progress: Mugen Beat

Bought this Mugen Beat (Aoshima) from the local hobby shop at cheap price about 2 weeks ago. I haven't see any one building/built this kit here so i hope you'll find it to be a bit different from the ferraris and rx7s that almost every one of us are building :)
Anyway, as i'm waiting for the painting of the C-West FD3s to dry, i start working on this, here are some progress pics:

the body painted in silver:

Added a racing seat (from a tamiya DTM touring car model)

the mugen wheels are really ugly (at least i think so)

Yup Richard you are right. They are UGLY.

can't wait to see this one finished

and they are tiny and very narow!!! it makes it difficult for me to just use some other wheels to replace them

so i've decided to use the spare factory wheels from my C-west FD3S and cut them up so they are sme width as the mugen wheels.. and i ve to use the tyres that come with the mugen wheels because they are so narrow. I've painte the wheels using flat black.
I'll post up more pics when i have more progress..

damn man they are some narrow wheels

This should be interesting...good luck i hope it turns out good

ok another progress pic this is how it looks like now, (no clear coat yet... maybe tonight).. the wheels are a bit too big i think but i can't do anything unless i put those mugen wheels back on the car

These wheels looks alot better than mugens! Yeap, a bit big! Just a suggestion: modify the body frame a little :biggrin:

That looks hot, put a little camber on the front wheel or push it into the well more...it sticks out to far, the back looks fine tho

it looks very cool :bigthumb:

thanks for the feedback.

yeah i would like to make it a widebody or something (esp because the wheels are so big) but my putty skill is not very good yet so i don't want to ruin the model . But thanks for the suggestion :bigthumb:

good idea! I'll try to put a bit more front camber tonight. :)

coming along nicely!!! can't wait to see it done.:bigthumb:

Kei cars are supposed to have dinner plates for wheels. :rolleyes:

But still, those FD wheels look pretty cool. Keep it up. Nice Beat!! :D

If you need pics, here are a couple of a silver Beat my friend took in Japan:
http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?s=&postid=69497

:D

Looks great for a Kei car! Flowing very nicely with the progress, will look great when it's finished.

Sidenote: Anyone raced these things in Gran Turismo 2? :rofl: They are so damn slow! Sound like trucks too :eek: :confused:

Those Mugen wheels are awesome, put 'em back on, dude!!!

ok a bit more progress... changed the front camber a bit and painted the window frame + panel lines.. here is another progress pic.. (almost finished the interior will try to post an interior shot tomorrow)

the wheel arches are tight......looking GOOD!!!

:bigthumb:

Very neat... :eek: :eek:

Rtuned :worshippy :worshippy :worshippy

Cool :bigthumb: , can't wait

That's not a drift car, the camber does not look good. Put the Mugens back on.

Can't wait to see it done.

the beat looks great. i think you would be surprised at what the car would look like with the mugen wheels. it looks nice how it is though, but the wheels do look kinda big for the car.

good work thats for sure.:bigthumb:

Whoa, those are big rims/tires! Looking cool! :cool:

ok 90% finished... basically just need to put the headlight and taillights on and clean up a bit and it's all done. However, as the headlight itself is just a flat piece of plastic (i.e. not 3D shape like most other models) and the headlight cover is very simple as well.. i find that the headlight looks very "fake" and almost no details when i test fit it today... anyone got a suggestion??

another pic

one more pic

The wheels are too big IMO

ok just finished.... I'll try to take some better pic when the weather is better (weather is really crap here these few days)

btw this is my first time applying clear coat and the clear coat is yellow :( i thought ppl said the Duplicolor clear coat is good? :confused:


anyway feedbacks welcome and yes yes yes i know the wheels are a bit big :thefinger

side view

interior

last one

Nicely done :bigthumb: :bigthumb:
Kei cars are cool and fun to drive, my dad had a Suzuki Cappuccino
untill last year. which is Suzuki's version of the Honda Beat
http://www.spc.org.uk/suzuki/i/suzuki-cap001.jpg
This was a model of it I made 2.5 years ago

added a spoiler to it and took some better pics.

rear view

interior shot

an outdoor one (this pic was took this morning before work, so was a bit hurry)

Do you really like that car?

Did a good job on it, but building a model like that after your S15 is a BIG step down. :lol2:

I wouldn't build that model because It doesn't look nor seem exciting.

Love it!!! :D Spectacular work!! :D :D :D

That is very cool! :bigthumb:

bah humbug: That's a good question. To be honest, i probably wouldn't buy it if it was not on sale (only $15 NZ.. compare to around $50 for most of the normal Fujimi/Tamiya kit here in NZ). i haven't see anyone here built it before so i think it's a something new :) And I was a bit frustrated after having quite a few problems with the C-West FD3S that i'm working on so i think it would give me a break from that... And because it's cheap and easy to build, i think it's good for me to try and experiment a few things so i won't be so sad in case i ruined it.. lucky nothing really goes wrong (well except the clear coat is yellow :( ) I'll go back and finish my FD now :) and don't worry i got a few more exciting models sitting in my room already :)

Good job there, the spoiler suits the car well, and are those zebra skin floor mats?

Looks really good besides that your clear coat didn't work, that's why I don't use it :biggrin:

Richard, you tha man! :bigthumb:
I have been looking for that kit for ages. It looks so cool man.
I freind of mine has a real one, they go so hard for a little 600cc.
Keep up the excellent work! :bigthumb:

looks cool:dogpile:

Love it, looks very cute :tongue: