1/18 body kits

[alex_37]

i bought a nissan 350zby Yat Ming ready to customize, im planning on buying a pre made body kit from www.scaleautostyle.com where there is a top quality body kit but im not sure if its for 1/18 or not or whether it is suitable or buying one from tuning18.com but there is no 350z ones and im not sure about cutting up my car can anyone suggest anymore sites

[mike@af]

SAS is for plastic models, the kits are only 1/24 scale and a few 1/25. The 350Z Body kits that Chris sells are for the Tamiya 350Z (1/24).

As far as a 1/18 body kit, you will most likely need to build your own.

[alex_37]

so how do i do this i am meant to use styrene right but i cant get hold of this
is it all right to simply use putty for a simple body kit and do i have to cut my old one
is it worth designing the kit first
and finally can someone give me a gd method
eg: shape it first then leave it till it is cuttable and then mold the vents or mould it around the existing vents.
thanx for your help m8

[mike@af]

For body kits its an unique, and intuitive process. There are no set steps. Basically, use stryene to form the basic shapes, then use some putty. Thats the good method.

The other way is to just use bondo for the whole thing, but it will create a weak and unstable body kit.

[alex_37]

haf u heard ne thing bout tuning18.com

[NOS_racerX]

Originally Posted by alex_37

haf u heard ne thing bout tuning18.com

pls typ normalee so i don haf 2 figur it out k?

an occasional u or bout is ok but that up there ^ is pretty hard to read so type cleanly (is that even a word?) so we all can read

[alex_37]

ok have you heard anything about the web site www.tuning18.com
sorry I am only 13 and it is an effort to write a very long post in perfect type if that makes sense to you

[NOS_racerX]

im 13 also and it may take a little more time and patience but the product in the end is better for all

[alex_37]

well have you heard anything about the site is it worth buying from it

[mike@af]

I know 12 year olds who dont have any problem typing correctly and efficiently.

As far as tuning18 I have no idea what any of it says, so I cant help you there

[alex_37]

go on babelfish and do translate site wait ill get you the link
http://world.altavista.com/babelfish/tr
type in http://tuning18.com in the box where it says translate webpage

[alex_37]

sorry if im going on a bit but one last thing ive got a short but detailed tutorial now but one thing it doesnt cover is how to make 2 sides identical

[mike@af]

Originally Posted by alex_37

sorry if im going on a bit but one last thing ive got a short but detailed tutorial now but one thing it doesnt cover is how to make 2 sides identical

That's a bit of common knowledge. Measure, have a keen eye, get some calipers if you want to be right on. Most of all, have a keen eye.

[alex_37]

cheers mate

[mike5721947]

learn how to clone things but opposite to each other!!!