Devilsnake98

That looks sick man, keep on it. Hope my te27 comes out close to that mean looking.

Thanks for the strip # Stan, I'll look into that for the fenders. B&W- I seen the ae86 corolla build by flo9mr and that's honestly what got me wanting to do this build, obviously with another body style though. I did some of my chassis very much like his and got the engine idea from this as well. I haven't been to a show in years, I've thought about finding some local shows and checking them out, just haven't done it. Just looked up the OHMS show and I might have to do that one. Thanks

That looks great stan, how did you make the "lip" on the tops of the new fender openings? I'm thinking maybe small styrene rod and blending it in. B&W- the 2jz is from the amt fast and furious supra, I'm using just the block, head and valve cover, the rest will be scratch built.

Are you going to use gt500 running gear in this one?

Sounds good Stan, it took me a while to get them off. I wanted to save them for another build, so I used the good ol' #11 blade and cut them out just like cutting out trunks and doors.

You can never go wrong with a big motor in a small car. This setup with the BBC and a single 4bbl reminded me of the ultra rare Baldwin Motion Super Vega, these were offered with a LT-1 350 and a 454.

That's so cool, my dad had a copper colored 72 rally nova with black stripes.

Sweet please do. I'd love to see some pics for reference along side an 1/25 v8 engine.

Love the color choice, if it were my build, I'd do the black belt moldings, that's just me. Either way I'm sure you'll knock it outta the park. Ps, you're not painting in the garage while that gt500 is in there are you? Lol just had to ask.

Thanks T that means a lot coming from you, and I learned from the best lol. Stan, any updates on you're corolla? We gotta race these things when they're done.

And finally some mock up pics.

Got some progress done over the last few days. Got the entire rear suspension, rear end, and wheelie bar setup done. Scratchbuilt all but the resin rear end housing from SMBC, the 4 link brackets on the axle, and the wheelie bar wheels. Made the link bars out of .050 styrene rod, cut the stock springs off and made coil overs out of .080 rod for the shock body, and .030 for the shaft. Made the springs out of black detail wire wrapped tightly around a piece of .080 styrene rod. Made the entire wheelie bar setup out of .060 styrene rod, and PE chassis tabs from Scott (futurattration), and wow I got these and other PE parts from him and they are great to say the least. Will be using more of his PE on this build and others to come. And finally notched the rear valence on the body for room for the wheelie bars. Thanks for looking.

And some more... And the wheels I'll be using

Have another new project here that I've been working on quite a bit. Started as the Fujimi kit. Thought it would be insane to see this little car with a big single turbo 2JZ 6 cyl. out of a supra, liberty trans, narrowed braced 9" rear end, full tube chassis and tubbed like crazy. So that's the direction of this build. Used the 2JZ out of the AMT F&F Supra as a base, a resin liberty trans, and a resin rear end assembly. Started the chassis as a resin mustang pro street chassis, cut the rear tubs and frame section off, then layed out a tube chassis from there, made from .080 and .060 styrene rod. Have the chassis about 85-90% complete now, have the firewall sheet metal done, mocked in the engine and trans, made a dry sump oil pump and modded the oil pan for this, cut the center out of the dash and made a new flat panel to convert to left hand drive, started putting on dzus tabs for mounting the dash and panels on the trans tunnel. I'm using some tiny front drag tires I got at the hobby shop, old AMT Goodyear slicks, some 5 spoke Weld style wheels. Also cut off the fender flares on the body and have new flat pieces installed, have the trunk cut open, made a front valance/ splitter, all needs a lot of body work but I have an idea. Anyway, here is some pics, there is quite of few.

Been a few weeks, made a small bit of progress worth showing. To be honest I've been preoccupied with another project I started a while ago. Anyway, I scratchbuilt from different sizes of styrene rod, Art Morrison style ladder bars, with pinion angle adjusters, and all the rod ends, also the mount plates for the frame and on the rear axle. I still have to make a rear brace for the axle housing, the coilovers, and a panhard bar, but the rear end is set where it will be.

Not sure what the color is called, but really, another gold camaro? Haha just kidding, it'll look awesome no matter what color you paint it, keep it up man.

Looks sweet, the turbo setup fills the engine bay nicely, only thing that bugs me is the 4 lug conversion haha. Good job though.

That camaro is looking so awesome as usual with you're builds. Ill agree with Fred, the hugger orange and white scheme would look killer.

Again, that's so dang cool. Has a great stance and looks mean with the huge tires in the rear. Nice dissection of the frame and fab work on the rear frame section. Keep it up!

What do you use as rod end mount bolts? Say all the front a arm and rear link "bolts" to attach the arm to the chassis tab, are they just small metal pins?

http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=85091&view=&hl=&fromsearch=1

I have a set of those same wheels on an 08 cobra jet mustang I did a while back, they look similar to billet specialties wheels or the like. Nice job on the bee though, that engine bay is wicked.

Man that is cool. Mainly because I'm doing one very similar to it, got rid of the fender flares, tube chassis, and a supra 2jz. I'll post pics tonight to compare haha, good work though.

Looks absolutely killer man. This build has been the biggest inspiration for my 83 gt build lately. Though I'm not trying to copy what you've done, using you're build as more of a tutorial on how things should look. Keep up the awesome work.

Thanks for the kind words, the drag radials came from Morgan automotive detail (mad modeling).