A small, single-turbo Supra :)

[ravan17]

Hey guys, this is my first ever model, and it just happens to be a car taht i own in real life, a 1995 single turbo supra , there was a member on supraforums who posted up his works, and i immediatly got on the internet and started searching, well it finally came i nthe mail yesterday, and today after about 5 hours of work here is where im at :


the turbo and headers are completly custom, .062, and .112? (i think) in soldering wire, some copper pipe, and a lot of bending and rebending. the fitment was VERYYYY close, lol but with a turbo like that what can you expect?




first fitment check, sitting WAYY high, i was temped to cut a hole in the hood, but figured my first build will be a "street" car










i also plan on doing hinged doors, as well as the hatch, but that is a little later in the build, the back seats have been cut out b/c i am going to replicate a fiberglass sound system enclosure that i have in my personal car, i will update pictures as i move foward with the build, please let me know what you guys think, thanks!

[DabHand]

are you leaving the turbo like that??

[ravan17]

no, i still need to put more dteail into it, and the downpipe was only to check clearance, thats not what im using. i need to run oil lines and all the turbo goodies for the turbo. as far as the turbine itself, i havent decided whether or not i'll put an air filter on or keep it off, if i keep it off i'll come up with some sort of turbine blades to put in there

[ravan17]

oh and all the "scuffs" you see on the turbo in the pics are pratically invisible, my camera just has a really powerfull flash and reflect ALLL of the imperfections, and wit hthe help of shadows makes the scuffs look REALLY deep, they arent.

[mugenhb]

nice work, welcome to AF

Steve

[ravan17]

thank you steve, and thank you for getting me into this man! its pretty crazy how much sitting in one spot cutting, glueing, and painting plastic/ custom turbos can be

here are some more pictures after tonites work, the taillights are in the process of being restored, its not too hard, definatly not as hard as i thought it would be to work with the putty, but i know for a fact im not ready to use it on the body , anyways, the engine is together finally (first time i used glue since i started working on it) and a lot of the chassis parts are painted, yo ucant really tell, but the valve covers and the manifold are a really nice chrome color.
i used just some basic Testors spray paint for every so far, i dont think im ready to invest into more expensive Tamiya paint... or is really that expensive?
here are the pics:

[ravan17]

well looks like im going with the color red, i was working on finally putting together chasis and had to paint it, here are pics:

[ravan17]

here are a bit more pictures from tonite, the progress doesnt seem like much, but its really taking a lot of time getting the tailights rebuilt to wehre the hatch closes just rigth as well as lines up like it should, if i had to do it over again, i think i wouldnt have cut it out , lol, or take a little bit more time to do it, but oh well, you live and learn i gues, if anything i'll just use this body on my drag supra that i want to build next, that would probably have a parachute that would cover most of what has been cut out, but anyways, there is a little something in progress on the A-pillar as well

[ravan17]

carpet:

[mugenhb]

the leds look killer, I really like the ac lights. I meant to ask what did you make the turbo blanket out of?

Steve

[ravan17]

i made the turbo blanket by taking the same copper pipe i used on the inside of the turbo and cuting it flat (into a rectangle) then i stretched aluminum foil over it (after giving the copper pipe its shape ofcourse)

thank you on the LEDs, they look even better in person man. im thinking about designing a stand that has the batteries and quick connect wires running out of it so i can power the car up.

[ravan17]

i decided to go with some Volk racing TE37's for the rims, i believe they are 19" but cant remember which ones i ordered... would anyone happen to know a paint that would match the volk racing bronze pretty close???

[ravan17]

here are some pics, nothing really new, but i ditched the old turbo for a better, cleaner version, which has a MUCH better heatshield on it, this one is actual aluminum sheeting.





and here is what i casted out of Lead today , not half bad! the color of lead is a bit dull, so i painted one in chrome, it was just a quick test paint to see what color would look like, but the sizing of the turbo i put on mycar, and these here are a bit smaller and more realistic then the previous one i had, this one actually clears the strut tower and hood closes VERY well. i might be making more molds for smaller hot sides, as well as compressor housing.

[ravan17]

little update, i got my braided hoses today, so hopefully toniet i'll be able to detail the engine up a little bit. i painted the engine bay and the little boxes that go in it , that was a pain, and doesnt look all to great since i dont have a tiny brush yet, but will do for my first model untill i get a nice brush
anyways, i ditched the soundsystem idea and put the seats back in, it wasnt working out the way i hoped, but instead i decided to do a roll cage coming out good so far, i still need to sand and decide wat color to paint it.



i also tried to make a little turbine that goes inside the turbo, al the parts are sooo small its practically imposible to work with, but again, it will do for now especially if i put an air filter on it.


i also finished the intercooler, and it doesnt look half bad, although i think i'll be making another one, it looks prety realistic in the car, but once again, with the flash on the camera all the details and imperfections come out

[ravan17]

quick update, i made a bit more progress on the engine bay today. i made a custom oil catch can and mounted it, but still have to run braided lines to it once the engine is installed. i also decided to replicate the break lines that run accross the firewall b/c i looked really naked. it isnt 100% replicated as i only ran 2 out of the 4 lines that go into the ABS unit but i did this b/c it was really the only way to make it look clean and visible with the body on the chasis. oh, and i also made the line that runs to the slave cylinder on the tranny
i also took apart the pulley assembly and made my own so i could make a realistic belt for it, im not 100% satisfied with how i mounted the pulleys back, but it will definatly help when building the next model, i think it still made it look a bit more realistic then the plastic painted belt: