Always in awe at how insanely clean your finished pieces are, seriously, OEM got nothing on you. Once you're done with the car you should totally bring it to shows and car meets, i'd love to see you get more recognition for your amazing work.
Cheers mate. Hopefully with this being a kit we'll see a lot of people making their own and taking them to shows all over, that would be the dream for me.
Yes, and more importantly, he is doing it in a garage by himself, not in a factory for billions, maybe with hundreds of machines workers and engineers.
Still a bit of a tease though since I didn't have time to bolt it on to the car, but we've already seen one side done already, just hold up a mirror to the screen haha.
Sanding barefoot with glass fibre is everywhere is wild 🤣🤣 Congratulations on the milestone. Been a long journey and followed it from the start. Can't wait to see it on the car permanently and painted up. Hopefully its Midnight Purple 😎👌🏻
Kiwi feet are one of the hardest substances in the world haha. And cheers mate, I'm so stoked to get all the bodywork finished up in the coming months and get some paint on it finally.
I dont think enough people appreciate the amount of time, care, and attention you pay to every part of the process to get better than factory results from a work shed
Forgot how it used to look lol! Man it looks incredible! You do some good work I wish I could wake up one day and say “ I think ima make a wide body for my car “ lol
Not gonna lie ive thought you ginished 3 or 4 times i woulda made a mold slapped some fiberglass down sanded painted done every yime i watchs i get so lost lmao very detailed
Ты крут мужик. Столько ВРЕМЕНИ, столько Сил в создание обвеса кузова - это заслуживает огромного уважения. Хочется увидеть готовый результат, в едином цвете и установленный на авто.
i cant wait to see a body kit by you in the states. your work is amazing and your attention to small things is so nice. also i always thing "a little back ground music wouldn't hurt" but then as im sitting here just listening to the ambient sound... and how soothing the whole video feels. im like "man im glad there isn't any stupid music" cant wait for the next video
This is so clean, you’re gonna have a hard time convincing people that you created this kit (without showing them the videos). People are gonna think you imported some kind of rare Japan only model or something.
Amazing work bro. Hard work.but the attention to detail is clean As, mirror finish fibreglass😍 in your back shed/workshop. Even more keen now to grab a kit . Killing it bro, 👌
Regarding the 3D printed parts, if i recall correctly, you used PLA, which is rather bad for things left outside. It deforms easily under heat and is not resistant to UV or chemicals. You might wanna look into PETG Filament. Same price, a bit fineky as it has to be dried (i prefer to print it straight out of a filament dryer for most reliability), but resistant to UV, chemicals and higher temperatures (up to 70C). Also much more pleasant to sand ^^
Yeah that's the downside with PLA for sure. I have printed a few parts with PETG but I had constant issues getting it to print nicely even with a dryer box set up. For the most part it's not really an issue anymore though because I wont be using any 3D printed parts on the finished car, only for moulds. Leaving that print for like 2 months or so in a barn with skylights and no insulation was a lot to ask.
I'm going to be keeping this build a bit cleaner than my cyberpunk mx5, so for this one I was going to spoil myself and actually have a gloss finish for once.
I'm surprised you don't mould some features in the back of the moulds so they sit flat on the tables. That rocking about would drive me nuts! Oh, and awesome work, as always. 👍👍
Half the rocking is the tables themselves haha. But yeah I usually have some blocks that I wedge the moulds with to keep them stable, but just didn't bother with these ones.
I see youre putting down the coupling coat, thickened resin in the corners, and then another layer of chopped strand all in one go - is this something youd recommend? Easy composites videos (for example) do the coupling coat first, let it cure, and then do the rest later on - seems like your way would save a lot of time!!
So I sped it up for this video but I do follow the same steps as easy composites where I spray my gelcoat usually in the evening and leave it to cure overnight, then apply the skin coat of 225 gsm in the morning, let it cure past peak exotherm before keying and de-nibbing with sandpaper and applying the main layup of 2x450gsm matt. I've experimented with doing it all in one go and if you do it right then it can save some time and a little bit of resin too, but with larger, flatter parts, there's a small risk of introducing too much heat from the 3 layers and causing it to build tensions / stresses in the part as it cures which leaves you with a warped part. Typically all the cheap fiberglass kits you see that fit like garbage are because they churn them out as quick as possible with methods like that and I always like my parts to actually fit haha.
