Nissan Silvia (S110) H.T.RS Fujimi 1/24

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Hi all, back again with my second build as an adult builder!,

I have chosen the Nissan Silvia (S110) H.T.RS Fujimi 1/24

this kit falls in my field of interest of classic Japanese cars, and this also features tuning parts from a very popular and semi-famous tuning shop IMPUL, I am planning to do this kit with a nissan skyline R31, also from nissan and also from the same era!,

ok lets get this going! after my first kit i plan to take my time and make sure it is much more detailed and properly constructed, it looks like a fairly simple kit and I will be building this strait OOB with no mods,

this kit had heaps of sinc marks and a fair few problems with the body, I started on the body first, i sanded and tried to make the kit look as smooth and correct as possible, I then sprayed the body and the rear and front spliter in tamiya fine surface primer, i have then chosen to paint the car in tamiya TS-27 matt white, and this paint if a b**ch to apply, it is strait from the can but for some reason it is not consistent, I let the can warm up in some warm water for about 2-3 mins and applied the paint, some sprays were heavy whilst the next one would have very little paint, it was very frustrating,

I now how the body/panels in about 3 coats of white and i need to fix up a few spots with sanding and one more pass before i will be happy,

I have now starte with the wheels, these are IMPUL wheels, these wheels were huge in the 80's almost every nissan procuded had a set of these on them!

Edited June 13, 2012 by keepleft

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I have a photo of the real wheel with my wheels, it is a shame that the outside covers up the inside detail but i cant wait to see how this looks,

and advice on how to fix the "air bubbles" orange peel effect from my spraying, more updates soon!

Just a few photos of my work over the recent week,s my last build i did almost no inside work, I wanted to learn how to get good interior and details i used a very small brush and a toothpick to apply the black buttons!

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most of the inside done, just a few more panels and details left! then it should be ready to show!

after this build I have a Nissan skyline R30 rs-c (aka iron mask) and this will complete the trio of Japanese classics.

sorry about the poor quality photos, I will have to change my photographic ways soon.