Fujimi 1/24 Touge AE86 Levin

[El Krammito]

my convertible pickup levin is on the backburner for now. in the meanwhile i'm working on this fujimi touge series ae86 levin. still undecided as to what color i'm going to paint it but i was thinking either all white or all lavender seeing as the theme is "girl drifter" car. wheels are going to be craftsman/fujimi yayoi wheels, aka sakuras or cherry blossoms, which will be painted with gold centers. i threw other sets of rims on for the pics until they arrive. so far i've only modified the front lip to be more authentic - i cut the end parts that flare up and i'll be filling in the dip in the front with putty. interior features two race buckets and the roll bar and will have a "momo" steering wheel. sorry for the crappy pics, i was using my camera phone.

[Fly high]

lookin nice mate keep us up to date

[Dr.AK]

Looks promising.

I love Levins and truenos , so I'm looking forward to see of more of this build!

[PlumbedandWired]

For a camera phone, those pics look amazing!

[SchuberT]

Better than some of our members' digital cameras. The build looks good so far, keep us up to date.

[Midnight Racer]

can't wait to see any update.

[Porsche Carrera]

So far I like what I see!

[ImolaEK]

I like the ride height and the rims are real nice

[1986Z28]

looks cool, keep up the good work

[SupaMan89T]

I still dont like you.

[Honoturtle]

Great to see this progress because I've been working on my own Levin in for the past week. I really like the low offset rims.

[El Krammito]

my aoshima drift parts set finally arrived so i made a little more progress. i added the tach from the drift parts set to the dash and now it is ready for primer. the dash features a momo wheel from the older fujimi muffler tune set. the rest of the interior has been painted matt black and the door panels are waiting for a coat of lavender, to match the body color which i will be painting later (still waiting on putty ). the seats are also from the older fujimi muffler tune set.

[El Krammito]

my putty finally came in so i worked on modifying the lip to resemble an actual levin lip. the lip that comes with every fujimi ae86 kit is a trueno lip. took me several hours of sanding to get it just right (too much putty for first time he he). it's such a small detail but i'm ae86 crazy like that!! i think having owned one helps too

anyway here's more progress pics of the lip and comparison pics with my trueno lip. see if you can spot the differences

[ImolaEK]

Nice stuff! Is it just me or is the Aoshima Drift Parts Set a bit cheap! Only 2 Steering wheels, 2 Seats, 1 Tach, and 2 sets of mirrors that don't fit any car that i have. Nice progess on the lip and interior.

[Dr.AK]

I like it!