Dude, the quality of your work is astonishing, it really is. Up there with anything I've seen done in fibreglass. Also, you get a lot of rain. Do you live on a farm?
As the owner of a plastic furniture factory and a car enthusiast, I'm really curious about your process. Why do you have to make the car body mold over and over again, 3-4 times, like it's just going through repetitive steps? Why not finalize the car body shape first and then just make the mold once? Even if you want to go with the rocket bunny style, making the mold one more time should be enough.
what is the black stuff you apply directly over the mould is that gelcoat your works amazing i wish i had the confidence to give my 2013 Subaru Forester a bit of a facelift
As always amazing work, all this time passed sanding bondo and fiber is though !! One question, another subject, as you win the hot wheels contest did you know if Chimera have already made by brand, or will ? Can't find anything about it on the net...
YES! finally everything made 💪 you make it look so easy now! plenty of practice! keep up the great work. the car needs a proper Japanese paint job, manga character down the side of some orange blossom
Yes precisely. I much prefer bolted on kits to moulded in ones based on how much easier they are to repair or repaint in the event of any damage. Also because in my (admittedly limited) experience with moulded in kits, they tend to crack along the seams over time due to the different expansion rates of the metal / fiberglass, and the road vibrations. I think having a separate piece looks much cleaner than an eventual crack in the bodywork.
@@TofuAutoWorksFlashbacks to the 90’s Max Power era when people used to try and filler their bumper/wings/wheel arches together and make it completely smooth. Metal and fibreglass expand/contract differently with temperature changes, and air hitting the front of a car at speed flexes the bumper slightly, so they’d always end up with huge cracks.
*TOFU AUTO WORKS COMMENT SECTION BINGO* "Will you be selling this as a kit?" √ "Why are there rivets?" √ "You should use carbon fiber" √ "You should put in a (expensive complicated engine I like)." √ "I didn't watch any other videos or turn on captions. Explain and justify the entire project to me personally." √ "Something something fiberglass itchy" √
Hahaha 🤣🤣 Yeah this runs through my head just about every video. But can't forget for each of these there's a few dozen comments from awesome people just enjoying the build.
Can’t wait for you to start selling these, I want a set. Just bought a Stagea just to replicate what you’ve done. Trying to find gtr fenders though is a mission
My goal is to have them up for sale by the end of the year / early next year. The only parts you'll need to source yourself will be the bonnet, headlights, and any GTR front bumper.
Well Done My son,. great job, i am wondering, you are not waring protections from the ( grinding fiberglass ) is it not bothering your skin, as i try its so bad when it come on your skin , awaiting for installations and fitting with final results i am about start working on my ( 2007 ZO6 0 - 6.2 engine on it, Auto. i learned many things from you during your build, all the best wishes Tofu Auto Arts works
I personally dont find the fiberglass to be that irritating. I just blow all the dust off with compressed air when I'm done and then have a cold shower at the end of the day and I'm never itchy. Awesome to hear you starting work on your own build! Best of luck with it!
Are you a panelbeater by trade or is this just a hobby? I like how informative the video is without saying a word! Is it ment to be an asmr chanel or is that on accident?🤙
This started out as a hobby but over time I started making my kits for sale and pretty soon I'll be able to rely on that as a full time job. Cheers mate!
Mean. Hope it all works out. You seem to have a decent following already. Followed you on two devices to boost it up too. Just found the fb page and saw you won that hotwheels comp too. Any info when they hit the shelf? Ill buy 10!
@@310ingyou2 Cheers mate. The Hotwheels should be coming out in 2025, I'll be sure to announce it when they're available. It was pretty amazing to win, it's the first time I've placed higher than 4th in any competition.
Always in awe at how insanely clean your finished pieces are, seriously, OEM got nothing on you. Once you're done with the car you should totally bring it to shows and car meets, i'd love to see you get more recognition for your amazing work.
Cheers mate. Hopefully with this being a kit we'll see a lot of people making their own and taking them to shows all over, that would be the dream for me.
Yes, and more importantly, he is doing it in a garage by himself, not in a factory for billions, maybe with hundreds of machines workers and engineers.
The video we've all been waiting for.
Still a bit of a tease though since I didn't have time to bolt it on to the car, but we've already seen one side done already, just hold up a mirror to the screen haha.
