Hasegawa Nissan Bluebird 1600 SSS

[Kararic]

Hello Friends,

This my latest I put together. It is a Hasegawa Nissan Bluebird 1600 SSS kit. I was going to build this one stock but instead I decided to mod it since it looked kind of boring. I scratch built the front air dam. I added a rear trunk spoiler, wide wheel arches and deleted both bumpers. I made my own much smaller ones and brought them close to the body. I cut the hood and made it open forward. I also built the firewall and added a modern Nissan engine with a turbo and a strut bar. The car was painter Splash Paints Aquamarine Blue. Thank you for looking and please let me know what you guys think.      

[1972coronet]

What's not to like ? 

Beautiful execution --- I esp. love its colour !

( Any pics of the kit in its out-of-box build-up ? )

[89AKurt]

You do really well with Splash paint.  How do you avoid orange peel?  What do you clear coat with?  You're doing very nice work, just need to paint in the exhaust tip. ?

[Kararic]

1 hour ago, 1972coronet said:

What's not to like ? 

Beautiful execution --- I esp. love its colour !

( Any pics of the kit in its out-of-box build-up ? )

Thank you. Unfortunately I dont have any pictures of the build up.

[Kararic]

1 hour ago, 89AKurt said:

You do really well with Splash paint.  How do you avoid orange peel?  What do you clear coat with?  You're doing very nice work, just need to paint in the exhaust tip. ?

Thank you very much. I use Harder and Steenbeck airbrush. I use Splash Paints 2k primer. I then sand the primer it prior to putting on the color. I then spray the Splash Paints 2k clear in three slow coats untill the last one which is usually forth. My last coat I thin out more then others and go over it untill it gives me the shine. Honestly the Splash Paints products make my painting much easier. I keep forgetting to color inside of the exhaust. 

[Belugawrx]

Nice ride !!?

[Kararic]

14 minutes ago, Belugawrx said:

Nice ride !!?

Thank you.

[matthijsgrit]

You keep coming up with these nice Japanese cars! This is a very nice one,  again... You should do a dio with those, Jap car show theme.

 

[ChrisR]

very nice!

[afx]

Very nice, particularly like the wheels.

[PappyD340]

Very nice!

[Funkychiken]

Beautiful paint finish on the Nissan!

[89AKurt]

12 hours ago, Kararic said:

Thank you very much. I use Harder and Steenbeck airbrush. I use Splash Paints 2k primer. I then sand the primer it prior to putting on the color. I then spray the Splash Paints 2k clear in three slow coats untill the last one which is usually forth. My last coat I thin out more then others and go over it untill it gives me the shine. Honestly the Splash Paints products make my painting much easier. I keep forgetting to color inside of the exhaust. 

Thanks for explaining your process.    Did a nice job on this resto-rod.   I have the kit, and a newer engine, so some day......

[tkzwolf]

Looks great.

[slusher]

Beautiful paint and very sharp model!!

[Kararic]

Thank you guys for all of you positive and encouraging comments.