Honda civic FK8 project

[Cheetah928]

Starting a legit build thread for the future civic Si x ill be creating.

Here's the basis:

Chassis:
Tamiya tt-02r
cheap
good quality
versatile

Electronics:
Not 100% sure at the moment, but i want to do a classic radio, brushless motor and esc, and servo doesn't matter much to me quite yet

Body:
This is the entire reason I'm doing this!
I cannot find a body that replicates the sedan version of the civic x! i can only find hatchbacks and coupe's!
Hopefully a company called Pandora RC can custom make it. They have licensing from a ton of Japanese car brands, including Honda!
Anyone done business with them?

Hopefully i can mod the body to where i have scale versions of the lights. I'll be making use of a 3d printer, and I've got an idea for the Drl's and lets just say it's inspired by how Nintendo does some stuff
Graphics:
This is the real life basis! After a lot of surfing for a decal maker, I will find someone that can re-create the decals from the real car. maybe even the company that made the 1:1 decals could do a special order? Or Etsy lol.

Here's the real life car for those of you wondering

Well, i think that's all the info I've got right now. This is probably going to take me a year or two to get all the way finished, so get comfortable for awhile!

As always, thanks for the support RCT!

~Cheetah928

 

[Cheetah928]

UPDATES!!

That pandora rc place FINALLY got back to me on the body. They wanted 2.2 million yen to produce it! that is like 14-15k!! I asked if they could do a one run copy for much much less, but they said no. so I'm done with them, and now we're back to square 1 on it. Does anyone know a place that could custom make one out of polycarbonate, or really any plastic that would be suitable for a body? It needs to be clear though! i did notice the real car got type r headlights instead of the normal ones in the si. that makes it easier. I did see there is a polycarbonate of the hatchback type r, but i want sedan! worst case we go there, but I'm hoping to keep the model exactly scale, so we need a sedan. if i do go that route, ill most likely end up cutting the wing off and installing one that is on the 1:1. Anyone got ideas of how i can get the right body? can i mess with the hatchback body to look like the sedan?

Sorry for the long paragraph, I'm on my computer for once and I'm just spitting out ideas as i think of them

Thanks rct!

 

[Cheetah928]

MORE UPDATES!
I found the tt-02r wasn't gonna work with my body and found a car called the cero m210. Belt driven awd chassis. No electronic bits but a good price. Decided we are doing fk8 body. Found one at a good price yet again. Still not sure on radios. Anyone got a good idea? Doing lights and underglow which will be fun! Trying to get the wrap made at scale and sell that blasted e-revo!

Thats all for today folks!