Tamiya Toyota Supra: UPDATE 6/15/17

[Kennyboy]

Do not attempt to use lacquer clear over clear plastic. It will fog out the clear plastic and etch itself into the piece. Did this once after airbrushing the top of a windshield blue. Many many hours of wetsanding later I was finally able to see out of my iroc promo windshield again.

[MeatMan]

Looks great!

[DiscoRover007]

Alright guys not a whole lot of progress since my last post but I did get a few things done. Side markers and turn signals have been attached. ZoomOn provides metal transfers for these which can be colored with a marker. Still debating on whether to keep them over the decals or not. I am still painting the window glass. It's almost finished but certain parts are jagged and need to be retouched. I accidentally stepped on the hood and had to repaint it with a spare I had from a doner kit. Here are some mock up pics. Side mirrors are painted but need to touching up before installation. I also started adding metal transfer decals.

 

 

Edited November 23, 2016 by DiscoRover007

[lghtngyello03]

Looks awesome man..wish I knew about the metal transfer emblems when I built mine, those look sweet!

Edited November 24, 2016 by lghtngyello03

[DiscoRover007]

Update. 

 

Wow so it has been a while but I have been making small progress here and there on the kit. I finally have the glass painted to my standards after very tedious masking and brush painting. The front windshield needs another coat of future and I think she'll be good. 

Today's update will be about the interior. Over the weekend I added seatbelts to the rear seats. The belts were cut from Tamiya masking tape with photo etch. The catches were carefully cut and sanded to shape from clear plastic glued together. I did not cut holes into the seats to fit these so instead I cut tiny pieces of Tamiya tape to give the appearance of them tucking into the seat. It is a small detail but noticeable and. Necessary to me. I prefer making the catches myself opposed to photo etch. 

Two other details you'll notice is that I added speaker grills to the omitted kit parts. This was done by making a template with Tamiya tape then cut out on clear plastic. I then cut a small amount of material from a black nylon women's sock and then used spray adhesive to attach them together. Judging from reference photos I preferred this method over using any of the photo etch speaker grills available. I think it's a nice touch and looks relatively to scale. 

I also made floor mats cut to shape from reference pics. They are flocked. I am still trying to think of a way to adding the Supra logo to both of them. After that I just need to add seatbelts to the front seat and do some touch up painting and she should be done. Some of the photos seem repeatative but it was hard to get good natural and capture the details of a contrasting black interior. 

Thanks for looking.

Here are the pictures.

[DiscoRover007]

Battery painted and detailed. Turbos installed. Painted model master aluminum metalizer, then masked and painted hoses with Vallejo air black. Hose clamps on bmf.

[Foxer]

Your detailing makes this pop!

[DiscoRover007]

Your detailing makes this pop!

Thank you sir! Trying to keep it clean and tasteful!

[DiscoRover007]

Alright guys just inching closer. I painted the fan shroud and added hose clamps via bmf. That sucker is a pain to mask and detail. I also added battery cables. This was done by drilling a hole in the back of the positive side and simply running thin plastic tubing into it. For the other side I had to modify the terminal by tapping into it and adding  a thinner plastic tubing. This way I could snug a PE cable piece securely.  I also repainted the battery and I'm very happy with how it turned out.  The engine bay is 99% complete. I'm just going to add some vaccum lines to top it off.

I have also completed the interior. I added seatbelts belts and and PE brackets for the front seats. I had to cut two notches into the tub to make sure they flush with the body. I also changed out the rear buckles for a modern era design. I then did some touch ups and glued the seats in place. I couldn't find a method to adding the Supra logo to the floor mats so I went with out. It's hard to notice anyway. 

Getting close to the finish line. 

Edited June 15, 2017 by DiscoRover007

[DiscoRover007]

Call me crazy but I did say I was making a fleet of these yes? 

 

 

[Dann Tier]

Hey, its nice to see this one again!!….where have you been?!!

[DiscoRover007]

12 hours ago, Dann Tier said:

Hey, its nice to see this one again!!….where have you been?!!

Well two things stalled this project.

1. Getting the glass piece painted up to my liking. Have yet to master the masking technique to really make it look nice. 

