PIT STOP: S20 Datsun 510 By, Del AKA 508Boricua

Heres a 510 that was built by MS forum member 508Boricua, Del. It's based of the Hasegawa SSS 4 door version. The kit doesn't come with an engine or engine bay details at all. It didn't stop Del from slapping in a S20 from a Hakosuka. A tight squeeze, but with some elbow grease and some scratchbuilding skills, it looks right at home. The paint job give it a bit of a new school look while the cross bar style wheels take it back to the old school ways.

HERES MY FINISHED DATSUN 510 SSS BLUEBIRD.
I MOTORIZED IT WITH A INLINE S20 FROM A KPGC10 SKYLINE.
AS YOU CAN SEE IT WAS A TIGHT FIT. I SCRATCHED BUILT
PARTS LIKE THE CLUTCH PUMP, MSD, WINK MIRROR AND
ENGINE BAY. WHEELS I BOUGHT AT A LOCAL MODEL SHOW
FOR A BUCK. THIS WAS A FUN BUILD. HOPE YOU GUYS LIKE IT.

Ya gotta love a clean 510.

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Flushed Civic EA

With the reissue of Tamiya's Honda Civic EA, there has been several great looking builds. This is one of them. SPC forum member Win'th from Thailand has tackled this kit and added some extra flare. He cut open the hood and added a B16 with a snail big enough to swallow a baby bird. He kept the engine bay as clean and simple as possible as it is done on real project cars. Scratchbuilt intake manifold and charge pipes are just a few details that have been added. A rusty hood covers up the beastly little engine while the rest of the body is done up in white and a baby blue front lip spoiler to catch the attention of the front mount intercooler. It's rocking the ever loving BBS RS wheels with some low pro tires and some negative camber to tuck them into the wheel wells. For the interior you can notice that it has some bucket seats and a hatch bar, but thats all you get to see for the interior. Under in the rear suspension you get a peek at some aftermarket control arms and the subtle camber affect.

"model Tamiya civic ea
custom [resin] engine b16a turbo
colour type R
wheel [resin] bbs
craft square [resin]
Flush style
enjoy..."

All pics were taken by win'th


So there you have it, thanks for stopping by.

The End: OS GIKEN 510

So, what do you get when you toss in an idea and sit on it?? 2 years of hard work, thats what. yup, today marks the 2 year anniversary of when i re-started this little sucker. When I first bought this kit, i didn't think it would take me this long to finish it. I bought it when it was released under the "tuner series" from Revell in 2002. at the time i had tried to fit some fujimi 15" watanabe's, i hacked away at the wheel arches to make them fit. oh man did that look stupid. so i put it away in a box. there it stayed with out an idea that it would end up like this.

I can honestly thank Jimmy aka Fujimmy. if it was not for him on making and casting the resin OS Giken TC-16 engine, this would probably still be in a box. i had thought about leaving the box stock engine, but that didn't really fuel the fire. i rebuilt the front and rear wheels wells on the chassis, modified the strut set up and went from there. this one has the most scratchbuilt parts i have ever done and several other "first timers". like the body weathering or using alclad paints. all i can really say is that im happy to have finished this even though the building part is the part i enjoyed the most.

Specs: OS 510
Kit: Revell Tuner Series
Engine: Fujimmy Casted TC-16
Wheels: Aoshima Techno Phantoms
Suspension: super low shakotan style
Scratchbuilt parts: Header, exhaust, strut arms, roll cage add ons, wheel wells, rear sway bar, water resovoier, oil filter relocation, seat belts/harness, wink mirror, induction tube, MSD 6al box, MSD ignition coil, fuel line and pump
Kit bashed parts: head lights are fog lights, outside mirrors are from an impala kit, rear under wing is from an R32 kit, ae86 roll cage main hoop, nascar gauge board, R32 front and rear brakes, ae86 modified radiator,  oil cooler from aoshima kai parts.

This is was 10 years in the making.

Thanks for stopping by, stay tuned for more builds from me coming up soon.

