. The rim now goes onto the p-cap and pushes further onto the hub.
Am i making sense?
The lowering is pretty much done now but i'll post pics of that 2moro.