Time to brighten up your friday.
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sorry, that sounded smug...and a bit pretentious...
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Time to completely revolutionize your Friday experience with this amazing new FREE model from me!
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There, thats better.
Obviously this was the Majority Choice according to the "you Pick" Koolwheelz Poll.
I thank you all for taking part in that...I was pleased with the number of votes!
The Datsun 240Z was suggested by Anne McCombs.
Although I have owned a lot of cars, I never owned a 240Z.
Came close to buying a 300ZX in the 1980s when they first came out, but never did.
In fact, I kind of waffled on Datsun (Nissan) all my life.
At one point in the 1980s, they were the second most expensive brand to repair, behind Mazda.
I bought a brand new Mazda (in 1985)! lol
When I was an apprentice, there was a Mechanic in our shop who owned a silver 240Z.
Spent all his time working on it...basically rebuilding it (to stock).
Restoring it with all brand new parts. In the year or so I knew him, he replaced most of the car.
It was pristine.
But looking back, I wonder why a 8 year old car needed rebuilding?
A sign of the times really...in the 1970s an 8 year old car was probably destined for the scrap heap (here in southern Ontario).
Rust being the biggest problem.
Engine mileage being the other limiting factor.
100,000 mile (160,000km) was the limit for most motors up to that period, and into the 1980s.
And these small Japanese and European motors had lifespans much lower than that!
So, its not really surprising that a 240Z didn't last.
As far as driving one...anyone who has ever driven a small Japanese car can tell you how much fun they are.
They were definitely one of the most dependable cars but didn't fair well in accidents.
And, in the North American market, they often required specialized tools and service people to service them.
As suggested, I tried to imitate the copper colour (which is apparently named LeMans Sunset in North America).
This turned out to be a lot more difficult than I had imagined since I could find no consistent photograph of this paint colour.
Some photos show a brilliant orange paint job.
In many cases the copper colour was nowhere near as orange.
And then theres the printed look...the inkjet version on cardstock and paper...and how that would vary.
Not to mention the differences across printers and papers.
Even my own printer wouldn't print what I created on screen!
Thanks again to Anne for suggesting this subject.
Its definitely not my best Koolwheelz but its passable.
Anne already has her copy and is building it, hopefully we will see her version soon.
You can find the model in the Specialz - Road cars section at my website.
I didn't do a separate Assembly Sheet for this, but since I took a handful of photos during the prototype build
I have created an Assembly Tutorial ...find it in the Koolwheelz section at the papermodelforum.com
