Finished: Tommy Kaira M30 Skyline

[EMAXX]

Dang. Very nice work. Another car that looks real, and needs a 2nd look to see that its a model. Great work.

[ratdat]

Originally Posted by Layla's Keeper

If there's any qualms I have this is it; I do think the wing should've been mounted a little lower. It does do a good job of breaking up the blandness of the tail end, but it looks a little goofy being that far off the decklid.

It's funny you should mention that ...you are absolutely right too . This is the second wing I made for it. The first one I messed up so I had to start again. The first one did have shorter supports and did look better but I only had tall supports left in the kit with which to make a replacement. I might rescue the old wing, strip it apart, clean it up and use that when my CF decal arrives.

The original wing was the two piece SAS one...it definately looked better lower down...

[ratdat]

Originally Posted by Ferrari TR

That's sweet!

Where did the 'tread-plate' come from?

My LHS sells the tread plate for model railroad detailing. It's just styrene sheet so it's easy to work with. Covered in BMF it looks just like the real thing

86_SR5: I knew you were joking really These R31 kits seems to be frought with difficulty and problems I think. Just keep at it and you'll win though with yours

[flyonthewall]

Nice work, i like it!

[7th_skyline]

Wow ratdat, that looks fantastic.
So lookout for "7th_skyline's 7th Skyline mk2 thread" one day in the near future!
I like the interior, lhd dash was a headspin, but it looks really good. The color really suits it too! I know the wing is a little high, but it still looks cool!

I've ordered another one from HLJ and I'm going to redo mine, because my paint looks ok in photos but its horrible close up (funnily enough, it reacted really badly on the first paintjob in metallic dark blue tamiya paint, then when I stripped and primeredit it was ok in tamiya primer, but with the candy lime it reacted and cracked on the roof and bootlid...).
Also, on the problems with the kit, did you have troubles with the body sitting too high on the chassis when you first fitted it up? I had to mess around for ages to get it to sit down right, it originally sat about 4mm too high up :o And yeah, on the next one I'm going to fit the passage GT projector lenses in, I had them ready but wimped out this time.

The next one - it will be P . I . M . P !

[ratdat]

Originally Posted by 7th_skyline

I've ordered another one from HLJ and I'm going to redo mine, because my paint looks ok in photos but its horrible close up (funnily enough, it reacted really badly on the first paintjob in metallic dark blue tamiya paint, then when I stripped and primeredit it was ok in tamiya primer, but with the candy lime it reacted and cracked on the roof and bootlid...).

I'd just go for automtive paints. I don't often have problems with them providing you paint carefully and lightly for the first few coats ...and make sure the primer covers all the bare plastic

Originally Posted by 7th_skyline

Also, on the problems with the kit, did you have troubles with the body sitting too high on the chassis when you first fitted it up? I had to mess around for ages to get it to sit down right, it originally sat about 4mm too high up :o And yeah, on the next one I'm going to fit the passage GT projector lenses in, I had them ready but wimped out this time.

Yeah, if you look at the pics of mine in some shots you can see the edge of the chassis below the sill. It wouldn't go in that last 3-4mm without a lot of re-engineering of the interior so I didn't bother. I just lowered the suspension enough to make up for it. It really isn't a very good kit. This one was the Tommy Kaira kit but i suspect most of the Fujimi R31 kits are probably the same. Does Aoshima make an R31? I haven't had a look to find out.

I think if I did it again I'd probably make some custo headlights with clear, non-textured lenses and multi surfaced reflectors like some modern cars have. Trick to make on such a small item but it'd look cool.

[Zturbo]

Beutiful interior man!!! complete with metal foot plate and pine shape air freeshener. that good

[njh]

Nice work!
Great detailling on the wheels.

I somewhat find the GT-wings rather odd on it.

[chaos]

Fantastic job!!!

[Hiroboy]

Awesome..!!!!!!!!!!
Your models are a joy to look at. 10/10 Dude

[tonioseven]

What Steve said!! This car has just given me modeller's block!! It's Skyline-perfect!!

[chrismcgee]

excellent model there dude, the chequer plating looks so so so good, realy brings it to life. and the little tree air freshener is uber cool!

[ratdat]

I got the chance to take some outdoor pics ...in the snow!

I think I need to re-do the rear turn signals and polish the tail lights to get them a bit glossy looking. I'll do that when I do the wing I think.

[SchuberT]

hehe... that's awesome...

[86_SR5]

that's real snow?! I've never seen real snow. just the ice on my windsheild at 6 in the morning that the wipers wont break off