Finally finished this off today, its been in a state of limbo for months awaiting molds etc. I've gone for a show car feel yet it goes out drifting on weekends!;) Paint is Peugeot Topaz Blue from Halfords which looks silver in the pics but has blueish hue similar to Walter's Revell 360 and does look a stunning colour in the flesh! This is the Tamiya kit and its fitted with my resin transkit which is based on Bomex items and soon available to all!!!

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Rims; 18" AME Modelart Excellent by Aoshima treated to a spray of TS-42 light gunmetal.
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Interior; Used Humbrol enamel's, the white had a few drops of the same blue used on the seats to give it a very slight blueish hue but its not quite so evident in these pics. Self adhesive carpet has been added to the floor, door panels and parcel shelf. Etched belt buckles and webbing are from MRM. CF decal added to gear stick knob.
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Hope u like?

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wow.

:eek2:

*takes out the sewing thread and scriber*

:D

:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: Super detailed interior!!!! Love it!!!! Nice!!! Damn look at that seat belts... ohohohoh..lol

:eek2: Once again Fly you have amazed us.Great work.

You really helped a boring car look good!:)

that looks incredible! nice work

You da man, fly

Veyron - boring car??? you're crazy! the 180SX is a beautiful machine. i'm hoping to buy one in the coming months. anyways, FOTW, friggin awesome work dude. i have a Fujimi 180SX Type-X kit in the ranks waiting for assembly and i'm very interested in that transkit for mine. i don't like the stock bumper the type-x comes with. LMK when it's available. i tried to do a show car interior like that on my S14 Silvia (white and french blue), but it didn't come out looking anywhere near as nice as yours did. very VERY nice work.

Originally posted by S13_Iketani
Veyron - boring car??? you're crazy! the 180SX is a beautiful machine. i'm hoping to buy one in the coming months. anyways, FOTW, friggin awesome work dude. i have a Fujimi 180SX Type-X kit in the ranks waiting for assembly and i'm very interested in that transkit for mine. i don't like the stock bumper the type-x comes with. LMK when it's available. i tried to do a show car interior like that on my S14 Silvia (white and french blue), but it didn't come out looking anywhere near as nice as yours did. very VERY nice work.

I agree, it is a cool car! Still awaiting Dan's (daggerlee) results on wether it will fit the Fujimi kit. Our initial thoughts are that it shouldn't pose too much of a problem but it is intended to fit the Tamiya kit so if you see one of those, grab one while you can coz they aint makin em right now!

I'm at a loss for words!:eek2: :eek2: :eek2: :cool:

:eek2: wow~!~!~!

Tite work~!

I like interior~!:D

Chris, I don't think I've ever seen a finished project from you since I became a member back in April of this year. Well executed! Excellent fit and finish of your resin pieces.

If I could do that car with that specific kit, I think I would like to use some BBS type mesh rims with a nice deep lip. I think I'm gonna go get a 180sx just for that! When is it available?

I say, "Bring on the Bodykits Chris!". -Walter

wow, I love the interior. :)

Originally posted by wkma7six
Chris, I don't think I've ever seen a finished project from you since I became a member back in April of this year.


Your absolutely right! I forgot to mention that in all my time of being a member here and with over a 1000 posts this is the first completed kit i have shown. I did complete an Impreza that was left 70% completed in a 2 year hiatus but i never had my digi cam then. The lack of completed models is just down to the direction i'm heading in with Scaleautostyle, many of my nearly finished race and rally cars have been shelved while i concentrate on it.

very nice work,i love the color

awesome work. looks like i gotta find me a tamiya 180. it's nice to finally see a completed model from you, although the unfinished models are just as awesome.

I was starting to wonder myself when we were going to see a finished project ...but the wiat has been worth it.....SUPER !!!

beautiful model you have there Chris... the kit looks like it was box stock. and it looks like you have some preorders on that body kit already. interior details are perfect. well done!

WoW!!! :eek: u just gave me that spark to continue working on my model again ;)

Nice work Fly. That kit is subtle but good.

Also good to see a completed kit

Well done!! Nice to see a completed car of yours up here! Do you know if your trans-kit fits the Fujimi kit?

Originally posted by flyonthewall
Etched belt buckles and webbing are from MRM.