@TofuAutoWorks I want to see it with wheels from all angles 🤩
次回が待ち遠しい！
Almost as much as Binky. 😢
Sanding barefoot with glass fibre is everywhere is wild 🤣🤣 Congratulations on the milestone. Been a long journey and followed it from the start. Can't wait to see it on the car permanently and painted up. Hopefully its Midnight Purple 😎👌🏻
Kiwi feet are one of the hardest substances in the world haha. And cheers mate, I'm so stoked to get all the bodywork finished up in the coming months and get some paint on it finally.
I dont think enough people appreciate the amount of time, care, and attention you pay to every part of the process to get better than factory results from a work shed
the lines in the flashing that transferred over from the material you used proves how clean those molds are
also working on fiberglass in a tank top is bad ass
Every time I think you're just about ready to finish it you start doing something that shows that you're not finished yet .
Project cars in a nutshell haha
Go the bloody Kiwis!! Exceptional dedication to your craft
Forgot how it used to look lol! Man it looks incredible! You do some good work I wish I could wake up one day and say “ I think ima make a wide body for my car “ lol
Congrats on your actual completed parts for the stagea
Not gonna lie ive thought you ginished 3 or 4 times i woulda made a mold slapped some fiberglass down sanded painted done every yime i watchs i get so lost lmao very detailed
After a long day of work, I'm stoked to get a 40 minute episode from you! Thanks!
毎回スゴイ動画をアップして頂きありがとうございます。又、日本車を愛して下さるYOUに感謝です。
Your skill, tallent and patience amaze me every single video, an absoloute pleasure to watch and relax.
More than a year of hard work pays off in the end.
And the parts look really good.
I wish the exterior of my car was as well-finished as your moulds and plugs! 🤣
This channel makes me think, "yeah I could do this" but then I realize... no, i cannot do this. lol
It’s been 84 Years…
Now you have all the molds ready. Mayby do carbonfiber
A true craftsman amazing attention to detail ,
And dang these videos made me itch 😂
I love how the gel coat comes out looking like glass. Such good work.
Ты крут мужик.
Столько ВРЕМЕНИ, столько Сил в создание обвеса кузова - это заслуживает огромного уважения.
Хочется увидеть готовый результат, в едином цвете и установленный на авто.
Those parts look clean AF. Can't believe it's almost time to see the finished product. It's been an amazing journey!
Holy goddamn, we truly have come so far! The Skygea's looking amazing, man!
Damn dude! Actual finish line in sight 👍
What a JOB man!!!!!! i'm so enjoyed by your video!!!!! precision, detail, great execution, thank sooooo much for sharing. Regards!
Your fabrication skills are freaking AMAZINg. Keep up the hard work!
What a great finished product. I cant wait for the next episode
Thanks for pointing that fan my way too mate 👍
Hahah, camera kept overheating from all these 3+ hour timelapses I had to shoot.
The molds and everything came out perfect! Amazing job!
Wow! Just wow! 😮 @makita sponsor this guy with whatever tools he needs please
HUGE respect for your work ethic and dedication to detail. What a fantastic project and so happy to see the result. Cheers from Basalt, Colorado.
this is the first time i saw your channel and im automatically gonna subscribe cause this is a unique build from what ive seen and browsed around yt!
i cant wait to see a body kit by you in the states. your work is amazing and your attention to small things is so nice. also i always thing "a little back ground music wouldn't hurt" but then as im sitting here just listening to the ambient sound... and how soothing the whole video feels. im like "man im glad there isn't any stupid music"
cant wait for the next video
😅Absolute perfection, mate! 🤩 Cheers. Leigh.
Amazing work , now I'm waiting for the final
This is another level of understanding and craftsmanship :)
Please put air suspensions on this so it will give you comfort and sportiness when you decide what you want to use
Love your videos
now you just need a gtr powertrain 😁
Hell yeah tofu! Kit is looking great! Can't wait to see it on the car!
Your work is absolutely flawless 10/10
Very well crafted. Congrats
Totally in awe of the parts you make. Love the vids and your work
amazing man, so good seeing so many videos of hard work paying off.
This is so clean, you’re gonna have a hard time convincing people that you created this kit (without showing them the videos). People are gonna think you imported some kind of rare Japan only model or something.
I like to imagine that one day, someone will commission this kit off you and make their own S35 GT-R, complete with a flame-spitting VR38DETT
Bro knows what he’s doing 💯💯
Congrats brother!
With the amount of work put into this project I'd be going to sleep with the moulds 😂
Man that is slick, you do an awsome job
Its come up a treat! Well done.
