1971 Nissan Fairlady 240ZG

[Harry Joy]

Hasegawa 1/24th kit. Second car I've built now, and I am still having a ball. When I finished the 1966 442, I asked my wife to pick my next build, since she's enjoying the cars sooo much more than my airplanes, and she pulled this out. Good by me, as I've always loved this one, even if I still think of it as a Datsun. The only departure from the instructions on this is I deleted the defrost cling from the back. I had the decal on perfectly, no silvering or bubbles, but my wife did not like the way it looked. On the Datsun, the lines run top to bottom, not side to side, and she kept saying I put the decal on wrong. I finally convinced her it was right, but removed it completely since it was being built for her. The side mirrors gave me fits, and I was never satisfied with the bare metal but it looks good on the shelf. Finish paint is Duplicolor, everything else on this one is Tamiya acrylics.

 

 

[slusher]

Nice color and cool.

[Harry Joy]

Thanks!

[Zarana-X]

Looks good.

I'm kinda curious how the defroster decal looked. I've never seen a decal used for one, as its always molded into the rear glass. 

[Harry Joy]

Well, you know how good the aftermarket, owner installed defrosters look? About that good, which means not much. I had it down clean, with no bubbles or silvering, but it looked like there was a large, lined sticker in the back window. I thought it looked real enough, but the real deal doesn't look that hot.

[Danno]

Nice.