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Old 08-23-2004, 09:28 AM   #166
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Excellent progress Steve.

You buying an R32 GTR reminds me of the story by Mr Tamiya when they (Tamiya) were tooling their Jagermeister 1/12th 935 Porsche back in the 70's. They travelled to Germany to research the car, measure up, take photos the works. However, their research was restricted by the testing programme of one of the teams. They returned to Japan with 'blanks' in their research. So they decided to buy a 1:1 Porsche instead. They totally stripped it down and thoroughly researched it and produced the (now deleted) model.

When they had enough information to produce the model, they looked around them and the Porsche was in lying around in pieces and they couldn't put it back together again. So they had to get a Porsche mechanic (I think from Germany) to reassemble the car. When he arrived, he just looked at the mess before him and just couldn't fathom what they did to the car. He eventually manage to put the car back together again after about 2 months or something. The car now sits proudly in Tamiya's factory as part of their history.

I for one bought the kit as I was impressed by this story (as well as the kit).
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Old 08-23-2004, 09:59 AM   #167
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Re: Progress - 1:12 Skyline R32 GTR

lol, never knew tamiya had such a story behind it XD
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Old 08-23-2004, 03:36 PM   #168
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Re: Progress - 1:12 Skyline R32 GTR

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Old 08-25-2004, 01:49 PM   #169
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At last I've got the exhaust to look how I wanted it to.
It is turned from 316 Stainless Steel and the the colur treatment was done with a blow torch. Very Happy now

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Old 08-25-2004, 01:50 PM   #170
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Re: Progress - 1:12 Skyline R32 GTR

Oh man! That exhaust is sick! I cant wait to see more.
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Old 08-25-2004, 03:17 PM   #171
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Re: Progress - 1:12 Skyline R32 GTR

Wow, u've done it! The titanium effect looks so real, great job man!
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Old 08-25-2004, 04:17 PM   #172
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Re: Progress - 1:12 Skyline R32 GTR

Is the muffler and tip one solid piece of stainless? The heating effect is really killer. Nice job, but are you still using your custom exhaust piping, or kit supplied?
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Old 08-25-2004, 04:20 PM   #173
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looks so tyte man can't wait to it finish are you gonna use the veilside kit or custom.
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Old 08-25-2004, 05:32 PM   #174
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"real" heat staining!!!!!!!!
So when you apply heat with the torch, do you see the colors form within seconds, minutes?
This is going to be one heavy model
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Old 08-25-2004, 05:56 PM   #175
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Re: Progress - 1:12 Skyline R32 GTR

mmm.......it so good. need i say more...
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Old 08-25-2004, 06:30 PM   #176
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Re: Re: Progress - 1:12 Skyline R32 GTR

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Buying a car for reference LOL That's crazy! I even think that nobody has ever done that before! Nice one Steve
I had a couple Fiero kits before I got the actual car, and the car is the ultimate reference for the kits now No more searching the internet for pics that probably don't exist. Fiero is alot cheaper than an R32 though!

I don't believe I missed this thread either! Looks just awesome so far, can't wait to see the finished product.
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Old 08-25-2004, 08:18 PM   #177
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Re: Progress - 1:12 Skyline R32 GTR

wow that exhaust is awsome just awsome!
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Old 08-25-2004, 09:26 PM   #178
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Re: Re: Progress - 1:12 Skyline R32 GTR

Good lord! This is model is going to be insane! Hope everything else goes the way you want it to. Awesome job!
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Old 08-25-2004, 10:02 PM   #179
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Re: Progress - 1:12 Skyline R32 GTR

*falls flat on face!!!*
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Old 08-26-2004, 04:59 AM   #180
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Re: Progress - 1:12 Skyline R32 GTR

as usual steve insane build quality....
keep it up man...this is just as sick as the real thing (which you also have... )
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