'Comp Entry' Top Secret Inspired Supra.

[UKSupraboy]

Hi,

When I said that I would enter the comp, I didn't really know what I was going to build. So I sat down with my unmade kits and a list of things that I wanted to do in the future.

This is what I decided on, probably too common and predictable to win anything, but hey, I was gonna build it anyways. Note that this is 'inspired' by Top Secret and not copied, I will leave that to the experts (FOTW) and buy one :-).

The donor kits are 1 Tamiya Supra, 1 Castrol and one Sard (just for a second seat).

The first step was to open the doors and hatch of the Road car. The later is pretty tough because of the rear lights, so some plastic was left above them and sanded down afterwards. The rear hatch was then cut from the Castrol, this time with lights, which were again sanded afterwards.

The wide body was achieved by cutting a square around each wheel arch, spacing out with styrene and reattaching. Front arches use sheet aluminium to achieve the sharp rear edge. All of this is incomplete and requires much more work.

The 'hump in the bonnet is to allow a 'Jun' style turbo setup

To allow me to use the engine with race style interior, the engine bay of the road car has been mated to the cockpit/rear of the castrol car at the rear of the bulkhead.

Anyway, here are some very early pics, the rear inparticular needs a lot more work (and putty) and is nowhere near the correct shape as yet, it actually needs to be flat all the way across the back to the outside edges of the wings.

[D.J.]

Looks cool! This will be one tough competition!

[Bilson8tor]

looks kewl, wat colour u got planned for it? i think a dark metallic blue would kick ass

[UKSupraboy]

You know, I've been thinking exactly the same, or maybe a deep purple metallic.

Richie

[flyonthewall]

Lookin good!

[Blowncivic1320]

lookin cool, good luck on it

[86_SR5]

Something light to show off the curves, like silver leaf, or bronze gold. but looks real damn cool. I always thought of doing this or something like it, but I suck at putty. Good luck on your build.

[blueboost]

quite the project!! very nice so far, seems to be coming together nicely!

[mike@af]

Looking great! What putty are you using? looks like Evercoat Metal Glaze?

What color will you paint it?

[remus_nl]

very cool project keep us update

[UKSupraboy]

Hi,

a quick update. I have been doing some preliminary work on the engine and interior. Here are the pics:-

[Re037]

is that yellow supra jgtc 2003 spec?

[supratuner]

that looks awesome

[rx7king]

that turbo set up kicks ass

[86_SR5]

ooooo big twins... me likely!