Tamiya early '80s Nissan Skyline

[Spottedlaurel]

Today I completed the final one in my series of builds to replace the sun-damaged originals, WIP thread on them all here:

1:24 Tamiya Nissan Skyline R30 kit by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

As with the others, it's a fairly simple curbside kit but nicely-proportioned (certainly better than Fujimi's miserable attempt at the same generation of Skyline).

1:24 Tamiya Nissan Skyline R30 kit by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

I was able to use the original floorpan and Fujimi or Aoshima Work Equip accessory wheels.

1:24 Tamiya Nissan Skyline R30 kit by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

The original version I did was painted silver. I tried that this time but the Tamiya SIlver Leaf looked flat and I had some issues when applying the BMF and painting the black trim so I went for Light Gunmetal instead. It was a popular colour for them, it reminds me of one or two grey imports I've seen here over the years.

1:24 Tamiya Nissan Skyline R30 kit by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

1:24 Tamiya Nissan Skyline R30 kit by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

1:24 Tamiya Nissan Skyline R30 kit by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

1:24 Tamiya Nissan Skyline R30 kit by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

1:24 Tamiya Nissan Skyline R30 kit by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

Group shot with the others in this series, and the originals:

1:24 Tamiya kits, before and after by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

1:24 Tamiya kits, completed by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

[Cool Hand]

Pretty cool how you tracked down all the replacement kits and built the entire line up again.

They all look great, very impressive to see them altogether like that. 

[crazyjim]

Good looking build.

[bisc63]

Very stylish car, and really cool model(s)!

[PappyD340]

Looks great!

[slusher]

Great looking model!

[BeakDoc]

Well done across the board!

[ATHU]

Beautiful line up!!

[e30lover]

Love seeing older Tamiya kits seeing a deserved treatment! 

[Sandboarder]

Wow!! This build turned out awesome. Good choice of colour and exactly how they look in 1:1 Great job!! 

[Spottedlaurel]

Thanks everyone for the kind words, it was very satisfying to see this batch of builds finally done.

This Skyline continued to fight me right to the end - I dropped one of the mirrors on the floor and didn't find it untl the next day (when my wife nearly stood on it), and when I was pushing the metal axle into a rear wheel it pushed right through taking the cap and part of a spoke with it. Mercifully it glued back OK and the damage is barely visible.

On 2/26/2021 at 8:34 PM, e30lover said:

Love seeing older Tamiya kits seeing a deserved treatment! 

I've usually got one or two on the go, I think they're great to build and look good once done. Certainly better than early-mid '80s Fujimi. They take me back to what I enjoyed building when I was teenager and they were readily avilable in toy and model shops here.

[Mr. Turbo]

So nice to see them all back to life!  Well...completely rebuilt I guess.  At least it's a chance to fix whatever you wanted to change on the originals.  If only owners of the real things, sitting abandoned in fields behind tofu shops, had your determination.  I watch too much WasabiCars, haha.