LINK???

Nice work man FOTW

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Very nice interior, where did you get your seat belts?

Thanks

Hi,
very great car......awesome interior and good choice for paint.....
Laurent.....

:eek: WOW!!! thats insanely SiCK man, great job

what's more left for me to say..... :rolleyes:

Very nice work indeed!!

Thanks alot for the comments guy's, i've been eager to get a model finished to show u all for ages:) Expect the 350z and S2K in the next couple of weeks or so coz i'm on a roll now their bodywork is done!!!;)

Does anybody here have both the Fujimi and Tamiya 180sx and know how similar the bodys are, and that if you modified it, say with this trans-kit, if it could fit? HLJ (www.hlj.com) no longer sells the Tamiya kit so I was thinking of just going for the Fujimi kit.

I'm blown away, Chris. You've really done a bang-up job! :)Originally posted by Honoturtle
Does anybody here have both the Fujimi and Tamiya 180sx and know how similar the bodys are, and that if you modified it, say with this trans-kit, if it could fit? HLJ (www.hlj.com) no longer sells the Tamiya kit so I was thinking of just going for the Fujimi kit. I believe Dan is test-fitting Chris' kit onto a Fujimi version to see if it fits... ;)

Ahh.... I didn't read that reply, my bad:)

Yeah I promise to have some word soon!!

Well what can I say that hasn't already been said?
That's just beautiful work Chris!!

I went to www.modelexpress.net ad found one in the imports category! He might have more if you wanna get one to do the transkit.

Great pictures! I like the interior!!:flash:

Top find Antonio, well worth picking one up coz they are as rare as shit from a rocking horse right now!:D

They have some interesting items too.

Originally posted by flyonthewall
Top find Antonio, well worth picking one up coz they are as rare as shit from a rocking horse right now!:D

They have some interesting items too. :dogpile: They also had a Nissan MID-4 and a few of those M-B AMG 190 e evo kits, the street version and other cool stuff.

Here's the Tamiya 180SX for $9.40:

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It's "Limited" so grab it while you can, they may not get a restock in a while (or never!). Note: They won't ship orders that don't exceed more than $10, so you'll need to buy something else. They have lots of good supplies though so browse around. Their shipping policy is: $10-20 US Postal Airmail, $20-200 $6.25 FLAT RATE UPS ground, $200+ FREE shipping. Have fun!

Damnit, Chris! I went and bought this kit today because of you! :finger: :mad: ;)

Originally posted by jay@af
Damnit, Chris! I went and bought this kit today because of you! :finger: :mad: ;)

Wow! so your interested in having one of the transkits then?

Did u manage to sneek the kit past the wife alright then?:flipa:

Originally posted by flyonthewall
Wow! so your interested in having one of the transkits then?

Did u manage to sneek the kit past the wife alright then?:flipa: Yes and ...no...

I think this kit will live in my desk at work for a little while... :(

LOL...Oh dear! Surely u can sneek it past somehow?

Well, here's some new pics to whet your appetite!

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License plate? :rolleyes:

;) I hate figuring out license plates, too. :p

Really, I guess I want 3 of these Tamiya 180SXs... One stock, one w/ your extras, and one to kitbash a U.S.-spec 240SX coupe (One-via).

Hmmm... If only someone made 1/24 scale SR20DETs....

Originally posted by jay@af
License plate? :rolleyes:

I just couldn't be bothered with it!


Hmmm... If only someone made 1/24 scale SR20DETs....

Hmmmm...

Nice new pics, late september huh...................

Jay if you do the conversion using Chris' transkit on the 180, could we expect to see the finished model posted here by about the year 2010?
:finger: :finger: :D :D

:eek: Beasty, I saw a red one of these, well heard one today near some traffic lights, the exhaust sounded awesome! Sounded like a real Japanese racing car, I think they are a Barneibi exhaust aren't they?
Nice work on this kit, it looks very sweet!

Some dude across the road from my house has a black 180sx, makes the windows rattle as he goes past... *BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRMMMM* :smoker2:

Makes our car sound like it has 15 mufflers :( (We will get him back one day :devil: , That is, once i figure out a way to take mufflers off cars quick and easily :p )