Auster racer project

[airforceone]

That's one helluva project! Can't wait to see it done!

[ratdat]

The V6 will fit in no probem ..well apart from the stock intake. Here it is in there without the intake...



And here it is with the truck intake...it touches the strut tower so it's no good...



Even though the car is 1/24 and the engine 1/20 it somehow doesn't look out of scale. I guess that's because in real life the Nissan V6 is very compact. I would have to make a plenum for the engine so the choices are...

A 300ZX style intake like this...



or a 200SX (US spec S12) intake like this one...



Or a modified 300ZX one like this... (this just has the top plate removed but it looks pretty cool)...



I guess the 200SX one would be the easiest to make. What do you think?

Does anybody make a resin SR20DET kit or something? I've heard of RB engine kits but there's no way a straight six will go in there (I've tried it )

[jgmodelcars]

Wow that is some amazing body work! For the engine, hmm im not really sure, have you tried the engine out of a 240Z? although its a six, its a lil smaller... Keep up the good work! This makes me want to finish the chassis work on my street 69mustang, and now i wanna redo my 510 which is a primer autocrosser! Cant wait to see this one done!

[86_SR5]

keep the 1/20 v6m it looks damn huge, and I might suggest, the easiest way to do the intake: .030 styrene card, make the plenum to fit atop the intak from the truck plenum. If you gotta, cut off the intake from the truck. Then, using trees, or whatever you have around make the 200sx intake, come from the right, left, or front sides, that would be sweet.

[ratdat]

Originally Posted by jgmodelcars

Wow that is some amazing body work! For the engine, hmm im not really sure, have you tried the engine out of a 240Z? although its a six, its a lil smaller... Keep up the good work! This makes me want to finish the chassis work on my street 69mustang, and now i wanna redo my 510 which is a primer autocrosser! Cant wait to see this one done!

In 1/24 the 240Z motor would be the same length as the S20 Skyline engine I tried (from a '72 Skyline) and it's way to big...the Auster has a really short engine bay.

What 510 did you do? The Revell one? Hehe..I'll have a lot of spare parts for one of those now I've stolen the chassis for this kit One day I'll do a proper BRE 510 but the thought of all those decals and that paintjob puts me off...it'd be so easy to mess up on that one

[ratdat]

Originally Posted by 86_SR5

keep the 1/20 v6m it looks damn huge, and I might suggest, the easiest way to do the intake: .030 styrene card, make the plenum to fit atop the intak from the truck plenum. If you gotta, cut off the intake from the truck. Then, using trees, or whatever you have around make the 200sx intake, come from the right, left, or front sides, that would be sweet.

I should be able to fabricate a plenum on top of the intake manifold directly... the position of the throttle body would probably be at the front as it'd look neat...either that or go crazy and fit a couple of turbos and make a really wild install That's so tempting.

[ratdat]

I did a little more work on the beast today. Mainly filling. I found a great filler mixture. I use Humbrol filler thinned to a thick liquid with cellulose thinners...you can apply it with a brush and it dries in about 10 seconds... well, enough to put another layer on. The thinners binds it very well to plastic or primer too. You can really control how thick and where you put the filler...excellent for engine bays. It rubs down easily with 600 too as I found out on my 720 truck which also got the filler treatment today. I also cut the center out of the front panel to fit the radiator. I have yet to fabricate a slam panel for it.




I'm beginning to like the look of the black hood... but I think it'll have to go carbon fiber. Where can I get really good CF decals? Not decided 100% on color but it could do with a proper race livery so I might start by painting it white. That's a bit of a way off yet though... still more mods to do as well as heaps of prep. I'm also considering wether to hinge the hood or leave it lift off style. The latter would be more race car oriented but I need to find a way of locating it securely when it's on. I don't think I'm up to making 1/24 bonnet pins

[jgmodelcars]

keeps looking better! and yes it is the revell 510, i think when i go home this weekend im gonna begin redoing it! i'll let you know when i begin! I also began the 240z revell kit ,but that was a mess and i duno what i'm doing with it now! Keep up the good work! Can't wait to see what you've accomplished by sunday night!

[86_SR5]

Sweeet, Turbo's sounds interesting, but how about a NA 450hp v6, with some custom fabbed headers??

[tonioseven]

beautifull project!! It has the same body kit pieces as my Fujimi 345 Tuning R-32 Skyline!! Keep up the great work!! Check www.scaleautostyle.com for some excellent CF decals

[ratdat]

Originally Posted by jgmodelcars

keeps looking better! and yes it is the revell 510, i think when i go home this weekend im gonna begin redoing it! i'll let you know when i begin! I also began the 240z revell kit ,but that was a mess and i duno what i'm doing with it now! Keep up the good work! Can't wait to see what you've accomplished by sunday night!

If you need any replacement bits for that 510 let me know.. I got plenty of spares
I've got the original issue of the Revell 240Z which I've never got round to building because I don't want to mess it up. When my skills improve enough I'll tackle it
I've also got a 1/16 scale 1972 Nissan Skyline kit that I paid silly money for a few years ago and that's the same..I daren't touch it until I can be 100% sure I can do it. Neat kit, it had opening doors, trunk and hood. It's motorised but everything is hidden. The motor is actually inside the engine and the drive and gears are inside the tailshaft and axle !

[ratdat]

Cheers for all the encouragement and comments, everyone..it's much appreciated (and needed sometimes!)

Thanks for that link, tonioseven ..thay're out of stock at the moment but by the time I'm ready for it I guess they'll have them again.

[ratdat]

Originally Posted by 86_SR5

Sweeet, Turbo's sounds interesting, but how about a NA 450hp v6, with some custom fabbed headers??

Headers would be cool. I've never tried my hand at haking headers so that could be fun I'll have a go and see what I can come up with.

[flying finn]

Absolutely stunning! And what comes to the color: bright red or lime green would be cool... And imo there are way too many cf hoods around here...

[ratdat]

Originally Posted by flying finn

Absolutely stunning! And what comes to the color: bright red or lime green would be cool... And imo there are way too many cf hoods around here...

Actually, you're right...bright red would look good. I like the black hood and a CF hood on an old car like this would be unusual but then again like you say they are a bit common now. Maybe I should just do it body color first and see how it looks first... I might like it