MR2 Veilside

[mind-9]

Hi all of you i am new here (found you Trough ebay) and i like to do a topic of building a MR2 Veilside hope you will enjoy this.

This is my car and finaly i found the model , i knew Fujimi had the model but here in the Netherlands could not find it so did some googling and found this one in Japan on ebay

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Now i know it's not gonna be easy but i will do my best and hope it will be the same as my MR2 Veilside.

[Foxer]

Welcome and it's always a blast building something you own. Very nice looking MR-2 you have. That blue is beautiful.

[diymirage]

hoi dirk, welcome aboard

i hate to tell you this but i just seem two MR2s and i think one of them was a vielside (not sure since it wasnt what i was looking for) at toemen modelbouw in den bosch

hoe dan ook, het ziet er naar uit dat je aardig op weg bent

toemen specialiseert zich ook maar op radiografish bestuurbaar gerei maar er zaten zeker wel wat aardige japanse kits bij

de intertoys in uden heeft ook een aardige selektie

waar ergens kom je vandaan ?

ik zelf kom eigenlijk uit noordbrabant maar ik woon tegenwoordig in michigan

er zitten hier nog 2 or 3 meer nederlanders

[mind-9]

hoi dirk, welcome aboard

i hate to tell you this but i just seem two MR2s and i think one of them was a vielside (not sure since it wasnt what i was looking for) at toemen modelbouw in den bosch

hoe dan ook, het ziet er naar uit dat je aardig op weg bent

toemen specialiseert zich ook maar op radiografish bestuurbaar gerei maar er zaten zeker wel wat aardige japanse kits bij

de intertoys in uden heeft ook een aardige selektie

waar ergens kom je vandaan ?

ik zelf kom eigenlijk uit noordbrabant maar ik woon tegenwoordig in michigan

er zitten hier nog 2 or 3 meer nederlanders

Hallo,

Bedankt voor de tip ga er zeker een kijkje nemen o en ik kom uit Lelystad

[mind-9]

Ok update,

Got the model out of the box and find out it has a resin veilside set and no tbar roof sigh,

Well i know resin parts don't glue to polystyrene parts so i search google (again )and came up on this site http://www.scalemodelguide.com/guide/construction/using-resin-parts/

So now i know this ,i start cutting in the model take the bumpers of and the skirts,

draw the panels on the roof and take out the roof panels.

you see lot of work i also think making the doors working ,maybe if i can find the wright engine i will put that in as well because the model doesnt have one .

ok guy's and girls see you next time.

[mind-9]

Welcome and it's always a blast building something you own. Very nice looking MR-2 you have. That blue is beautiful.

Hi Foxer,

The bleu is a Citroen color it called Bleu myosotis we first painted the car white and than we put the bleu on top of it like this the paint gets lighter.

[diymirage]

looks like your off to a good start

i think i have seen these kits build before and they are a lot of work but from the looks of it you can handle it

interesante keus in verf

was je echt verknocht aan die citroen kleur of kon je hem goedkoop krijgen ?

(ik mag natuurlijk niks zeggen over kleur want ik heb vroeger deze kadett gehad)

[mind-9]

looks like your off to a good start

i think i have seen these kits build before and they are a lot of work but from the looks of it you can handle it

interesante keus in verf

was je echt verknocht aan die citroen kleur of kon je hem goedkoop krijgen ?

(ik mag natuurlijk niks zeggen over kleur want ik heb vroeger deze kadett gehad)

nee hoor vond de kleur gewoon mooi wel iets te donker origineel vandaar de witte basis.

[mind-9]

Ok have done some homework

got the doors out found some Spargo seats and orderd the same wheels like my car so far so good.

[mind-9]

some pics.

so the doors are out spargo,s fits nicely lets do the bodykit.

[mind-9]

WOWW that kit is a real pain (well you now where) it doesnt fit at all

Had to make some changes the nose was not wide enough about 4 mm the skirts are to short about 3mm and the rearbumper well not wide enough also 2mm.

Well first put it on the car as good as it gets and then we will see.

Ok the kit is on the car let it dry overnight then start to fill the gaps and holes.

se you next time o and still did not find an engine.

