Building our second BRZ Limited

[Pete156]

Originally Posted by GMU-BRZ

No turbo no care.

Oh yeah, I am going to try to put the turbo on it

[heptoman]

Thanks for the comments, everyone!


Here are a few updates. The next step of assembly will take a very long time because of the amount of painting we will have to do on the underbody.


Anyway, here's the exhaust and complete rear suspension painted and ready to install:





And here is the time hold up - three coats of body color and two coats of Mr. Super Clear sealant. Doing the last coat of Mr. tonight, and then tomorrow night will be masking and painting the actual color.





Why three coats, you ask? Because of this original color (reverse side of part):



Yes, should have primed. Lesson learned for these parts, which will be primed tonight. They're way ahead in the instructions but considering how long the underbody took, I want to get a head start with priming tonight. Color will be Dark Grey Metallic.

[Kiske]

Shame you didn't get the version that comes with the fa20 engine. Everything seems to be sold out on HLJ.com or I'd get one myself.

[AznBRZer]

I'm surprised you didn't prime to begin with! Great thread and I love the progress pics. Can't wait to see it finished!

[heptoman]

Light load tonight. First primer coat (didn't want to overspray) and last coat of Mr. Super Clear on underbody. Tomorrow night will be more - we'll be painting the front suspension and details on underbody. Tuesday night should be assembly.

[Kimsey47]

Keep up the great work! Severe attention to detail!

[heptoman]

"Daily" update! Lots of painting last night.


Second coat of primer on all but the exterior body (that will be tonight).





Final painting of underbody, complete with cool drip pan. Also, the front suspension is painted (still needs a touchup on the inside).





Close-up of front suspension:





And, the other side of the underbody, now black.





Tonight is assembly of rear suspension and exhaust, touching up of front brakes, final priming of exterior, and probably a bit more painting for the engine area.

[EK_Golfer]

This brings me back to when I was obsessed with building model fighter jets. Great job with the paint detail, this is going to look great.

[heptoman]

Hey everyone, quick update but we didn't get everything done last night because of storm/traffic delay in DFW. But here's what we were able to do:


Assemble driveshaft and rear suspension.









Exhaust:





That's it for a couple of days. Student trip to baseball game tonight, so it will be a late one. More updates on Thursday.


Thanks for all the comments!

[Pete156]

[djdnz]

Very detailed model, you guys must be very patient.

[xXDeathMaliCeXx]

Sub'd! I've got two different company's models. One FR-S and one RHD/LHD GT86. My original plan was to kit mash the two together to make one as close to my car as possible. Just never have the time to do anything to it...I'm excited to see the process you go through on yours!

[zoomzoomers]

Awesome! Great job! Can I ask why you washed the kit before you began? I've never seen that before.

[heptoman]

Originally Posted by zoomzoomers

Awesome! Great job! Can I ask why you washed the kit before you began? I've never seen that before.

Companies use a releasing agent in the styrene mix. This keeps the parts from sticking to the mold when the plastic cools and is ready to be popped out. Washing removes this and helps the paint and cement bond better to the surface.