Hasegawa Lancer Evo III Progress

[SpoonMan Dos]

Originally Posted by Camber

Awesome work

He hit it right on the money. Great build.

[Hiroboy]

Any more updates on this great build ?

Originally Posted by Hiroboy

Any more updates on this great build ?

Thanks for your kind words Steve but i think this is far from a great build, im no where in your league, i still aspire to some day do the same amazing work that you and guys like pman,kunta,360spider and others. I have learnt a lot from you guys simply because of your attention to detail which i thing makes or breaks a project,thanks for the encouragement.

as far as updates i did some work on the interior this weekend and not really 100% happy with it i will post some pics when i get home later.

DISASTER struck I lost the side mirrors, i turned the whole workshop upside down trying to find it and it was no where to be found, then to add insult to injury i droped the car and chipped the rear wing so by this time i was just going insane thats when i decided to take a break and regroup for the next day.

[Sebstar]

wow, this completely changed my opinion on the build quality of the evoIII. I love the Evo/GSR shape to death, but past pictures of this model really turned me off. Maybe if i see this model in a shop oneday i will buy it :P

And yellow, the perfect colour for the evo III

Originally Posted by Sebstar

wow, this completely changed my opinion on the build quality of the evoIII. I love the Evo/GSR shape to death, but past pictures of this model really turned me off. Maybe if i see this model in a shop oneday i will buy it :P

And yellow, the perfect colour for the evo III

What aspect of this model has turned you off?? or was that a typo? as far as seeing this in the shop, you wont because this model is now discontinued I agree with you the EVO III is the probably the best shape out of all Evo's its up there with the classic R32 GTR. the colour of this evo is actually Tamiya Brilliant Orange, its a bit darker than the Camel Yellow and Chrome Yellow.

Just another quick update, after the disastrous misadventure loosing the side mirrors, i regrouped today and painted the interior.


The interior was airbrushed with Tamiya German Gray and Flat black for seat and side door inserts, the centre console was a combination of Titanium Silver and Bronze. the steering wheel also got the carbon fibre treatment. all i need to do now is spray the whole interior with a satin clear coat and clean it up with a few extra details. I went pretty conservative with the interior to keep it in line with the whole theme of the car,i didnt want to ditract from the exterior.




Ive also found new substitute mirrors to replace the ones that i misplaced, i think its out of a Tamiya Exiv.

[Sebstar]

Originally Posted by snk33y

What aspect of this model has turned you off?? or was that a typo? as far as seeing this in the shop, you wont because this model is now discontinued I agree with you the EVO III is the probably the best shape out of all Evo's its up there with the classic R32 GTR. the colour of this evo is actually Tamiya Brilliant Orange, its a bit darker than the Camel Yellow and Chrome Yellow.

what i was meant to say was that OTHER examples of this model have turned me off. This includes crap choice of colour and poor building skills. As far as seeing this model in a shop, it is quite likely. At some of the hobby shops here you find models that have been out of production for years

Just another quick update,I modified the muffler by trimming the twin exhaust pipe and replacing it with K&S aluminium tubing which was subsequently tapered in and painted flat black, the muffler was covered with bare metal foil.i wanted to make sure that this wasnt too big otherwise it would look out of scale, bigger isnt always better.

[clem24]

I gotta say: honestly, I am not a fan of orange cars, but man, WOW, it looks great!!! The carbon wing matches the model like a glove! This thread makes me want to go out and get the Hasegawa EvoIII!!! It seems to look more like a III than the Fujimi kit. (Has anyone else noticed that Fujimi usually seems to get the front lamps completely wrong, especially with the V and VI). Seeing Fujimi's rendition of the Sylvia S14 headlamps (both early and late) makes me want to hurl!

Do you got pics of the suspension setup? I'd like to actually see your mod for lowering it. Also, did you have to do any other surgery to fit fatter tires on? All my Hasegawa kits usually have suspension arms that are pretty close to the ultra-thin wheels.

And I agree with ppl's opinion on the Evo: although my fav is still the EvoIV, I think I still like the "understated" (but not overly drab) look of the III and IV.

clem..

Originally Posted by clem24

I gotta say: honestly, I am not a fan of orange cars, but man, WOW, it looks great!!! The carbon wing matches the model like a glove! This thread makes me want to go out and get the Hasegawa EvoIII!!! It seems to look more like a III than the Fujimi kit. (Has anyone else noticed that Fujimi usually seems to get the front lamps completely wrong, especially with the V and VI). Seeing Fujimi's rendition of the Sylvia S14 headlamps (both early and late) makes me want to hurl!

Do you got pics of the suspension setup? I'd like to actually see your mod for lowering it. Also, did you have to do any other surgery to fit fatter tires on? All my Hasegawa kits usually have suspension arms that are pretty close to the ultra-thin wheels.

And I agree with ppl's opinion on the Evo: although my fav is still the EvoIV, I think I still like the "understated" (but not overly drab) look of the III and IV.

clem..

The suspension on this thing was a real pain to set up, i didnt have much room to play with since the struts were in the way of the wider wheels. first step was to cut the shocks down by around 3mm, yes 3mm!!! this thing rode like a humvee, it was just plain ridiculous along with the stock bicycle wheels that it came with. i drilled the 2 shocks sections and pined it both with a lenght of K&S wire just to give it strenght this was done both front and rear, after doing so i noticed that the wheels were rubbing agains the shock struts, so i filed the shocks to clear the wheels, same goes for the rear trailing arms. unfotunately i cant take any closer pics of these mods because the wheels were so much wider than stock it kept poping off so in turn i glued and extended shaft to the front hub carrier. i will be working on a Hasegawa EVO II in the next few months and im sure that i will have to do the same mods to it since it shares the same chasis as this one.

[Hiroboy]

Very Very nice.
Where did you find a Evo II, do you have any photos of the box ?

[clem24]

[quote=snk33y] first step was to cut the shocks down by around 3mm, yes 3mm!!! this thing rode like a humvee, it was just plain ridiculous along with the stock bicycle wheels that it came with.[quote]

Hey I know what you mean. I have the Evo 1 Rally car, setup for tarmac, and the thing looks like it can take the safari rally! To make things worse, Hasegawa included a set of super high profile slicks. Needless to say, it doesn't look it's going to win any rallies... Hence the interest in trying to lower it and give it wider tires. I looked at the bottom of my car, and it seems pretty complicated. I am too lazy..! Anyways, your post inspired me to track down an EvoIII, which I think I have almost got...!

Re. EvoII, is that the box with the red evo in front, or is that Evo1? I remember seeing both at my LHS...

clem..

[David_]

i like it, even tho im not a fan of the evo3 myself (evo6er!!)

what do u mean cast more wheels? u mean you can make them yourself? and how did u lower the car?

Originally Posted by Hiroboy

Very Very nice.
Where did you find a Evo II, do you have any photos of the box ?

Thanks Steve, I bought 2 of these sometime back, im converting one as a road car and the other as a rally car. eventually my aim is to build the whole EVOLUTION series,BTW what did the Lancer EVO1 look like?

I like Hasegawa kits its much better than Fujimi and is on par with Tamiya, however their interpretation of ride height and wheel sizes is sometimes questionable.

Below is a pic of the EVOII, it is an EVOII right? body looks the same main difference is the lower front lip, side skirts and rear bar extensions.

Originally Posted by David_

i like it, even tho im not a fan of the evo3 myself (evo6er!!)

what do u mean cast more wheels? u mean you can make them yourself? and how did u lower the car?

I meant cast the brakes in resin, casting your wheels is not difficult its just fiddly an time consuming, but once you set up the mould you can easily crank out dozens of them.