in progress | toyota levin ae86 [lots of pix!]

[sugarfree]

hey guys, just wanna share my progress of ae86 levin.
comments are more than welcome.

1983 toyota levin ae86 1600 gt-apex
fujimi initial-d series (fuj-18326)


box shot




shaved hatch key slot






blank out the spoiler and smooth out the recess.

thats all for now. more pix follows as more improvement made.
btw, time frame for this thing is.... 3weeks!! thats my semester break. hahhaha.

[Orion37170]

Cool project!
I love Initial D Are you going to replicate the car or going for something unique?

[SupaMan89T]

looks great but if i remember right the ae86 in intial d had pop up lights are you gonna do those?

[Orion37170]

there were two AE86 in the series the main character has one with pop up lights, but this one is the one of an opponent and has regular lights

[_WIDE_LOAD_]

looks good from what i can see, (i gave up on the pictures, the took too long to load on my shitty dail up)
there a 2 different variants on the AE86 in inital D, one its trueno (with the pop up lights) and the other is a Levin which didnt have the pop up lights...there are also various other differences between the 2 cars.
good luck with the build
laters, WIDE

[7th_skyline]

Cool!
Is it going to be painted as per the box?
I reckon you should paint the wheel centres charcoal or gloss black...Those damn mesh rims, they come in stacks of old fujimi kits, and they don't suit any of them... :|
Should be an interesting project. I just ordered a levin kit and some volk TE37 rims, I'm hoping to make a quasi replica of Gen Terasaki's D1 car...

[sugarfree]

Originally Posted by _WIDE_LOAD_

looks good from what i can see, (i gave up on the pictures, the took too long to load on my shitty dail up)
there a 2 different variants on the AE86 in inital D, one its trueno (with the pop up lights) and the other is a Levin which didnt have the pop up lights...there are also various other differences between the 2 cars.
good luck with the build
laters, WIDE

oups... sory bro. i thought its small enough. its only 40% of the original size. i should make it even smaller for next time. thx for that.
yes, there are 2 variants, takumi's trueno (panda trueno) and the other one is wataru's levin.

[sugarfree]

Originally Posted by 7th_skyline

Cool!
Is it going to be painted as per the box?
I reckon you should paint the wheel centres charcoal or gloss black...Those damn mesh rims, they come in stacks of old fujimi kits, and they don't suit any of them... :|
Should be an interesting project. I just ordered a levin kit and some volk TE37 rims, I'm hoping to make a quasi replica of Gen Terasaki's D1 car...

yes... im gonna paint the car as per box. but yea, up to my skill level. im pretty new in this stuff.

charcoal or gloss black on the wheel centres?? u mean the centre cap or that small circle in the middle of the centre cap? i dunno what does it called. so... hope u understand. hehehe.

[86_SR5]

He means the mesh part of the rim. BTW, that looks like it's coming out great. How come no one's done Iggys AE85?

[lmdrs22]

Sweet project! Keep us up to date! Good luck...

[7th_skyline]

Yeah 86_SR5 has it in one - I mean the mesh section, leaving the actual rim/dish part polished. If you want it to look extra trick, paint some bright silver paint around the edge of the "nut" in the centre, let it dry, then paint the clear color of your choice (red, blue, orange etc) over the top for an anodised look.

[SupaMan89T]

opps sorry my mind saw takumi's car on the box and thought that was his o well

[sugarfree]

some updates:
- putty sanded (not perfect, but good enough IMO for 1st time)
- other parts primered

*pix will come later. need to edit them 1st.

tomorrow i will grab some matt black spray paint. cant imagine how much $$$ i chuck into my hobby..!!! arghhh....

[remus_nl]

man i love that car
where you bought that one?¿!!

[sugarfree]

bought it in singapore, dec last year. my bro cant find any takumi's ae86, so he grabbed this one. not too bad.

anyway, time for updates.


finally sanded...... looks not too bad IMO


back of the seats are filled with styrene and puttied then sanded. headrest attached.


suspension painted matt black with anodized look springs (clear blue on flat aluminium)

thats all at the moment. im painting the body now (pure white). ill update the body in 2-3 days.

bought spray paints : matt black for under carriage, gloss black for body color (its twin tone white-black). so... another 20sumthin bux spent on it. hehehe.

keep in touch, more update follows.