tamiya honda civic hatch with front end swap.

[jdmhotrod]

everytime i start a thread on a project here somthing goes wrong on it,lol. but here it goes anyway. i am getting back into the swing of things after taking a good 2 week break, i am now working on 3 models. but this one is the most interesting. it is a tamiya 198? honda civic hatchback with a revell 1998-2000 civic si front end swap. everything is glued on so far and when the superglue is fully cured i will starte adding some bits of styrene and putty. i then need to figure out how much i need to lengthen or shorten the frame. i plan to add new side skirts and remodel the rear bumper. im not sure if i will add an engine or not as of now, but if i do it will be a b16 out of the doner civic with a custom turbo and intake. i also need to make the hood wider. thanks for looking. please comment, your ideas and help will help me make sure i dont give up on it.

[mike@af]

Intresting. I look forward to watching this project.

[blueboost]

thats cool! I like the swappin.

you have to put the nasty turbo B16 in there! its a must!

any ideas for color?

[GvEman]

cool! a engine is a must and a huge turbo and sow on

[86_SR5]

It looks trick. I just don't care for those tails. Maybe swap for some Teg tails?

[customminatures]

gonna be sick homie! i agree with the integra tails! they go with the boxyer tail end of the car!

[youngdrifter_x]

I would laugh pretty hard if i saw that in person ...like a 1:1 car..but your builds are awesome..so i'm going to keep and eye one this one...

[IImportSupra]

I like , I always wanted to see what a upto-date civic front would look like of a 3rd gen civic

I too will look foward in seeing more progress

[willimo]

Damn you beat me to it. I'm currently workin' on a Civic front end swap with a Fujimi front and Hasagawa rear. I'm about where you are as far as construction... I've been having trouble smoothing the transition out around the brittle A pillers.

[vwman]

Thats very interesting project! Thumbs up for ya

[ol' dude]

That looks to be very promising! Can not wait to see the outcome!!!!!!!

[jdmhotrod]

Damn you beat me to it. I'm currently workin' on a Civic front end swap with a Fujimi front and Hasagawa rear. I'm about where you are as far as construction... I've been having trouble smoothing the transition out around the brittle A pillers.

i am having the same problem, exept i made the mistake of useing to difernt scales 1:24 for the rear and 1:25 for the front. and trust me they are way differnt, thats why i need to make the hood bigger because the fenders are kinda in a v shape. ohh yea the color on this one will be stright black, to hide any small imperfections.

[DJPaul]

Very intersting project. Looking forward to see the final resaults

[jdmhotrod]

umm yah know it like i say this all the time, this project is dead for a while, or atleast untill i get some better putty and get the primer stripped.

[turbo type-r]

kool + interesting = good model

kool project