Hasegawa Nissan Pulsar GTi-R

[galaxyg]

Background:

A new tooling of a great looking late 80s/early 90s Japanese hot hatch. Easy for me to choose this one.

Pros:

Very nicely moulded, great shape, very little moulding cleanup required. All goes together well. Clearly designed to make ease of painting a consideration - the multi-part seats for example. Very detailed underbody, transmission and suspension. Clear parts all very nice and good decals.

Cons:

Uncorrected the rear suspension is too low. The boxed wheels seem a little small. As this kit shares a lot of it's parts with the rally version, there's work to be done converting the rally-biased mouldings - mainly either plugging holes or drilling them. The interior moulding is clearly biased towards the rally version too. Some of the instructions for assembling the suspension are a little unclear.

Verdict:

Hasegawa have certainly improved compared to older kits I've built. This is a much more modern feeling kit to assemble and aside from the "too low" rear suspension issue, it's very good indeed. Recommended.

Build notes:

Built over about two and a half weeks in March 2025. Painted in Nissan Silver Moss and clearcoated with Mr Hobby Premium Top Coat. Aside from adding my own number plates, I've only changed one other thing from what was supplied in the box - the wheels are from a Tamiya ND Mazda MX-5. As a result I've also made adjustments to the ride height to both accommodate these slightly larger wheels and to correct the kit's "too low" rear.

 

 

(Below) With the Aoshima Nissan Pulsar I built a few years ago.

 

[ChrisR]

Looks great.

[beeRS]

Very nice indeed. Well photographed too. Thanks for sharing the detailed appraisal of the kit. 

[PappyD340]

Super nice build, I had an older model Pulsar like the one in the second to the last picture it was silver and a great little car.

[bogger44]

Very clean build and great photos, could pass as the real deal.

[happy grumpy]

Nice and crisp. Beautiful color and that setting makes it almost real. Excellent photography.

[Roger U]

Very nice looking model. A sharp clean build with nice paint.

[slusher]

Outstanding build!

[karbuildr]

Very well done build. Looks great and excellent info. on the kit.

[Badge73]

That undercarriage really sells this as realistic for me, nice job.

[Mattilacken]

Super nice build! I remember when we had a black one in town and it was great! 

[Rattlecan Dan]

Nice build, and really nice paint job. Super clean.

[oldcarfan]

Nice! I have a thing for these, 'tiny' cars.