discussion Skyline R34

[Andy T]

Time for a busman's holiday, with Tamiyas Nissan Skyline R34



I'm already in a quandary about the colour. I've had some colour shift paint for a while, waiting for a suitable victim, but the Bayside Blue of the box art is so iconic that it's hard to ignore.

It's one car that I'd love to drive in real life. I had chance to blast around in the previous R33 but these are supposed to be more nimble.

I've only just cracked the box open so nothing to show at the moment.

 

[colin m]

I imagine if you take that into work and spray it with the stuff you use, it would dissolve. Oh wait, is it all water based these days ?

 

[Andy T]

I only have a small place so can get away with solvent paints, whereas the bigger shops have to use water based to keep VOC solvent emissions under a certain level.

But the stuff I use is fine, if you're careful. To be honest, all the car focused model paints out there, like Zero, Splash, Proscale etc are just over-thinned automotive paints anyway, repackaged into little bottles with a healthy profit margin.

I can buy 100ml of car paint for about the same price as their bottles and thin it down to around 400ml for the airbrush

I use a fast thinner (the Yanks would call it cold) that flashes off quickly, giving it less chance of eating into the plastic.

 

[kacitgirl]

I've built soooooooo many of these I don't even look at the instructions anymore lol

 

[kacitgirl]

its a good kit just be aware when putting the front wheels on, the locating pin which locates the hub asembly on the suspension upright can snap off as very delicate

 

[Andy T]

I've built soooooooo many of these I don't even look at the instructions anymore lol

Yeah, it looks typical Tamiya, fairly straightforward.

Hardly any parts either, not like a Belkits

Thanks for the suspension tip, I'll keep an eye out