S2000

[appleseed]

I picked up a new kit and couldn't help myself to starting it after finishing the last one.

I got myself home and surfed the forum for ideas and finally found one. I found it in one of Hiroboy's threads when he went to Japan. I'm actually quite excited and scared of this build as it looks really challenging. But then again, its only plastic so... what the heck. Out came the Exacto, the plastic card and putty.

I opened up all four wheel arches by about 4mm. Then I started with the front bumper. Kinda chopped it up No going back now.



I used the piece I cut off as a template for the support for the shape/support for the lower portion of the bumper.





I had to 'guess' how far along the lower portion of the bumper had to be but after the lower portion of the bumper was given shape, it looked a bit too far down from the nose (that I have yet to make with putty.) Out came the Exacto and off came the lower half of the bumper and 1mm worth of the plastic extension.



Here's how the bumper looks now after one weekend and the first round of putty. Its got the basic shape I'm after so I'm fairly confident in moving forward to sharpening up the lines and such on front end. Doesn't look like the chopped up disaster I had a couple pics ago does it?



Thanks for looking!

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[willimo]

I wanted to build this car (if it's going where I think it's going).

But then, you'll probably do it 1000x better than I could. I can't wait to see this come together.... slooowwwwllllllyyyyyyyyy.

[Merkava]

Not wasting any time, are we? Already loving the look of the new nose, I'm sure the rest will be stunning as well!

[tonioseven]

Oh yeah! I need some popcorn and Jujyfruits to go with this one!

[GvEman]

Looks promessing!

[NissanSkylineGTR98]

Looks like a great start. Your custom body work always amazes me

[appleseed]

Thanks guys. Hopefully this won't end up being a very extended project. I think I've got a good start on it thus far.

Merkava- It takes me a while to get motivation for a project and when I finished the other kit, I was in the modeling mood so I've gotta take advantage of it! As you can tell, its very preliminary right now so we'll see how it progresses with time.

willimo- Its *supposed* to resemble the Amuse S2000. He's got so many photos of it that it was just too tempting not to at least give it a shot. The only thing is that the back end is really 'busy' and might be a bit of a challenge. I'm just hoping to get the proportions right as I have a hard time figuring them all out without profile shots. Was this a planned future project of yours? If so, by all means, break out the kit and lets start chopping up some plastic!

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[Mean_B16]

Niccce, another great project to follow!!

[D_LaMz]

man looking great!
in before Amuse!

[Bossolani]

Insane project man!!!

Keep it up!!!

Cesar Bossolani
www.scaleimportracer.com

[Feint Motion]

Man, Im a big fan of your work. Very inspirational. Keep up the wonderful work.

[SpoonMan Dos]

I am 'amused' by this build up. Gosh that was awful.....as bad as a pick up line gone wrong.

[appleseed]

A bit of a small update. I did a bit of sanding tonight and wasn't too pleased with the way the front bumper profile looked. It didn't look bad but it didn't look right for some reason. It took me a while to figure it out but I think it was too round up front. I took a closer look and it looks as if the front end has a bit of a taper to it rather than round and might even be slightly boxed out a bit at the opening. The sides are also a bit more 'organic' and not as flat as the plastic makes it out to be as well. So I cut open the front bumper again. This time cutting out from the wheel arch to the nose and leaving a piece close to the nose and glued it back into place giving it less of a rounded look. The pic shows where I cut but the camera died before I could snap a pic of the result. I tapered it in more than I should have so that I could add just a thin layer of putty to the sides to give it a bit of a 'bowed' look thus a bit more organic than just plain flat. I also have to extend the nose section just a bit so that the fall of front bumper from the hood is not as steep.

I guess you could say that from here on out, its trial and error and seeing what looks 'right' to me. This is probably why it takes me so long to finish anything as I always go back and adjust it all. I think if i have to adjust it again, I'll have to rebuild the lower half as cutting and gluing the lower half back in is taking away too much material for me to glue back in right.

The next step is putty and rounds and rounds of putty until I find the correct profile. I almost feel like a sculptor sometimes as most of the time is spent on sanding and chiseling away at putty!



Thanks for looking!

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[deltableh]

Looks good. I can't wait to see the final product!

[geronimo77]

Intresting project
How will you modify the rear?