Nissan Fairlady 2000 SR311

[Rich Chernosky]

After my exhaustive 1/12 build I need a quickie project to return my sanity.  This Nissan Fairlady 2000  that was painted January last proved just the ticket.  Color was Tamiya TS-75 Champagne Gold with TS13 clear. Paint was very smooth and took little polishing. Kit was pretty straightforward and there were only minimal fit problems.  Radiator hose proved to be the worst and making a new one out of soft tubing was a no brainer. I liked a lot of the little detail Fujimi provided. See picture captions. My Nissan collection  was incomplete without this one.  

Finished kit on its wheels. They steered but finding a place to run the tie rod was troublesome.  I have seen of few of these around and from talking to some of the owners i understand this was a zippy little sports car.  It was also heavily raced in some fo the SCCA's lower classes. This pic with the top down and supplied boot. 

rear veiw with the optional convertible top in place.  I liked all the little chrome doodads from this kit. Rear bumper fit was a little questionable. 

Side veiw with the optional hardtop. This kit has a lot of chrome so bare metal foiling was fun. The emblems were foiled before painting and then exposed with a hard Q-tip and thinner then clear coated.  A cute trick I have been using quite awhile now. 

Yes this kit had an engine but some of it was molded in place. I added some wiring and detail painting and of course that pesky hose.  Most of the engine chrome was coated with different combinations of flat clear and smoke.

Interior ws well detailed and Fujimi supplied the seatbelt hardware. I made the belts out of silk thread. Carpet is embossing powder applied over flat black Testors.  I like embossing powder but it doesn't come in as many colors as flocking. Gotta find me some more.  Thanks for looking. 

 

Edited November 6, 2024 by Rich Chernosky

[Daddyfink]

Nice build! Thanks for reminding me I have this in my stash! 

Also, wish someone would make a trans kit for it. 

[espo]

Great looking paint color and finish. The soft top option looks correct as does the finish. Like the engine detailing and the original overall look of your build. 

[Rich Chernosky]

1 hour ago, Daddyfink said:

Nice build! Thanks for reminding me I have this in my stash! 

Also, wish someone would make a trans kit for it. 

Jesse..that would be so cool. I would buy that in a heart beat. Thanks for the compliment. 

 

 

 

1 hour ago, espo said:

 

 

 

Edited November 6, 2024 by Rich Chernosky

[Rich Chernosky]

1 hour ago, espo said:

Great looking paint color and finish. The soft top option looks correct as does the finish. Like the engine detailing and the original overall look of your build. 

Thank you David. That color just looked right for that car. 

[Jim B]

Great looking little Nissan.  Very well done.

[Hard_2_Handle_454]

Nice, I want to re-do mine a bit.  I'm just sad the grill broke on it in shipping and I had to improvise some parts.

[Rattlecan Dan]

Very nice build. Great detailing, and paint. Nice job!

[PappyD340]

Looks great!

[ncbuckeye67]

That is an excellent build! I love the paint & detail work.

[ChrisR]

Looking great!

[Rich Chernosky]

On 11/6/2024 at 4:21 PM, Jim B said:

Great looking little Nissan.  Very well done.

Thank you Jim.

 

On 11/6/2024 at 6:53 PM, Hard_2_Handle_454 said:

Nice, I want to re-do mine a bit.  I'm just sad the grill broke on it in shipping and I had to improvise some parts.

The kit came with ttwo different grills. A chrome one (I used) and a plain one  that I sprayed silver.  Got no use for it...yours if you want it. PM me. 

 

On 11/6/2024 at 9:38 PM, Rattlecan Dan said:

Very nice build. Great detailing, and paint. Nice job

Appreciate the compliments. 

 

21 hours ago, PappyD340 said:

Looks great!

Thanks Larry.

 

9 hours ago, ncbuckeye67 said:

That is an excellent build! I love the paint & detail work.

Thanks Jeff. It was a fairly simple kit and all I had to do was take my time.

 

9 hours ago, ChrisR said:

Looking great!

Thanks

 

[Spottedlaurel]

Very nicely done, looks really good.

This is a nicely detailed older kit with some delicate parts. I built one a few years ago and was surpised about the detail compared to some other Fujimi kits of the time, but I think it started life with Nitto.

[1959scudetto]

Very nice, Rich - could be a sister of the MGB.

[slusher]

Great build, Rich!