[jbwelda]

first of all, nice 1:1 car! i have never seen one in real life so thats a treat to even see a photo of someones real one!

but yeah most of those kits with the body kits require a lot of fitting, cutting and filling to get them to fit correctly. ive built a couple of skyline and silvias with body kits like that and nothing fit out of the box. but they looked very nice when done.

good luck and keep posting...opening those doors is going to lead to some interesting reading in the near future i think...will be interesting to see how you handle the challenges.

some not so good photos of the cars i built...dont mean to hijack your thread, just want to show they can be made to look good.

actually i dont recall if the garage defender silvia had fit problems because it had the sides moulded in but i do remember quite a bit of fitting and cutting and filling on the skyline.

[mind-9]

first of all, nice 1:1 car! i have never seen one in real life so thats a treat to even see a photo of someones real one!

but yeah most of those kits with the body kits require a lot of fitting, cutting and filling to get them to fit correctly. ive built a couple of skyline and silvias with body kits like that and nothing fit out of the box. but they looked very nice when done.

good luck and keep posting...opening those doors is going to lead to some interesting reading in the near future i think...will be interesting to see how you handle the challenges.

some not so good photos of the cars i built...dont mean to hijack your thread, just want to show they can be made to look good.

actually i dont recall if the garage defender silvia had fit problems because it had the sides moulded in but i do remember quite a bit of fitting and cutting and filling on the skyline.

That are some nice cars you made there.

Well the doors ok i like to make them the same as the original one's not like the machbox doors

Like this this is original

And not like this.

[mind-9]

Well as you can see busy with the doors now lot of work keep you posted.

[Tony T]

Nice project - you are making great progress!

[mind-9]

update,

i have done the inside of the doors because that was one big gap,

i used sheet plastic

It's nice to have the real car as reverence.

Now do some filling and sanding to get it wright then start to make the doors and the hings that,s gone be the hard part got some ideas but have to see if they work.

till next time

[diymirage]

aftashock did a "how to" on hinges, it is in the tips tricks and tutorials section

your making good progress

i do not envy the detail painting your going to have to do to that interior

are those raceland seats ?

[mind-9]

aftashock did a "how to" on hinges, it is in the tips tricks and tutorials section

your making good progress

i do not envy the detail painting your going to have to do to that interior

are those raceland seats ?

Thank you i have looked to the tut and can be of a real help

And yes the inside is going to be difficult but thats still a few days away

those are Sparco seats

[jbwelda]

thats coming along great and man your 1:1 is awesome.

[mind-9]

Hallo you all,

After a day of filling and sanding i put the first layer of primer.

i also made the decals for the doors

This is a scan of the door wich i use to get the right size for the decals then print them on transfer paper but that's for another day,

first do some more sanding and finishing the door's.

till the next time.

[mind-9]

Update,

well it's getting along after some sanding and put some primer on it, i finaly got the paint on first white and then the bleu.

I also fit the rear wing and paint some of the interior.

tomorrow i wil put the doors in and lay the first layer of clear coat.

Then it's up for the decals (wheels still not here sigh )

see you next time.

[cazxr2]

Looking awsome and I'm loving ur 1:1 I had a mr2 the old shape one. Loved it, it was just box stock with a air scoop. Urs is amazing and the model is looking on the right track. Keep up the good work :0)

[mind-9]

Looking awsome and I'm loving ur 1:1 I had a mr2 the old shape one. Loved it, it was just box stock with a air scoop. Urs is amazing and the model is looking on the right track. Keep up the good work :0)

O yes the AW11 MR2 is still a nice classic car have to buy me a model of that type one day.

[mind-9]

Today i have made de decals for the MR2,Hard job to do that' to make de decals thats easy you can use any paint program on your comp i use paintshop.

then you have to scale it (so it fit your project) then print it on decal paper and spray some lacquer over it (this is because else the ink will disapear) so far so good,

but after i put it on the car you can barely see it the color shine,s treu so on a dark color it,s hard to see.

i found out i have to change the printer settings from normal paper to transparant sheet (nobody told me that when i bought the decal paper sigh )well any way i place the decals and place the doors (thanks aftashox for the great door tut)now i can start on the inside of the car.

Some pics.

this is the scan i use to scale it to the right size.

And this is the result. (sorry if the pics are not that sharp need a new cam)

See you next time

[mind-9]

ok guys and girls don't panic still there.

just a vacation next week more.