300ZX

[Scale-Master]

I don't know exactly why, but this 300ZX is one of my personal favorites of all the builds I did for Tamiya America for their showroom umptine years ago. Maybe the sharp contrast of the basic white and crisp black trim is what sets it off for me. I have to admit after building it, I bought three or four of these kits for myself. (Some of you may remember a BRE Anniversary Edition I made with one of them?)

This was built long before we had the Tamiya spray lacquers here in America, even before the Boyd's line of Testors enamels. I used Testors Classic White.

The model was in very good condition when I received it back. Just a cleaning, waxing and some minor touch up on the black that I messed up while cleaning it was all that I did to it.

[kasteer]

She looks SWEEEET! Those pics belong in the Real or not thread...

[bsoder]

She looks SWEEEET! Those pics belong in the Real or not thread...

I was thinkin' the same thing!!...great looking Z

[Nick F40]

another very nice build! i have 2 of these kits waiting thier day myself, one will be a replica of the 1:1 that was totalled the day i bought it.

Dave

that sucks such a beautiful car

I built one a while back, loved the kit, love the car, and you got the black on the windows and that decal PERFECT, man, you're good!

[MrObsessive]

Great old Z Mark!

I often wondered why you never see these on the roads anymore.

The cars aren't THAT old considering.......but back in the early '90's they were EVERYWHERE!

Ditto what everyone else says.........this would have made a great ROM!

[Harry P.]

Ditto what everyone else says.........this would have made a great ROM!

I don't think so. You guys would have noticed the panel lines and door handles right away! Nice model, though...

[Scale-Master]

I think the reason you see so few of the real ones is due to the electronics. Once they turned about ten, many picked up problems and became very expensive to maintain.

[Brendan]

I think the reason you see so few of the real ones is due to the electronics. Once they turned about ten, many picked up problems and became very expensive to maintain.

Very nicely done on your build on the Nissan. I had the Nissan Maxima with the 300ZX V6. And it ran into electrical problems. I had something to do with the engine management. It would start misfiring the motor. At that point it's cheaper to buy a new car rather than having it worked on. Nissan had major problems with their electronics in the late 80's through the 90's.

[Nick F40]

I think the reason you see so few of the real ones is due to the electronics. Once they turned about ten, many picked up problems and became very expensive to maintain.

Very nicely done on your build on the Nissan. I had the Nissan Maxima with the 300ZX V6. And it ran into electrical problems. I had something to do with the engine management. It would start misfiring the motor. At that point it's cheaper to buy a new car rather than having it worked on. Nissan had major problems with their electronics in the late 80's through the 90's.

ve then mod

exactly as what I was going to say, my friend is having troubles with his. Hey, it was big back then, and gotta love the then modern electronics.

they are almost up to par with the Reatta!