Let's try something different...

[mrceej]

Originally Posted by drunken monkey

y'know, it would be probably be quicker, stronger and easier and much cheaper if you used a thick cardboard for this. The surface texture of some is near perfect for scaled building rendering as well which is a bonus.

Very true, too bad I already started. LOL It's all good, here's some more progress pics:

Here's my crude sketch of what the outside needs to look like





And I got the styrene, started cutting, trimming, etc. and here we are:









My girlfriend did this little fence thingy for me (still in progress):

[Subarudriftboy]

lookin good, the lattice is a nice touch (fence thingy) and it looks like it will turn out great, and what did you get all over the hood of the 86, i know you get excited with models but that excited? dang haha jk lookin great, gonna keep watchin.

[cyberkid]

Cool~ I love the Initial D series...
Are you intentionally using the movie/anime sign for the shop?
The comics had the sign half in kengi and half in Chinese characters. While the movie/ anime had all Chinese characters... legal issue
It seems that there was a 藤原 (Fujiwara) to-fu shop before the comics and was 'used' in the comics..
Real shop:

The real owner:
lol
The original comics used: (sorry can't find a pic of the shop... but wording was the same)

A quick pic of the real/anime shots:

I often see sup'ed white AE-86's with the 藤原とうふ店(自家用) sticker here in Taiwan... it's quite popular here ... Lol...

[mrceej]

Haha that's just dirt/grime that's built up on the hood of the corolla body (it's a really old one, been sitting in my "junkyard" box of incomplete/scrap parts). As for the sign lettering, I'm using a pic of the real building from the movie. I never noticed a difference between the two to be honest and now I'm unsure of which lettering to use. I was hoping to have the real pic and a pic of the diorama from the same angle for comparison when it's done, but now it'd look weird if I had done up like the cartoon and it doesn't match. I'll have to think about that one before I print up the decals. Thanks for pointing that out though, I appreciate it.