Progress of Purple R32 Skyline

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Just finished the painting, need compound and polish next.
This is the 2nd attempt at this colour but I'm now 99% happy with the results.

Looking good, Damn, I'm trying hard to improve my skills to the level of yours, all your cars are so perfect. The FAQ's here have certainly helped me alot, hopefully my project im working on now should turn out alright :D

Look forward to seeing progress!!!!

Looking very nice!!!!!:bigthumb: I havent seen a purple skyline before.

A killer paint job as always...:bigthumb: :bigthumb:

Looks really nice. I really have to get my Skyline soon.

looks great!! what color/paint did you use?

WOW...Your progress is really fast. :eek:

Nice colour man :bigthumb:

Originally posted by zerrocool
looks great!! what color/paint did you use?
I had it mixed special a few months ago for use on a Skyline
The paint code is YAM65 it's a Yamaha Bike colour.
It was applied with an airbrush 4 coats then 4 coats of clear Halfords Lacquer.

Thanks

Great finish!, love the shine.

I think you should already know how I feel about it!!:sunglasse :sunglasse :sunglasse :sunglasse :sunglasse

Originally posted by tonioseven
I think you should already know how I feel about it!!:sunglasse :sunglasse :sunglasse :sunglasse :sunglasse

:rofl:

Stunning color. Can't wait.

LOOKS REALLY GOOD!!

BUT CAN WE SEE MORE OF THE TOP SECRET SKYLINE
PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :biggrin2:

very nice

look forward to the progress reports:bigthumb:

WOW! great color choice for the 32. waiting and anticipating a serious car here. are you planning stock engine bay or are you going big? since your so good at engine detail I'd really like to see something like a huge single turbo conversion with a chrome valve cover (like signals R34) or something, I think you'd do a great job on that and would like to see it done. hint hint. :wink:

whatever you choose I'm sure it will turn out beautiful

Kick arse paint job Steve !!

Just so long as I don't ever hear this beauty called "the Purple People Eater". :iceslolan

It looks great. Strange as it'll seem, it reminds me of the old "Flintstone Flyer" supermodifieds that the Gibson family raced for years aound here. They were always a very similar shade of purple to your R32 and were numbered with a flying #0.

Too cool. :bigthumb:

Looking good. More progress pics please!!!:bigthumb: :bigthumb:

Very nice, I like the color... any more progess??? LOL can't wait to see :biggrin: :bigthumb:

Sweet paint job

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Bit more work done today.
Rear axle and brake discs modified as previously done on the Surpa and RX-7 to accept Fujimi Yokohama AVS Model 5 18inch rims.
All engine components painted and engine block modified to lower the front of the car and also to accept the solid axle shaft.
BTW Windows are only taped in place for now.

Doing this sort of wheel m/f conversion makes changing the ride height and wheel centres very simple.

Enjoy

Looking great. Nice color.

Nice touch with the engine colour matching the car

very nice!:iceslolan
I want to do a s14 in that style of colour.

Awesome job as usual mate. Any chance of posting a how to on lowering this car as I have trouble lowering it with the engine in place?

Wow! What an awesome paint job! And those wheels! :bigthumb: How do they "stick" on the car?

wow that looks great and the colour and wheels makes it look more updated! i love it.

plus what your doing with the discs is what i was going to do b4 my bump to the head, i think the diameter that they need to be drilled is 6.5 mm.

Wow...very original. Cant wait to see this done. Looks like its gonna turn out like one of those well done tuned cars.:bigthumb:

Originally posted by chrismcgee
wow that looks great and the colour and wheels makes it look more updated! i love it.

plus what your doing with the discs is what i was going to do b4 my bump to the head, i think the diameter that they need to be drilled is 6.5 mm.

I found a 6mm drill works fine as they always open a bit bigger, if it too big the disc will spin freely and I wanted them tight to the wheel.

BOOSTD : I'll take some photo's soon and post up, i'm at work now :frown:

That looks awesome. I love it.:bigthumb: Very nice touch matching the engine with the car.

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The above photos are how I lowered the front, I drilled into the engine block higher and inserted a plastic tube. I'll edit this later as teas on the table and I'm being nagged.

I want more pic of the lowering. Put the wheels on the ground and put the body on.

Originally posted by EMAXX
I want more pic of the lowering. Put the wheels on the ground and put the body on.
Don't you mean.... Please could I see pics of etc

Yeah, I mean please. Sorry I was rude.

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Tan coloured interior added as well now, which I think suits the external body colour.
Sorry about the colours and shadows but it's 11-28pm here so no natural lighting.
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man i gotta say u work fast but u manage to the job done looking as if u took ur time on it. I love how u finish ur models quick because i cant do that.

Damn! that is one good looking R32...:D Keep it up, it's looking great!

Keep up the good work on this model :thumbsup:

:eek: one word: SWEEEEEEEEEET :eek:

:bigthumb:

A great technique to di-couple complex parts assumbly! A very smart way to work on parts individually by "function requirement"! Thanks for sharing! Great work!:bigthumb: :worshippy

Very nice. Can't wait to see more pics of it.:bigthumb:

Wow, its coming along nicely... Love the ride height on her, looks great :bigthumb: keep the pics coming please :biggrin:

Absolutely awesome Steve. Love the colour and finish so far.

This is so f'n awesome, I am speechless. But I've got one question: What's the diameter of the axle?

:eek: Excellent as always.