bogger44 Posted October 5, 2020 Posted October 5, 2020 Fresh off the bench this weekend. This is my inaugural build of a Tamiya kit, and I have to say it was one of the smoothest builds I've ever done. It literally seemed to build itself with nary a part fitment issue. It won't be my last one for sure. It's rolling on a set of Aoshima's 19 inch Volk Racing TE37 wheels. Painted in Tamiya TS-89 Pearl Blue. Sorry, I should have taken a picture of the interior before I installed it in the body, but I guess there's not a whole lot going on with it being all black anyways lol. While I was taking the pictures, someone in the neighborhood must have been having a campfire as there was some small flecks of ash coming down. I did my best to keep it clean during the shoot, but did miss some on a couple pics.
Rich Chernosky Posted October 6, 2020 Posted October 6, 2020 Very clean model. I especially like your choice of wheels and the colour really sets the car off. What did you use on them..???
Modlbldr Posted October 7, 2020 Posted October 7, 2020 Beautiful build! The body color and choice of wheels really set it off. I used those Volk TE37's on my Skyline build and I'm looking to put another set on another. Tamiya kits are a real pleasure to build. You did a great job on this and it will look nice on the shelf. Later-
Dragonhawk1066 Posted October 7, 2020 Posted October 7, 2020 Very nice and clean looking build! I really need to get one of these kits for myself.
bogger44 Posted October 8, 2020 Author Posted October 8, 2020 Thanks guys! I thoroughly enjoyed this build, and really like how the wheels set it off as well. On 10/6/2020 at 1:47 PM, Rich Chernosky said: Very clean model. I especially like your choice of wheels and the colour really sets the car off. What did you use on them..??? They actually came pre-painted, saved me a little time Lol. I think Aoshima really nailed the color, whatever it is.
lghtngyello03 Posted October 8, 2020 Posted October 8, 2020 Beautiful build. I have this kit in my stash as well. Awesome inspiration to build one for anyone
bogger44 Posted October 10, 2020 Author Posted October 10, 2020 Thanks guys. I may just have to pick up another one of these someday.
Plowboy Posted October 11, 2020 Posted October 11, 2020 Sharp looking GT-R Tony! I really like the color on the wheels! Did you paint them or did they come in that color? Nice work!
BeakDoc Posted October 11, 2020 Posted October 11, 2020 Very clean representation of an all around sharp Nissan offering.
Funkychiken Posted October 11, 2020 Posted October 11, 2020 bautiful build, very sharp, those wheels are a great upgrade. did you have to swap the wheel fitmet or did that come woth the aoshima wheels?
bogger44 Posted October 12, 2020 Author Posted October 12, 2020 Thanks guys. On 10/10/2020 at 7:25 PM, Plowboy said: Sharp looking GT-R Tony! I really like the color on the wheels! Did you paint them or did they come in that color? Nice work! Thanks Roger. They came in that color, was one less thing for me to do! LOL On 10/11/2020 at 7:08 AM, Funkychiken said: bautiful build, very sharp, those wheels are a great upgrade. did you have to swap the wheel fitmet or did that come woth the aoshima wheels? Thanks Atin. I did have to modify them a bit to fit. I had to grind down the mounting bosses on them to get them tucked under the fenders. To pin them to the brakes I found that a short piece of toothpick was just the right diameter and worked, so I went with that. I'm sure I could have cut off the pins on the stock kit supplied wheels and used those too.
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