How do you open up a Curbside model?

[The Red Ranger]

I recently purchased a Fujimi Skyline GT-R and to my surprise it is Curbside only, no engine detail at all, which isn't fun for me. Can anyone tell me some great ways to open these cars up and what to do after cutting out the hood?

Also does anyone know of a great GT R34 Skyline that has engine detail?

[62rebel]

what do you end up with once the hood is open? is the chassis plate semi-accurate or just a plate? does it have accurate or close-to-it inner fenders, where you'd at least have a start at installing an engine?

back in "THE DAY" almost all kits came as engineless "curbside" jobs; even when they started putting engines in the kits most were bloody awful and poorly detailed, and you STILL had to cut the hoods open on a lot of them.

first off, is there a mainstream kit of a Toyota with the basic engine and accessories you need to fill that engine bay? if NOT, then my suggestion is to FAKE it. take a bunch of pictures of the real thing, raid the parts box and fabricate your own version of what you see, paint it to match, and glue it in place. doesn't AMT have a Supra in the Fast and Furious kits? base your engine on the unit in that, if it's close.

this is your opportunity to be artistic and take some chances!

i just realized that the gtr is a nissan. my goof. STILL....

Edited August 22, 2009 by 62rebel