2. The Blue body supra has taken a brake fluid bath. Ended up polishing through the clear after getting  a small bit of CA glue on the paint. As first I was furious but the other thing I realized was that the roof lines on the body need to be carefully sanded. There are two molded in lines or strakes you might call them. Tamiya has mold lines running directly over them. Those actually need to be carefully sanded off without damaging those features themselves. So I forgot to do that and decided I had already worked so hard to make it look realistic everywhere else I might as well strip her down and go again.

The red body will be another tan interior and I'll probably use the aftermarket engine that is made by hobby design. The silver one will probably be more box stock with aftermarket wheels. I say that now however but I'll probably detail that as well. I have a model meister turbo kit that I need to use so I may drop it in there. The finish came out really great on the silver. Its TS-17. I finally started to get the hang of using it.

Edited August 5, 2018 by DiscoRover007

[mrm]

53 minutes ago, DiscoRover007 said:

Well two things stalled this project.

1. Getting the glass piece painted up to my liking. Have yet to master the masking technique to really make it look nice. 

2. The Blue body supra has taken a brake fluid bath. Ended up polishing through the clear after getting  a small bit of CA glue on the paint. As first I was furious but the other thing I realized was that the roof lines on the body need to be carefully sanded. There are two molded in lines or strakes you might call them. Tamiya has mold lines running directly over them. Those actually need to be carefully sanded off without damaging those features themselves. So I forgot to do that and decided I had already worked so hard to make it look realistic everywhere else I might as well strip her down and go again.

The red body will be another tan interior and I'll probably use the aftermarket engine that is made by hobby design. The silver one will probably be more box stock with aftermarket wheels. I say that now however but I'll probably detail that as well. I have a model meister turbo kit that I need to use so I may drop it in there. The finish came out really great on the silver. Its TS-17. I finally started to get the hang of using it.

Been there, done that. 

Project for the most part don't end up exactly as planned. At least that's how it is with me. 

[DiscoRover007]

1 hour ago, mrm said:

Been there, done that. 

Project for the most part don't end up exactly as planned. At least that's how it is with me. 

Oh yeah its a struggle. But i've decided not to settle on these. So they will take time.

[Dann Tier]

3 hours ago, DiscoRover007 said:

Well two things stalled this project.

1. Getting the glass piece painted up to my liking. Have yet to master the masking technique to really make it look nice. 

2. The Blue body supra has taken a brake fluid bath. Ended up polishing through the clear after getting  a small bit of CA glue on the paint. As first I was furious but the other thing I realized was that the roof lines on the body need to be carefully sanded. There are two molded in lines or strakes you might call them. Tamiya has mold lines running directly over them. Those actually need to be carefully sanded off without damaging those features themselves. So I forgot to do that and decided I had already worked so hard to make it look realistic everywhere else I might as well strip her down and go again.

The red body will be another tan interior and I'll probably use the aftermarket engine that is made by hobby design. The silver one will probably be more box stock with aftermarket wheels. I say that now however but I'll probably detail that as well. I have a model meister turbo kit that I need to use so I may drop it in there. The finish came out really great on the silver. Its TS-17. I finally started to get the hang of using it.

I'm glad to hear that you are okay!, and sorry to hear about your struggle......we all go through it from time to time, but it will be worth it to tweak those things...….great job!!

[titino]

Hello James, is there progress?

[mrm]

5 hours ago, titino said:

Hello James, is there progress?

You waited SIX YEARS to ask that question?!?! ???

[titino]

54 minutes ago, mrm said:

You waited SIX YEARS to ask that question?!?! ???

Hello Michael, well if you assemble 3 identical models I suppose one of them will have finished. Don't look at the date.

[DiscoRover007]

On 11/3/2024 at 1:09 PM, titino said:

Hello James, is there progress?

Long time no see guys. It is has been a long time haha.  Unfortunately, the red and silver bodies suffered damage and had to be stalled.  The blue body was also mishandled by someone in my household and suffered chipping on multiple areas. At that point I was drained of my enthusiasm to continue. BUT The blue Supra still lives on. I recently started with a fresh body, painted in the same color, this time I clear coated in 2k clear to give it extra protection. I also made some pretty good vaccum lines for the engine bay.  I will post a new progress pic soon.

Edited January 25 by DiscoRover007