Tamiya 1/24 Nissan Skyline GTR

[syd-baines]

this is Tamiya`s nissan skyline gtr i dont know yet if i am going to put any details or build it ootb i have decided on the colour it is going to be midnight purple until i have a proper look at the parts i don t know how much cleaning up there is to do hopefully make a start on it tomorrow

[ShaunW]

Great choice for your next build, Syd, the Skyline GTR is a beast of a car.

[syd-baines]

thanks Shaun i have made a start painted and built the chassis i have some cloth for the seats which i am trying i have put some on one of the front seats and covered the joins with some tubing to look like piping but i think it is a little to thick i will cover the other seats with the cloth
i have some piping somewhere it is finding it at the moment so i don`t yet know if i will leave the tubing on and do the other seat the same or look for the piping

the seat with the tubing i am undecided at the moment as to leave as is

[ShaunW]

You're off to a great start, Syd. I think the seat looks very promising.

[montessa315]

Chassis is looking great.
The seat covering is very well done, I have used thin wire for the piping before now.


Alan..........

[Dirkpitt289]

Real cloth seats, now thats original. I love it

[syd-baines]

thanks guys not been doing anything model wise for a couple of weeks as i have helped my dughter to move to her new flat and i have moved my model stuff back into the spare bedroom (did`nt know i had so much stuff) got it all stored and sorted out now and i am back to modeling, i dicided to leave the piping as is and done the other seats the same i have also painted the interior and glued it to the chassis working on the body at the moment

[ShaunW]

Moving along soundly, Syd. We had work done on the house last year, which meant I had to pack up the modelling room for a while and I was amazed at how much stuff (some unkind souls would say crap) that I had amassed, quite a bit of which hadn't seen the light of day in years - I adhere strictly to the old modelling adage: never throw anything away

[syd-baines]

thanks Shaun (glad i am not the only one who dont throw anything away) i have now finished the GTR the fit was up to Tamiya`s usual standard i rushed the finish a little in the end because i wanted to go straight to my next build so having got the spare room back so i rushed it and spoilt the paint work a little and also mucked the windows up

[ShaunW]

It's good to see this one done, Syd, although I can tell you're not altogether happy with it. I've been there myself, rushing off the finish to get onto something else and then wishing I'd taken my time a bit more.

[VickersVandal]

Looks good to me. Ready to get sideways ;)

[general rocket]

Tasty

[kpnuts]

That came out great, I really love the seats they worked really well.
What material did you use.

[montessa315]

A good job Syd, guilty myself of rushing the last bits.


Alan.......

[syd-baines]

thanks guys what i used on the seats was from model factory Hiro it is adhesive cloth for seats and it comes in various colours you can also get leather look it is slightly stretchy so if you cut it a little short you can stretch it to fit