MKI Scirocco build II

[sbvwfanatic]

GTIDude has got a build going as well and I hope we can keep one another motivated to finish our builds.
Here is the kit, from AMT.

These are the wheels I'll use on one of the kits

This is the other box version of the same wheel kit.

As you can see the tires that come w/the Aoshima wheels are to big. You can use the Aoshima Kia parts tires, they work
great but @ up to $18 bucks a wheel/tire kit, that's $$$ for just tires. So one day while out shoppoing for some 1/64 diecast
I noticed Jada Toys 1/35 Mach 5 had some tires I thought might work.
I bout 2 of the Mach 5s for $5 bucks.

As you can see the Wheel/tire combo on the right, above, works much butter for today's 1/1 style of Wheels/tires.
The tires do not have the best tread detail but I'm happy w/the low profile.

You can see the tire on the right "sinks" in the middle so I took some evergreen strips and carfully glued them to the middle
of the wheels and the tires,(one on the Left above) Look much better.

I don't have a huge amount of progress yet.

Right now I'm using the engine from a Revell MKII kit. It is not much better
than the amt kit but is a little bigger. I'm trying to build up a "shrick" style oil-pan, still has some cleaning up to do.


I also need to get some new batteries for my camera. Photos are crap.

Thanks for looking. I hope to get a few hours in this weekend and get some better photos up w/more progress worth viewing.

[gtidude]

dude wheres the progress lol!

[RoMaNo93]

Wanna find this kit..

Nice JOB, keep it coming!

James!

[sbvwfanatic]

Originally Posted by gtidude

dude wheres the progress lol!

Dude, I know...

I'm going to work on them tonight and hopefully get in some hours this weekend...

[sbvwfanatic]

Originally Posted by RoMaNo93

Wanna find this kit..

Nice JOB, keep it coming!

James!

Try Model Empire. That's where I got mine. Not sure if they have any more. (I think I purchased mine around 2 yrs ago.) Their website is not much but buy their catalogue and give them a call. They are kinda old-school but have a lot of older kits.

[MidMazar]

I think you see what smaller wheels would look like under it, like some 17" bbs, etc. Also great find with those aoshima bbs wheels, i would love to find a pair. Ive seen some of those go for $30 on ebay. Good luck with your build.

[sbvwfanatic]

Originally Posted by MidMazar

I think you see what smaller wheels would look like under it, like some 17" bbs, etc. Also great find with those aoshima bbs wheels, i would love to find a pair. Ive seen some of those go for $30 on ebay. Good luck with your build.

Yeah, I scored both sets for $7.95 each. Both Aoshima and Fujimi have been re-releasing some of their older wheel kits. Just keep our fingers crossed that some of these older BBSs are on the list.

[sbvwfanatic]

Very little progress. I've spent way to much time trying to build a detailed engine,scratch building more realistic head/tail lights and grill, (did not help that I picked up "Red Dead Redemtion" a week ago..) so I'm going to take a step back and work on the body and interior so I can feel as though I'm progressing. I did spend some time last Sat. smoothing the engine bay, but nothing worthy of photos.

[rsxse240]

OOOOHHH, I love it! so going with the 16V and ditching the good ole 1.8 8v? I am building a real 8V in my garage right now for a fox, so if you need any pics for the bottom end, lmk, I'll snap some.

[sbvwfanatic]

O.K. So I'll get these parts smooth out and ready so I can paint tomorrow. Right now the stacks are just mocked up w/elmers. I'll add plug wires and other details to it. Not sure it will fit in the Rocco though, it came w/the Revell MKII kit.

The manifold I cut down from a Ferrari Testarossa intake.

Same thing w/the Valve cover.
O.k. Here a few more photos. I almost scrapped the Schrik oil pan, I'm glad I didn't. Once puty'd and painted,(Color will change once final prep is done.) it really looks pretty good. I know the scale of the fins is on the "over-sized" side but I like it.

Here you can see I removed the coils from the valve cover and installed an oil cap and tube.

I painted the intake gold because I wanted some contrast in the engine other than black and aluminum but I don't think I like the gold. I also sanded down the timing belt cover so I can actually expose the pulleys and timing belt. I plan to use carbon fiber decal for the tb cover.

I'd planned on painting the valve cover simi-gloss black but was out of paint. So I'll hit up the hobby shop tomorrow at lunch...Let me know what you think.

[sbvwfanatic]

O.K. a few quick engine updates. Sorry for the photo quility, amazing what a diff. not having my tripod makes...

I'm realy happy w/how the schrik oil pan turned out. There are some rough spots that I would touch up if entering it in a show
but this one is just for me so I can live w/it.

I've got the intake painted and glued on. I'm prepping the volocity stacks and will glue those on in the next day or so.
(Though I'm looking at buying some real aluminum stacks.)

I wanted a darker color valve cover to contrast all the aluminum but now I'm not sure I like it. I tried a lighter grey but
it was lost in all the silver.

Let me know what you think...

[rsxse240]

It's looking very good from here. That oil pan turned out great! I also really like the Ferrari intake setup. keep it up, you'll have one heck of a motor before long.

[sbvwfanatic]

O.K. I'm puzzled...Yesterday I posted updated photos of the engine partially assembled and painted..And now they are gone....

[sbvwfanatic]

And now after I post that they are gone, they are back....I need to go home, and go back to sleep....

[sbvwfanatic]

Thanks. I'll post photos of the stock motor and of a real Schrik pan. It's not perfect but I'm happy w/it. I'm on vacation all next week, my wife is at school all day, and my daughter is starting pre-school so I'll have some major build time...