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my mk3 started life as a mulberry vr6 highline which is a kinda sought after car now but mine also had no sunroof which meant its a motorsport shell. it was the no sunroof that made me want it and i got it for a complete steal. I paid more for one borbet A (renault fitment so no need for spacers) than the entire car, lol. the vr only stayed in it for about a month before me and my friends ripped it out for the abf16v. I know where the car is now and its just not the same car now. its been sat and most of the good bits are gone. still, the vr lives on in a mk2 3 door gl

the tfsi engine. it was an economy engine and never really took off. we did get sportier version of it but the 1.8t and vr6 (inc r32 etc) are the kings when it comes to tuning but the audi rs3 5 pots are fast gaining ground. i know of 2 of them running 1200 bhp and still daily driven but aftermarket management is pretty impressive now. there were rumours of an rs audi getting tfsi but they just went for turbos, however mtm in germany experimented with both on some audi s4 (by far the best audi if you want to tune it, and the base car for the rs4) in the early naughties

that vette has been upgraded, its got a procharger now too

you might have to take them from a pick up kit bed roll bar. i think some of the aoshima kits would be a good start point as some of them are square

by themselves or by someone else? its 2 different answers but one answer is a mirror and the other would make the auto censor spit out its dummy

the porsche turbo is out in a hyase sakon boxin too. from the instructions on 1999.com its an enthusiast kit for 25$s https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10304488

maybe try making a jig to hold the tyres. then you can tape or bluetac the fenders to them. lego might work for building a jig

i just used normal poly cement on the golf but i would use superglue usually as it can be picked off unkeyed styrene and has good hold. What is it you are fitting the fenders to? a 30 bugatti would be different to a hotrod and is it cycle fenders or full?

ai summarisation - the human brain cant be trusted

yes and i often have a spare body to check against along the way

a little more done. next is building up the door inners

are superchargers possibly more popular in the usa because of the auto boxes? a turbo can be made to drive with litle lag, but its the boost kick that makes thenm fun in the same way as the honda vtecs. it just feels a bit more special and even on the slow reno 5 and fiat uno turbos it still had that kick

I went for it. I've cut up an extra body tp rob the roof corners to reinforce the window edges and added strips to the inner door edge. this will all get filed back. because i want to hinge the doors i've also removed the front wings and will be removing the engine bay from the chassis and fitting to the body. this should get me pretty close to a bare golf shell minus the floor. i took my time to do this side and i dont expect the other side to be any faster due to the screen edges

problem solving makes things fun

know less than the next guy to reduce the risk of mandatory overtime

done some more on the floorpan/chassis. first i've removed the kit interior floor as it served its purpose. next i built up the tranny tunnel to look a little more like it should, though since i didn't want to remove whats already there i've angled the sides towards the back as its mostly hidden anyway. next up i trimmed the outsides of the engine bay a little and added some flat sides and the upper body reinforcing. this will add more strength to the join between the 3d printed bay and gives me excess material to file down for fit. as you can see its getting closer but this is just a mock up body to check alignment. I've left them long at the back as it gives me the correct start for the inner door panels and i'm sorely tempted to pen the doors, but that needs a lot more thought as the door is also the window edge. i might have a plan but it needs refining some. and to finish up i've started modding the suspension cross member to look more right on the top. i removed the bottom from another crossmember then filed both to fit together

theres a member here called mchook thats threads might help you. they've scratched a few old wreckers that look great

I dont think the tee means anything. chris harris collects old tamiya rc cars and featured them in one of his books. alpha model will be the first to do a f80

there was one out last year in another box. it is the enthusiast kit but the box is a manga or similar version. same kit with all the parts but has a normal curbside price. if your unsure what kit it is the japanese stores usually have the instructions pictured

it depends on the situation. for everyday i'd pick a supercharger but for going fast turbo. also my reason for a supercharger is most of my cars have been fwd and a turbo has the major drawback of torque steer when the boost kicks in. if you think its bad on a tuned rwd you want to try it when its also the steering wheels. theres a reason reno 5 and fwd escort turbos are hard to find and it wasn't a lack of supply, lol

I'm in scotland so i cant really help. do you have any local tabletop warhammer type gamers? they are the other group that uses mostly resin printers and many of them do printing too being a generally younger age group. it could be worth asking them

do you have access to a 3d printer? there ar a few beds and winches available on cults

I'm pretty sure i recognise that park. Did there used to be a skateboard ramp where the basketball pitch is?

I dont think the phaeton would work as a bugatti. its just not fancy enough for the bugatti name and sits below the audi a8 in terms of spec. Its a good car but even as a vw fan it always seemed like it was trying to be an audi and like you say, the vw name just isn't going to feature in many ceo car parks. a few folk i know in the vw scene think it was more of a production test for the engines as they got put in a lot of the vw group suvs when the phaeton went away. vw would probably use the audi a7/porsche panamera for a bugatti base. the platform is probably the most versatile for engine variety and has all the latest kit so offers more option for body and trim packages and its already used under the bentleys so we know it can handle a heavier body

if you have an amt 36 theres another option hiding in the toyoda body but its a lot more bodywork. Its on my to do list but i dont mind sharing it cos its a long list, lol