Fujimi Veilside MR2 SW20 In Progress

enjoy reading progress on this car, should be in the how tos, aoshima slacks on the imperfections on the resin pieces badly, red was the color i think im going to paint my z beat me to it i guess, keep us posted.

Hi guys progress is still mind numbingly slow,im still cleaning up the body, i just keep finding flaws but i think this time i've finally sorted out the bumps and lumps.

The body has now been sprayed in its final coat of primer just waiting for it to dry hopefully the first coat of paint will go on over the next few days.

Last update i quickly mocked up the diffuser to fill in and give the rear bumper a different look. Pics below are the completed item with vents and rear diffuser cover where meshing will be placed in between the twin exhaust.
http://www.modelautosports.com/images/pics/vs31.jpg

http://www.modelautosports.com/images/pics/vs32.jpg

Im working on the interior and in the process of scratch building the exhaust. I will post progress on these soon,thanks again for looking.

looking good, really dig the diffuser...

Ive been out of town for a few days and thought id check up
great work - and looks really good

Man, this looks better every time! Keep it commin'!!

Hi guys just a quick update on this project, unfortunately no pics today,im still working on a few fine details and other fiddly little things.

The body is now completely primed and first light coats of paint has finally been laid down. This project will be on hold for a week since im away for buisness,but will upload pics of interior,body etc.. next saturday. Thanks again for looking, feedback is always appreciated. :smile:

This is looking great. Can't wait to see more of your progress.

Hi snk33y,

great job so far, good progress thread, very interesting to follow.

...inspired me to look for this kit (inspite of the work) .... ;-))

Micha

The diffuser looks great snk33y. Everything turned out excellent.
Troy

I dont know how I possibly missed this thread. Amazing work, I love it so far. The rear diffuser rocks.

Sick, I love that rear diffuser... keep up the good work!!!

This car will be gorgeous when you finish with it. Usually I just lurk, but I had to post in your thread, seeing how I love how you document the progress. Keep up the great work, Id love to see this thing finished.

And we all know when you want a kit to go fast you end up spending more time than it requires hah.

i dont know how i missed this thread till now, great work on a sweet mr2

Hi guys, progress has slowed a bit since i was away on business last week,however I've done a last minute colour switch. it was going to be Italian Red,Light Gun Metal,then finally decided to switch to a color called Capricorn Mica Green, I just wanted something a bit left field and unusual.

This paint is made by Power Plus, Im in Sydney Australia and is available at Big W,Super Cheap Auto and other automotive shops,and its a bargain price of $8.00AUD, this is the second time that ive used this paint and i highly recomend it,once cured its super tough and it polishes to an amazing shine, check out the celica project on my sig to see the results.

It does require a bit of patience so dont freak out if you get a bit of orange peel after the second or third coat, once wet sanded and polished i think its better than Tamiya or other paints that i have used, you just have to be prepared to put the work and time in.


Ok here's goes! you would think that after these years of spraying cars i would pratice what i preach lol.no matter how new the can is i usually test spray it a few seconds to make sure that it sprays nicely then turn the can upside down till it sprays clear. Well since ive been hangin out to spray this thing i neglected to do this procedure and you can see the crap that ended up on the roof, if this ever happens dont panic just let it dry and wet sand it, which is exactly what i did.

http://www.modelautosports.com/images/pics/vs33.jpg

The colour is still not solid yet but you get the idea what its going to look like,the prep work on this body is one of the longest ive had to go through so much bumps and lumps everywhere, i think ive managed to eliminate them all i cantt stress the importance of prep work otherwise it will show up bigtime when the paint is laid.I just cant wait to put a few more coats to get that deep mica green. The wheels will be painted a dark bronze anodised or gold which should contrast the green.

http://www.modelautosports.com/images/pics/vs34.jpg

Anyway im back to work on this thing, im hoping to power through and finish this project in the next few weeks since im going on a long trip, thanks again for looking I appreciate the feedback and encouragement.

This is going to look sexy once complete - keep up the good work

thats gonna be sick mate! ;)

I don't really feel the color. I'm curious how it'll look in the end. Keep it up.

