Nissan Silvia S15 Spec-R

[Tompidom]

This one is all finished up

The WIP can be found here: http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbul....php?t=1134923














Theirs also 2 video's of this kit comming up soon. One for the panel lines and the other for the window trim. Ill post a link as soon as the are online fot the people who are interrested.

Ups
Not a lot of parts so a lot of room for detailing.
Beeing an aoshima kit you have a lot of wheel choices. I ended up using the kit wheels though.
The over all fit of the parts was really good. And the PE set that came with the kit was a great extra aswell. Sadly i did not use much of it becouse of the brakes i used. But the parts i used fit really well!

Downs
The hood has a very tight fit and in my opinion could have been molded in with the body, The same is for the rear and front bumpers. The rear bumper got gleud on before paint so that was fine. The Front is a different story. Becouse of the way the headlights needed to be mounted it would hav made it a lot harder to gleu on the front bumper before paint. The biggest let down of allw were the rear suspension parts. The wheels them selfs are a bt of a fight to get on the the poly caps. but the Weak suspension parts made it even worse. I snaped both sides while putting the wheels on. The last point i want to bring up are the metel transfers. These don't stick well at all. I would have rather seen decals. Had I sanded off the logo's before paint it would not have been a problem.
The used materials

Body
Zero Paints - Grey primer micro filler
Zero Paints - Ferrari Rosso Rubino
Zero Paints - Ferrari Grigio Silverstone(Hood)
Zero Paints - 2K Clear

Interior
Zero Paints - Grey primer micro filler
Zero Paints - Black
Zero Paints - Ferrari Rosso Corsa(seats)
Zero Paints - Ferrari Marrone Metallizato(rollcage,Wheels)

Extra's
ScaleMotorsports Carbon fiber decals
ScaleProduction brakes
ScaleProduction Race seats
ScaleProduction Race wheel

[ChristopheB]

Thanks for sharing Tom. Comments are interesting and the model looks nice. Good work.

[HondaSan72]

Absolutely beautiful build!! That color is just perfect... And I like how you used the carbon fiber on the hood. Never thought of using two pieces... Looks fantastic!! Great job!!!

[da_ashman]

Love the colour, Love the Car, Nice work!!!

[Tompidom]

Thanks guys

For the people who are interrested here are the links to the video's this car was featured in
http://youtu.be/Ws54KeT0VYw
http://youtu.be/t8wD1jWAT-Q

[SilverRomeo]

Nice carbon hood! A slight suggestion is if you can put some light on the side of the car may help to see the body clearer.