Week 1 (Apr 1-6) Unboxing, Sorting, Initial Prep
It's amazing the things we would rather have than money, eh?
Seeing the light of day after 32 years!
Traditional "boxy" 1980s police car
Very similar in appearence to the Dodge Diplomat of the era
Crisp detail and accurate proportions are typical of most Tamiya kits, both old and new. Glazings are still crystal clear after three decades!
With Xuron sprue cutters at the ready......
......we begin 🙂
After apx. 6 hours of careful snipping
Finally the major bits are tagged and bagged
The missus (tired of too many years of stepping on loose model parts) kindly loaned her beading trays
Her gem trays came in handy as well 🙂
Removing upper sprue from body
And don't forget the lower half of sprue (duh)
A good pair of sprue cutters will eliminate any chance of damage, thus saving many unnessasary hours of trimming and filling.
Factory antenna location hole will need to be eliminated
A few minutes of stretching sprue
A drop of cyro on the tip and insert
Keep blade flush with roofline and snip!
A trick from an old SAE Magazine
Nicely detailed for a chassis with only 7 total seprate parts. Accurate undeskirt will help hide the curbside model see-thru effect
A 1:1 pic
Will need to make a spare tire well. Have no clue how to sort out the divot in the gas tank yet
A 1:1 pic
An R30 Skyline in Tokyo, 1983
Sasaki Electric Works (now Patlite) light bar is beautifully replicated in Fujimi's Patrol Car Parts Set
The ultamate reference source I would give the proverbial left nut to either scan or purchase outright
A still from the film Black Rain (US 1989) credit IMCDB
A still from the film Shuto Kosoko toraiaru (J 1988) credit IMCDB (and an example of a hastily converted civilian car)
A still from the film Sono otoko, kyobo ni tsuki (J 1989) credit IMCDB
Completely off topic, but I received a pm asking who is Mako Ishino and just what - or where - is her yaeba. Behold lovely 80s J Idol Mako-chan with her enchanting "cat's fangs"!
Kommentit
5 April 2013, 18:52
Steve WilsonYou don't like Nissan Skyline's then Toshio.
Mind you, I suffer the same problem with Ferrari's😄😄😄
5 April 2013, 20:12
Steve Wilson3rd &4th pics remind me of a Supermarket Car Park.
Sorry Toshio!!! just my sense of humour😄😄😄
5 April 2013, 20:30
Toshio NakamuraI've always enjoyed seeing a row of clean, neatly parked fleet vehicles!
5 April 2013, 20:58
Eend16 Skylines without a spare tire and gas tank? I'm definitely in, this is the biggest project i've seen.
I wish you good luck! 🙂
5 April 2013, 21:33
Toshio NakamuraI can not get the "Week 1" photo album title description to upload so I will post it below:
I am very much excited to have finally made the commitment to begin this project! There's something very breathtaking about unwrapping the cellophane off a 32 year old model. It's as close as one can get to turning back time, I suppose. The first evening was spent opening the boxes, unbagging and inspecting all the sprues. The next few nights included 6 hours of quality time with the missus carefully removing all parts from sprues and sorting them in beading trays for safe keeping. Yesterday evening I filled in the factory antenna roof holes while drooling over some old Mako Ishino music videos. *sigh* oh how I love girls with yaeba!
Week 2 will begin cleaning up the parting lines and I hope will conclude with some actual assembly in earnest. Thank you for looking!
5 April 2013, 23:02
Steve WilsonJust had a thought Toshio, are you a Police Officer by chance???
Would explain your fetish with Police Cars👍🙂
JOKE!!!
6 April 2013, 11:31
Toshio NakamuraHi Steve, no...but I DID own an '85 Chevy Impala retired by the Montgomery County (Maryland) Sheriffs Dept. back in the early 90s. ('85 was the last year for the 4bbl carb - still remember the sound)
6 April 2013, 12:18
Toshio NakamuraHello Aghis! Receipts totals on the Nissans averaged out to apx $16usd each (the R30 sedans are not nearly as popular as a R34 GT-R). I found most of them through eBay seller 'modelmaam' a very nice lady from Canada. She puts many of her kits up as job-lots (groups of 4 etc). The Fujimi Parts Sets I had to find 1 here, 1 there and took a very long time to find each one.
6 April 2013, 12:42
