oldman Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 (edited) NISSAN 89C Group C sports cars This is the limited release with metal parts edition . I used to drive to Monza to watch the group C races which went on for quite a number of years and in 1989 Nissan started taking it seriously . They never won any races but the car was a very attractive car built by Lola in the UK . The pros The whole kit is very well executed everything fits properly . You have to be careful with the metal fuel intake funnels as well as positioning of the metal radiators . The rest fits like a glove . The cons i was not happy with the decals so i ordered them from Studio 27.The weight of the car once built is heavy . I did not see any advantage of making the engine in metal but the radiators do stand out . Color I used pure white spray can and royal blue air brushed . Decals From Studio 27 . this set depicts one of the 1989 Lemans racers which in reality raced without the rear wheel covers . The decal that covers the hood and goes down on both sides of the doors is not large enough to cover the door hinge , so you have a white and red line which should have been all red . i believe this is because it was designed for the Tamiya kit . Rubber tubes They come in 2 sizes and you need to cut them to size and they fit very well on the radiator nipples . one set is for fuel and the other for oil . Edited January 18, 2022 by oldman 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesa Jussila Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 Really nice build. Nissan was fast car, but for some reason factory didn't want participate all races. And for that reason best results came in US. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldman Posted January 18, 2022 Author Share Posted January 18, 2022 yes the results came with Jeff Brabham behind the wheel but i also remember they had almost no competition there . I used to time them in Italy and they were always 2 secs slower than the Benz C1 at the time driven by Karl Weidlinger and a young M Shumacher . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitkent Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 Is this a Hasegawa kit? A lovely looking model of a great Group C car. I saw this race at Le Mans,but unfortunately not at Monza! Chris. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 A beautiful looking build of a striking car. Lola sure had a way of putting them together, this has caught it really well. 👍 Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldman Posted January 19, 2022 Author Share Posted January 19, 2022 this is the Hasegawa Limited edition with metal parts released last year kit : https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1CHBD_enTH955TH955&sxsrf=AOaemvIAWh4Seitl_lh91LFJCf8NCRSt6A:1642629292849&source=univ&tbm=isch&q=hasegawa+NIssan+89C+limited+edition&fir=ul3XK285FBUXWM%2C_b6YAjXbN0JmJM%2C_%3B6r5f3j1drKUlmM%2C17n3jYiosoUbGM%2C_%3BBiDNiEntBtmFnM%2CIT6oReoKF5h16M%2C_%3BAYOVvPFX-zSfXM%2CaMdVgy31guSTVM%2C_%3BiE19M8niknWv6M%2CD8pzmyg8D3VaGM%2C_%3B3w4UAEro25xbeM%2C_b6YAjXbN0JmJM%2C_%3B91ePjdpFIyOAvM%2CYQdUVf6GrK5meM%2C_%3BGzPsWBMRqTdMTM%2CaMdVgy31guSTVM%2C_%3BrHzA7u2mZDvkDM%2CFD_5lzVy73A2qM%2C_%3BolvaYBRYWzs2WM%2CaMdVgy31guSTVM%2C_&usg=AI4_-kRMjC28QWZcj1oty-cojp04D3s4GQ&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiKuf375r71AhUpTWwGHZxyBO4QjJkEegQIAhAC&biw=1280&bih=577&dpr=1.5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan R Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 IIRC this is an expensive kit, like their special edition Toyota 2000GT. Looks lovely though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galaxyg Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 Great looking build. I wonder how this compares to Tamiya's kit of the same/similar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOUSTON Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 AWESOME build. very nicely accomplished. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kapam Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 That is beautiful! I never knew it was built by Lola, but it stands to reason. Thanks for the education. 🤔 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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