Toyota Celica GT-Four Monte Carlo'93 – full-open (ModellingMaster/Tamiya)

[firun]

And here we are painted:

[firun]

Dressing up in decals:

[rallymaster]

Superb work on pain and decals.
Seeing yours really make me feel like building one of mines with opened Hood and detailed engine... But Hmmm... how to say that...

[firun]

Phil, I'm waiting for your Celica WIP :-)
I teared decals in several places but brush and paint will help me masking the evidences.

[generationx]

Are you using the Tamiya decals? I found them horrible in this kit.

[firun]

generationx, yep, Tamiya ones. I've heard that people are not satisfied with decals from this kit, but I find them pretty decent – maybe because my kit is a reissue with newly printed decals.

[firun]

Continue with decals:

[LucaC.74]

I love the models that open ..
and you are an excellent builder of these ...

really good!

[firun]

Luca, I appreciate your words!

Done right part of the body
body:

[firun]

Clearcoated:

[rollin80s]

Looks awesome man.

[Seamus McRae]

Originally Posted by firun

Meanwhile I have a question about headlamps – were they always openned or could be closed in 1993 season?

I've found photo with closed one, but i'm not sure about season:



Meanwhile I have photo of engine bay in which you can note openned headlamps bolted to the body:

Great work. Love what you're doing. As far as the headlamps are concerned, it was an homologation thing IIRC. I'm happy to be corrected, but I do remember reading that they chose to do their 1 homologation change in a calendar year sometime after 93 Monte. I think it had something to do with altered cooling arrangement in through the front if the car, therefore they didn't require the headlamps to be in the 'on' configuration

[firun]

Long time, no see!

Here with windows seals:

[zim produc]

Superbe Firun.

good editing suite

Zim

[LucaC.74]

I agree with Zim
really beautiful work..