martinfan5 Posted September 4, 2013 Posted September 4, 2013 Recent release from Aoshima, its the Rasty S13 Silvia, since I took the pics of the all the kit contents for someone, figured I might as well post them here, of course, this is a kerbside.
krazyglu Posted September 5, 2013 Posted September 5, 2013 Now I really want that kit, thanks Jonathan haha.
Austin T Posted September 5, 2013 Posted September 5, 2013 Looks sharp. I need to add that to my wish list.
Danny Lectro Posted September 5, 2013 Posted September 5, 2013 I want one of these so bad. I really like how the rims have separate lips to make painting easier.
jbwelda Posted September 6, 2013 Posted September 6, 2013 that's pretty sweet, got a couple questions though: open hood, but no engine? is there another issue of this car with engine detail that could be swapped under this body? do you think eventually there might be? and what is that plate kinda thing in the area the hood will fit into? is it just scrap plastic or is it some sort of body panel or maybe engine cover? kool wheels that's for sure and that box art is great. oh one more thing: looks like there are 2 steering wheels next to each other in that one photo...whats with that? but then there is a special steering wheel for this particular issue, on the last sprue? alright thanks for the pics and that's another one in the basket at hlj if they got em!
martinfan5 Posted September 6, 2013 Author Posted September 6, 2013 that's pretty sweet, got a couple questions though: open hood, but no engine? is there another issue of this car with engine detail that could be swapped under this body? do you think eventually there might be? and what is that plate kinda thing in the area the hood will fit into? is it just scrap plastic or is it some sort of body panel or maybe engine cover? That is just there as part of the molding process, it needs to removed and is just scrap plastic , now I believe that the tooling for this kit is the same from previous S13 kits, and yes, there is one S13 that does include top side engine detail, so you could kit bash with this kit , I am going to say no that it will be issued with engine detail. http://www.hlj.com/product/AOS04683/Aut kool wheels that's for sure and that box art is great. oh one more thing: looks like there are 2 steering wheels next to each other in that one photo...whats with that? but then there is a special steering wheel for this particular issue, on the last sprue? The two steering wheels would be that this tooling is used with other S13 kits, I guess, see my first answer , the steering wheel that is on the parts tree in the last pic is the one that will be used with this kit alright thanks for the pics and that's another one in the basket at hlj if they got em! Even if it listed as out of stock, or backorder, you can still order it
Tonioseven Posted September 14, 2013 Posted September 14, 2013 (edited) There is no engine The hood opens though. I have an Aoshima RB26 "top-half" engine going into mine. Edited September 14, 2013 by Tonioseven
martinfan5 Posted September 14, 2013 Author Posted September 14, 2013 (edited) There is no engine The hood opens though. I have an Aoshima RB26 "top-half" engine going into mine. Its the same body tooling I believe as the version that has an engine, so that is why this kit with/out engine has the opening hood Edited September 14, 2013 by martinfan5
Deathgoblin Posted September 14, 2013 Posted September 14, 2013 Aoshima's kind of a tease about having separate hoods, but no engine. Had an RX-7 that was that way. Kinda disappointing.
jbwelda Posted September 19, 2013 Posted September 19, 2013 just got my notification that HLJ has these in stock and I have one in my personal warehouse (great idea by the way). I also found that I have the other version with the engine detail so I might do something kool with this one, I like the look of the box art.
Bastardo Posted September 19, 2013 Posted September 19, 2013 I guess the separated hood is there for easier detailing - like painting it flat black or dressing it up in carbon fiber decals. Or rusting it out, in my case... I'm a rat-rod fan, but Silvias have always been some of the sexiest Japanese cars in my eyes. I like this kit and might even be buying it one day...
jbwelda Posted September 19, 2013 Posted September 19, 2013 despite the title of this thread, its not a "rat rod" sort of treatment...the real name is rasty not ratsy...that had me going for a minute there.
123yokomo Posted September 30, 2013 Posted September 30, 2013 looks great so far been wanting to build this one for a long time
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