2 Nissan HR31s and a R32

[ShawnS]

Hi again guys,

Here are a couple of builds from last year that have been waiting 98% finished for me to add the finishing touches and that's what I did this weekend.

First is the car that Alf and Tim Grant drove to 6th place at Bathurst in 1991. Hasegawa kit. The decals are by Custom Hobby Decals from my own artwork and the paint is a custom mix of Tamiya TS paints. The wheels are my own and as usual the model has lots of mods to get the kit closer to Aus spec.







Next is the EX factory car of Chris Lambden from early in the 1990 ATCC season. Hasegawa kit. Paint is TS15 blue, TS31 orange and TS47 yellow. Some of the decals are from Spotmodel printlab and some are from Custom Hobby Decals all are printed from my own artwork.








and finally the R32 that Mark Gibbs and Rowan Onslow drove to victory at the 1991 Sandown 500. Tamiya kit with wheels from Tamiya's PIAA Honda Accord kit. Paint is Tamiya TS8 and Decals by Custom Hobby Decals from my own artwork.







These have been part of a massive attempt to clear my stash over the last couple of years and there will be many more models to post in the near future.

Cheers
ShawnS

[Chris K. Hale]

Thanks for sharing Shawn, Nice Job on the artwork and decals, its great to see the pics of the actual cars too. Your replica models are Spot On ! Chris

[arcticwolf]

Terrific work Shawn, and I like your choice of subjects.

[afx]

Great work Shawn.

[Ben_B]

Great builds!!! Also, thanks for the mention of the people who printed you decals. I’m looking for a service like that for a couple of projects, once I finish the artwork.

Ben

[ShawnS]

Thanks guys.

[mustang1989]

Good lookin' car duo Shawn!!! I really like the stance and overall look of that R32.

[Joel_W]

Shawn,
An impressive 3 builds for sure. All have excellent paint and decaling.

joel

[afx]

Shawn are the windshield wipers PE? If so what manufacturer are they?

[ShawnS]

May 19, 2021 2:20:52 GMT -8 afx said:

Shawn are the windshield wipers PE? If so what manufacturer are they?

Thanks everyone.

The wipers for the HR31's are from the Studio27 PE sheet and the wiper for the R32 is from Aber. The metal that Aber uses (nickel silver?) is soft but sturdy and it's very easy to deal with. Here's some pics

I find that PE wipers by themselves are very fragile and don't stand up to handling very well so I have found a solution to that by adding the arm from the original kit wiper which makes a world of difference.

Just cut the kit wiper arm to fit the wide part of the PE arm.

and glue it inside the PE arm.

you can see the gap between the sides and the top of the wiper arm just fill the gaps with CA glue and talc (or baking) powder and sand it smooth.

Glue on the blade and paint it matt black.

When you are using a wiper from another PE set just remove the silly mounting areas that they give you and cut the kit wiper arm where you want it as above.

Cheers

ShawnS

[afx]

Great info on the wipers install Shawn. I have some PE wipers but haven't attempted to use them because the looked very difficult to install. I'll give your method a try.

[tatocorvette]

Very nice work on all of them! You have a passion for historical accuracy and it shows.

Thanks,
Ismael

[clowncar]

Love seeing such crisp, attention-to-detail modelling of (to me, anyway) such non-mainstream subjects.  I applaud your focus, and your craft.

[ShawnS]

May 20, 2021 5:27:05 GMT -8 tatocorvette said:

Very nice work on all of them! You have a passion for historical accuracy and it shows.

Thanks,
Ismael

Thanks again guys.

I do try my best to replicate what I see in my reference pictures. For me there is no such thing as an out of box build as there is always things like mirrors, exhausts, wheels, rollcages etc that need to be changed. There are some kits that can don't need many changes to replicate their 1:1 counterparts but for the most part there aren't many kits that I could just change the decals and be happy with the finished product. I've seen dozens of models where the builder was happy to just slap an Australian livery on something totally inaccurate but for me getting the model as close as I can is all part of the fun/challenge.

Cheers

ShawnS

[Gee-Reg]

Hello Shawn.
Do you have any pics of how you do the wheels for the HR31s? Do you mod the kit wheels or have a resin master that you cast?
I have a DR30 that I want to do as George Fury factory car and those wheel are unique.
Cheers,
Greg (BNE)