trueno

I've been having a really bad time with the air compressor not putting out enough pressure so I gave up on painting for a little bit while I research new compressors.

I picked up this kit a few years back but never really bothered to open it until now. I expected the typical Fujimi affair but what was shocking (well not really) was the the headlights weren't the same as the box art. Big suprise there! Reminiscent of the Fujimi MR2 ordeal but easily corrected in this case as I found out.

While looking over the parts, i noticed that the bumper lights that wrap the corners of the bumpers were included in the kit. The lenses that is. All I have to do is make the enclosure and backing for the lights so out came the hobby knife and files.

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a288/appleseed415/ae86/86_cut.jpg

With a bit of fiddling, i got the lenses to go in just right.

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a288/appleseed415/ae86/86_light.jpg

I'm actually a bit impressed with this kit as there are a crapload of accessories including a front spoiler (that I used on here as well). Since I was in the plastic-chopping mood, I decided to play around with the wheel wells and fenders a bit. After the second round of putty work, I'm fairly satisfied with the outcome. I have the rear flares and skirts to do next.

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a288/appleseed415/ae86/flare2.jpg

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a288/appleseed415/ae86/flare1.jpg

I just mocked up the wheels on this kit with the ones off the RX7. Not bad... but then again, I'm the only one that really likes these wheels :icon16: Looks fairly agressive for a Corolla doesn't it?

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I freakin love that stance, your not the only one who likes those wheels. I think they go great with the car. They'll look even better with the rear flare done.

Very nice ! I'm really liking that front fender flare:) Can't wait to see more from you!

I think these wheels are the best to this car - deep :smile:

Yeah! :sunglasse

Some other things wrong about the kit :icon16: :
- The very top portion of the bumper is supposed to have an "elevated" part below the grill. J-Blood bumper (http://www.j-blood-na.com/img/86treno_fb_01.jpg), you can also see the stock one in my sig.
- The rear lights are modeled after the zenki "older" model which has different licence plate illuminators than the kouki "newer" model.
Zenki "Sprinter" (http://members.tripod.com/~teamcipher/DORIsprinter.jpg), Kouki "Redlines" (http://www.geocities.co.jp/MusicStar-Vocal/2088/v_86TR_wht_rear_apt_zoom.JPG)
- Amongst many other things like rear bumper lines, etc.

I can already tell this is going to be a good one.

I just mocked up the wheels on this kit with the ones off the RX7. Not bad... but then again, I'm the only one that really likes these wheels :icon16: Looks fairly agressive for a Corolla doesn't it?

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Nah, I like them as well!! I have a set but I haven't a clue as to which car they'l go onto. Great work man!!:)

Nice progress as usual!!! The rims fit it petty well.

i'm liking those fender flares.

That's sweet, I like the fenders and rims alot. Great work so far, should come out aggresive and sharp.

Looks like another wicked build. Lovin' the wheels

Thanks for the replies guys. I got a chance to play around with this kit recently and here are the results thus far.

The rear fenders will need another pass of putty as I think the passenger side flare looks a bit irregular to me. The basic shape is there and should not deviate much. I also got to work on the sideskirts as well. I've almost finished one side while the other side has yet to see any sanding thus far. Once I finish the skirts and profile the rear flares to my liking, I'll begin to tidy up the front bumper and maybe mod the rear bumper. I'm thinking of adding that 'whale tail' on the rear hatch instead of the kit supplied wing. It just occurred to me that the mods that I made to this kit is very reminiscent of the ones I had done to the old Supra kit I had. Almost scary that I forgot until now... :icon16:

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a288/appleseed415/ae86/rear01.jpg

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a288/appleseed415/ae86/rear02.jpg

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a288/appleseed415/ae86/rear03.jpg

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great work! i like the the side skirts and the flares, makes the car look even more aggressive, keep up the great work!

All right, it's coming together really nicely. Great mods on this little car. Great rim choice too.

I m keeping an eye on this!

Oli

Looks very cool. Whats your plan paintwise?

Nice start. Lookin v mean!! Yeah, wot colour you paintin it? White with black'd be cool

Thanks for the replies! I'm actually pretty happy with how it turned out. I'd really like to paint it a white and black panda color scheme with black flares but I've been a bit scared of dual tone paint jobs lately. Especially when the colors are black and white. Its just really hard to correct if the paint leaks under the tape.

I'll wait for the new compressor to come in first before I decide on the color.

