Brendan Posted February 19, 2011 Posted February 19, 2011 Just finished this up last night. The kit is from Studio 27. Very nicely cast kit; only downside was a lot of white metal that had to be filled in to get rid of the imperfections. Paints used were Tamiya's TS-26, TS-8 and TS-29 and Scale Finishes Nissan GTP Blue. I have to give him a special thanks for mixing up this paint for me. All paints were airbrushed. I did have to add the antennas and roof light to correct the parts that were left out on the body. I also added some wires and seat belts to the interior of the cockpit. Little history on the car: The car did not ever participate in a race in this configuration. It was only tested. The people who drove the car really liked the chassis and the way the car handled. But the lack of horse power coming from the V-12 ultimately was the downfall to the car since it could not keep pace with the older cars. The car did find life as an open coupe Ferrari that ran only one race. The Japanese version did one race in Japan and did not do well. I decided to build this car because I thought it was a very neat looking car design. And the technology that they used to create this car helped in the development of a lot of the later sports cars. Feel free to comment.
Dave B Posted February 20, 2011 Posted February 20, 2011 Beautiful build, love the Japanese resin/white metal kits, shame about the price(s)!!
Kanedge Posted February 20, 2011 Posted February 20, 2011 Very smooth, great work, it turned out really well.
Cato Posted February 20, 2011 Posted February 20, 2011 Beautiful job all the way. Nissan GTP's were my faves in the day as raced by AAR. You don't see many models of them and none done this nicely.
rick6343 Posted February 21, 2011 Posted February 21, 2011 Brendan, Looks great! When was this car developed? I do see some of the later ('98-'99) LeMans prototypes in the shape...
djway3474 Posted February 21, 2011 Posted February 21, 2011 Great job on a beautiful car. Just the right amount of shine.
Dragline Posted February 21, 2011 Posted February 21, 2011 I know what you started with so the end result is even MORE impressive. Nice paint work and cleanliness. Will stand alone on a contest table for certain. Bob
gunner Posted February 21, 2011 Posted February 21, 2011 Sweet job!! I love the style and your attention to detail. One to be proud of.
Brendan Posted February 21, 2011 Author Posted February 21, 2011 Brendan, Looks great! When was this car developed? I do see some of the later ('98-'99) LeMans prototypes in the shape... The development was a collaboration of about ten years of the Nissan race teams. This was the final car they developed. It was on the track in '93.
Brendan Posted February 21, 2011 Author Posted February 21, 2011 Thanks for everyone's comments. I'm just now started cleaning up the Aston which is almost as bad for white metal parts. And I'm hoping it's going to turn out just as well.
Nick F40 Posted February 21, 2011 Posted February 21, 2011 (edited) Welp Brendan, thanks for the inspiration to getting my butt in gear to build again! I love love love love this car, my favorite I think from the era! I didn't know anyone made this version, since you know, it wasn't really a racing version Edited February 21, 2011 by Nick F40
123yokomo Posted June 6, 2011 Posted June 6, 2011 well done i wish this car did race it be a real looker did you get it from stradasports
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