Project: Zele 370z

[taiwanesekid05]

So, I got a 370z body from FloydfanYodaman a bit back.

(tadaa)






(For those of you who don't have a 370z, I painted that bit you see flat black)






The 370z is nice, but I'm not a big fan of the whole "bulldog" look of the grill. So, I decided to change it up and try to make the Zele 370z.







First things first, I cut off the grill.





Saved the front clip holder for future use.




Added some putty.




And smoothed some of it out.

[Kot]

im definitely watching this one! great way to start the new year :P

[Kngizm]

Can't wait to see this build. Keep up the good work.

[Bananabrain]

Sounds like a nice project. Can't wait for some updates.

[[email protected]]

this looks like a pretty cool project, ill keep an eye on this one

[jabari]

I'm most def going to keep an eye on this one.

Any ideas on color?

[Conshence]

Excellent idea for a project car. Zele made beautiful kits for both the GT-R and the 370z. Definitely a project wirth watching

[taiwanesekid05]

Originally Posted by jabari

Any ideas on color?

Probably just that bright orange in those pictures.



Well, the original putty wasn't mixed too well, so it was a bit soft in places, so I scraped off that putty and added some new one.

[taiwanesekid05]

Did some more work.


Added a bit of styrene on the bottom for a lip.









Puttied a bit up






Fixed some more minor things








Moar putty







And then I realized if I kept the styrene there, then I'd mess up the placement for the lip. So I ripped it off.




The putty wasn't really attached to it, so nothing too bad.

[taiwanesekid05]

Cleaned er up a bit.

[FinalGear]

taiwanesekid05.... don't stop now, keep us posted

[taiwanesekid05]

I didn't stop FinalGear... just took a long break.

Just a bit more body work.

[SnoOpy]

what kind of putty do you use? And cant wait to see the finished product =)

[taiwanesekid05]

Originally Posted by SnoOpy

what kind of putty do you use?

The green stuff is Milliput putty. The tan stuff is Tamiya Light Curing putty.

[SnoOpy]

have you used the tamiya quick type? im starting my first project and I really dont know what putty to use

[taiwanesekid05]

I haven't, but I've heard good things about Tamiya's putties.

[XMDrifter]

lookin' fresh as always with your bodywork. the time and effort shows.

[taiwanesekid05]

Thanks guys. Did more body work.

[Kot]

the second picture in your last post is remarkable imo. you really did it with those sharp, smooth curves. great job!

@SnoOpy, tamiya quick type is something you can learn with but you're better off using the one that comes in the purple case for a first trial (dries twice as long, gives longer curing and sculpting time)

[taiwanesekid05]

tnx guise.


Started the body lowering process and shaved down the rear clip holder a few mm. Can't do the front yet since the front clip holder isn't there.




It's not 'hellaflush' but I'll work on fixing that.







Started work on the side skirts.










I noticed the curvature of the bottom of the door was a bit off from scale so I decided to decrease the angle it jutted out at.

Shaved it all off.



Working on puttying it back.