Revell Datsun 510

[ratdat]

Originally Posted by slk320

Can you post up some more pics of your awesome 510??

Sorry, that's the only pic I had of my old one built . Only other pic I have is of the body before it was painted with just the wheels on. I have a 510 coupe model in the works but it's slow going as it's a terribly inaccurate model (Doyusha)

Here's a pic of my 1:1 Datsun 510 . It's got a 2.4 DOHC from a 240SX. I use it for track days although it does see plenty of road use too. I'll be making a model of it one day from a Hasegawa kit If only I could find a 1/24 KA24DE engine !

[86_SR5]

as cool as that car is eddie, I'd have to have a 2dr. There's a body shop a few min's from here that has one as their display car, it's a pretty metallic silver, has konig 16x7 rewinds with goodyears all around, a 10pt cage, and I've never seen under the hood, but I'm sure it's special there too.

[ratdat]

Originally Posted by Honoturtle

Ratdat, can you scan the decal sheet for your BRE model, or give me a lead to where I can find one?

I ordered them from http://www.pattosplace.com who are in Australia. I should have them middle of next week. I'll let you know if the quality looks okay. The same sheet also has the decals for the BRE 240Z on it.

slk320: are those carbs in the pic not the ones from the kit? If not where did you get them? Remember, when you paint the engine, whatever color you choose the head is aluminium and is never painted on real L series motors. I've seen them painted up completely in a few 510 kits and it looks all wrong. Also the front cover is aluminium as is the distributor and oil pump. Nice work on the valve cover by the way...looks pretty realistic

[D[X]P]

SO FAR SO GOOD!

[ratdat]

[quote=86_SR5]as cool as that car is eddie, I'd have to have a 2dr. QUOTE]

No choice here for two reasons...first reason is that 2 doors were not sold in Europe at all and secondly, unlike there, 510's are extremely rare here. There are only 16 still on the road in the UK. I own two of them My car had 46,000 miles on it when I got it and it was a stocker owned by an old guy who'd had it since it was 9 months old. I wonder what he'd think of it now

[SonyMobile]

Nice car RatDat, i like the color aswell, do you have a pic of the second car, or a URL to a site that I can check out your cars in full detail (engine,interior, etc. pics?)

Sorry to jack your thread.

[slk320]

Originally Posted by ratdat

slk320: are those carbs in the pic not the ones from the kit? If not where did you get them? Remember, when you paint the engine, whatever color you choose the head is aluminium and is never painted on real L series motors. I've seen them painted up completely in a few 510 kits and it looks all wrong. Also the front cover is aluminium as is the distributor and oil pump. Nice work on the valve cover by the way...looks pretty realistic

I am going to paint the front cover, as more of an esthetic finishing touch and to give contrast to the aluminum pullies. I am going to work on the head.. the wiring etc..

The sidedraft webbers are not compelted, they are stock units, detailed with Detail Master carb linkage kit.. will be wired and will use Machined ALuminum Specialties aluminum opened webbers with intake tubing. SHoudl be ok.. will post more pics.

[slk320]

I did a little bit of work on the engine.. wiring and the likes, what I can do with the parts I have now:





began wiring up webbers:



better shot of the engine... aftermarket are oil filter, oil filter decal, sprak plug wiring, pulleys, drive belt, etc...

[jgmodelcars]

WOW, thats all i can say

[gunluvS14]

HIGHLY detail there. mad prop.

[circuitR]

Awsome engine man. This looks like a challenging project

[willimo]

Sakatsu has a set of metal weber carbs for detailing motors. Though it doesn't look like you need them...! If you're still interested, you can see them at HLJ but you might have to look elsewhere to find one in stock that you can buy.

[impreza2k2]

wow, the engine is so detail.
may i ask what band of the cf decal did u use and where did u get them?
it looks pretty good imo

[ratdat]

This is shaping up to be the nicest 510 model I've seen. The engine's looking awesome!

[ratdat]

Originally Posted by SonyMobile

Nice car RatDat, i like the color aswell, do you have a pic of the second car, or a URL to a site that I can check out your cars in full detail (engine,interior, etc. pics?)

Sorry to jack your thread.

Thanks, not sure what you mean by second car though..you mean the one below in my sig? The pickup? PM me and I'll send pics direct.

Likewise, sorry about the thread hijack