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Tamiya 70 Nissan Skyline 2000 GT-R


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Another kit that I had sitting around for many many years and figure it is time to finish it off. I had glued part of the chassis together and some of the engine already so this is where we go from here. 

 

I figure on this one since it has an engine, I may as well try and detail it out a bit. Always build curbside kits so have very little experience doing engine stuff other than the basic glue it together and put it inside. I have always glued the hood shut on anything that had an engine so never needed to detail it out. 

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Got the plug wires ready for it but the distributor is way too small to drill any holes in it so I took a bit of the runner and drilled 7 holes in it and glued my wires into this piece. I am using telephone cable wires and they do seem a little big for the scale but it is what I have on hand. Flattened the top of the distributor and glued the wires on and shaped it a little to help make it look round and like it is supposed to be there. 

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I have part of the throttle linkage in place but not sure if I am going to do all the linkage direct to the carbs or leave it like this. Don't want it to get too cluttered and I do still need to put in the fuel lines to the carbs as well. Once I have made some brackets or something for the plug wires it should clean up nicely. 

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I have sanded and prepped the body for paint. Just going to go with a basic silver and hope I can improve my body painting skills from my last kit. 

 

 

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Got a little more done on the kit. Painted the inside of the engine bay body color and then added the engine to the frame. Still a bunch of details I want to add but definitely don't want to overdo it either. There is not that much room to work with on the one side. 

The suggestion of using pop cans for wire looms was brilliant and worked pretty good. I will know this more the next time I am considering this level of detail. 

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On 1/11/2020 at 8:05 AM, Roadrunnertwice said:

Looks good! I built this kit last year, and it inspired a series of Skyline purchases that now sit in my to-build stash. I'm looking forward to seeing yours in its silver glory!

I like your distributor wiring idea, and I'll try it on my next build.

It has done the same for me! I have a few of the 73 body style sitting in my Hobby Search wish list that will end  up on my next purchase. 

I totally botched the silver unfortunately. I found that my compressor blows at 55 psi and I have been using it this way for some time. No wonder my paint always turns out bad. Found it really affected how the Pledge went on as it just rippled everything every time I tried to paint. I will be posting more about this later today I think. 

4 hours ago, Dann Tier said:

Nice klean building!!!, and i really like the slight weathering on the carbs!!!

Thanks Dann, the detail is pretty good on them and the black just brought out the detail nicely. This kit has a good amount of under the hood detail and as I have not really done engines before,  it is both frustrating and exciting to see where it goes. 

2 hours ago, Cpt Tuttle said:

Built this 10 years ago, as I remember it, it was a great kit.

I am super happy with it. Like my last kit, I have made some pretty big errors on it but overall, it has been pretty good.  None of the errors have anything to do with the kit but more my own skills so there is that. I hope to have more of an update today. 

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details, details, details. You could get lost in the amount of details you could do to a car. 

I am still missing some supplies and things to do everything right and next time I am in town I will go looking for more fine gauge wire that I can use for detailing as the phone wire is just too big for plug wires. Still learned a lot on this one as well. I am pretty happy for the most part but I really had to draw the line somewhere. 
I did see someone who had actual battery clamps on their battery with wires attached. I wish I had of asked more when I saw the photo but if anyone knows more about this and how to do it, I would love to know more. It looked great. Also what type of wire they used when doing small wires like that. I am thinking there is craft wire that works in these tiny diameters. 

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Interior is ok, nothing too special and no real details other than painting. Didn't want to really reach here. 

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Completely messed up the body unfortunately. Seems my compressor is set at 55 psi and there is no regulator with it so I will need to get a hold of one for certain. The paint was already pretty bad with the silver laid down but I really noticed it when I tried to go over with the pledge. It just made everything ripple and that was when I realized that I was using way too much pressure. Ah well, live and learn. Not going to strip and start over but for sure know better for next time. 

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Going to spend some time assembling and finishing off the exterior stuff. 

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10 hours ago, oPROJECTMAYHEMo said:

Very nice, I am a huge Skyline fan.

I've been toying with the idea of buying myself a real R34.

Oh man, that would be awesome. There are many Skylines available in Vancouver, off and on from several import dealerships but never quite considered one myself. Now if I can get my hands on a good Honda Beat then I would be all for it. haha. 

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All Right! Going to call this one done. The silver is terrible and has scratches and scuffs and is not glossy at all but I will chalk it up to another learning experience and move on. Otherwise pretty happy with the turnout. Never used the metal stick on bits before but they look great and was not too difficult. The Tamiya kit is great on it's own and posed no issues putting together at all. 

I am eager to get onto the next kit but have to wait a bit for the next mail to arrive in Feb. That is OK, I will plan out everything I am going to do. 

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