Nismo r34 skyline

[user 22922]

Decided to make a start. Attached front bumper and rear spoiler

 

[user 22922]

In it's Mr surfacer 1500 primer

 

[user 22922]

Top coat done on the necessary areas. Just let it cure until tomorrow then it's 4 coats of clear

 

[user 22922]

OMFG. One drip of tamiya cement does this. Arghhhhhh

 

[BarleyBop]

Ouch.

 

[user 22922]

not a happy girl

 

[user 22922]

your server keeps reporting error 502 bad gateway

 

[BarleyBop]

I had similar issue 15 minutes ago; happens from time to time, usually pretty stable.

 

[Edbert]

OMFG. One drip of tamiya cement

I read many posts (not here) that said the extra-thin was safe for clear bits.

BZZZT-WRONG!

It took money and time to (sorta) recover my Yak fighter from such a mistake.

Thread '1/32 Yak-3 - Special Hobby'

Mar 29, 2026

I started on this kit a while ago, but never created a thread. At least I did take a few in-progress pics, so I am catching up by starting this today.

I'd never even heard of "Special Hobby" before, much less touched one. I picked this up in open box state from a member of my local club. I was pretty impressed with the mold quality and overall attention to detail. It came with a small bit of PE and some resin bits too!

I always start a new build with the intent of it being my best build yet, sometimes those thoughts are discarded early, but in this case the assembly and painting went...

• Edbert
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[user 22922]

Well bit of thought. Sorted it out

 

[Edbert]

Sorted it out

You will find that among many veteran model builders (I am not one of them) the general belief that recovery from adversity is more important than anything else!

 

[user 22922]

Chassis partly completed

 

[user 22922]

Chassis and interior complete

 

[user 22922]

Well it's completed. I've built sooooo many of these I literally don't need the instructions lol

 

[BarleyBop]

Love those dash shots.
I mean the outside of a car is cool, but the whole driver user experience is behind the wheel!
... So we pay big bucks for other people to admire the outside.

 

[user 22922]

View attachment 192497

 

[BarleyBop]

Nice! Great save on the windshield.
I've only ever driven two Nissans, a '90 Sentra hatchback and a Frontier pickup.

I remember well the 'Datsun' years in the 70s. Rough and tumble little cars held together by rust!

 

[user 22922]

ive had a few nissans the Z , 180 sx, r33 skyline, pulsar gtir, bluebird turbo

 

[BarleyBop]

Have you built any Japanese drifting cars? I only know of them because my son loved the Anime drifting series...

 

[user 22922]

haven't built the initial D series yet but i intend to i do have an ae 86 and a couple of silvias

 

[user 22922]

 

[BarleyBop]

Awesome collection!
I'm sure folks would love to see a dedicated thread with pics of that lineup!

 

[user 22922]

when i start on them a full thread will follow