Cleaned VW Golf MK3 Gti

[iceracer1]

This is my new project:



A Fujimi VW Golf MK3 gti.

And a ''in the box'' picture:


I'm not gonna build this one OOB but it will be a clean-style golf. Which is very populair in Germany, Belgium and Netherland.

First thing I changed were the mirrors. I changed them for some rally (impreza) versions.




I wanted to make it a bit like this photoshop golf:


So I searched for the Porsche wheels:


How they fit:




Things I want to change:

-clean frontbumper
-clean rearbumper
-shave doorhandles
-clean sidelists
-clean thrunk
-Porsche wheels
-mirrors
-black frontlights

So I used some Milliput and Tamiya putty to clean this car:







Kris.

[modellmaker]

Me and my brother are real Golf fans. My brother is an expert of VW Golfs.

Your job is on the right way to build a cleaned car. I can't wait to see it finished!

Do you want to paint it white like in your reference picture?

[deedlit]

Good start It should look nice once finished

[iceracer1]

Originally Posted by modellmaker

Me and my brother are real Golf fans. My brother is an expert of VW Golfs.

Your job is on the right way to build a cleaned car. I can't wait to see it finished!

Do you want to paint it white like in your reference picture?

I also really like the Golf. Especially the Mk1 of course
I think a Vw ore something must be cleaned and not like the import style with big wings and other plastic sh*t Just simple and clean!

And yes I think I'll paint this one white with some pearl clear. The interior should be black with aluminium details.

Kris.

[KevHw]

From the photoshop I don't like the rims but seeing them against the black plastic I really like them but am not sure about it being white though. Can't wait to see more progress.

[KTem]

Why are you removing body details?

[modellmaker]

Originally Posted by iceracer1

I also really like the Golf. Especially the Mk1 of course

My favorites are the Mk2 and the Mk1 Cabrio.

Originally Posted by iceracer1

I think a Vw ore something must be cleaned and not like the import style with big wings and other plastic sh*t Just simple and clean!

Of course!

Originally Posted by iceracer1

And yes I think I'll paint this one white with some pearl clear. The interior should be black with aluminium details.

Kris.

[iceracer1]

Originally Posted by KTem

Why are you removing body details?

These are not necessary Take a look @ these pics and you see what cleaned style is.






Kris.

[iceracer1]

Last days I became crazy. Sanding....putty....sanding... putty

But finally I got a great result A nice clean MK3 stands on my desk

For the pics I primed it and putted the vr-6 frontlip on it.





I hope to get him as low as shown on this pic:








This week I'll sand it waterproof 1000 and prime it again and I hope to make time to paint the body in pure white

Kris.

[MidMazar]

Nice mk3, i really like the stubby mirrors. I plan on puttin stubby ones on my 1:1. Nice start on the body, and also can't go wrong with porsche wheels on Z VeeDuB.

[willimo]

Looking real nice. There's about to be a set of these cars showing up here, I've got one coming and I know of one other. Those Porsche wheels look great and will be perfect. I really like that you've shaved the handles, reshaped the bumpers and changed the mirrors. You've got a really cool car coming along. I wish I'd looked before painting mine - there are a few mods I could've done to make it look cooler. Yours is awesome.

[blubaja]

Lookin good. I wish fujimi had left the fender flares molded off Lookin good do far.

[iceracer1]

Because the cleaning job wasn't smooth enough I puttied the front and back again.

I also searched for new tyres for the C2 wheels because the tyres are a bit to wide so they everytime fall of

No result.... None of the tyres will get around these wheels....

So I searched for new wheels! From a Lambo Diablo I found these wheels. They were only a way to wide So I removed a bit of the wheels and fitted them on new tyres.

This is German-style











Kris.

[Vyacheslav]

looks nice
but I don't like the idea of stagered wheels, it's very unproportional for this car

[iceracer1]

I primed the body again and this time it's good.

The paint wil be racing white from Tamiya and looks very cool I think

I also painted the heart of the rims in black. I love this wheels. My other Mk3 will get the Porsche wheels when I've found some other tyres for it.









Just have to make the mirrors nice on the body and than I'll paint it.

Kris.