BlrwestSiR Posted January 26 Posted January 26 Hopefully a simple and quick build. Definitely not the biggest car in the world: Here it is with an 6th gen Honda Civic for comparison: 5
Landlubber Mike Posted January 26 Posted January 26 Cool looking car, looking forward to seeing it come alive. I'm a big fan of these small two-seater roadsters. 2 1
BlrwestSiR Posted January 27 Author Posted January 27 On 1/27/2025 at 1:31 PM, Bomber_County said: Did you just see that ENORMOUS squirrel…………..😁 Expand Do you mean this one? Had to be the biggest squirrel I've ever seen. Completely unafraid of humans too as it came right up to us to see if we had any food. It was at least 3x the size of the Beat. Maybe 4x 3 3
BlrwestSiR Posted January 27 Author Posted January 27 What engine is that running? I know there was a turbo kit available at one point but that looks nuts. 3
BlrwestSiR Posted January 30 Author Posted January 30 First try at painting the body has been a failure. Bunch of dust and particles in the paint. Of course the chassis came out fine. I'm going to sand back the body and try again. 3 3
Martinnfb Posted January 30 Posted January 30 On 1/27/2025 at 4:24 PM, BlrwestSiR said: What engine is that running? I know there was a turbo kit available at one point but that looks nuts. Expand Hayabusa 4 cylinder , 13xxx ccm Painting cars with metallic paint is completely different ballgame. Fingers crossed it will work out on second try. Cheers Martin 1 1
BlrwestSiR Posted January 30 Author Posted January 30 Ah, that makes sense. It's the equivalent of putting an LS in everything. Have you seen the 1st gen Smart ForTwo that had a Hayabusa swap? Goes like stink down a dragstrip. 2
DocRob Posted January 31 Posted January 31 Bummer with the dust, Carl. The color looks like what I had in mind of your car. Cheers Rob 1 1
ScottsGT Posted February 2 Posted February 2 On 1/30/2025 at 9:08 PM, BlrwestSiR said: Ah, that makes sense. It's the equivalent of putting an LS in everything. Have you seen the 1st gen Smart ForTwo that had a Hayabusa swap? Goes like stink down a dragstrip. Expand My sons were begging me to build one of those years ago. Parking lot donuts look like more fun than you should be allowed with your pants on. 2
BlrwestSiR Posted February 6 Author Posted February 6 This one has been slow to progress. The second try at painting the body ended up with more dust in the paint. Same with go #3 Finally, on my fourth kick at the can, I go something decent. Now hopefully I can make more progress. 6
DocRob Posted February 6 Posted February 6 Wow Carl, four times, I wouldn´t have had the patience. Luckily, it looks good now and progress will be more trouble free from now on. Cheers Rob 1 1
BlrwestSiR Posted February 8 Author Posted February 8 One more to add to this. This is from Neko. It's a cartoon style solid resin model of the Beat. 1 2
BlrwestSiR Posted February 9 Author Posted February 9 I've got a few of these cars. I forgot I had them as they were stashed with my very stalled Seafire 47. One to go with your current thread Rob: 3
BlrwestSiR Posted February 9 Author Posted February 9 Back to the Beat(s), I masked and sprayed the windshield frames. 6
DocRob Posted February 9 Posted February 9 Very neat. If you ever need some body color for the Cobra Coupe... . Yours is definitely the simpler kit by far . Cheers Rob 3
BlrwestSiR Posted February 9 Author Posted February 9 Thanks Rob. It's definitely easier than yours. Just 1 part so there shouldn't be any alignment worries. 2
BlrwestSiR Posted February 24 Author Posted February 24 I painted the trim on the body. I also did the head and tail light buckets in chrome. The engine vents on the rear deck were done in black too. On the interior, I sprayed the dark grey sections of the dash and door cards. These were then masked for the lighter grey sections. 3
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