Awsome stuff. I'm liking the colour!

I would have never thought of a color like that for the car...it'll be interesting to see how it looks when you polish it out.

I know that the colour is a bit left field :grinno: But im super confident that it will deliver once polished and cleaned up, i too struglled to imagine the overall picture but once i saw the paint lid, i had to have this colour.

I couldnt help polish a small section to see what the effect was like. I was impressed the mica flakes had a bit of a goldish hue when in the sun, its nothing like chameleon paint but its subtle enough to notice such differences in tone,I cant wait to polish this car.

One thing i forgot to mention about this paint is that the curing time is super fast, you could polish it the next day if you really want to, but i usually give it atleast 5 days before i do any polishing just to make sure that the paint is rock hard.

Looking good! Can't wait to see the end result of this one.

Great choice of colour....should really suit the lines of the body once everything is laid out...
Keep up the great work.
Troy.

Here's a quick shot of the roof, bit hard to see the true colour and mica flakes bur you get the idea what its going to look like. its still in its raw state,will start wet sanding and polishing by this evening.

Im pretty happy with the colour,trying to power through this build since im running out of time,hopefully have this baby finish by next thursday otherwise its going to be 8 weeks till i get back.

http://www.modelautosports.com/images/pics/vs35.jpg

Will upload more pics in the next few days. Cheers!

I can't wait to see this one finished! The colour looks awesome!

:swear: DAMN!!!!!

Ok guys I had to walk away from the car just then!!, all was going so well until just a couple of minutes ago.I spent the last few hours and yesterday wet sanding+polishing the paint work.I was so happy because this was one of the best paint that ive ever done, the surface was flawless and the shine was fantastic.

I was approx 99% finished until i put the body down and the nose grazed my fresh #1 knife, to my horor it scratched the nosed and chipped the paint down to the white primer, by this time the profanities were coming out thick and fast!

Anyway im sure you guys have had similar experiences, the thing that annoyed me the most is the i was just minutes until i was about to photograph the finished body and post it here until this happened, i guess this is what modeling is all about, its not major set back but the front end will have to be resprayed.sorry guys will post pics once i have this sorted out.

Lesson learnt here is put a lid on your blades and clean your bench lol

Ouch that sucks, I hope you can get it fixed up fast. This is when you need to get the bumper sticker that says shit happens :smokin: :grinno:

Happens to all of us every once and awhile. Looking foward for an update.

Thanks for the encouragement guys, Ive resprayed the affected area and its practically invisible,i know its there tho but im my worst critic i guess.

I should have this sorted over the next few days, on the positive side did a bit of carbon decal work today on the diffuser and all has gone smoothly.

As i mentioned before i was going to spray the wheels a bronze colour however i had the white wheels against the green and it kinda looked pretty good as well.

I should have this sorted over the next few days, on the positive side did a bit of carbon decal work today on the diffuser and all has gone smoothly.

As i mentioned before i was going to spray the wheels a bronze colour however i had the white wheels against the green and it kinda looked pretty good as well.


Hi,

carbon decals, colour of the wheels ..... sounds good !!!!

I'm glad too hear that you got the problem sorted out, I can't wai till more updates.

Hi guys, heres just a few outdoor pics as requested, after the slight set
back with the knife incident a few days ago the front end has been resprayed and is now in the process of wet sanding it.

The roof and the rest of the car has been wet sanded and has had 1 pass of coarse cutting compound, im pretty happy with the shine but once i run through with a pass of fine cutting compund and wax the shine will get get better and the whole polishing process will be complete.

http://www.modelautosports.com/images/pics/vs36.jpg

http://www.modelautosports.com/images/pics/vs37.jpg

As you can see this colour has fine golden mica flakes through it, and gives you slight colour variations when held in different angles.
http://www.modelautosports.com/images/pics/vs38.jpg

Thanks again for the feedback and encouragement.

Looks SIK as man...Colour sort of reminds my of daihatsu naked green...
Can't wait to see the whole thing complete.
Later, WIDE.

yeah, great work so far
keep it up

Great build !

