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Old 11-10-2003, 08:53 PM
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Cool Cool C-West/BRE-inspired 350Z

This was built by my friend Wayne Webers for our Atlanta NNL this past weekend. I helped him with parts of it over the past several months, he did a great job on it, his best model to date. While he was finishing it up, I was feverishly working on my Nismo version.

It's the Tamiya kit w/the SAS C-West conversion package. It was very complicated for a beginner to body modifications, especially considering both hood and front end were removed at the same time...anyone considering this conversion would be wise to do the hood first, then the front end, or vice-versa, as there is very little body integrity w/both parts removed. Wayne had some issues w/sanding etc. so a few of the parts like some smaller scoops in the resin were filled/modified. Understand that this was his very first conversion, it was very hard to do this kind of work, yet he persevered! Paint is Tamiya Metallic Black over gloss aluminum. Decals are derived from the 510 BRE racer, modified to fit the Z and done in orange and carbon fiber decals. Rear spoiler from an FD RX-7. Racing seats from ?? and harnesses were added inside.

I'm pretty proud of his accomplishment, it's amazing how different his Z is from mine and Veyron's and the others that were on display this past weekend (9 total!). This variation evokes a classic feel from the '70's Z cars, you could look at it from across a room and know that it's a Z car. The two tone paint accentuates the C-West package very nicely IMHO.




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wow that is some fine work for the first time at adding a resin body kit! i agree the 2 tone paint looks nice, and the decals fit the car well! Good work overall.
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outstanding paint scheme on the 350z
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WOW :22yikes: that's an incredibly cool paintjob!! I'm a bit of an old skool guy myself but with all these cool 350Z's popping up I've now gone and ordered myself one from HLJ

This is an outstanding effort, especially with the resin bits. I almost thought about getting an SAS kit for mine but having never fitted a transkit or even worked with resin parts I was hestitant. This 350Z gets a triple thumbsup from me!

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Tell him he did an excellent job!!
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*grumbles* I've only been saying that the 350Z would look good in a BRE paint scheme for how long now?

It's a very good looking model, though. Tell Wayne he did a great job.
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Nice model from your friend.
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Re: Cool C-West/BRE-inspired 350Z

Retro coolness!

Looks absolutely stunning! Great job Wayne!
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Re: Cool C-West/BRE-inspired 350Z

that orange looks so nice @@
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Re: Cool C-West/BRE-inspired 350Z

Dang. That looks so good. He has a very nice shine, and just the whole car, the whole package is awesome.
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Great job! Love the paint/theme.

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Re: Cool C-West/BRE-inspired 350Z

Looks sweet.
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