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Toyota Altis E120 Drift Conversion
by the wind on Jul.20, 2010, under Project1
Toyota Corolla E120 more widely known as Altis in South East Asia region is the best selling car of its time (2000-2005)
and continue to be the top contender of all times. This scale model is a fusion of popularity and off the edge imagination in RC drifting. There has been many conversion both in Japan, US, of non FR configuration for drifting. Such conversion famous to be successful namely are Team Orange’s old GDB, EVOs while on US soil, the TC Scion, etc.
With ASEAN flavours, this Altis Drift Conversion come to reality as pioneering catalyst for more conversion both in appearance and ideas represented by RC drifting. Traditional boundary of natural FR commonly embraced by the region perhaps could be richer with more conversions around. It may be far fetched or it may be not, as we see less and less FR car gets produced.
The Toyota Corolla is a line of subcompact/compact cars manufactured by the Japanese automaker Toyota, which has become very popular throughout the world since the nameplate was first introduced in 1966. In 1997, the Corolla became the best selling nameplate in the world, with over 35 million sold as of 2007.[2] Over the past 40 years, one Corolla car has been sold on average every 40 seconds.[3] The series has undergone several major redesigns.
The name Corolla is part of Toyota’s naming tradition of using the name Crown for primary models: the Corona, for example, gets its name from the Latin for crown; Corolla is Latin for small crown; and Camry is an Anglicized pronunciation of the Japanese for crown, kanmuri.
Corollas are manufactured in Japan and in Brazil (Indaiatuba, São Paulo), Canada (Cambridge, Ontario), China (Tianjin), India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan, Philippines, South Africa, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, the United Kingdom (Derbyshire) and Venezuela. Production has previously been made in Australia (Victoria). Production in the United States (Fremont, California) ended in March 2010.[4]
The Corolla’s chassis designation code is “E”, as described in Toyota’s chassis and engine codes.
In November 2000 the ninth generation Corolla was introduced in Japan, with edgier styling and more technology to bring the nameplate into the 21st century. It is also called the Corolla Altis in the ASEAN region. The station wagon model is called the (Japanese: Corolla Fielder) in Japan.
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Suzuki SX-4 Fanta (part 2)
by the wind on Apr.06, 2010, under Howto, Project1
front
side
rear
fun shot
Suzuki SX-4 New 2010 Fanta Orange Team
by the wind on Jan.09, 2010, under Howto, Project1, Techniques
things you love to do ..
and a little walkthru tutorials on the project.
Tamiya released this bodyshell as WRC SX-4 version complete with light buckets, rear spoiler and stuff but we figured why go boxart while we could try something fresh for the 2010, something fun as well.
Important note before we start, SX-4 is a semi short wheelbase (251mm).
Boxart Look
It doesn’t really relate to RC drift or drifting, but this cute and wide Tamiya Suzuki SX-4 bodyshell has all the ingredients for seriously fun setup like Fanta Orange soda drink scheme. With a little imagination, some tricks, addons and accessories we try to grab sweetness of the hobby on this build.
Started off with masking areas with lighter or different color than the predominant orange, we figured the layout as it goes.
Tips:
Unless you’re gunning for freeflow paint scheme, it would be better if you have well thought pre-emptive plan prior to laying down the masking. You could use sketches etc.
A little bit of art sense would help a lot in getting the whole bodyshell decorated without going overboard or showing too little. You could always do fine tuning in the end if you have some decals in mind.
so off we go to the spray paint lab.
Now what we want is candy orange as close as possible to the original color on the can.
Here’s the howto layer by layer as easy as abc:
- Anodize Silver 2x
- Translucent Red 1x
- Translucent Orange 2x
- Camel Yellow 3x
- White 3x
Do the same procedures but with different colors for other areas with masking removed.
- Word ‘Fanta’ use Anodize Silver overflow with Translucent Blue backed with silver
- Leaf use Anodize Silver with Translucent Green, also backed with silver
- Droplets use Anodize Silver with Translucent Orange backed with silver
Final seal we use Acrylic White and Black.
Reviews:
You may exercise other options or ways you think would yield better result, what we did was based on what bodyshell and paints we have at that moment.
Finished form coming up!
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Nissan S15 Drift Culture Batik
by the wind on Oct.02, 2009, under Project1
Today, most Indonesian are wearing Batik -a traditional hand painted fabric- rooted hundreds of years back in Indonesian history. We spot this fine Nissan S15 bodyshell off Indo RC Forum, a new site dedicated for RC drifting in Indonesian language.
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source:IndoRC
Silvia v2 Final
by the wind on Aug.05, 2009, under Project1
added new drift competition liveries to the stock Nissan S15, experimented new CF method with more realism to scale. The original stock shell was painted fluorescent yellow a few years back when the first TA05 was released.
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Silvia v2
by the wind on Jul.14, 2009, under Project1
Here’s a bodyshell that has been in keep since late 2006, can’t or didn’t use because of bodypost holes no longer matched its modified TA05 chassis.
Don’t ask me why I am reluctant to make new holes…
With the v2 finished built, the opportunity to use this Nissan S15 just pop to the surface. Of course, ideally it should be refreshingly more pleasing to the eyes. Gunning for a new look, will be done by adding livery.
the candidate: Tamiya Nissan S15
update coming soon.
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Mitsubishi EVO VII.5ex (E-llusion Xperiment)
by the wind on May.29, 2009, under Project1
“EVO VII.5 that never gets into production”
Thought I try something that I never done before after learning Mike V’s project at Driftercentral.com. I have an already painted EVO VII from a friend, had to strip the paint for the light section and do some mods to make it 7.5. Nothing fancy, just dropped the bumper about 6mm, add side skirt, wide fenders to ~210mm and other details. Paint used: Tamiya PS series: Black, Flat Clear, Translucent Red, Smoke. Built details can be found at RC Drift Forum
Enjoy! ^_^
main images:
“.. just some insights from me, perhaps this project is an unfamiliar view compare to the Evo 7 or 8 that we’ve seen in reality.
Some purist may even think it’s absurd but I’ve decided to do it anyway. I had it pictured in my mind and I just do it.
Many real car prototypes started with clay models, design board, CAD software etc. I only have a pre-painted Evo7 shell to work with..
well what do we expect? we’re just hobbyist .. lol So on I went with styrene, glue and putty.
My Evo7.5 is a wishful thinking no doubt, only existed in my mind but I’m glad I actually translate it into scaled down reality..”
bonus images:
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Dirt Kick- Toyota Altis E120 Drift Conversion July 20, 2010
- ABC Hobby – Honda Integra type R June 29, 2010
- Tamiya #84132 TA05 VDF (High End Drift Chassis) May 13, 2010
- Tamiya TA-06 ? April 8, 2010
- Suzuki SX-4 Fanta (part 2) April 6, 2010
- Spektrum DX3-E April 1, 2010
- ABC Hobby Toyota Celica LB2000 GT & 1600 GT March 16, 2010
- ABC Hobby #66122 Nissan Fairlady Z March 13, 2010
- Ko Propo EX-5UR #82011 March 13, 2010
- Tamiya #58461 Mitsubishi Evo 5 March 11, 2010
