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I’m throwing up a quick shot of the progress. The walls on one side are, for the most part, complete. (Can you see in the picture that the walls are raised?)

The hills don’t look too impressive in this shot either, but I only had the room for one picture, so that’s it for now. You may also see the two trees are without leaves at this point (there will be 14 total trees when I’m done

If you look REAL close, you can see the first posted picture of my Lancer project. Detailed pictures will be appearing soon in the R.C. Mod Contest, but try to look at the differance in position of the Lancer vs the Impreza.

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My origional track was on a hard wood type deal, almost like particle board but better. On this track it’s a plaster surface. It’s pretty textured, but I’m going for a WRC style course anyway, so I didn’t want it too smooth, but I did do some sanding. And finally I throw a few coats of Spray Paint. This doesn’t change the way the cars handle on the course and it’s important for the overall look.

One of the coolest things I noticed with my old track was how Dust affected the cars… after letting the track sit, it built up a layer of dust. They cars would do a few laps and then require a pit stop because dust buildup caused slippage. I thought it was a cool simulation of tire wear! 😀

If you are planning on building a track with hills, be sure to test the cars to ensure they can climb them… this was a major setback early on in my production, and caused HUGE changes in the design.

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I decided to wait on the pictures, because I’ve made HUGE steps towards getting the track completed. It’s painted for the most part, and has half of the barriers up. I’m thinking at MOST, it’ll be done towards the end of the month. It should be totally drivable next week though. The rest will just be detail.

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I was talking to a friend earlier that was told me about the GT-R seperating from the Skyline name. Said it’s supposed to be even more out there than the last one. Like a $100,000 Ferrari killer.

Barto, the Morgon Aero 8 is an old looking car. Morgan actually still used petrified wooden frames for their vehicles. I guess they’re supposed to be hardcore strong and light.

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I know you can use the tires, but they aren’t all that special.

The Gears don’t line up, I think the motors are a little larger, I don’t remember too much.

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Seriously! …and how could they use the Fairlady platform?

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Holy Hell!!! Oldtamiyaphile, I just checked the Japanese Nissan site, and verified what you said about the Infiniti being the U.S. Skyline (http://skyline2.nissan.co.jp/index3.html)

What were they thinking?!? They completely killed the look of the origional!!!

You just ruined my day :angry:

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The Infiniti is a platform of the Fairlady Z (350Z) the 35 isn’t for R35, it’s for 3.5 as in the 3.5 liter motor. Set the coupe next to the Fairlady and you can barely tell the two apart.

I do understand what you’re saying, oldtamiyaphile, but you can’t necessarily say that they’re pre y2k cars either, because they haven’t been replaced. Like with the NSX, I know, and you know that externally it only got a face lift. Looks very much like all NSXs in existance, but in the same note, you cannot claim that it’s a 1993.

I’m not saying you’re wrong in your thinking, but when Tomy was out choosing it’s vehicles, the
R34 WAS the newest Skyline on the street. Not like when they decided to release the older Skylines.

I’d much rather see the Morgon Aero 8 anyway! :smiley2:

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LOL… I know they started back in the day, but they are still current cars… Like the C5 Vette… Started in 97, but still being produced. I didn’t think the R35 was out yet, thought it was still a prototype.

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Pre-2K cars we have (and they’re still coming):

Dome-0, KPGC110, R32, R34, Accord, bB, F-40, 512BB, Countach, Jota, Diablo, RX-7, Celica, Gloria, NSX, Supra… and probably more I can’t think of now.

The R34, Celica, bB, and NSX are current models

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I brush on Acrylic paints, because it gives me a lot more freedom while painting, and then put a layer or two of Clear coat over it. It gives a surprisingly smooth look if you keep your brush strokes even and in the same direction.

Enamel sprays kept bubbling on my bodies.

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Damn… that sounds bad ass!!!… Let’s just hope it’s not a lot of hype.

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I think you’re SurfmyStrat:smiley2:, sometimes the obvious answer is the way to go!

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I got the S2000 on my lunch break at work… It’s going to take a lot of work for me to get it the way I want, so I’m not going to make it in this contest, but at least now I have almost every Tomy Bit available.

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I was also thinking the Miata (Enos) would be pretty cool. Then you could throw down some fights between the Enos and the S2k! RAGTOP WARS!!!

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I’m actually planning on buying the S2K bodies tonight if the hobby shop has them, but I still think the windshield should have been raised up.

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Shypo… we’ve got the pre 2K Skylines :smiley2:

I’d love to see a last generation MR2 too… They were sharp!

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M_Coupe may work in a Ford dealership, but he has his generations all wrong. The 93 Cobra was the last year of the 87-93 body style. It’s the 94 that went all wussy with their probe style mustang.

Your right bro, sorry about that. I’d really like to see the 05′ though. That’s looking sharp in the mags.

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I know DarkTari… I was just joking around. The reason I’m not planning on entering, is that the only Skyline I have that isn’t painted from Tomy is My old Skyline with the Clear hood that just about EVERYONE has seen (and if I get my current Skyline project done, I’d like to enter that instead). It’s been on BitChar-G.co.uk forever, and is actually posted on the official site in Japan. My Current Skyline project will go into the contest if it’s completed, but between work, my girlfriend, and the track construction that I want to get VERY serious about, I’m not sure if it will be done in time.

I don’t have any S2000s I think it’s Tomy’s worst car. The made the windshield so sleek and the real S2k has it at like 45 degrees. Most people don’t care, but it’s always bugged me, so I never bought one. As far as the Gloria, I love the car, I’d like to get my hands on a few shells, but they don’t sell them in the U.S. I’ve seen them on e-bay, but they seem to sell for more than I want to spend.

The main reason I’m not entering is that I don’t have a good car to enter.

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I agree… I don’t like that they’re going so far out into the exotics… they don’t really have the shape and they end up looking Forced.

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I work at a Ford Dealer, so I had to bring up the Focus Rally car :smiley2:, plus, the track I’m working on has some rally inspiration.

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If you throw it on one of the hotwheels chassis, your car will be ungodly fast anyway. No control over steering, but they are QUICK!!!

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I don’t really want to see any of those. The Grand National was fast, but really didn’t look that great, I hated the last generation Mustang (before they threw some angles back in it), and I’m not too into the other two cars either.

I’d love to see a WRC edition
We’ve already got the Impreza and the Lancer, but maybe bring in the Focus, Xzara, 206, and whatever.

And of course I’d LOVE to see my car (the BMW M Coupe), but I’d settle for the M3 E36 or E46.

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It is all “plaster white” at the moment, so I’m not exactly sure how the pics will come out.

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