Building our second BRZ Limited

[heptoman]

Hey everyone, update time. Got some detail painting done last night.


Front and rear lights, painted, assembling tonight.







Windshield with antenna decal.





And body after a few touch ups. Going to wet sand tonight and apply last coat of clear.





Also, working on wheels tonight.


Getting near the end!

[xXDeathMaliCeXx]

Originally Posted by heptoman

Unfortunately, no left hand. I wish though. I don't know about Aoshima, but that kit is a curbside. If you have the cash, you might want to kitbash both together and get what you want.

I'm pretty sure the Aoshima is LHD/RHD in one kit. But I think it's automatic? Weird..

[ftc~brz]

subbed for awesome use of binder clips!

[heptoman]

No updates tonight, sorry...just wetsanded body, one more coat of paint tonight and then clear tomorrow. Hopefully tonight will be wheels.

[heptoman]

Hey everyone, sorry about the lack of updates - it's been busy around here and I've been forgetting to snag pictures of the small amount of work we've been doing.

Anyway, here are the wheels, which were a huge PITA:



You have to paint the whole wheel and scrape the paint off where you want chrome. Mind numbing, tedious work.

Here's the 95% completed engine bay (battery is missing a decal).



Headlights are assembled also, but it's hard to see that in the pic.

The model is about 99% complete - two more decals, one paint spot, and a quick polish. I should be able to post last pics tonight.

[heptoman]

Hey everyone, just finished up on this thing (mostly).







Another view:





Bonnet open:





Rear quarter panel:





Back:





And compared to the real one:





I will work on getting some better comparison and close up shots.





The last 1% is body line painting and obviously the rear license plate. I'm holding off on that to make a custom one that matches the real one.

[zoomzoomers]

Great job! She turned out great. :happy0180:

[NYNOMAD]

Amazing work!

[FLYFISHR]

How did you do that without damaging the chrome underneath the paint?

[QUOTE=heptoman;1204696]
You have to paint the whole wheel and scrape the paint off where you want chrome. Mind numbing, tedious work.

[heptoman]

Originally Posted by FLYFISHR

How did you do that without damaging the chrome underneath the paint?

Tamiya recommends you paint the whole thing black, then use Q tips dipped in thinner to remove the black from the intended chrome bits. Well this technique didn't quite work for me because the paint had cured already (it took only four hours, wasn't expecting that). So I had to improvise a bit with some plastic micro brushes after soaking in thinner. I did unfortunately scratch some of the chrome but I was able to touch it up with X-11.

[FLYFISHR]

Another point if I may. Did you list the paint codes for your BRZ in one of your posts that I missed? I have LHD Aoshima kit coming via ebay and will be using your build as my guide.

[Turbowned]

Fantastic! More pictures please!

[heptoman]

Originally Posted by FLYFISHR

Another point if I may. Did you list the paint codes for your BRZ in one of your posts that I missed? I have LHD Aoshima kit coming via ebay and will be using your build as my guide.

I don't think I flat out listed them, but I mentioned a few here and there. I'd be happy to list them though. I used all Tamiya paints with the exception of Mr. Hobby "Mr. Super Clear" for the clear coat.


Exterior:
Tamiya recommends their Dark Mica Blue TS-64 to replicate the Dark Grey Metallic. Don't use this unless you're willing to experiment with trying to get it glossy. I gave up.


Other exterior colors:
Sterling Silver Metallic: TS-76 (Mica Silver)
Crystal Black Silica: TS-14 + TS-65 (Black + Pearl clear)
World Rally Blue: TS-45 (Pearl White)
Lightning Red: TS-8 (Italian Red)
Galaxy Blue Silica: TS-15 + TS-65 (Blue + Pearl clear)


Detail colors:
X-1 Black (gloss) (I also used the spray, TS-14)
X-8 Lemon yellow
X-11 Chrome silver
X-18 Semi gloss black (spray, TS-29)
X-26 Clear orange
X-27 Clear red
X-32 Titanium silver
XF-1 Flat black (spray, TS-6)
XF-2 Flat white (spray, TS-27)
XF-16 Flat aluminum
XF-56 Metallic grey


Hope helpful!

[heptoman]

Originally Posted by Turbowned

Fantastic! More pictures please!

Sure, I can do that. May take a few days though.