Beyond The Sprues
Current and Finished Projects => Physical Models => Land => Topic started by: ScranJ51 on August 11, 2020, 01:11:37 PM
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Both 1/18th Tamiya.
Nissan R381:
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50213225047_455a8142d7_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2jvaUpr)R391-2 (https://flic.kr/p/2jvaUpr) by David Freeman (https://www.flickr.com/photos/153018533@N06/), on Flickr
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50212955556_bdafcbe800_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2jv9wi3)R391-1 (https://flic.kr/p/2jv9wi3) by David Freeman (https://www.flickr.com/photos/153018533@N06/), on Flickr
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50212955541_53250860d4_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2jv9whM)R391-3 (https://flic.kr/p/2jv9whM) by David Freeman (https://www.flickr.com/photos/153018533@N06/), on Flickr
Racing in Japan starting in 1968 - until then t6he most potent sports cars in Japan were Porsche Carerra 6's. This Nissan used a Chevy V8 of 5.4 litres.
This is an early Tamiya kit I suspect. Fit of the body was terrible as you can see. Compare it to the McLaren below.
McLaren M8A - Can-Am Car:
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50213222207_88748d0283_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2jvaTyt)M8A-3 (https://flic.kr/p/2jvaTyt) by David Freeman (https://www.flickr.com/photos/153018533@N06/), on Flickr
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50212423338_e5a832ced0_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2jv6N5S)M8A-2 (https://flic.kr/p/2jv6N5S) by David Freeman (https://www.flickr.com/photos/153018533@N06/), on Flickr
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50212952836_f8bdb5913e_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2jv9vu9)M8A-1 (https://flic.kr/p/2jv9vu9) by David Freeman (https://www.flickr.com/photos/153018533@N06/), on Flickr
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50212423383_bdcd47324e_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2jv6N6D)M8A-4 (https://flic.kr/p/2jv6N6D) by David Freeman (https://www.flickr.com/photos/153018533@N06/), on Flickr
These now join the two previous 1/18th Sports Car builds:
The Lola T-160:
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50060831076_9716df8c03_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2jgGQZb)Lola T160-3 (https://flic.kr/p/2jgGQZb) by David Freeman (https://www.flickr.com/photos/153018533@N06/), on Flickr
and Porsche Carerra 6(no photo uploaded).