!/24 Nissan Mid 4

[Rich Chernosky]

This kit started out as a paint excercise using a dark bronze nail polish.  Nail polish is difficult to spray and the Tamiya X13 clear coat didn't help  the somewhat bumpy finish. It would require lots of sanding and polishing so back in the box it went.  Recently I was using some 2K clear and knew I would have to mix more than I needed. (I had two pre-measured bottles)  So i dug this one out and sanded it down with some Tamiya 3200 sponge sanding pads attached to an electric toothbrush. This got most of the bumpiness out and then a quick scrub with scouring powder and the 2K clear did the rest. The result was way better than I thought it would be so I finished it. Kit is mostly curbside but the rear ewngine cover is removable and there is a little bit of engine.  More details in the picture captions. Thanks for looking and comments welcome.

Got just enough sunshine to take this picture.  Paint was fogged with black on the bottom and around some of the other features. Wheel centers were done with the same nail polish but no clear.  Interior is Tamiya LS Nato Brown with black accents. 

Spent a lot of time on the rear end . Engine cover gave me fits but eventually did what I wanted.  rear spoiler is adjustable and I broke it off more than a few times.  Still works though.

The Mid 4 made its debut at the 1985Internationl Motoer Show in Germany. Four prototypes were built.  This car was aimed at the Porsche and BMW market but never made it to production. It had a transverse mounted V-6 that put out 245hp. Top speed was 155mph. It had all wheel drive and all wheel steer. Many of the features of this car eventually made it into the Nissan Skyline. 

[Mike 1017]

KOOL

[ChrisR]

Nice.

[VanGoGo]

I like the lower fade!

[Rattlecan Dan]

Very unique build. Great-looking color. Nice job.

[Jim B]

Nice concept car. Well done. 

[meechum68]

Kool as @Mike 1017 said!  

You did a great job!  

[70 Sting]

That’s cool. Looks great photographed outdoors.

[Rich Chernosky]

On 8/23/2025 at 12:45 PM, Mike 1017 said:

KOOL

Thanks Mike...its different

 

On 8/23/2025 at 12:46 PM, ChrisR said:

Nice.

Thanks

 

23 hours ago, VanGoGo said:

I like the lower fade!

That's called fun with an airbrush.

 

23 hours ago, Rattlecan Dan said:

Very unique build. Great-looking color. Nice job.

Nail polish has tons of really different colors and some good effects can be had. 

 

19 hours ago, Jim B said:

Nice concept car. Well done. 

Thanks Jim

 

13 hours ago, meechum68 said:

Kool as @Mike 1017 said!  

You did a great job!  

Thank you.

 

6 hours ago, 70 Sting said:

That’s cool. Looks great photographed outdoors.

Thanks Harry. Got lucky as it was an overcast day and the sun peeked through just long enough for me to photo.  Would like to know where all that white fuzz came from in the second photo though.  Cleaned it good before taking pictures. Camera sees everything.