Building our second BRZ Limited

[heptoman]

Originally Posted by 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.

Yeah that would be a definite time commitment! You should do it anyway. Which companies' kits do you have?

[heptoman]

Rangers won Wednesday!


More updates, not much though.

Body is finished priming. Probably going to jump ahead and do assembly tonight.




Front suspension finished painting (inside of calipers) and preliminary assembly.





And front wheel well with final coat of body paint last night. Just using one coat of Mr. Super Clear, and that went on this morning. Probably going to paint details tonight.





More to come!

[xXDeathMaliCeXx]

Originally Posted by heptoman

Yeah that would be a definite time commitment! You should do it anyway. Which companies' kits do you have?

I wanna say it's the Aoshima kit and the Tamiya kit.

[heptoman]

Yeah I think the Aoshima is curbside but I think has more body styling options. That does indeed require a lot of finagling of connection but I think it'd be fun!

[heptoman]

Good morning everyone!


Did some painting yesterday, assembly and more painting tonight.


Front wheel well/engine base. Can't tell from the pic but the wheel well is base color in front and semi gloss black in back. (BTW I have no idea why my pictures keep getting washed out. It's a camera phone but it's supposed to be one of the best. I'll investigate further...)





First coat of body. I must say I'm a bit disappointed in the color. Tamiya says to use TS-64 Dark Mica Blue to match the factory Dark Grey Metallic. I was a bit skeptical but I got it anyway, well, my skepticism was well founded. We'll see once I get the final coat and Mr. Super Clear on it.





Front and rear bumper. I was going to assemble the body tonight but realized there's a lot more sub assembly to the bumpers. Oh well.

[heptoman]

Hey everyone, sorry for the lack of updates over the weekend - it was a busy one, therefore we didn't get a whole lot done.


Here is the front suspension pre-assembled onto the body. There are a few blue spots from sanding for glue. I hate that part. Anyone know of a glue or cement that will not attack paint?





Front wheel well assembled.





Engine and interior parts prepped for painting tonight. I really wanted to do it last night but it was too late. Plus, the cement for some of those parts needed to fully cure. Patience strikes again!

[NYNOMAD]

I have the same kit just sitting around almost 6 months now. Glad I found this thread - going to start this build!

keep up the good work. No way will mine come out that good...

[ZetaVI]

Front suspension installation looks so neat.

[heptoman]

Thanks guys! I'm really forcing myself to be patient on it, and it's paying off. It makes me think more about the assembly and painting. It also helps that Tamiya is pretty specific with paints/etc.

[heptoman]

Hey everyone, two updates in one day to make up for the weekend.


Body assembly connection points all sanded away and taped for final coat and Super Clear.





Coat #2 of body color on auxiliary parts (bonnet, rear view mirrors, spoiler, firewall, hood brackets).





And two shots of the interior after the coat of semi gloss. Painting details tomorrow - red stitching!








My wife is painting the engine and radiator right now, so I'll have pictures of that in the morning.


:happy0180:

[heptoman]

Originally Posted by NYNOMAD

I have the same kit just sitting around almost 6 months now. Glad I found this thread - going to start this build!

Glad to be an inspiration.

No way will mine come out that good...

Sure it will! Just go slowly and keep at it. Good paintbrushes help too.

[heptoman]

Originally Posted by ZetaVI

Front suspension installation looks so neat.

Yeah, I think so too. I love the detail they put in parts that hardly get seen.

[heptoman]

Daily update!

Engine front and radiator.




More detail painting tonight.

[heptoman]

Hey everyone, lots of painting work done last night.


Air intake details. (First coat of semi gloss black was two nights ago). That decal was a major PITA.





Another shot:





Center console:





Another view (need to go back in and detail the traction control buttons):





One of the seats. Hard to tell but the areas that would be the Alcantara are painted a flat black, and the leather is semi. Maybe should have gone for the gloss for a bigger contrast.





Belt assembly.







I know we took more pictures, especially of the radiator and engine top but I don't have time to look and/or upload. More updates later.