Mk3 golf Gti

[68BigBug]

Hey all, been a while (better part of a year) since I've built a model. Thought I'd get back into it this year with this fujimi mk3 golf gti kit. The kit's listed as a 16v, but it's actually an old style (non-crossflow) 8v in the engine bay. It'll be pretty stock, other than being lowered and having different wheels. The wheels I'm using are Fujimi Hayashi Streets in 15". So far I've ground down the inner hubs of the wheel to lower the offsets, put the pirelli tires from the kit on the rear wheels, narrowed the front advan tires (to give them a stretched look), lowered the suspension (only one side is lowered, I wanted to figure out how low I was gonna go before doing both sides) and that's about it. I'm open to suggestions on color, the last mk3 I built was as close as I could find to Steel Blue metallic, so I'd like to do maybe a Silver Arrow or Candy White Gti. My 1:1 mk3's are Tornado red and Windsor Blue Metallic.

Here's the last mk3 kit I built. It was a vr6.

DSC_0013 by KJHillbery, on Flickr

And here's the current Gti.

20141216_173628 by KJHillbery, on Flickr

IMG_0265 by KJHillbery, on Flickr

IMG_0267 by KJHillbery, on Flickr

IMG_0263 by KJHillbery, on Flickr

IMG_0268 by KJHillbery, on Flickr

Thanks for looking!

[68BigBug]

I did a pearl white Subaru STI a few years ago, and I base coated it with duplicolor white, then sprayed the pearl. The "pearl" was a white nail polish with iridescent particles that when thinned had no pigment, so it was just the pearl. Came out pretty sharp! Nice in scale effect. Anyways, not trying for tell you what to do, just sharing my experiences. Looks good! I'll be watching!!

Thanks!

I got it on all 4 wheels

20141220_150744 by KJHillbery, on Flickr

[68BigBug]

The seats in the kit didn't come with backs, so I built a set of seat backs.

20141220_163425 by KJHillbery, on Flickr

And here's a pic of the 8v, even though the kit is listed as a 16v!

20141220_163443 by KJHillbery, on Flickr

[68BigBug]

Got most of the suspension together, and got my roof rack from eightyone-81 today.

IMG_0274 by KJHillbery, on Flickr

IMG_0272 by KJHillbery, on Flickr

IMG_0276 by KJHillbery, on Flickr

[djmcguire]

That is some mad, mad camber in the back...

[Pierre_tec]

Whats the difference between the eigthyone racks and the fujimi kit?? Its only the fairing??

[68BigBug]

Whats the difference between the eigthyone racks and the fujimi kit?? Its only the fairing??

I'm not sure, I've never had the fujimi rack set