PUT IT WITH THE REST OF THE CAR AND TAKE SOME PICS! looks awsome man great paint job!

It's looking very sick man. Awsome job.

lovelly work mate...!!!

keep us posted

great paint, sucks you had to redo it though.

Def reminds me of my build (http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=500959) , (shameless plug :sly: )

anywho, its lookin great

Hi Guys! I dont know if anyone can remember this project,I started it 8 months ago but i had to put it on ice since i was traveling around the world. Anyway im back home and im determined to finish this project.

Its time to do some work to the bottom lip spoiler.As usual the resin parts of this kit seems to be giving me hassles. I had to put some styrene sheets on both sides of the lip spoiler since both sides were uneven.It was a quick fix but it had to be done since it looked unbalanced.

http://www.modelautosports.com/images/pics/vs43.jpg

After it was primed and painted SMS carbon decal was applied to the lip spoiler.It was tricky to do since there were a lot of complex curves however after sometime it turned out good.I had fun trying to line up the direction of the carbon weave.

http://www.modelautosports.com/images/pics/vs44.jpg

Now it was time to give the dash some more carbon treatment,the front lip spoiler was a walk in the park when it comes to laying down the carbon decal. The dash board had a lot of odd angles and making the weave all go the same direction was pretty tricky.

http://www.modelautosports.com/images/pics/vs39.jpg

http://www.modelautosports.com/images/pics/vs40.jpg

The interior was airbrushed Tamiya flat red,still needs to be flocked and seats detailed.Here is a sneak peak with the interior inside the car.

http://www.modelautosports.com/images/pics/vs41.jpg

Last but not least some more carbon has been layed down on the hood and clear coated.Heres the finished result.Body work is 90% there its still requires to be polished down and the rear wing sorted out.... Im still undecided if im going to use the kit supplied veilside wing or an idea that im toying around at the moment.

http://www.modelautosports.com/images/pics/vs42.jpg

So im back at it and will be posting regular updates time permitting.Glad to be working on models again since its been a while. Feedback,suggetions,questions welcome. Thanks for looking :rolleyes:

Nice, i almost forgot where this build went, the front lip looks flawless. Great detail on the interior too. How many pieces of cf did u use on the lip?

Wow! You're a CF-master......respect!
Are you keeping the white rims?

Nice progress!
The dash is very cool, and the C/F stuffs already looks good!

1st time I've read this thread (sorry) and you are doing a grand job of it.
Sort of scan read most of it, so sorry If i missed it, but are you using the white wheels, or some Chrome Veilside style side ones.

MidMazar : Well ive been dying to get back and finished this kit off. It makes a difference when you are enjoing the build process, even though i had a lot of fit issues with the body earlier on. I used 8 pieces of carbon decal to wrap around the front lip spoiler. The dash took alot more but i just love working with this stuff.The actual application was a pain but the extra effort makes a hell of a lot of difference.

Wheelin75R , Hiroboy : Im yet undecided if im going to keep the TE37's white. i must admit the white TE37's suits the car's interior and exterior. However i was thinking of painting them gold or bronze with chrome outer lip. Steve your the master JDM cars what do you think? i just wish i had some pegasus outer rings to go on these wheels.

Thanks again for the feedback and encouragement guys,Im just dying to see this baby finished.

OH F***!!! :banghead:
I was just thinking this kit would have to be one of the most challenging projects that I've ever had to do. Since day one there were fit problems,paint problems and pure bad luck... Well its happened again I've just finished airbrushing the window trim, I was starting to peel off the mask and I noticed that during this process it caught the edge of the decal and tore the edge of it. I clearcoated the whole car and didnt think that something like this would happen.I can only guess that when i was cutting the mask around the window surround it manage to crack the clear coat therefore lifting the carbon when i peeled away the mask.