Parabéns pelo excelente trabalho 🚀
When they tell you it's going to take a year to fit your body kit this level of detail is what i expect
Amazing work as always. Yes, family is more important!
It really does look good. REALLY good.
Amazing. Cant wait to see it assembled. Also if and when you change the back end
Amazing work bro. Hard work.but the attention to detail is clean As, mirror finish fibreglass😍 in your back shed/workshop.
Even more keen now to grab a kit .
Killing it bro, 👌
Regarding the 3D printed parts, if i recall correctly, you used PLA, which is rather bad for things left outside. It deforms easily under heat and is not resistant to UV or chemicals. You might wanna look into PETG Filament. Same price, a bit fineky as it has to be dried (i prefer to print it straight out of a filament dryer for most reliability), but resistant to UV, chemicals and higher temperatures (up to 70C). Also much more pleasant to sand ^^
Yeah that's the downside with PLA for sure. I have printed a few parts with PETG but I had constant issues getting it to print nicely even with a dryer box set up. For the most part it's not really an issue anymore though because I wont be using any 3D printed parts on the finished car, only for moulds. Leaving that print for like 2 months or so in a barn with skylights and no insulation was a lot to ask.
The finish quality looks really really good 🤯👌
Your work make me inspiration for build 🎉
Great looking parts
Bravo, tu peux être fier de toi, c'est vraiment propre👍👌
A fighter jet paint scheme would be sick, as it has that tough look with rivots.
I'm going to be keeping this build a bit cleaner than my cyberpunk mx5, so for this one I was going to spoil myself and actually have a gloss finish for once.
@@TofuAutoWorks I know that it's completely up to you what colour it will be but hear me out: dark purple.
Nissan have had some awesome midnight purples over the years.
Well done.
🎉🎉🎉🎉 kisiera ver el trabajo final para contemplar la brutalidad del trabajo y la destresa de su constructor felicidades mi estimado😊🎉🎉🎉
Well done success comes from persistence
Awesome work!
ARTIST
Огромная работа проделана и результат СУПЕР!!! Круто!
Simple 10 of 10!
I'm surprised you don't mould some features in the back of the moulds so they sit flat on the tables. That rocking about would drive me nuts! Oh, and awesome work, as always. 👍👍
Half the rocking is the tables themselves haha. But yeah I usually have some blocks that I wedge the moulds with to keep them stable, but just didn't bother with these ones.
Are these parts made from glass or what? Just wow!! Im really impressed!!
Love your work
Great work
Another video of awesome work!!
Good job man 👍💪
That is some amazing work, keep it up.
Really nice work you have done.. I can't wait to see how the back it's going to look like.. i hope to see some gtr taillights😉
Восхитительная работа 👍
what a legend
I see youre putting down the coupling coat, thickened resin in the corners, and then another layer of chopped strand all in one go - is this something youd recommend? Easy composites videos (for example) do the coupling coat first, let it cure, and then do the rest later on - seems like your way would save a lot of time!!
So I sped it up for this video but I do follow the same steps as easy composites where I spray my gelcoat usually in the evening and leave it to cure overnight, then apply the skin coat of 225 gsm in the morning, let it cure past peak exotherm before keying and de-nibbing with sandpaper and applying the main layup of 2x450gsm matt.
I've experimented with doing it all in one go and if you do it right then it can save some time and a little bit of resin too, but with larger, flatter parts, there's a small risk of introducing too much heat from the 3 layers and causing it to build tensions / stresses in the part as it cures which leaves you with a warped part.
Typically all the cheap fiberglass kits you see that fit like garbage are because they churn them out as quick as possible with methods like that and I always like my parts to actually fit haha.
Your my hero 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👍🏾😎
This has been a long time coming
Dude, the quality of your work is astonishing, it really is. Up there with anything I've seen done in fibreglass.
Also, you get a lot of rain. Do you live on a farm?
Thanks mate, and yes this workshop is on our family farm
お疲れ様です！
いつも楽しく見ています。
ジージアも遂にボディキットが完成ですね！相変わらずの素晴らしい出来&精度です。
次はリアスポイラーかな
板っ羽根かスワンネックのGT羽根か
どっちにしてもこのボディなら似合う事間違いなし！
無理をならず自分のペースで動画投稿してください。
ではまたのエピソードで！
ありがとう！
このビルドではリアスポイラーは作らず、新しいサイドステップにマッチするリアリップを作るだけだ。
スポイラーを作る計画もあったんだけど、今はとにかく完成させてペイントしたいんだ。
将来的にはスポイラーも作るつもりだけど、それは新しい仕事場に移ってからかな。
As the owner of a plastic furniture factory and a car enthusiast, I'm really curious about your process.