Thanks!

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if you have a steady hand you can hand paint the flares. i hand painted some stuff on my F-150 Lightning, like the side steps and the whole bed. i think acrylic would be the best, in case you mess up, cuz then you can just wipe it off quickly with a wet napkin or towel. i even hand paint window rubbers now, after my masking tape left gunk all over my car.

Looks great, keep the wheels.
Also what happened to your Altezza?

Looking great. That Euro-Soft Putty got me going crazy right now, it was a while since i had used it, then i just remembered of your cars and how most of the cars that you do are customized with Euro-Soft ! The smell of Euro-Soft to you must be like the smell of your deodorant:lol: If that made anysense:screwy:

looking good, looking great

Thanks guys.

I haven't worked on the Altezza in a while now as it only needs painting to be finished. As I do not have a compresser just yet, the project is on hold. I'll have to get back to it soon as it was intended to be a gift and the time is running down...

I like to use the Eurosoft for the wheel arches but not for anything else to be honest. Its easy to use but hard to shape. For me, Eurosoft means sculpting the part through sanding. However, I'm a big fan of the Tamiya Epoxy putty (the orange one, don't remember if it was the quick drying type or not). That is probably one of the easiest putties to use... or any epoxy putty for that matter. With those, I like to shape as it drys with a putty spatula. I typically wait about half an hour after applying the putty on the plastic and shape away. After about an hour thereafter, I would shape again smoothing out the curves. This minimizes sanding alot and gives you almost a perfect shape if you are able to sculpt it. I'm not saying it's easy but it sure beats carving the Eurosoft or sanding it until you get the desired shape!

As for Eurosoft smelling like deodarant, I typically use a respirator so I don't smell a thing. I apply then set aside next to an open window and leave the room until it dries and the fumes clear. I hate that smell! I'm not too sure I'm comfortable breathing it in either! Have some fun with it and try sculpting something. You'll be suprised how workable it is!

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Taking shape really well. I started fooling around with fender flares myself.

I like to use the Eurosoft for the wheel arches but not for anything else to be honest. Its easy to use but hard to shape. For me, Eurosoft means sculpting the part through sanding. However, I'm a big fan of the Tamiya Epoxy putty (the orange one, don't remember if it was the quick drying type or not). That is probably one of the easiest putties to use... or any epoxy putty for that matter. With those, I like to shape as it drys with a putty spatula. I typically wait about half an hour after applying the putty on the plastic and shape away. After about an hour thereafter, I would shape again smoothing out the curves. This minimizes sanding alot and gives you almost a perfect shape if you are able to sculpt it. I'm not saying it's easy but it sure beats carving the Eurosoft or sanding it until you get the desired shape!

As for Eurosoft smelling like deodarant, I typically use a respirator so I don't smell a thing. I apply then set aside next to an open window and leave the room until it dries and the fumes clear. I hate that smell! I'm not too sure I'm comfortable breathing it in either! Have some fun with it and try sculpting something. You'll be suprised how workable it is!

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I see what you mean. I used the Tamiya Epoxy putty for several things since its incredibly strong, but i had trouble with painting over it. It would get swirls in it and when i went to paint it you could tell the spots that i had put putty eventhough they were sanded down evenly with high grit sand paper. This issue with the Putty and the surface is showing up again with the Civic im doing right now with Euro-Soft:( The surface seems very nice and smooth but once i primer it you can tell where the putty is and the plastic, its like the putty shrinks.

For example on the side skirts that you did on that Trueno. Notice how you used mostly plastic then used the Putty to blend it in, if i would've done that then the putty would've been very noticeable with primer and the plastic would've looked nice and smooth since it was untouched.:( I dont know man, i guess im just bad at mixing
putty.

Keep up the awesome work. You were one of the builders that inspired me to customize some of the models that i am doing now even more. I'll make a thread on the models that i am doing now later one once i have something significant to show so that you could take a look at what i mean:( I tried putting Crazy Glue over the putty/plastic so the surface could get smooth, haven't primered it yet so dont know the outcome yet:(

Hopefully you get your compressor soon so that you could put some paint on those sweet models;)

Hmm... I almost never leave any part of the kit unsanded. I just like to do that to see if there are any sink marks. Even with the areas where there are putty, I sand the surrounding areas to blend in the shape. What is sounds like to me when you are spraying the primer is that maybe your primer is too hot for the plastic or you are spraying it on too thick. It sounds like you're working with an airbrush for the primer. If that's the case, mist it on and then slowly build it up for coverage. I know it sucks that you probably won't get a really smooth primer coat with this but I always sand down the primer coat before I spray color. I always do that for the kits that I do any type of bodywork on. If the primer (or color coat for that matter) is too hot, it'll etch the plasit surrounding the putty area thus you'll see the seams. Sometimes the plasitc mold lines come back as well if the paint is too hot. Anyway, good luck working with the putty. Post some up so we can see!

