1979 Toyota MK41 Mark II [Aoshima]

[e30lover]

In 2009, I bought a few Aoshima "bosozoku/shakotan" series kits, as they offered additional aftermarket wheels and extra decals.  

I actually had painted and polished the body (Tamiya Mica Red (TS-39) and clear, polished with Tamiya three-stage compounds) and buried it in my closet in 2009 and picked it up again a few weeks ago. 

It's a curbside kit with very basic underbody and interior, so I focused on just finishing it up with BMF. The front grill was bit tricky, in retrospect I should've painted it in black, then dry brush the silver, not the other way around.

Thank you for looking! 
 

Edited September 16, 2020 by e30lover
forgot to add photos

[grodudulle77]

Nice look !!??

[Spottedlaurel]

Looks good.

I like the styling of this generation, I have a couple myself to do someday.

[martinfan5]

Very nice work.

[slusher]

Beautiful model!!

[espo]

Beautiful looking paint and trim. I'm not familiar with the subject, but I think it is a good looking car. 

[doorsovdoon]

Another nice build. These were a common sight here where I live. A Taxi rank here run a fleet of four door versions in white before they switched to ford Sierras.

[e30lover]

Thank you all! Aoshima has a lot of well-proportioned 'pedestrian' models spanning all across from 70s to 2000s. The downside is that they're mostly all curbside models and underbody/interior aren't anything special. 

[doorsovdoon]

If they can look that good I wouldn't mind that they are curbside. They would still look fantastic on the shelf.

[Dragonhawk1066]

Nice! Great looking paint job!

[VanSpence]

That one is pretty cool. The back end looks a lot like a first gen prelude! 

Final result is awesome. I love these old aoshima kits. 

[e30lover]

On 9/20/2020 at 1:47 PM, doorsovdoon said:

If they can look that good I wouldn't mind that they are curbside. They would still look fantastic on the shelf.

Thank you! I find Aoshima typically nails the body proportion while they skimp on the underbody & interior.

On 9/20/2020 at 7:58 PM, Dragonhawk1066 said:

Nice! Great looking paint job!

Appreciate it!

17 hours ago, VanSpence said:

That one is pretty cool. The back end looks a lot like a first gen prelude! 

Final result is awesome. I love these old aoshima kits. 

It does look like the prelude a lot - and front end reminds me the Ford Pinto! 

[rob1957]

Nice colour , looking fwd to trying it on the Tamiya Mazda Savanna .

After the Tamiya 3 compounds could I finish off with their wax , or not necessary ?

I thought we saw a MK41 go flying by us once on the DVP !

[e30lover]

12 hours ago, rob1957 said:

Nice colour , looking fwd to trying it on the Tamiya Mazda Savanna .

After the Tamiya 3 compounds could I finish off with their wax , or not necessary ?

I thought we saw a MK41 go flying by us once on the DVP !

Thanks! I think it'll suit really well. I personally haven't used the wax, but based on the review, it works just like an automotive wax to "fill in" the microscratches that might stay after the polish.