Shelby 427 1965 Posted July 10, 2015 Posted July 10, 2015 One for the Gran Turismo collection... Built bog standard, only modification is I stripped the chrome (first time ever doing that!) on the wheels to repaint them to a more accurate colour, and the Gran Turismo plate. Colour of the car is Ford Signal Yellow. Love these Skylines, can never get enough - Already started my next one! Took pics of it beside the last R34 I built, about 2 years ago or more. I ran into difficulties and wound up having to remove the spoiler and badge on the grille, so I'm glad this one turned out how I wanted it to. I did run into difficulties on this one though - the roof got badly messed up so I had to mask, strip and respray it - hopefully you don't notice, I tried my best to blend it in. This happened about 5 months ago and I put it away into the box ever since, but two days ago I decided to get it out and have a go at sorting it. Thanks for looking, all comments appreciated
Ace-Garageguy Posted July 10, 2015 Posted July 10, 2015 Good looking cars, both. I really like the wheels on the yellow one, have been looking for something similar. Are they from the kit?
mike 51 Posted July 10, 2015 Posted July 10, 2015 Those look great..is that the same yellow as on 2015 Mustangs?
Shelby 427 1965 Posted July 10, 2015 Author Posted July 10, 2015 (edited) Cheers! The wheels are from the kit, but the kit has them in chrome so I stripped the chrome and tried to make a closer match to the real colour. I did it ages ago so don't ask me what I used, hahah. How they come in the kit: The real thing: As you can see there's a good bit of a difference so it's worth the extra work... @Mike - I have no clue, it's a Ford of UK colour! Edited July 10, 2015 by Shelby 427 1965
Zarana-X Posted July 10, 2015 Posted July 10, 2015 Looks great! I'm having Skyline envy. I have none. Well, except Hot Wheels...
bogger44 Posted July 11, 2015 Posted July 11, 2015 Very nice work Tomo, I've always been a fan of those Skyline GT-R's.
ERIK88 Posted July 14, 2015 Posted July 14, 2015 what a beautiful skyline , love this one and the early 90s skyline . nice execution
PatW Posted July 14, 2015 Posted July 14, 2015 Nice work Tomo. I've used the old oven cleaner a few times now to strip the plating.
Shelby 427 1965 Posted July 14, 2015 Author Posted July 14, 2015 Thanks very much everyone, very much appreciated!
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