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Hmm... I almost never leave any part of the kit unsanded. I just like to do that to see if there are any sink marks. Even with the areas where there are putty, I sand the surrounding areas to blend in the shape. What is sounds like to me when you are spraying the primer is that maybe your primer is too hot for the plastic or you are spraying it on too thick. It sounds like you're working with an airbrush for the primer. If that's the case, mist it on and then slowly build it up for coverage. I know it sucks that you probably won't get a really smooth primer coat with this but I always sand down the primer coat before I spray color. I always do that for the kits that I do any type of bodywork on. If the primer (or color coat for that matter) is too hot, it'll etch the plasit surrounding the putty area thus you'll see the seams. Sometimes the plasitc mold lines come back as well if the paint is too hot. Anyway, good luck working with the putty. Post some up so we can see!

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Thanks man, i just finished putting primer over the area that i had worked on to see if this happend again and it did:( You see all the areas that i have filled in :( I dont know if it would be appropriate if i would post some pictures in your thread. I'll make a thread about this in the Car Modeling section since this problem has haunted me from previous models, i'll include various pictures of models that this has happend to:(

I finished the sideskirts and found some time to play with the suspension. Unfortunately I found out that it was harder than I thought it would be. I thought it would be as simple as the Fujimi Rx7 but was I wrong. The front suspension has got me quite confused as to the best way to approach it. Anyone have any experience on how to lower the front? Thanks in advance for any ideas you would be able to provide me.

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a288/appleseed415/ae86/skirts01.jpg

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Just a question I've been wondering since the stat of this thread, where did those wheels come from? I wouldn't mind having a set.

Looks great and keep up the good work.

glacier985- the wheels are from the Fujimi RX7 (FC) Touge kit.

Here's a few shots in grey primer. There are some areas that would benefit from a bit of attention. Once that's done, a bit more grey primer to even out the color then wetsand it down before applying white primer. That's probably overkill in terms of wetsanding but it works out for me in getting a smoother finish than just rinsing.

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a288/appleseed415/ae86/primer3.jpg

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a288/appleseed415/ae86/primer2.jpg

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a288/appleseed415/ae86/primer1.jpg

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Man, that looks really good!

looks amazing man :D definatly looking good.

so your using euro-soft epoxy putty? how do you like it? the first and only time ive tried using epoxy putty was the tamiya stuff, and it just seemed too hard to mold for me. it was really hard for me to get any sort of a shape out of besides filling in sink holes (and getting it flat and even was extremly harder as well). ill have to look into this stuff since you seem to be getting a great shape out of it.

Not sure if you need help lowering the front yet, but check this link out: AE86-Lowering (http://www.geocities.jp/yukimura86/puramake0.htm)
Hope this helps you out, and awesome progress!! :sunglasse

Looks sweet! And i love it!

The flares and skirts set off the wheels perfectly. Another hot model from Appleseed. :iceslolan

Nice Toyota! I love those wheels, especially on this car. And, as said by many others, your body-mods really set off the look of the car!

Keep up the good work!

Thanks for the positive comments guys.

Honoturtle- Thanks! It worked like a charm! I didn't make as many cuts as he did but I got the basic idea and made it work. I'm currently waiting for the white primer to dry a bit before I wetsand and appy additional coats to get a good white base. How did your attemp at the flares go?

I got a chance to take some pictures of the finished suspension and the body in white primer (final ride height). In the second pic, instead of cutting the arms, I just added some plastic card to the right height to make up for the difference. Much simpler and easier than cutting the arms off and reattaching them. In the third pic, you can see that i put in quite a bit of plasitc on the front end to make up for the offset. The rest was the same as that of the website Honoturtle provided to me. Thanks Honoturtle!

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a288/appleseed415/ae86/white01.jpg

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a288/appleseed415/ae86/suspension02.jpg

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a288/appleseed415/ae86/suspension01.jpg

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