WIP Revell Eclipse (Tuners)

[bhop73]

Hi, this will be my first real post here on Automotive forums other than a couple questions I asked.. So..



Being a Turbo Eclipse owner, I was excited when I heard this kit was going to be released, so I bought this kit when it came out, hoping that it would have the parts for a stock Eclipse, but no.. only "Tuner" parts. I have the skills to change it to stock, but I decided to just stick with one of the bodykits this time around. The "Blitz" style. The kit seems to still be pretty good as far as fit and details.

The only major modification I foresee is the addition of the sunroof, which all Turbo Eclipses had, and Revell left out in favor of the roof scoop, so i'll have to add that.

so anyways, here's the beginning. Flocked the interior floor. I will have to create a backseat since Revell thought it'd be cool to just have speakers and a Nos bottle.. *sigh* As you can see, i've added a handbrake lever and the leather boot for the shifter.



Here, i've added some height to the seats. They were sitting flat on the floor which is just wrong for an eclipse..



And here's a comparison of the tiny kit wheels (right) to the aftermarket wheels I bought for it. (can't remember if they're Fujimi or Aoshima) They're technically Nissan wheels, but I like them, and they look similar to my own real life Enkei RS5's which is a plus.



I have done a little work on the intercooler and drilled out the molded in mesh on the front bumper, but haven't taken pics yet.. next update I will show that stuff..

In case anyone's interested, this is my car, so as you can see, I have plenty of reference

[evo8owner]

Nice Ride! For The Sunroof Look In The Fujimi Civic SIR Kits, They Have A Clear Sunroof Panel With A Lip Around The Outside Edge That Is Perfect For This Project.(I Used One In My Replica Of My 1/1 EVO8 MR) Hope This Helps. Jake

[Vitalik]

Great start! I like Eclipse! What color will it be?

[injecting]

Awsome project, It's looking really good thus far!

[Amazon]

Nice to see some "build down" instead of the usuall build-a-top of the line! Must be hard to downgrade ( no offense) a kit to stock level? Good work so far!

[bhop73]

Originally Posted by Amazon

Nice to see some "build down" instead of the usuall build-a-top of the line! Must be hard to downgrade ( no offense) a kit to stock level? Good work so far!

Well, it won't be exactly stock... i'll still be keeping the kit body the same, with the bodykit and a wing (probably scratch build one similar to the one on my Top Secret Skyline since the kits wings suck IMO). Adding a backseat and removing that lame-o roof scoop to put in a sunroof could be considered a "downgrade" i guess.. :P

If things go well with this, I may buy another and do just that though, make the body completely stock, or maybe just build a model version of my car.

[dyowelb]

welcome to af bhop. nice to see fellow MW'er and CoM'er here

[SoupMotorsport]

HEy BHOp73 i was wondering if you would like to buy or trade for my CR-X sun roof, i have everything except the roof hook is still on the car but i can cut that out and you can figure it out or i can try it. So think about it. ANd the project is looking nice and really nice Turbo Eclipes. Alwasy wanted one but is very rear.Wlell thanks

[SteveK2003]

I was wondering about the body kit: It doesn't show a stock version on the box like the others. I think this is the only kit in the Tuners series that doesn't allow for as stock version: Kind of a bummer.

That looks like a nice build. The wheels you are using look HUGE compared to the stockers, but it should fill the wheel-wells better than those kit rubber bands.

[bhop73]

Here are a couple more pics.

Here's the intercooler modification. Basically just rescribed the grooves since it was molded on all wrong... and added the side tank parts (visible at the edges of the "mouth". You can also see the hole in the bumper where the mesh was molded in. (i still need to smooth it out a little). Behind that will be some visible pipes from the intercooler and I will probably use some vinyl or metal mesh to cover the hole.



This is the type of wing i'm going to use. I'm going to try to re-cast this (this one's from my Top Secret Skyline) using a technique I learned recently for recasting parts with miliput.



And here are the wheels "on" the car (no suspension yet). First image is just for comparison purposes. I showed the TE37's because i'm considering using those on this model instead of the Impul's. Those TE37's are currently on my 350z kit http://www.bhop73.com/main/images/mo....asp?pic=350z1
but I think the Impul's may look better on that car. The gunmetal color of the TE37's will probably look pretty good with the light gunmetal I have planned for the Eclipse... any thoughts?

As it is, it looks like i'll have to slightly modify the rear wheel-wells to get the bigger rims to fit, they're curving in a little too much in the front inside part so that the wheel doesn't fit in as it should. Dremel will fix that.. heh, heh..

[Jaymes]

nice progress so far. I think the Impuls match the Eclipse the best

[aN4rK1]

WOW very nice start. As i was reading you post i was really wondering what you car looked liek and WOW what a looker That intercooler looks awesome. Use some stryene pipes for the intercooler piping itll look awesome. Anyway good luck with it.

Sry for offtopic but

Originally Posted by evo8owner

I Used One In My Replica Of My 1/1 EVO8 MR

WOW! Iam so jealous....

[druid_99]

Originally Posted by Jaymes

nice progress so far. I think the Impuls match the Eclipse the best

[bhop73]

Originally Posted by SteveK2003

I was wondering about the body kit: It doesn't show a stock version on the box like the others. I think this is the only kit in the Tuners series that doesn't allow for as stock version: Kind of a bummer.

Yeah, it sucks, since I really like the stock Eclipse bumpers (97-99) better than any body kit available for it...

I'm guessing (and it really is just a guess) that the reason is because this is an all new kit, produced from scratch, while the other cars in the "Tuner" line already had stock versions available, so they could just re-use those parts, throw in some extra wheels, bumpers and wings, and re-package it. With the Eclipse, they just skipped straight to the extras... kinda sucks for actual fans of the car, but *shrug* what can ya do..

[tsuchiya]

i love this car!
hope to see more progress pix !