Creation of a VW R32

[MidMazar]

Been away from modeling a bit, got my new kit which is a tamiya golf v5, eversince the R32 came out i was in love with it, wanted to trade in my gti for it but i couldn't afford insurance on it. So i guess this is as close as i'm going to come to one. Okay well started some progress on this one, the front bumper vents are cut out, still needs some more work on it though. The golf came in 4 doors, so i have to make a two door out of it. I shaved the panel lines and cut out the pillar, made it smaller and scribed a new door in. Only one side is done so far with lots of work still left to make it accurate, rear bumper is being worked on at the moment. The front gril has been cut out and will have a badgeless aftermarket one. Progress will be slow on this one due to a couple other projects at hand, also school and work also. The most difficult part will be creating the sideskirts. Leave some feedback guys.

[blubaja]

Awsome man!! Tamiya really needs to reissue this kit. I haven't been able to find it anywhere. Good luck on this. You are doin great so far.

Frank X.

[bhop73]

This is going to be cool. I also really like the R32, it'll be nice to see it in model form.

[willimo]

Awesome. This rocks! I didn't realize the three and five door cars shared the same wheelbase?

[SteveK2003]

Nice work moving the door. And here I am about to make a Focus ZX3 into a ZX5 LOL.

[Bossolani]

Very nice project. Nice start!!!

Keep it up brow

Cesar Bossolani

www.scaleimportracer.com

[emperorsupra]

cool project bet it be real nice when its finish what color you have in mind. the color i like is the blue the R32 comes with this guy in town has one its real nice but its kinda slow it weighs a crap load i think 3000 pounds

[alakai]

Awesome work so far! And being a dub-fanatic, I'll defintely be watching this one closely! Keep it up!

[evo8owner]

Nice Project!! I Love The R32!!!
I Can't Wait To See This One Done!I'll Be Following This Thread!!

[Alfa 147]

Originally Posted by evo8owner

Nice Project!! I Love The R32!!!
I Can't Wait To this One Done! I'll Be Fallowing This Thread!!

Looking great!

[MidMazar]

Willmo - The wheel base is the same for all 4 and 2 door golfs (a.8t,vr6,tdi) might be a tiny bit bigger on the r32, but in scale form its close enough for me.

emperorsupra - Does weigh a little much, less than 3300 lbs to be exact, but thats less than any golf. Also its not quick from zero to sixty, but thats because of the gearing. Still 0-60 in 6.4 is quite amazing, the euro r32 i beleive is 0-62 in 6.1
Quite impressive if you ask me for being stock. The thing is that it will pull away from sti or evo (stock) in the long run.

[Hiroboy]

Nice work to date

[emperorsupra]

Originally Posted by MidMazar

Willmo - The wheel base is the same for all 4 and 2 door golfs (a.8t,vr6,tdi) might be a tiny bit bigger on the r32, but in scale form its close enough for me.

emperorsupra - Does weigh a little much, less than 3300 lbs to be exact, but thats less than any golf. Also its not quick from zero to sixty, but thats because of the gearing. Still 0-60 in 6.4 is quite amazing, the euro r32 i beleive is 0-62 in 6.1
Quite impressive if you ask me for being stock. The thing is that it will pull away from sti or evo (stock) in the long run.

dog i know the stats i said it was slow cus the driver doesn know how to drive yeah its impressive when you can drive it right ive bin in one an their pretty sweet but thats enough were getting OFF TOPIC

[kaho]

Looking good, I love seeing 2 door/ 4 door conversions! I might be wrong but I think the rear window right now is looking kind of too small compared to the real car. Perhaps you could take a look at it? but again i could be wrong though..

Good luck!

[nis.k.a.]

Nice progress so far.

What's the plan for the door panels?