Fast Furious 2 EVO - Changing a bad kit

[Gustavo Reis]

Trying to improve a very bad kit.

 I ordered this kit from the Internet and as soon as I opened it it was a disappointment, the Mitsubishi AMT kit from the Fast 3 is terrible, everything is wrong, from the bodywork, bodykit, wheels;  I was so upset that in the same week I went to a model store and bought the Fujimi kit, I was only able to use the decals.  I ended up assembling the Fujimi soon.  

After a long time I was wondering what to do with this junk.  I decided to do the Fast 2 one, but I needed to cut 5mm from the entire kit, from the body, to the chassis, engine, seats.  Then I changed the hood and the front, I designed the decals and took the wheels left over from the Skyline.  Some things aren't perfect, but I think it's looks nice.

The kit box

 

The Fujimi kit

[michelle]

very nice work on both 

[Yeah Nah]

Turned out great in the end Gustavo. Some kits need a lot more work than others to get there!

[karbuildr]

I like it, and I think it came out very nice. I really like the color you chose.

[oldcarfan]

Thank you for the public service as I was thinking of buying the AMT kit. Instead, I'll save the money and use it for something else. Sorry you had to find out the hard way, but you made a decent car!

[avidinha]

Great job! I've built that kit, and you're not wrong about how terrible it is. Great save!

[Gustavo Reis]

Thank you guys. 

[ChrisR]

Nice!

[ncbuckeye67]

Excellent build! Your hard work definitely paid off! 

[Dave Van]

Very nice save on that one. I bought that kit back when it came out, I too saw it was nothing like the movie car. I just gave up and built it as a 'tuna' street car. 

It is such a odd kit for AMT.....nothing like anything they did before or after. Here is mine, hope you don't mind. thx

BTW I bought the Fujimi EVO kit too yet to build

 

[Ace-Garageguy]

Nice job of re-working a bad kit into something good.  

[spencer1984]

I think like everyone else who got this kit, I got as far as opening the box before buying the Fujimi kit. You've done an incredible job turning this into something that actually looks good!

[slusher]

Beautiful cars!

[PappyD340]

Looks great!

[ewetwo]

You did justice on those two. Both look great.

[Gustavo Reis]

Thank you guys. 

[Phirewriter]

Nice job making a silk purse from sows ear. I too bought one when Iit came out and I've never opened it since. I think Revell made a good effort with their F&F and tuner cars but this kit, the 350Z and Supra seemed like they were designed by cartoonists. Again great job! 

[Chuck Most]

I remember reading about this kit when it came out, and never seeing it on shelves. Ever. I thought I had just hallucinated until I actually saw one a couple years ago.

Looks like it may have been hard won but the end result is a definite improvement. Just be happy you didn't tear into the '77 Pinto like I did recently.

[KWT]

very nicely done