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02-16-2004, 10:24 AM
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Re: S13 Silvia - IN PROGRESS
Beautiful. Great attension to detail.
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02-16-2004, 10:58 AM
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Re: S13 Silvia - IN PROGRESS
This is turning out to be awesome!!
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02-18-2004, 05:50 AM
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Okay, got a bit more work done.
Drilled new topmount holes further inboard for a little bit of camber - given the choice next time I either wouldn't bother with this or drill them slightly closer to the originals - the angle is a tiny bit too steep for my liking and stresses the front suspension components. Painted and built up the running gear, all except the backbox which I need to drill out (not a fan of huge pipes) It all went together easily enough, oh and I ended up using the standard kit brakes because I like the caliper design better than the whopping great Impreza six pots. Here's the kit "mocked up" on standard wheels. As you can see, I wasn't happy with the paint one bit - LOADS of orange peel  so a full respray is in order tomorrow!   If you look closely you can see the tyre through the front end - this is because the kit arch liners don't come out far enough, so I need to extend them with some plasticard or maybe just cut them right back so only the topmount remains. My girlfriend is off to Nottingham this weekend, I'm sure I remember someone saying a shop there sells Evergreen styrene so I'll be able to make my intercooler at bloody last! Oh, and disaster struck the other day. I was cleaning my brushes and knocked over my bottle of white spirit into the box, splashing a few parts. No big deal, I wiped them down and let them dry without any bother. However, it had a terrible effect on the front light/grille bar (the only clear part affected) The plastic dulled, and then crazed over and literally crumbled at my touch! So I guess I need to contact HLJ and get a replacement clear sprue. No biggie, just a delay....or I could always run without headlamps  |
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02-18-2004, 09:29 AM
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A few chassis pics.
 Front brakes.  Rear brakes. Hub faces will be sanded back to plastic as I might end up glueing the wheels fixed in place if the female-male conversion goes wrong   Front suspension assembly. Yes, I know the gearbox still needs painting but I need to run into town for some flat aluminium first.  Rear suspension assembly. Instructions say to paint the diff black, but they're normally alloy housings in real life so I went with that.  Underside. Exhaust needs fitting, 'box needs painting, after that I'll dull it down with a mist of flat brown to make it look used. |
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