Any suggestions on how to rectify this problem? I was thinking of just laying a small square of carbon in the affected corner, line up the weave then mask and clear coat the whole hood again. If any one has any other ideas let me know.

http://www.modelautosports.com/images/pics/vs45.jpg

On the positive side the interior is now finished,im pretty happy with the carbon and red combination.Seats were given a dark red wash as well as using a fine line gundam pen to pick out the creases on the seat. I also added a pair of white TRD logos on the headrest just to add a little bit of extra detail.

http://www.modelautosports.com/images/pics/vs46.jpg

http://www.modelautosports.com/images/pics/vs47.jpg

Despite of the problems i guess ill keep working on other parts of the car,hopefully fix the hood problem and get this baby finished.Any feedback,suggestions greatly appreciated.

http://www.modelautosports.com/images/pics/vs13.jpg

I think these wheels would work better with the Veilside kit ?

Besides the fact that I'm still amazed by your project I'd say the decal problem is according to your skills easy to fix... I would cut out the piece that's stuck on the tape and cut it out of the CF decal sheet again. Add it... done... Though, you'll need clear coat again... Anyways the interior looks amazing and the CF dash is a master piece when it comes to CF skills.

OT, Hiro you seem to have started the MR-2 kit... Is it still in progress or is it on a very very long hold??? I think not only me but loads of other people would be interested in what you'll do with it...

Man, I forgot about this project! Looks great and glad to have you back!

I was thinking that the split five spokes that you put on the other mr2 in your sig would look really good.
That interior is flawless and looks absolutely awesome.
I havent really worked with carbon decals that much. But I would say to get the best result just try and get the dcal that is on there off and re decal it. Cause unless you line the peice up absolutely perfectly. It will always be noticable.

I was thinking that the split five spokes that you put on the other mr2 in your sig would look really good.
That interior is flawless and looks absolutely awesome.
I havent really worked with carbon decals that much. But I would say to get the best result just try and get the dcal that is on there off and re decal it. Cause unless you line the peice up absolutely perfectly. It will always be noticable.

I would have taken the whole carbon decal off, but since it has been clear coated it would be tricky and may damange the surrounding paint work. I think i will just blend the decals and feather in some clear coat on the affected areas with my airbrush level it out then polish.Fingers crossed! Just annoyed that everytime i make progress i go backwards one step due to bad luck.. but then again its very rare that you build a kit that is absolutely perfect.

Looks amazing
Can't wait to see the finished product

Hi Guys

Just a quick update, This project has been a real challenge, last time i tore the edge of the carbon while i was spraying the window surounds and since then its has gone downhill big time!!:banghead: I tried to replace the affected area but had another disaster with the clear coat and masking tape so the whole carbon on the bonnet had to come off. Another sheet of carbon later i had bubbles after i sprayed the clear coat so off it goes again! Another attempt then another misserable failure. To sum it up on a nut shell i have replaced the carbon decal on the hood 3 times and counting! Maybe this car wasnt destined to have carbon bonnet:frown:

Anyway i thought i need to get a way and take a break on the bonnet and finish the rest of the chassis, leave the body for last.


Painted the engine and plastic panels on the chassis. I also scratchbuilt the exhaust to replicate the same HKS Super Dragger exhaust i have on my MR2.I cut the stock ehaust in half and used a combination of different size plastic sprue.I will put a polished aluminium tube for the exahaust tips.

http://www.modelautosports.com/images/pics/vs48.jpg

http://www.modelautosports.com/images/pics/vs49.jpg

Anyway ive gone this far and im determined to finish this project. More updates soon.Thanks again for the encouragement and feedback.

looking good
cant wait to see it finished

very nice exhuast set up! sry to hear about your bonnet!

Keep up the good work!! The harder the kit is to get right, the better you'll feel when it's completed!! You can make this one shine like the stars!!:sunglasse

great work on a shitty kit

That exhaust is gorgeous. All the work you've been able to do to this car makes it look like you're going to wrap it up well regardless of the setbacks. Don't lose heart, it's going to rock!

That interior looks pretty nice. The wash and gundam marker treatment really added another dimension to it.

I seen this project from day one, i wanna see it done. The interior looks flawless. With the decal problem i would cut out an exact size of the missing piece, but try to make it match up with the weave, maybe overlaping the existing cf a tiny bit?