The first Skyline is the 1992 Bathurst winning car. As many of you know, this is the car that changed forever touring car racing in Australia - I choose not to air my opinion of that decision
. Below are a couple of reference photos taken from a DVD Bathurst series.
On the way to victory:
And the way it "ended" the race, leading to one of the most memorable winner's speeches by Gentlemen Jim
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I am using a set of Roodecals for the appropriate markings, and starting with the Calsonic GT-R kit as this gives the closest match for wheels of the Tamiya R32 series:
I am furthest along with this GT-R, with the chassis and interior finished. The body is now ready for decals and detail painting. I decided to paint the white and yellow areas, as from my reference photos it appeared that the decals for these areas were slightly wrong, and I also feared for their ability to cover the bright red paint. I also decided that decalling the Nismo vents on the front bumper would have been impossible.
