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YES! Another Ferrari! looks good so far!

looking good! Im sure it's an optical illusion but the front right of the car looks dented. Can't wait to see her done!

Omg. I'd have lost my sh*t if I was in the 458. It wasnt as bad as i was expecting.

a k20 would be awesome Jesse!

that's an awfully mean looking car!

I finished up the rear end and put it all together (minus the rear brakes, those will go on when I line up the drop in ride height). So now it's on to the exhaust and front end where hopefully the lower steering knuckle modification will provide me with the slight drop I was aiming for.

Thats quite a squat. Underside is looking good!

Black, if you're willing to part with a B and K series, i'd like to take you up on it if Jesse doesn't or if you have some you'd like to sell if he does.

Stunning man, absolutely stunning.

The Aoshima TE-37 kit is fantastic. I'm still going between sticking with stock and then using the 37's. Using stock wheels on this build will help me learn just how far I actually dropped the car. That's the biggest thing I'm trying to learn is the lowering of the car. If modifying those steering knuckles doesn't yield much of a drop, i'm a little lost on how to drop it. I guess I could cut both the springs and the upper part of the knuckle equally (that's the key word) but that also seems a bit tricky as it's possible I'll put some unwanted camber into the tires.

Thanks Jesse! i havent decided whether im going to use the kit rims or a set of my Aoshima TE-37's. Byron, than you! This wont be the last R33. I'm going to do this strictly OOTB but a future plan is to acquire an RB26, run a single turbo and detail the engine and heavily modify the kit using PE and various media

Same thing,the Eunos Roadster was sold in Japan and elsewhere. In the US it was badged as the Miata.

Incredible. Absolutely stunning. That is absolutely amazing work Jim. I can only hope to model like this one day.

really digging that interior! Looks fantastic!

bazinga!

I agree. I'm not looking to tuck the tires, but get rid of the massive gap. The trick will be getting both the front and rear ride heights the same. I've never lowered a model car before.

wow. what a project. good luck and looking fantastic so far!

made some progress this week. Here's what I've got: Taped off the fuel tank and wheel wells and then sprayed this mix of MM Insignia Blue/Chrome Silver I made. It dried much grayer than I thought. In a way though, I like it. I'll see how it looks on the body. Sprayed other bits of the suspension: Now to the fun part...modifying the ride height. The back will be simple as the brake rotors and tires are a separate bit, that mount up to the rear drive shaft with a simple notch to align them up, so modifying where they sit will be simple. Up front however, it's much more complicated. After looking around and a few mock ups, I decided to modify the steering knuckle where it mounts onto the tension strut (if that's what it is, i'm not incredibly familiar with cars as I am tanks.) SO here it is: You can also see how further up the knuckle that pin sits. It's much closer to the hole where the rim will mount. So as you can see, I cut the U shaped bit from the bottom of the knuckle and then sanded both parts clean and then reattached the U shaped part onto the knuckle. I placed the two pieces together for comparison. Hopefully, this drops the front to where I'd like it. I should be able to start putting the rear end together before work on Monday seeing how I'll be glued to the TV Sunday morning watching the Brazilian Grand Prix.

Looks great!

Do you have any plans on an engine swap?

Really looking forward to seeing how this one turns out.

Looking good!! the aforementioned lights and exhaust aside, try adding a wash to the underside of the car with burnt umber or dark sienna. Nice looking R-34!

I do as well. I ordered on 30 October and the entire order was here Monday. I'm STILL waiting on my order from Hobby Linc. Gotta give those guys 2-3 days just to process the order, let alone pull it from their stock and then ship it. Anyway, Hobby Easy seemingly has EVERYTHING! Them and Hobby Link Japan.

you good sir, are nothing short of a master. fantastic build! This is the level I hope and wish to attain one day.

Amazing all around man!