Why do you have to make the car body mold over and over again, 3-4 times, like it's just going through repetitive steps?
Why not finalize the car body shape first and then just make the mold once? Even if you want to go with the rocket bunny style, making the mold one more time should be enough.
what is the black stuff you apply directly over the mould is that gelcoat your works amazing i wish i had the confidence to give my 2013 Subaru Forester a bit of a facelift
Realy nice job ...😮
As always amazing work, all this time passed sanding bondo and fiber is though !!
One question, another subject, as you win the hot wheels contest did you know if Chimera have already made by brand, or will ? Can't find anything about it on the net...
Finally.
YES! finally everything made 💪 you make it look so easy now! plenty of practice! keep up the great work. the car needs a proper Japanese paint job, manga character down the side of some orange blossom
Hahah, I do want to build an "itasha" car one day, not sure if this is the one for that though.
@@TofuAutoWorks I’m sure it’s going to look amazing whatever you decide and I can’t wait to see it ❤️
Very good quality sir..can make lot money
Great job! I'm curious why you designed the wide body to have a riveted look rather than more of a moulded look. Was it a stylistic choice?
Yes precisely. I much prefer bolted on kits to moulded in ones based on how much easier they are to repair or repaint in the event of any damage. Also because in my (admittedly limited) experience with moulded in kits, they tend to crack along the seams over time due to the different expansion rates of the metal / fiberglass, and the road vibrations. I think having a separate piece looks much cleaner than an eventual crack in the bodywork.
@@TofuAutoWorksFlashbacks to the 90’s Max Power era when people used to try and filler their bumper/wings/wheel arches together and make it completely smooth. Metal and fibreglass expand/contract differently with temperature changes, and air hitting the front of a car at speed flexes the bumper slightly, so they’d always end up with huge cracks.
塗装して取り付けが楽しみです😊
Magnifique 😊
Good job !
すごい！完成が待ち遠しいです。
*TOFU AUTO WORKS COMMENT SECTION BINGO*
"Will you be selling this as a kit?" √
"Why are there rivets?" √
"You should use carbon fiber" √
"You should put in a (expensive complicated engine I like)." √
"I didn't watch any other videos or turn on captions. Explain and justify the entire project to me personally." √
"Something something fiberglass itchy" √
Hahaha 🤣🤣 Yeah this runs through my head just about every video.
But can't forget for each of these there's a few dozen comments from awesome people just enjoying the build.
woow nice man legend
Can’t wait for you to start selling these, I want a set. Just bought a Stagea just to replicate what you’ve done. Trying to find gtr fenders though is a mission
My goal is to have them up for sale by the end of the year / early next year. The only parts you'll need to source yourself will be the bonnet, headlights, and any GTR front bumper.
Теперь просто необходим VR38 под капот!
Well Done My son,. great job, i am wondering, you are not waring protections from the ( grinding fiberglass ) is it not bothering your skin, as i try its so bad when it come on your skin ,
awaiting for installations and fitting with final results
i am about start working on my ( 2007 ZO6 0 - 6.2 engine on it, Auto. i learned many things from you during your build,
all the best wishes Tofu Auto Arts works
I personally dont find the fiberglass to be that irritating. I just blow all the dust off with compressed air when I'm done and then have a cold shower at the end of the day and I'm never itchy.
Awesome to hear you starting work on your own build! Best of luck with it!
All love , i will try that, thanks for the tip.😊👍
cheers
Are you a panelbeater by trade or is this just a hobby? I like how informative the video is without saying a word! Is it ment to be an asmr chanel or is that on accident?🤙
This started out as a hobby but over time I started making my kits for sale and pretty soon I'll be able to rely on that as a full time job. Cheers mate!
Mean. Hope it all works out. You seem to have a decent following already. Followed you on two devices to boost it up too. Just found the fb page and saw you won that hotwheels comp too. Any info when they hit the shelf? Ill buy 10!
@@310ingyou2 Cheers mate. The Hotwheels should be coming out in 2025, I'll be sure to announce it when they're available. It was pretty amazing to win, it's the first time I've placed higher than 4th in any competition.