Toyota AE86 TRD N2

[da_ashman]

Hey Guys

Ive signed up for a 1 month Instagram group build with the Theme of Tuners. Got this excellant Aoshima kit for farthers day & it seemed perfect for the group build.

Ive added a rear spoiler & wheel swap to keep things interesting.

Decided to try out Splash paints & went with Porsche's Miami Blue, hard to photograph but excellant colour, great paints, covers really well, bottle is only 30ml but ive got at least 2/3's of it left as it coveres really well.

Added some extra detail to the interior tub before painting.

 

Sadly this kit doesnt have an engine, but there is another Aoshima kit that comes with the engine that I could drop in later.

Wheels will be Eightyones TE37v

 

Bronze Kevlar for the seats, which had their seat belt holes opened up.

 

Needs to be completed by the 29th I think, so lots of work to do!!! Clearcoat + others this weekend!

Ash

 

[fumi]

Panda N2, that is an interesting combo.  Will the fenders be black or body colour?

So Splash ships overseas?  How long did it take?

Edited September 18, 2018 by fumi

[Rider]

Great start. Always liked that shade of blue. Interested in seeing where you take this. 

[Italianhorses]

Great start Ash, love the blue.

Are you going to paint the seats after CF decalling?

[da_ashman]

20 hours ago, fumi said:

Panda N2, that is an interesting combo.  Will the fenders be black or body colour?

So Splash ships overseas?  How long did it take?

Hey Mate, cheers! Yeah the fender colours was something I struggled with, most pics I saw were body colour, some werent. Im pretty happy with what ive done, I'll chuck up a pic tomorrow.

Yeah Splash ship worldwide, their bottle even says safe for air freight... I added the 2 colours I wanted to a mate who was ordering from them, from memory he said it shipped the next day & only took about a week to arrive at the bottom of the world, one of the paints leaked a bit though.

10 hours ago, Italianhorses said:

Great start Ash, love the blue.

Are you going to paint the seats after CF decalling?

Hey Alex! Yeah Ive now clearcoated the CF, ready to be masked & painted. Think I'll go with matte black though to keep up my colour theme.

[Italianhorses]

1 minute ago, da_ashman said:

Hey Mate, cheers! Yeah the fender colours was something I struggled with, most pics I saw were body colour, some werent. Im pretty happy with what ive done, I'll chuck up a pic tomorrow.

Yeah Splash ship worldwide, their bottle even says safe for air freight... I added the 2 colours I wanted to a mate who was ordering from them, from memory he said it shipped the next day & only took about a week to arrive at the bottom of the world, one of the paints leaked a bit though.

Hey Alex! Yeah Ive now clearcoated the CF, ready to be masked & painted. Think I'll go with matte black though to keep up my colour theme.

Sounds good! I never really though painting after CF. Always did the other way around, but makes sense.

[da_ashman]

I needed some awesome brakes to go with the better wheels, found a resin set from an old eightyone transkit (pretty sure it was their widebody 86... ironic...) but they had the tamiya fitment, not the larger aoshima size like the wheels, so out came the dremel & a fair few minutes later the brakes fit inside the wheels. Chassis is also painted & ready for some detail painting & weathering

[da_ashman]

Hey Guys

2 days to go & im on the final stretch! Still plently to d. Chassis is mostly completed, Body parts are all together, Wheel done. Interior on its way.

 

Sneak peak....

 

Stay Tuned

 

Ash

[Dann Tier]

I'm not a "Tuner" guy, but I like this car, and you're doing a great job of it!!

[Italianhorses]

Looking nice.

Curious, why are the front frame rails are body-color when everything else is black?

[da_ashman]

On 9/28/2018 at 3:22 AM, Italianhorses said:

Looking nice.

Curious, why are the front frame rails are body-color when everything else is black?

Hey Alex, just followed the instructions with the body coloured chassis rails, the engine bay is painted the same colour, except there currently is no engine. Have plans to add one in the future when my hobby shop gets the AE86 with engine kit back instock.

Managed to finish it off almost a day early. Voting finished over the weekend, think I ended up 4th or 5th. But didnt enter to win, just a bit of fun.

 

Edited September 30, 2018 by da_ashman

[Italianhorses]

Very cool! Love the look and its pulling this "baby blue" color real well!