1/24 Fujimi
Suzuki Vitara
Vitaraman wouldn't be complete without
having the scaled down Vitara. I waited all my life till
somebody releasing Vitara kit. Finally Fujimi released the kit
and I immediately bought it. This one is really close to my actual
Vitara, beside Short Wheel base. The color is Dark Blue Mica. Wheels
is Aoshima Altstadt 18" with Dunlop tyres from S600 Coupe. Sunroof
is from Mitsubishi Pajero SWB, Recaro seats are from Porsche 911, steering
wheel is Momo, GPS kit and cross drilled front disc brake from Fujimi.
Later I swap the Altstadt wheels
for Andrew Racing Dish. I look much more like my current
wheels, OZ Navajo.
FINALLY! I made lifted version of Suzuki Vitara. It was postphoned for several times because I was busy working. Finally I complete it and it could be displayed on Otobursa 2004. Suspension was custom built, using left over from Mitsubishi Pajero. The wheels are Deer Field from Hilux Double Cabin. Tyres are Yokohama Digger from Pajero Sport Option. Roof Rack from RAV 4 S- package. Light bar from Nissan Terrano. Front Bull bar originally from Subaru Legacy wagon, but it was rebuild as winch bumper. All the Spot lights are sourced from various left over kits. Front seats are Recaro Jet Setter LX, steering wheel from Hilux RN30. Spare tyre from Land Cruiser 80 VX. Front skid plate are scratch build. Originally, I planned to paint the Vitara with Tamiya's Light Pearl Blue, because it was stock color back in 1988. BUT, a friend of mine came and "borrow" that color. Then I look around on my desk to see what colour left. Surprisingly the Mica Blue was only used 1/4 can. So it was more than enough to paint Vitara's small Body. Interior is finished in Grey. I still have a lot of plan to this kit.
I bought this kit alongside the normal one. It would be better to have normal and lowered ones. The color is Coral Blue with Deck Tan seats. Wheels and tyres from Aoshima's Hilux Lowride.
I built for my friend. Built to be look like his real world Vitara. Lifted suspension are scratch build, using cotton bud rod. Front struts also lengthened. Wheels are from Maisto Lifterz series. Finished in Dark Green Metallic with grey interior. Front seat also changed but I forgot from what.
I built this one also for my friend. Built to look like his real world Vitara. Lifted Suspension are scratch build. Wheels from Maisto Ford F 350. Finished in White with black accent. Interior finished in Grey . Others are build box stock
I built this one for friend of mine who is Jimny freak. Suspension was lifted using Spring Over Axle (SPOA) technique. At first I want to lift using additional shackle block. But it was unrealistic. Wheel base also widened. Wheels are stock and tyre using Bridgestone Dueler AT from many Aoshima kits. Shock absorbers are scratch build using hollow rod. Body is finished with Tamiya's Italian Red. Interior are multi color grey.
Build this kit for friend of Mine. Because I already build "stock" version for another friend, he wanted his Jimny to be quite different. So here it is. Front left seat are changed with bucket seat . Snorkel are custom build. The front electric winch also scratch build. Suspension was converted to spring over axle and an additional block was added because the rear end was too low. Rear tyre from 1/32 Land Cruiser Paris Dakar, mounted on original Rims. Additional spot light also from 1/32 kit.
Build this kit for friend of Mine. He saw that I already build two Jimny before, he wanted a Jimny kit too... The suspension lift is done with reversing the position of the spring that call spring over axle conversion. But the height wasn't proper yet, so I have to add spacer so it looks realistic. Finished in Metallic Grey because he has a Grey coloured Jimny in real life. The interior is finished in tan. I'm still planning accesories for this one, but haven't got any clue which accesories will be put there. The tyre was from 1/32 Tamiya Jimny Wide. Took a year for me to complete this one, because I'm just to lazy to finished it...
Build this kit for friend of mine. Four already. This one is build box stock with different colour scheme. I once saw this colour combo in Lommel, Belgium. The combo is Dark Metallic Green with Sand brown soft top. The interior also made to that colour scheme.
Yet build for a friend. Build it box stock. This time is finished in Canary Yello (Tamiya TS-16, Lemon Yellow), with Gray interior and Blue/ Gray seats. Others are build box stock. By the time I make this picture, the optional soft top still not dry yet...
First time I saw in HLJ website, I told my self I should build this kit. In the world of sports car kits, this one is very refreshing. This kit have suprisingly good detail. Everything done per instruction. Body Color is Italian Red because I one have Suzuki Carry with same color. Rear Aluminium box done in Silver leaf. Interior is done in medium brown. I lowered the front suspension a bit to look more realistic.
This kit was build by ten years old back in 1987. Twenty years later that kid decided to rebuild the kit to celebrate 20 years of building model kit. It has so many sentimental value to that kid. Luckily, most of the parts are still there. Well, here's the result. It's finished in custom mix of Yellow. Tamiya X-8 Lemon Yellow mixed with X-2 White. any other color is done per instruction. Modification made are front brake converted to disc using Tamiya KTM250MX front wheel and disc, and caliper. Any missing parts are subtituted and/ or scratch build. The handle bar are combined from two separate pieces. Front brake handle also grafted from KTM kit. The only missing parts that I haven't build is the front number plate. I will build it later.
