A small, single-turbo Supra :)

[KevHw]

Very nice progress you're making. I like your idea of lighting the sound system but I think you can definitely make it a lot cleaner. I'm sure once you've sealed any light leaks and cleanly cut the black tray thing, it'll look great. Are you going to run power wires into a base out of the chassis?

[ravan17]

yea i actually already ran the wires out of the base. im probably just going to wrap them in black and just run the power from the stand that im going to make for the car.


and the reason everything is so unclean right now soundsystem wise is b/c i wasnt really going to put it in the car.. i just watned to see what it would look like, and once i made it, it was a keeper, lol. im going to be cleanin it up right now

[ravan17]

here is a much cleaner, redone version with sealed lights and a one=piece system, also with redone subwoofers, i used my old injectors 0-rings





and a side=by=side comparisson with the junk i took out from the trunk

[ravan17]

i have a little update... i wont be able to paint the car the renisance red i wanted to because i just realized i dont have NEARLY enough to cover the model. so i'll have to find a paint to best match it thats non-automotive

[ravan17]

here is a little update on mine, i decided to put on an intake with a shiny pipe on and run another line from the oil catch can:



im also trying something crazy, got this idea out of no where, do you guys remember the xmods?? well the wheels are pretty much a perfect size, just takes some custom work to get the stud in place, but they may end up working out, if not the stock ones are going back on:

[mugenhb]

I'm liking the new wheels alot better, I think they will work out just fine, just remember to drill out divots for the lug nuts. looking good, I think if you use the tamiya red for your paintjob it is pretty close to ren red. they make a few colors the one in my sig on my civic is Italian red for reference.

Steve

[ravan17]

thanks man, i like them much better then stock too, i have a set of Volk TE37's coming in the mail (sometime..... been a while since i ordered) but i did not want to waste the good rims on my very first build, im saving that one for a special widebody build on the next one

but anyways, the wheels came out alright, just need a smaller bit to drill out the rivits better if i ever do another set like this... but since i did them in gunmetal, you cant really see the not-so-perfect rivets i drilled

[made007]

i dont like the air filter, but overall it has a killer stance, good work

[KevHw]

Very nice looking revised trunk. I like how the light isn't completely solid and has some fading in it. Not trying to be picky though, I still think you could do a bit of a better job on the symmetry of it. The left curve is a nice "C" but the right doesn't curve as much. Minor detail but especially since it's lit, I think it stands out more. Subwoofers are looking good. Not really liking what you've done with the air filter as it looks way too big but if that's how some come in real life, fair enough. Looking forward to seeing your future widebody project. Keep going.

[ravan17]

thanks guys, im rethinking the airfilter idea as well... the filter itself didnt come out looking like i wanted it.. i just liked the intake pipe, lol. im going to pull that off and just leave the turbo showing. maybe put some mesh around the inlet or something...

as far as the symetry, it looks like that b/c the LED shifter inside and the part on the right side that isnt being lit is the actual LED blocking the light.... i somewhat fixed the problem after the pic was taken by covering the underside of the left portion to better match the right.. but i do know i can do a MUCH better job fitment wise if i take more time contructing a pattern that i can use to make a mirror image or somethign.


i cant wait to get the SARD supra in to start working on that. im actually waiting on 3 supras, 2 taimya street supras and 1 sard one. the sard will donate the body for a street converted widebody, and i will use the race chasis from the sard to make a drag car, i just got my slicks and skinnies in, they look GREAT! i'll take some pics after i get back from the beach

[ravan17]

update finally, i had a chance to paint the body today as i was painting my other supra in the process, again, this body was only prepped with a bit of sanding, no primer underneath or anything like that, and painted in about an hour, so the results im sure could be much better, but as it stands now look DAMN good in the sun. i just rushed a bit and there are parts where i put too thick of a coat on the body lines, but this is definatly a learning experience for the next model which will be fully prepped and painted in stages

[Wishieftrottle]

Hey, why did you paint body with lights on it? U should paint and then make lights and rear lights, hm? :-P

Nice colour again

I maybe use yellow on my next project:-D

and sound system is awesome:-D

[ravan17]

this model had LEDs installed already so i had to put the lenses over them so they wouldnt get painted