Skyline GTR 2000 - TAMIYA

[luchoteam]

Hi! how are you?

I started this nissan some time ago, i did some progress but it isnt very much...well my modeling process is slow

i have two kits of this nissan, one will be 100% original out of the box....but this one will be more "sporty" some kind of trackdays car, it will have a simple roll bar, ITBs, DIS system, very low stance, maybe it wont have the hood, only one racing seat etc etc etc

Lets see some photos





I bought this kit and it came with the roof broken, so i had to repair it - and i also filled the holes for the wing because it wont have the wing


The very well known engine






Then i started to assemble the engine


The idea is to paint the valve cover with clear red to make some kind of effect that i have in my mind but unlucky the paint did not came very smooth so i have to do this again









Then i try to make some kind of DIS support - the blue square is the DIS -


it should be mounted like this


I have to find thinner wire to the spark plugs, because this one is a bit fatty


And then i also started with the wheel part of the process, i had 2 options...watanabes with slicks tyres or deep TVR





Watanabes
















So as you see, I finally choose the TVR to do something a little different (because 8 spokes on skys are very common), so then i had to cut the wheel to make it a little narrower

I have to take some photos of some updates i did a few days ago

Hope you guys like the proyect

[da_ashman]

Cool Project!! What ideas do you have for colour?

[luchoteam]

Thanks Dashman!

The colour part is the most complicated thing...i have been checking in internet, and it seems that the original colours of the skyline was the grey and the white...but since im not doing an original model, maybe i go for another colour, i was thinking in dark blue but honestly im not 100% sure