lanesteele240 Posted November 6, 2012 Author Posted November 6, 2012 (edited) i added some strip evergreen to the sides of the hood to close the gap from where i gouged out the hood. a little more work is needed on the bottom of the hood. my first attempt at adding hood hinges. way harder than expected. because of the way the hood opens i had to use tube so it could slide up to make the clearance needed to open. this is about as far as it will open on display. i will clean up the messy area as soon as the glue sets up. Edited November 6, 2012 by lanesteele240
lanesteele240 Posted November 6, 2012 Author Posted November 6, 2012 made some tein coilovers today out of sorder 1/8 styrene tube, some small lock washers, and some small springs i came across years ago. this is how they turned out. just kidding. i wish this is more like my work. i only spent 30 min on them. i will do better next time. great thing is i have less than 25 cent US. money
lanesteele240 Posted November 9, 2012 Author Posted November 9, 2012 this is the kit engene with a rb valve cover made a carbon drive shaft some resin turbo parts from model meister i may have to either use one big HKS turbo or two of the smaller turbos
Scuderia Posted November 9, 2012 Posted November 9, 2012 Great detail going on here very very nice, and very cool.Love the turbos too
Custom Mike Posted November 12, 2012 Posted November 12, 2012 Great work so far Gary, I'd go with the kit decals myself, that color scheme looks great on this car!
lanesteele240 Posted February 11, 2013 Author Posted February 11, 2013 Ok. After a long break this is back on the table. This is where she stands. I found these at "walmarks" They are called sew on snaps They were a buck or two and look like the tops of coil overs. They wont be seen much on this model but look as if they would go great on any car that they are visable. I was also given a old pontiac firebird that has an ls1 in it. The 1/25 engine drops in the 1/24 engine bay well. I just have to decide if i want to go that way or keep the rb26. The ls1 will be much easier. I have also decided to go with the ts44 brilliant blue. I still may do the Calsonic decals. The kit ones are just to much.
lanesteele240 Posted February 11, 2013 Author Posted February 11, 2013 Here are the decals. You can see why i dont want to use them And the two engines
crazyrichard Posted February 11, 2013 Posted February 11, 2013 awsome and when you said these are the coilovers i made i went like no way lol and then read the i wish lol looking great , if it where up to me i'd say dont do any decals and paint it like a perioud correct coolo color and make it a jdm-ish road racer version
lanesteele240 Posted February 12, 2013 Author Posted February 12, 2013 Got some paint down I just could not paint it one of the ugly colors datsun put iut in the 70's. here it is with a rb26 And with a ls1 Still have not nailed that choice down yet
Zarana-X Posted February 12, 2013 Posted February 12, 2013 Incredible work! Good choice keeping the engine Nissan. The amount of power to weight ratio with a turbocharged 6 cyl. is enough to make a V8 choke on your dust anyway.
jbwelda Posted February 14, 2013 Posted February 14, 2013 thats darn clever using those snaps for the top of the shock towers!
Custom Mike Posted February 16, 2013 Posted February 16, 2013 Great color choice Gary, I would have liked the box paint scheme, but this looks really good on it, especially when you add the decals in! Oh, and the Richmond show is not gonna happen for me, it's falling on my on-call weekend, so I can't make it...sucks!
LAone Posted February 16, 2013 Posted February 16, 2013 Good to see this one back. Looking forward to seeing more of it and well with the RB instead if the LS....
lanesteele240 Posted February 16, 2013 Author Posted February 16, 2013 Luis. The LS1 is back in it's box. Never to see the light of day again Mike. Hate that you cant go. Will you sell me one of your models so i have a chance of winning something At the show
Custom Mike Posted February 16, 2013 Posted February 16, 2013 (edited) Luis. The LS1 is back in it's box. Never to see the light of day again Mike. Hate that you cant go. Will you sell me one of your models so i have a chance of winning something At the show Gary, that '55 looks great, so what are you worried about, you'll do fine. Besides, I didn't do all that well in Fayetteville if you recall, so it all comes down to what the judges at that particular show like! Edited February 16, 2013 by Custom Mike
Custom Hearse Posted February 17, 2013 Posted February 17, 2013 Nice Gary. I've thought about doing a Datsun 240z with a V-8 myself, but man I have way too many ideas for builds rattling around in my empty skull as it is. You're doing an excellent job on this!
ll Brandon ll Posted February 17, 2013 Posted February 17, 2013 At first I hated the idea of the V8, but after seeing it, it looks pretty awesome in there. BUT I still vote RB26. The front fenders, are they installed backwards? It seems like the front of the fender should be the slimmer part, but its back to the door.
lanesteele240 Posted February 17, 2013 Author Posted February 17, 2013 At first I hated the idea of the V8, but after seeing it, it looks pretty awesome in there. BUT I still vote RB26. The front fenders, are they installed backwards? It seems like the front of the fender should be the slimmer part, but its back to the door. The front fenders would only go on one way. They have notches cut out to fit the bumper and tabs at the bottom that complete the front spoiler. But now that you mention it, it does look kinda strange. Any way, thanks to everybody for looking and the kind comments
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