Aoshima AE86 Trueno

[Andy Jones]

Made a start on this one which I'm planning on building stock I thought about spraying it white but was afraid the the red plastic would bleed through so I've gone with Ford Radiant red. Clear is Mr Hobby super clear - it needs polishing out before I can start on the black trim (and there's lots of it !).
Rims are Fujimi Watanabes as the rears are a bit deeper than the Aoshima ones, tyres are Aoshima stretchwalls.


I'll post more progress as I make it.
Thanks for looking
Andy

[energon]

I want this kit! Looking verry nice so far.

[Alfa 147]

Nice start! I'll be following this one

[MITeggy17]

Love the wheels, looking forward to the finished product.

[winstona]

It's great to see that you are starting it. I will deifnitely be following this one! Good job so far.

Winston

[gtidude]

i think thats the nicest Watanabes i seen thus far. have you got the box art for that wheels? i believe there is more than one version of those wheels. Awesome build!

[stryfe101]

Andy, great prorgess so far, i'm excited to see one of these being built, I look forward to your excellent level of build quality on it

Gray

[Andy Jones]

Originally Posted by gtidude

i think thats the nicest Watanabes i seen thus far. have you got the box art for that wheels? i believe there is more than one version of those wheels. Awesome build!

I'm pretty sure these are the ones :
http://www.hlj.com/product/FUJ19120
Cheers
Andy

[Andy Jones]

Just a quick update on progress - polished out the clear and added the matt / semi-gloss black trim (bit of a masking nightmare !). There's a few small areas that will need touching up but overall it hasn't come out too bad.

Thanks for looking
Cheers
Andy

[Gamerxz]

Originally Posted by Andy Jones

Just a quick update on progress - polished out the clear and added the matt / semi-gloss black trim (bit of a masking nightmare !). There's a few small areas that will need touching up but overall it hasn't come out too bad.

Thanks for looking
Cheers
Andy

I can imagine the pain of the masking having to cut thin strips for the front skirt area...
BUT from what i have seen .. i think it has really paid off! turned out great!

[winstona]

Looks great Andy! I certainly agree that this is a difficult body to mask. I have built a Fujimi one before and it really tested my patience.

Winston

[mbwoods]

Originally Posted by Gamerxz

I can imagine the pain of the masking having to cut thin strips for the front skirt area...
BUT from what i have seen .. i think it has really paid off! turned out great!

i wouldnt cut thin strips off masking tape, i do it in 2 parts ie do the black upper part first, then mask again for the lower part so that u wouldnt have to cut into the masking tape on the body, 1 slip and its history

[KTem]

I cut the tape on the body all the time. As long as the kit is well engraved, there is no problem.

This build looks really good! It looks like a good kit, Aoshima has some cool stuff lately, like this one and their FC RX7s.

[Zlaja_]

looking good, andy!

[Andy Jones]

Just a quick pic of the partially completed engine

Thanks for looking
Andy