Axis R32

[appleseed]

Took me a while to find this tread back (I mis-spelled Axia).

I've started to pick up this project again and I'm looking to work on the doors as well as the trunk. I've tried looking for reference material for the inside of the door. Does anyone know if the door is stripped clean or does it still utilize some sort of panel on the inside?

I've some ideas on how to make the door hinges as well as to hinge the trunk. I thought the trunk would be empty but I found this on the internet for a race Skyline with the trunk open (1:18 scale).



Does anyone know what type of setup this is or if you guys have any pictures of something of this sort? I was told that it is their fuel management system but I can't confirm that. I've also exhausted google and yahoo for images with no luck. Help?

Thanks in advance!!

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[malscar]

In Grp A regulations the standard inner door panels were to be retained. In Australia these regulations were enforced. Not sure about in Japan.

The inside of the boot has the fuel tank, pumps and associated electrical wiring. The 2 round things in the boot are refueling nozzles. You will note they line up with the round holes in the boot lid. The setup will be similar from race team to race team.

[boostspike]

i actually have one of those Kyosho 1/18 scale Skylines... not sure how accurate the models are but i can try to take some close-up pics if needed... just let me know...

[SteveK2003]

This looks like a cool build. Didn't Tamiya have like 5 or 6 cars based off that same basic Skyline kit?

[sportracer02]

Hi appleseed,

nice work / scratchbuilding so far.

Just let me warn you - I built the kit about 12 years ago and when it was finished, I brought it to the model-shop for exhibition. There it was standing at a bright place -not direct sunlight- for some weeks and that made these decals fade out.

I don´t know if your decals are newer / better, but you should know this, as it seems to turn out a nice model.

[appleseed]

malscar- Thanks for the info on the boot setup and the door panels. That makes one less task for me to research!

boostspike- I'm more than happy to take you up on that offer for pics of your 1:18!! I'm halfway through cutting through the boot area out and it just wouldn't be worth the effort if I didn't know what to reveal in there! Thanks!

SteveK2003- I believe that sounds about right... I still have the Falken kit and I think there was the HKS, Calsonic, and the Zexel kits as well. I'm not sure but I recall seeing a green Castrol kit as well.

sportracer02- That's a scary thougth that the decals fade! I sure hope that doesn't happen to this kit when I finish it off but only time will tell. Thanks for the warning.

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[appleseed]

I finished removing the trunk lid. I reinforced the area with some styrene sheet to give it some strength. When that dries, I’ll see what I can do to replicate the rain gutter underneath the trunk lid. I'll still have to clean up the fitment as the removal process took away much more plastic than I had wanted. I used photoetched scribers this time around. I need to be more careful with them in the future as I wasn’t scribing as perpendicular as I thought I was. No matter, a layer of plastic sheet should take care of the fitment easily. I'm more than happy that the rear glass fits well with the trunk rubber and that the reinforced styrene does not obstruct fitment with the rear deck. Now I have to think about how to 'dress-up' the inside of the trunk. No going back now ...







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[Rickard_Olsson]

Looks good mate.. keep up the awesome progress.. and hurry up.. wanna see this baby finished soon
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Rickard

[boostspike]

[G-man422]

cant wait to see it when its done.

[NissanSkylineGTR98]

Nice work! I'll definately follow this thread As for other Tamiya R32 race cars, they had two Castol ones, one was a Group A and the other a Group N.

[appleseed]

Thanks for the interest guys. I've made a bit of progress over the weekend and tweeked some of the fitment with the trunk lid as well as the underbody/body fitment. There's still some need for tweeking. I'm not too happy with the large(er) gap above the left brake assembly thus that's being worked on (after the pic was taken.)

boostspike- Thanks for the pics! Is there some way you can get a couple more from various angles? I can't seem to tell how the horizontal bars are mounted nor the number of those gold cylinders (I can't tell if they're relections or not). I really appreciate the pictures you've taken for me thus far. Thanks!











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[91p10nizmo]

Looking very good. Great work on the styrene. Ill be watching this.

[boostspike]

it tough trying to take the pics w/ the trunk attached.. i'm limited on my angles.

[jdmaccordian]

this is a very clean customisation, keep it up!