My ride :) ST162 April 1986, ST165 R.I.P. Engine kept !

bought it at www.fineline-imports.nl who is a dutch dealer of whiteline.

 

thought bushings only.

 

some 2 years ago allready I bought some vinyls here...well...I put the GT-2 on (only the -2 part) and it's totally different from the original .... it's smaller and much much whiter .

So I'll try to order some originals for my GT 2 .

My turbo 2WD is under the hood so perfect @shows .

 

lol, me too but it got stuck on the way... so I couldn't move it anymore.. thank you winds !

 

Small update. The OEM decalls are not available (as you know) anymore so I guess the -2 will have to go and it keeps on being a 2.0 GT (GT-S in US).

I have a pic of cleaning the IC , the last cup is almost clear, the picture is shitty



Today I Insulated the IC, except for the 2 OEM stickers that I want to keep in sight.





The exhaust heat shield will be resprayed, caution plate on and insulated as well from the inside.

 

for those who aren't on my facebook...got my birthday present today !!



can't decide wether to built lone wolf or the original first

 

I have to built it all... big fchallenge as I never built one before.

 

The results . It wasn't that hard afterall. Made a mistake changing the control arms to a short chassis model, but that was easly changed back to the long chassis which the celica RC is. I still have to paint and sticker it, but that is the hardest task in my opinion so I will wait a bit before doing that

the box contents :


some weird lines in the body (you can feel them so shitty when spraying my own colour body) for sticker placement:


the result:

 

not sure, maybe by using some sprayfiller. You should order now I guess as Tamiya won't produce them for years and years I guess allthough it's just the body as the chassis is the standard on all cars chassis....

 

as the T-Vis plate on my intake looked bad I decided to take off the chrome part and re-sprayed it black. Still have to decide what colour to make the letters, maybe fluorescent red or so from modelling paint??

 

that could be possible indeed... I have some paint from 2007...that's probably no good anymore?

 

paint dissappeard I guess

Did manage to get the warning sign back on the heat shield

 

Finished insulating the back of the heatshield today Don't know if it helps anything, except vor opening the hood and not having a sauna in your face