Kingfisher 1171 Posted June 24, 2017 I started building my Subaru XV TT02. I got it to the point of being able to test drive it, and thought I would start a thread before it progressed any further. Plans are to do a rally build for bashing on dirt trails. Hoppups are: Tamiya TT02 CVA dampers Tamiya High Speed Spur gear Fast Eddies sealed bearings YR aluminum driveshaft. YR steering kit YR diff locker in the rear Also included, are GPM aluminum battery posts. Unnecessary, but I originally robbed the Tamiya battery posts from this kit for my Neo Scorcher Truggy. I found these on eBay cheaper than another parts tree, and went for these. To be honest, I don't like them and wish I would have gotten the whole parts tree just for the Tamiya parts. The reason being is that it's much easier/faster to pull a pin out to change the battery, than it is to unscrew two little knobs. The wheels came from eBay. I don't know the brand, and chose them just for the chunky tires. I will be putting the tires on the Subaru kit rims. 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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Effigy3 1267 Posted June 27, 2017 You should consider coming to Waco once I get the body painted up on my TT-02R rally car (I just trimmed it up last night). We could hit the trails at Cameron Park and take some pics of our TT-02 rally siblings! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kingfisher 1171 Posted June 27, 2017 10 hours ago, Effigy3 said: You should consider coming to Waco once I get the body painted up on my TT-02R rally car (I just trimmed it up last night). We could hit the trails at Cameron Park and take some pics of our TT-02 rally siblings! That sounds like a lot of fun. I'm only 3.5hrs away slightly South of Houston. It could make for a fun day. In time, I could show up with more cars as I have a few un-built kits and 2 more on the way. I wonder how many Tamiya's I can fit in the trunk of an MX-5? Also, today, I removed the notch from the rear control arms like you did. It made for a big difference in rear suspension travel. With the chunky tires, I have 24mm of ground clearance. Thanks for that tip. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kingfisher 1171 Posted June 30, 2017 I cut, masked, and painted the body. The masks for the side windows are weird. I had trouble figuring out exactly where they were supposed to be placed. I must have taken the side windows off at least 6 times before I finally got it to look right. Luckily, the stickers will hide the lines. I used PS-39 Translucent Light Blue as the first layer of paint. I then backed it with PS-41 Bright Silver. Once that was dry, I backed that with PS-5 Black. This was my first time using Translucent Light Blue, and even though I had used half of the can in the process, it was hard to tell if I had an even coat. In the end, I used the entire can of Translucent Light Blue before moving onto the Silver. Adding the Silver really made the paint stand out. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Granddad Stinky 975 Posted June 30, 2017 43 minutes ago, Kingfisher said: I cut, masked, and painted the body. The masks for the side windows are weird. I had trouble figuring out exactly where they were supposed to be placed. I must have taken the side windows off at least 6 times before I finally got it to look right. Luckily, the stickers will hide the lines. I used PS-39 Translucent Light Blue as the first layer of paint. I then backed it with PS-41 Bright Silver. Once that was dry, I backed that with PS-5 Black. This was my first time using Translucent Light Blue, and even though I had used half of the can in the process, it was hard to tell if I had an even coat. In the end, I used the entire can of Translucent Light Blue before moving onto the Silver. Adding the Silver really made the paint stand out. I'm not a great fan of blue but that really works well. Nice job! 👍 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Effigy3 1267 Posted June 30, 2017 4 hours ago, Kingfisher said: I cut, masked, and painted the body. The masks for the side windows are weird. I had trouble figuring out exactly where they were supposed to be placed. I must have taken the side windows off at least 6 times before I finally got it to look right. Luckily, the stickers will hide the lines. I had trouble with the window masks as well. In the end I used extra masking but in doing so I also over masked. Like you, the window stickers covered the mistake well enough. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kingfisher 1171 Posted June 30, 2017 33 minutes ago, Effigy3 said: I had trouble with the window masks as well. In the end I used extra masking but in doing so I also over masked. Like you, the window stickers covered the mistake well enough. Yeah, it's confusing on how they're supposed to line up. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kingfisher 1171 Posted June 30, 2017 6 hours ago, Granddad Stinky said: I'm not a great fan of blue but that really works well. Nice job! 👍 I really like the light blue color of the 1:1 Subaru XV's, but then again it could just be that I am partial to blue Subaru's. I used to have a dark blue '86 DL and a light blue '90 Loyale wagon. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites