Lower Than Shakotan Part 2: S30Z-G Nose

Ok in the first "lower than shakotan" we brought you Raees' Hakosuka. Well he is back with this sick olive drab S30Z-G Nose that is packed with plenty of muscle to burn some serious rubber. This Hasegawa kit comes as a curbside kit, meaning that it comes with out an engine. That also means that there is no engine detail under that hood. That did not stop Raees from stuffing a mean looking RB26 with a snail the size to suck in baby birds or a kitten. There is plenty of goodies stuffed in there, like a Cusco style oil catch can, braided lines and a monster sized intercooler peeking out of the bumperless front end. The plow like chin spoiler is so low that I doubt it will be cruising around a mall parking lot. Along with the plow spoiler it has fender flares for stuffing those deep SSR Formula mesh wheels with Hippari style tires under the wheel arches. Not one for leaving them shiny, he decided to do them in black. I just gives it a menacing "I'm gonna get you sucka" look. On the inside you will find a clean and subtle environment, well other than a pair of Ferrari seats to hold you in while you blast along the wangan. Slammed with a clean stance and a bit of Oni-kyan in the rear, you can't help but to stare.


Some words from Raess.

"Another model finished. This time it's a Datsun 240ZG. A very cool kit by Hasegawa. It's a very different build from me since I love my shiny cars, but in matt green it does look good."

Specs on the 240ZG
Kit: Hasegawa Datsun 240ZG
Paint: Tamiya as 14 olive green and matt black bonnet. Decals and metal number plates
Interior: Tan and black, Ferrari 599 seats, flocking, carbon bits on dash and a spare wheel.
Body: Custom front lip, bonnet cut open, rear spoiler and fender flares.
Chassis: Engine bay scratchbuilt, RB26 fitted, custom mounts, boost pipes, resin intercooler, resin turbo, custom branches, exhaust, custom brake booster, wiring for resin battery, braided lines, custom oil catch can, working hinges and suspension cut and remade.
Wheels: Aoshima SSR Formula Mesh.

 



Builder Spotlight: Raees Amien

After some thinking and wondering, I have came to the conclusion that I have not done a "Spotlight" on Raees. Sure I have featured many of his wonderful builds and have even done a small intro about him, but I have yet to do an actual "Spotlight", well here it is.

Raees hails all the way from Cape Town, South Africa, that is almost 10,000 miles away from Cali, where I live. He has been at the mercy of styrene since the tender age of 8 and has built some great looking models since. He also likes taking long walks by the beach and listening to jazz....ummm nah not really, but he sure loves to put in time on all his builds. Some taking a couple of weeks, with long hours to others that have been on stand by for years. We all have that one or several builds that take more time than usual. So what if OCD kicks in, we'll get back to it. Eventually...

The SPC forum, some emails and the occasional Facebook comments are the ways we communicate to share one of the passions that we have in common and that is model car building. His style of building is one that catches my attention in many ways. From digi-carbon fiber camo pattern on the Amuse R35 Skyline or nicely detailed SR20 under the hood of his silver beauty 510 to the slammed trio of VW golfs, the details are eye catching. The attention to detail in each of his builds are amazing. Plenty of time goes into them to get them that way and the patience he has is something that many need to have in order to build any type of model. It's the key to the door of the this hobby, well time and money is another key factor that come into play, but thats another story..haha.

He has been building models not only for himself, but for others as well. I have featured the finished ones on here and he has more to come in near future. Just recently he finished a VW beetle that was featured on the cover of Speed and Sound Magazine out of South Africa. Not only did he build a scale replica of that beetle on there, but there is an article about Raees himself and his builds in that issue. His builds have caught plenty of attention from many and I can see him getting more in the future. The man has skills for what he does. I have seen plenty come into the hobby only to leave it behind, I can say that Raees is here to stay. now if we can only get ourselfs to finish those unfinished WIP's...

Heres some quick info:
Full Name: Raees Amien
Age: 23
Time Building: Been modeling for 14 years
What Got Him Here?: I started with small aeroplanes
Firts Time?: First modification was cutting a Ferrari testorossa and a plane to make a dragster.
Goals: Now I mainly focus on cars 1/24 scale and 1/12
Favourite build/s: Datsun SSS and KPGC10/Hakosuka

Here are just a few of his builds.

Not only does he have skills in building models, but he also has skills in taking some great looking photos.



All pics were taken by Raees Amien.

Well I hope you have enjoyed this, thanks for stopping by.
Happy Motoring.

AE86 COUPE LOVE

Here are some pics of clean and bad ass AE86 coupes that I found while browsing around and on Club4ag as well.
Enjoy and thanks for looking.

And heres one of my AE coupe

My coupe is currently not running. can't figure out what it is, I miss driving my coupe.

Lower Than Shakotan?? "Godzilla Is Here"

Holy shit this thing is low! The shakotan style is low, but I think this is an all new "low" for Raees. he built this Hakosuka so low that the exhaust is pretty much non-exsistent(see those little things peeking out of the side), it's grungy, dirty, and damn right sexy.

The body has been weathered, it adornes torn decals as a sign of age, classic front mounted oil cooler and race configuration spoiler, flares and head light covers gives it a vintage race track menace appeal. the interior shares the same grunge as the outside, sporting only one seat for the driver, vintage 3 point roll cage, race style gutting, kevlar dash pad and some wethering on the sheet metal. sorry ladies, this is a single mans car..haha it's rolling stock are a set of SSR MKII's with blue faces to match the decals on the hood, they wraped in some hippari style tires(stretched) to clear the race fender flares. it has all the markings of a highway reflector killer and well speed bumps are not an option with this one.

Enjoy.

"So i decided to take a bit of a break from all the commision builds to finish my skyline. this is probably may favourite build. it was really fun trying new techniques. the results i am very happy bwith

"Godzilla's" Specs:

Fujimi takahashi kpgc10 racer

Aoshima SSR MK2 wheels

Aoshima nostalgic seat

Kevlar dash with 'stolen gauge'

Custom weatherd bonnet

Custom damaged exhaust

Colour is a mixture of tamiya silver, chrome powder, weathering set and acrylic paints"

Here chillin with the homies and the sexy silver 510..

All pics are taken by Raees Amien.

Thanks for stopping by.

Commissind Build, Well half built...By Raess.

Raees has taken in some interesting projects. he has had some people ask hime to build models for them. some box stock with a couple of mods and maybe one of their real car. this Revell 510 was only half built by Raees. the other half to be completed by the customer, which to be honest with you can make or break this already fantastic looking build.

He has painted and built the interior, chassis and engine. he also added some details like spark plug wires, some weathering on the chassis and the small details in the interior. the wheels are aoshima SSR MKIII's on some super low profile tires with a stance that looks quit menacing.

Well, I can only hope the customer lays down a nice paint job. if possible, I might be able to have an update on that once it happens.

Thanks for looking.