Mr. Turbo Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 (edited) Specifically a Tamiya Toyota Sprinter Trueno GT-Z AE92. My second model in 20 years after the brown Crown I posted awhile back. Here's another megapost with some inspo and more fun photo experiments! Here's the two of 'em together, chillin'. The kit: The inspiration - went for kind of an Okinawa surf vibe with this one...wanted to see if I could make blanket seat covers like that. Weird little 1/2 mudflaps... Fixed. Added the pop-ups from the Initial D AE86, I guess Takumi will have to deliver during the day. Built boxes behind the lenses since this snap-kit only had decals. It's little details like this I never thought of before and now they're all I see, haha. Choppin' it up Adding powerrrr Filling sinks Makin' masks and wow do I suck at this. Noticing that Tamiya white tape (plastic) leaves cleaner lines than Tamiya yellow (paper). My hands are not steady enough for this. Tough to see the depth and color of the Tamiya dark metallic blue in the sun but it looks nice here. Some of that surf vibe coming in. Realized nothing has enough weight to hang so even invisible thin line has to be shaped and glued. Making space for the deep Focus Racing Fins 1 piece, lotsa making Her undercarriage, as interpreted by whatever paints I had lying closest to hand. Had some Amuse decals so I tried to do one of their wild R1 Titan exhausts, just about the limit of my airbrush ability so far. Pretty close... Mmm...smell the exhaust... Mexican blanket method from YouTube, nice n' easy! Going for the pattern in that Honda Civic...definitely relaxing to make these. No risk of the thread reacting to the tape and going all orange peel or anything. Add fringe... ...then chop it up... ...and in it goes. Having some fun in the interiors...real titanium shift knob (a nose ring), little data logger made from clear blue plastic, and interior door handles though I think I got the driver's side one wrong for an AE92. Gotta have the Sparc-o and the Bride-o Ok, to the outside! Gotta use a stencil from now on for intercoolers...I'm not sure a decal can ever look quite right. Tried out some auto film for the tint...not really to scale and it's on the outside of the glass (!) but hey, everything's an experiment for me at this point. I do like the 3 colors of flop I get out of it. To the indoors where I had some more fun with lighting - here with one of those LED tracing boards/light panels above the car, going for a full marketing photoshoot setup, hehe. Which is really great if you want to highlight every. single. imperfection in a surface. I see why CAD designers and clay modelers use zebra stripes now. Still, looks kinds cool... Full-on 90's now with a little light writing (bike light on a stick, 3-5 second exposure) Dragging my hand along the back added some nice floor lighting. Yeah I'm getting weird at this point. Halo! Ok enough of that, just smooth... "Bad Human Being: Women, Liquor, Drift...etc" Edited March 26, 2021 by Mr. Turbo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PappyD340 Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 Outstanding job, excellent detail! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLHCAHZ Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 Very nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanGlover Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 Dude that is amazing!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Turbo Posted March 26, 2021 Author Share Posted March 26, 2021 Thanks guys - kinda fun spending all this time on something you might see in a high school parking lot. You know, like how the blankets are only there because the seats are all worn out underneath. 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatW Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 Really Neat! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kruleworld Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 fabulous build. also great photos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plowboy Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 Very cool little Toyota! I really like the extra details you added and especially the window tint! Nice work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattilacken Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 Very cool stance! Fits the scene perfectly! Great work! I can se Itsukis expression when seeing that one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spottedlaurel Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 Very nicely done, looks like you had a lot of fun building that one and great photos too! Despite being snap-fix this is a great kit, I enjoyed building one last year. Would be good if they'd reissue it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
89AKurt Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 Top notch build! I tried another tint, had giant bubbles, but as accurate for the beater pickup. The license plate is bent up, my daughter showed her Mazda G3 (I think) with bent plate, so now I know. The blanket is a great idea! Appreciate all the work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATHU Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 Very very impressive build, looks fantastic!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Turbo Posted April 4, 2021 Author Share Posted April 4, 2021 Thanks so much!! Yeah, I had some fun, tried some things. Always experimenting. Usually failing but it's all good. 😎 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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