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I built one of these when I was growing up in Grabber blue, fun build. Great looking model!

Thanks again! Tamiya kits are amazing in ease of building and quality for sure.

This is some awesome work. Your bodywork/fab looks great!

No problem, thanks for sharing your build! Thanks, I have a soft spot for them as I have an Evo 8 that has been fully built. That is why I disappeared for a year, lol. I spent the last year building the engine and getting it sorted out after a rod decided to vent the block. I can't say much, after 10 years of 500hp and 31psi of boost it was time the stock rod gave up, lol. Now I'm ready to hit the chassis dyno whenever I can get the chance, and get tuned after my new setup. I'm hoping to crack 700hp on some E85.

I too built this kit probably 10+ years ago,lol. It was before my skills were that great and all rattle canned, no tape on the window trim, but still holds up well. I use a bare metal foil tool as pictured below.

I managed to get a good bit more completed this afternoon/evening. The rear bumper has molded bolts that I have marked with a Sharpie. These must be sanded off as the TME car doesn’t have these. I also got the body/chassis/wing primed in white since the color will need a light base coat. I primed everything else as well in grey primer. I have a little work/sanding to do on the resin bumper that didn’t show up without primer. So, I’ll have to do that and prime it once more before I can lay down some color.

Super excited to get this one on the bench. I saw a pic of one completed online with the detail-up kit from Hobby Design and knew I had to build one. The kit is a Tamiya Evo 6, And the detail-up set is from Hobby Design. I will also be adding a Hobby Design Muffler. The color is going to be Mitsubishi WRC Passion Red from Zero Paints topped with Zero Paints 2k Clear. The detail-up set includes the TME front bumper, TME wheels, TME decals, and photo etch parts as well. I am very impressed with the quality of the resin front bumper and wheels. Not very much work had to go into the front bumper to get it ready to be mounted on the car. I did so using some 5 min epoxy after completing all necessary body work. I also sanded out all of the high spots cause from molded dimples on the inside of the kit on the trunk, roof, and hood (as seen circled in red) and went over all of the panel lines with my scribing tool. I Hope for this to be a nice easy build as with all Tamiya kits.

Awesome, clean build! I have wanted to build one of these for the longest but can never run across a kit locally or at any hobby store...looks like I need to start searching ebay, lol.

Thanks Jim. Tamiya's Quality is absolutely awesome. You can pretty much count on no flash at all and all the molds to be perfect. The mesh for the grille that was used was straight from the kit. It was the thin black mesh. The detail set came with some metal mesh, but to me it didn't look correct, plus I didn't want to have to paint it and worry about it not looking right in that aspect either.

Thank you

Thank you Jonathan

Thank you!

Thank you very much! It is now under glass to be checked out as well

Thanks a lot Jim!

Thanks guys! Really pleased with the end result of this build.

This has to be the coolest suburban build. Love the stance, the wheels, the color....it all is very fitting for this subject. Great build man!

Amazing build and fab work. Everything looks like it was made for the car for sure!

Amazing build! Black is a hard color to do and make it perfect, but looks like you nailed it. The chrome work looks great too for your first time using Alclad!

Man! The amount of detail in this 1/24 engine is amazing! Great work, you definitely know what you're doing when it comes to the 3D printing stuff.

Great build, and the color suits it perfectly.

Super clean build, great work on all the chrome as well!

Great looking build!

Thank you! I have to agree, these were some monsters of a car, along with the Supra. Those turbocharged in-line 6 cylinders are powerhouses.

Thanks again everyone!

Thanks guys!