S2000 progress - Sakatsu motor

[s2peed13]

Originally Posted by willimo

I shouldn't tell ya'll where I got it since I like it so much I want another to display on its own... and if I know you guys, ya'll'll snap them all up and when I go get the second one, it'll be sold out...

But I got it at www.RacingResin.com. They have some Sakatsu stuff, and all sorts of really cool and expensive resin kits. Friendly and pretty quick, too.

Well there goes my hope of getting engine #2....

I tried to go to the url provided but it doesnt work. maybe will try again later. but I found it on HLJ. thanks

[Ragnarok043]

Originally Posted by bah humbug

I hope someone pics up the sakatsu motor for us, casts it in resin and sells it for a much lower price.

im actually recasting them into resin, so that its easier to work with. i got most of the parts molded. ive thought about selling them, but afraid that i might get introuble. heres what ive done so far.

[spoolin12]

Thats wicked!

Every tried molding body kits?

I would love a molded rb20 from the fujimi cefaro kit

Great work!

[Purpura Delujo]

Cool, never seen a S2000 model with an engine yet. Hope it all works out for you.

[Ragnarok043]

the F20C was a project a started awhile ago, i havent touched it for some time. ill start it back as soon as i have time, i have considered doing the RB26DETT too. i havent done anybody kits yet, but i have been working on and off on a TRD 2000GT. right im more focused on building Mecha GK's and Figure GK's. but if i ever do finish recasting and decide to sell, ill definately let you guys know.

[The Lambrusco Kid]

Originally Posted by hirofkd

I'm sure the friend at SAS knows the value he asks in a form of money, and why he wouldn't copy someone else's.

Actually it's the other way around, if I remember right, FOTW found out that some bloke working in a hong kong hobby shop was recasting his products and selling them for profit.

Anyway I think I might get the 1600cc celica engine.

[EMAXX]

Dang. That is very detailed and very nice.

[willimo]

I wish I had thought of that, Ragnarok. It totally would have been worth investing time and money into resin to get a copy or two of that thing. Would have been a little easier to work with, too, though I do like the weight of the metal engine. Gives it a rather realistic weight distribution, which is cool I think.

And hirofkd: No, it's not expensive compared to the work it would have taken me to build myself, I agree. But in my world, where I barely make rent between buying books for class, eating, buying racing parts for my real car, and flying up to Boston to see my recently moved girlfriend, money is scarce for models (though, looking at my models, it doesn't seem it...) I've only recently gotten to the point where I can sink $75 or so into a model without batting an eye, and this S2000 has about $100 in it already. That, too me, is expensive, no matter how much of a deal I got on parts. Parts = deal = still expensive.

Here are a few more progress pics. The body still wears some rough Milliput around the SAS parts, and I've since opened the intake a little more and smoothed it out.

[srlxy]

Willimo,

I am interested in the female figure you have in the background!
Is it of a scale of 1/24?
Need some of those.
Thanks!

[Ragnarok043]

Originally Posted by willimo

I wish I had thought of that, Ragnarok. It totally would have been worth investing time and money into resin to get a copy or two of that thing. Would have been a little easier to work with, too, though I do like the weight of the metal engine. Gives it a rather realistic weight distribution, which is cool I think.

And hirofkd: No, it's not expensive compared to the work it would have taken me to build myself, I agree. But in my world, where I barely make rent between buying books for class, eating, buying racing parts for my real car, and flying up to Boston to see my recently moved girlfriend, money is scarce for models (though, looking at my models, it doesn't seem it...) I've only recently gotten to the point where I can sink $75 or so into a model without batting an eye, and this S2000 has about $100 in it already. That, too me, is expensive, no matter how much of a deal I got on parts. Parts = deal = still expensive.

Here are a few more progress pics. The body still wears some rough Milliput around the SAS parts, and I've since opened the intake a little more and smoothed it out.

hah i knew that figure looked familar, ive seen them at work. theyre made by Presier, its the "Customizing Eve Figure Set" just to let you guys know Presier makes a figures in many scales including 1/24.

[M4tt83]

That engine sure is detailed, but it looks a little rough. I don't know if I'll invest the money in that for my S2000.

[supratuner]

Originally Posted by njh

Wow! The engine is so detailed.

i dont think ive seen an engine so detailed!

[EMAXX]

The body looks really good too. Keep us posted.

[agricus]

gorgeous engine I hope they had one for every Tamiya Car that doesn't have engine...but i guess that's just dream

[willimo]

Originally Posted by Ragnarok043

hah i knew that figure looked familar, ive seen them at work. theyre made by Presier, its the "Customizing Eve Figure Set" just to let you guys know Presier makes a figures in many scales including 1/24.

Yep, that's her. I was lucky enough to get ahold of her and six of her friends from a model train store in the area that was going out of business. It was on sale for 1/3 the price, otherwise they'd've been far too much for to justify paying. Now I wish I had gotten some other figures at the same time. I also wish I had a plan to clothe her.... Make her a little show model with a Mugen shirt and whatnot.... At least, that's the idea.

But anyway, look at the car... isn't the car cool?