1980's Toyota Celica-Supra WIP *engine bay/firewall detailed!*

[brodie_83]

I'm not sure what I'm going to do with this just yet, but I think I'm going to build it box stock. Probably silver with a medium gray interior and some fine details in the interior and engine bay. I just bought this off of eBay this week...the guy refunded me the money I paid because he thought I paid double, then realized he refunded me the money I paid him correctly...he said he'd still send the kit and for me to keep the refund for his stupidity...so I got a super rare kit for FREE! I also bought another Fujimi Celica XX model that actually has an engine (not curbside like most Fujimi kits) that I will be doing a few little mods to, but it hasn't arrived from Taiwan yet, so I'm going to start building this one. Here's a few pictures of it:

Really looking forward to building the kit! I have always loved the MKII Celica-Supras and now I have one...well, a 1:25 scale version.

Edited November 6, 2012 by brodie_83

[MrObsessive]

I've always LOVED this car ever since they were new and wanted one badly when they were intro'd in 1982. But as a 21 year old making no more than 10K/year at the time, the $14,000 price tag was a bit too steep for me. I have this very kit you're starting (sans the box), and it was one of MPC's nicer efforts at the time.

Looking forward to see what you do with it!

[Dr. Cranky]

I had never seen this kit. It looks very cool. Thanks for sharing.

[mikelo]

I have the stock only version, and yes, it caused quite a stir when it first came out. The only problem I have is with the bumpers sticking out a little too far. Keep us posted as I will be intrested in this buiild.

Mike

[Tonioseven]

Nice kit! I had it but I believe I got rid of it. I now regret it. Good luck with the build and post plenty of pictures.

[made007]

mines mpc too but moulded in red, and i got it for 7$ shipped on ebay, but its a glue bomb, not that bad but it needs to be revived, ill post some pics if you want me to, take care

Edited August 21, 2011 by made007

[Maindrian Pace]

It's so weird seeing a model of a Celica made in the USA. Revell was pretty fearless in subject matter in those days. I remember the kit well, but don't remember anyone building it. Neat looking car, and a fun project.

-MJS

[LAone]

dang, your luck to have gotten this kit. i was looking to get it when i saw it. i have the one from tamiya, 1 from aoshima and 1 from fujimi.

looking forward to what you do with it.

[made007]

ihave one from arii

[brodie_83]

Thanks for all the replies! I'm very excited to see this kit done. It will take me awhile, since I haven't built a model in some time. I hope I'm not too rusty!

Well I got a few pics of the slow progress. I put the block/trans and heads together, then painted with Tamiya flat aluminum. Then I painted the timing belt cover with Tamiya satin black. I painted the oil filter orange with a semi-gloss black front to resemble a FRAM filter. I'm a little worried to go any further without the pre-wired distributor I ordered from The Toy Box because I don't want any less room drilling holes for the ignition wires into the top of the block than I already have. There are 6 bumps on top of the block...I'm guessing they are the boots for the spark plugs. I'm not sure. Anyways, here are the pics I took. Oh, and I also stripped the chrome off of the wheels, valve covers, rear end cover and other parts.

[brodie_83]

I woke up this morning, went downstairs and painted the spark plug boots, as well as started working on the valve covers. Since I took them off the tree to de-chrome them, I couldn't paint them with holding them in my fingers, so I glued them to the engine and painted them installed. I think they turned out pretty good. The silver on the lettering and ribs came out alright...I was hoping the raised parts would come out a little better, but I'm still happy with it. Now I may have to move on to another spot on the car until my parts arrive from Australia. Maybe the interior?

[made007]

nice valve covers

[brodie_83]

Alright, I'm a little angry...I washed off a few parts that I de-chromed and accidentally dropped the upper intake manifold into the drain! SOB! I'm not sure what I'm going to do now...probably have to scratch-build one unless someone here has one they don't plan on using...in that case, I'll take it off your hands! I glued the seats together and need to get some filler to make them seamless, then paint. All I can do now is move on to something different.

[Maindrian Pace]

Do you have a J shaped drain trap under the sink? If so remove it and with luck, the part will be in it. Just don't run the water until you can do it.

-MJS

[LAone]

a nice start on the engine. sucks about the part though. but if you havent ran some water in it, do as above..^^^^

[RodneyBad]

Engine is looking good.

Sorry too about the intake, don't have an extra one, let alone that kit.

Throw up a ad in the wanted section, Somebody might just have one..

[CrewDawg15]

Nice start on this one. As far as the intake goes...you could do as above...or, you could use the situation a as an excuse to go wild with the motor. You could go with a custom tubular manifold, individual throttle bodies, or the tried and proven triple sidedraft carbie setup. Googling Toyota 5M-GE engine could give you some inspiration

Keep up the great work!

Jimmy

[made007]

Im not home right now but when i get back ill take a look at my supra glue bomb and see if i can cast one for you

[whale392]

Could always do a 7M-GTE style intake/exhaust set-up, considering they are relatively close in demeanor/size/style. A friend had a MKII with the later 7M-GTE dropped into it, running a CT-60 turbo and RC components 950cc injectors with a MKIV throttle body. It ran well for a big, heavy tank. I like the MKIIs and the MA70 bodies the best, followed by the MKIV.............I always wanted to do the MA-70/2JZ-GTE combo.

Keep at the build, it is nice to see some J-Tin getting love.

[brodie_83]

I do have a 2JZ from a Tamiya Supra, but I think I'll save that for another kit. Thankfully a guy on here said he has the part I lost and I can have it due to an LS swap in his, so as soon as this part shows up, it's on! Till then, it's on hold.

[novadose71]

I've been trying to get my dirty mits on one of these for awhile now, but have never seen one built up until now.........it's looking like a nice kit.

[brodie_83]

Yeah, so far it's a fairly simple build with some good detail (one of a few that I've seen with seatbelts molded in the rear seats). I definitely recommend this kit.

[made007]

^thats the same i got, looks good with the wats

[brodie_83]

Sorry Joe..."JOE sent me the part I need". Thanks buddy! I absolutely love those wheels you have on yours...I was thinking about those same ones, but I'm gonna build this completely stock. When I get my Fujimi kit, I'll probably do the 2JZ swap and a few other things (seats, wheels, suspension, etc.).

[brodie_83]

Joe, thanks a ton! I got the part in the mail today, as well as another Celica kit that's pretty rare. It's from Fujimi and it's a Celica 2.8GT "High Mechanism" kit. The cool thing about this kit is it's got an engine/trans and not a curbside! The actual car's detail is very lacking, but I have to say, the engine is very well detailed...much more so than the MPC kit I'm currently building. Here's a few pics of that kit (which will be built sometime later after the MPC kit is built):

Box art

Metal "exhaust tip"...nice.

Fujimi body vs. MPC body

Fujimi wheels and nicely detailed Pirelli tires

Open lug holes! So cool!

And the part that I lost and that Joe sent me...thanks again dude!

Now I can get back to work on the kit. I'm going to run to Advance Auto Parts and get a can of Duplicolor black for the chassis/suspension and maybe get the engine mounted in today. Then I have to decide what colors I want to do my interior in. I bought some light gray and charcoal flocking from the local hobby store. I really like the charcoal color, so I may go with that. Anyways, hope to have some more progress pics up later today!