The End Is Near: O.S. 510

Yes I mean it this time. As I told Raees, this is the week for the end of this long journey. I have made a new harness for the drivers side and a lap belt for the passenger. I used some thin bandage tape for the belt material and the buckles are P.E. parts from Detail Master. It's suppose to be a 5 point cam type set, but the belt material supplied seemed to be pretty old. It looks like masking tape, but on backing paper. When I tried to take the tape off it ripped or was stuck really good to the backing paper, utterly useless. Anyway, it didn't look anywhere near to what a harness or even a lap belt would look like in a real car. I used a black sharpie to "dye" the tape. It actually took me a couple of hours to make these, but it's well worth it in the end. There are a few details that I have left and then I can finally call this one done.

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OS GIKEN 510 Progress...

Well it's getting closer to being done. just some minor details are needed to get there. I need some oil cooler lines, make some seat belts, steering wheel, some wires and add an extra detail that revell forgot to add. more on that later on.

Here are a few pics of what I have managed to do. first up I made a headliner using bandage tape. then I brushed some citadel "mud" wash for the brown color. the MSD box is on the dash as well. second thing I did was put an underhood liner. I know, the 510's didn't come with them. but hey, its better than seeing those pesky injector marks. the last thing I added was BMF for the window trims. both front and back.

Once I make the seat belts, I'll be able to "marry" the body to the chassis and start on the final details on the outside of the body.

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Builder Spot Light: Robin and his SSS 510

Last month I posted a teaser pic of a 510 chillin in the corner of a shop diorama. I also mentioned that Raees Amien was going to take some pics of this Datsun. Well here it is and I gotta say, it looks tastey. for anyone that loves old school J-tin this one does not disappoint. lowered stance, chocolate covered paint job with some old school body tuning can give you a cavity. Robin has done a fantastic job on this build, heres a bit of detail about both Robin and his 510

"I started building kits approximately 9 years ago, it all started with a civic ferio (hasegawa) that my brother bought for me for my birthday (i still have this kit), this also fueled my liking for japanese cars and due to this kit i bought me an actual civic ferio lol.

What inspires me is the japanese car culture and not the hellaflush and american scene but purely what rolls on the streets of japan (gonna go live there one day lol)

As for the kit its a hasegawa bluebird sss...

- sprayed it the datsun brown (dont remember the code)
- ssr sharkstars with hippari tyres
- scratch built front lip/spoiler
- hasegawa rally datsun sss overfenders
- carpets inside
- seat belts with seat belt buckles
- "leathered" the seat (using electrical tape)
- lowered the suspension (wheels still turn left to right)

Thats it basically, awesome kit and i amazed myself with the detail lol."

All pics were taken by Raees Amien for Robin


I just love that old schoo vibe. the color combos are spot on and the paint is just beautifully done. gotta love the JNC (Japanese Nostalgic Car) decal on the window as well. real sublte, but cool

Thanks for stopping buy and have a Happy New Year.

VW APPROVED!

I have a soft spot for these little cars. when I was in high school I had a freind with a 80something Golf GTI. it didn't look as good as this, it was a bit busted actually, but it was a form of transportation and for a HS student that was good enough. we had some fun  times it that beater until the engine finally gave out. for Raees it's a bit different. being a owner of a clean VW MK1 himself he already nows what it needs to make it clean and sweet. this "quick" build, well at least it was suppose to be quick took a bit longer that it was suppose to. but like many of us in the hobby know, some things don't always go as planned or we like to take on other projects or life takes up most of the time in the day. either way, we don't finish them as fast as we wanted to in the first place.

I like this Golf, it has some character that is just subtle and mellow. it's lowered, has some stretched tires with deep offset wheels and the paint is just clean, what more would you want in a daily driver?? well thats if it was to be your daily driver. well have a look for yourself and see what you think.

SPECS OF THE V.A.G:

Fujimi vw mk1

Tamiya gloss aluminum

Carbong fibre stripe

Dropped

SSR Focus wheels with tan centre

Front head rests removed

Rear wiper and sunroof smoothed

Indicators removed

Smoked lights

Cross hairs in the front

Tan an black interior

 

All pics were taken by Raess Amien

 

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