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Roadster Kits/Tires

Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2017 3:09 pm
by mraitch
cool site for Racing SR311 and some really kool 1/24 wheels, including panasports

http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10444751

Re: Roadster Kits/Tires

Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2017 3:43 pm
by Alvin
Good stuff! I have a few of both:
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and some other wheels and roadster kits too. HlJ.com is also good. Hurry before they are all gone!
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Re: Roadster Kits/Tires

Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2017 4:18 pm
by goldbug
I'm actually currently in the process of (slowly) assembling the old Nitto kit w/ some Fujimi wheels. :D

Re: Roadster Kits/Tires

Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2017 5:49 pm
by mraitch
Alvin, looks you are WELL ahead - plan on retiring soon to make all these??

Re: Roadster Kits/Tires

Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2017 7:31 pm
by Alvin
mraitch wrote:Alvin, looks you are WELL ahead - plan on retiring soon to make all these??
I had big ambitions....to replicate all my favorite 1:1 roadsters. This is just a fraction. Donated 8 of the Fujimi kits to the Solvang raffle over the years.

Re: Roadster Kits/Tires

Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2017 12:20 pm
by Mainer311
The aoshima wheel kits are usually pretty good. I have the Fujimi roadster kit, but it's the non-racing version. Modeling is fun...you can get practically anything made out of resin or 3D printed.

In the background, the "spook" front lip was designed and printed by me. The SR20 turbo is a resin kit. The funny part is, to get the SR20 to fit, the front crossmember needs to be notched out, just like in real life! :)

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Re: Roadster Kits/Tires

Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2017 1:28 am
by Alvin
Mainer311 wrote:The SR20 turbo is a resin kit.
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Are you sure it's a resin kit? It looks EXACTLY like the engine supplied in the Aoshima S13 Silvia mode kit. These are pics I snapped in 2006, as I was mocking up the replica of Jason Brainard's '68 SRL:
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I have a few of the SIlvia kits just for the SR20DET engine! Are you telling me they sell the engine alone?

Re: Roadster Kits/Tires

Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2017 5:19 am
by Mainer311
Yes, I bought the engine by itself. It came from Asia somewhere. The funny part was that the intercooler was the exact same one as the R34 Z-tune kit from Tamiya. Someone is making molds from kit parts and casting them.