Man in the Moon

To get a body to mounting stage takes some time.

And when you build two... It doesn't take any less time. It's still a very manual process.

These machines are still only 1/2 finished, but when they get to this stage you can see the results you are heading for. Kazama FXR wheels are a great match for the flames.

Red, black and glitter + a whole bunch of vinyl.

Reveal stage is always anticipated.

After a long time cutting, masking, painting, waiting, painting, masking, painting, waiting, de-masking, painting, etc etc

more to do. Red is ready to be passed to another battle member. White will be mine forever so I'm investing a bit of time into the details on this one. 

R31 House BattleShip.

R31... Ready for Battle.

Quite happy with how the R31 came out. All the stuff I added to the body was spare in my box, donated or purchased for other bodies.

Square Peg. Square hole. The bonnet vent also worked well as a mounting position.

Yokomo Er34 buckets up front are a good fit.

On track it's going to look huge. Maybe it needs twin screamer pipes to complete.

But for now. 

Edges are sharpened. Let's roll out for battle.

R31 in da house! $10 rebuild

Quick project almost complete.

As I recently sold the R32s and R33 and I'm waiting to build an A~Bo~Moon replacement. I picked up this well and truly thrashed and repaired  R31-house Skyline for $10 at the GCRC Swap Meet.

I already had some front and rear light buckets and spare Speed Way Pal fenders laying around, so i thought why not?.

You can see the head light paint pen effect that needed to be removed along with some original paint at the rear which now makes way for buckets

When I had the body on the chassis, I forgot I had 8mm hubs so I went for +10 fenders, but could have used 7mm. So now it's 220mm wide , much lower (ready to scrape) and looking very very tough.

Spice 13mm offset rims doing their best to fill them out.

Big crack up front is semi-repaired. but removing the carbon look sticker from the bonnet revealed 4 big holes, so I decided to make a vented bonnet and open up the front.  .

Fenders are glued and drying, so it should be back on track tomorrow. 

Small Update.....

Come follow my RWD R31 Missile at GCRC this Tuesday night. I'll be setting a line far from the wall as the back end is long and even longer with a custom exhaust.

Should be a good machine to set a comfortable line for followers of the now code named HMAS Skyline aka the Battleship!

Flat gun metal grey???   R31 in da house!

They call it murder.

Murdered Machines have that all black on black look. 

While the black chrome may not be super black. I'll take it as black.

Custom hand made front grille and light buckets nearing completion. Only needing the lenses to be fitted. along with it's new DRB-REW chassis.

 New Rear Diffuser and skirts are getting the Gemini to another level. Commodoore and 2000GT are ready for the Classic Car Show in a couple of weeks.

While the shell started life as an Opel Cadet, It's getting more and more Aussie Style Holden DNA.

Overdose Antenna holder makes a cool shift knob.

Boss S14 - Pre-Release

My work on the Boss in 90% complete and body is ready for action. Time for a pre-release checkpoint.

Although still to have the cage and lighting installed, the only other omission we are waiting on are some custom stickers. 

Overall the theme has taken the lightly modified BRE design and incorporated the GCRC colour theme.

Magnetic wing is optional should a big wing be needed.  Bumper is discarded.

The rear is simply too cool to cover with a bumper.

An RC-Art centre exit exhaust brings balance and a little weight to the rear.

Soon to debut. Look out for the Boss at GCRC Raceway.

BOSS S14 Update Details

Getting the details right always adds that little extra.

 Light buckets for the S14 were found in a buggy light kit.

finishing off these beasts is a chore. Small 

 Wheels and tyres are also a tough choice. offset 5 and 7 seem to be about all you can stuff into a Boss S14.

Rear is also nearing completion, Dash in, magnet rear wing and rear muffler have been added. 

Another day or so.

My R33 GTS-T WIP

This beast is really growing on me. Super tough but still clean.

RC-ART L-size hood scoop is not out of place. Yokomo Intercooler modified for return type. Air cleaner installed. 

Oil cooler fitted. Faux Tomei Powered for reliable 650hp. Light buckets still to be completed. Black edition P!PES muffler for the rear will match the Kunnyz wing and few other things.  Wheels currently +5 and +7 but will need to bring the rear in just slightly. The wheel wells on this body are quite small so to take advantage of low stance you'll either need a bit of tuck or a lot of camber.

Body lines will complete the picture with no plans for mad stickers. Figure installed. Don't be fooled. She can drive. 

Boss S14 Checkpoint

The HPI Nissan Rocket Bunny Boss S14 can't escape it's influences.

The BRE livery is white with red and blue. GCRC colours are red, white and black

A little accentuation to the hood lump that would obviously hide a V8 Swap.

So you end up with a Dodge R/T Camaro Silvia. 

Overall appearance is good. Very old school racey.  Can you make something new, something old?

So we are getting closer. Diffuser is done , just need to do the lights and details before fitment.

R-33 Low Style Project

 Busy building weekend.

New Pandora R33 GTS-T BN Sports Bodyshell is a big unit. Just a smooth machine for some cruising.

Just needed a little toughen up to lead the drift trains.

Still a long way to go, but the basics are done. RC-ART L-size Hood scoop in place.

once he details are on this will have some real presence

Already looking good. The only criticism on this one. the wheel wells are noticeably small. Lucky these days we are using narrow scrub knuckles.