Tamiya Subaru BRZ

[Modelbuilder Mark]

Update 11.09.2013 Part 2 - 99% complete

Hey everyone, just finished up on this thing (mostly).

Another view:

Bonnet open:

Rear quarter panel:

Back:

And compared to the real one:

I will work on getting some better comparison and close up shots.

The last 1% is body line painting and obviously the rear license plate. I'm holding off on that to make a custom one that matches the real one.

Nice job! THere is a website you can use to make your custom plates, I think this is the link.

http://acme.com/licensemaker/

[heptoman]

Remember me?

Remember how dissatisfied with this paint job I was?

Starting over!

Paint is stripped, body wet-sanded, reassembling of parts.

[ferrari87]

Can't wait to see how it turns out round 2!

[Toast]

Cool! I just read through your original write up. Hope round two turns out like the original.

If not, you know what they say! ;-)

[heptoman]

Justin - me too. We'll see. I think I've fixed my painting technique.

Ryan - not being sarcastic...what do they say???

[Toast]

"Third time's a charm!" :-D

[heptoman]

Alright everyone, update: although no pics. I tried reattaching the front bumper last night and it didn't go very well at all, so I think I'm going to just order replacement parts. The body is now in a pretty sore shape.

So this one is going to have to be shelved for a while. Need to focus on the GTO and the Mustang.

[Toast]

Bummer!

Can't say I've never done that though so I feel ya. And from experience Tamiya is great at getting you the parts you order. You do have to order the whole tree a part comes on though so if you need a new bumper too you'll get some extra parts for the spare parts bin, but they're pricing is very reasonable.

Good thing you've got a couple of other builds to keep busy with in the meantime.