Noco insta kerbside build for April

[sandboarder]

I saw this on Instagram and thought why not? Japanese kerbside build must start and finish in the month of April. I have a kit and 1:1 reference so why not. The wheels I will use are in the post tho. I can’t can the deep dish 14s to tuck. Will be a simple build so probably not much to post but I wanna share











And a mock up of the stance and it’s big booty. The stock wheel arches really change the look of the hatch imo

[slowlylearning]

Should be sweeeet! Love the techno wheels, even if they are VERY deepdished. The Fujimi ones would look great with the Aoshima tyres!

I've been reading a little bit about these cars, pretty interesting stuff;

The C110 Skyline was better known as the "Ken & Mary" or "Kenmeri" (ケンメリ) Skyline, stemming from the advertisement campaign in Japan at the time which featured a young couple (Ken and Mary) who relaxed and enjoyed the countryside in Ken and Mary's Skyline

I also read somewhere that the big-butt Skylines are affectionately knows as 'pig' or something in Japan, can't remember the exact word though, because of their voluptuous hind-quarters I love the bigg butted skylines! The lowered rear arches give it such a cool look.

[Luke]

Sounds like fun and an impressive line up if all finish.
Great kit selection and wheel choice

[sandboarder]

Sounds like fun and an impressive line up if all finish.
Great kit selection and wheel choice

Cheers guys. Pretty I couldnt make the Techno TRV fit so I've bought new Super Shark Shallow which should be in the express post tomorrow.

I've been reading a little bit about these cars, pretty interesting stuff;

have you found http://japanesenostalgiccar.com/ so much good info over there!!!

Nissan had a great marketing idea where all of the Skyline commercials for that generation of Skyline would follow a certain theme. For the 1977-1981 Skyline C210, it was “I Love Japan” which is why that generation of Skyline is often referred to as “Skyline Japan”.

But for the C110, Nissan’s commercials all featured a groovy, long haired couple called Ken and Mary. Dressed in wardrobe leftovers from That 70s Show, the commercials would all show Ken and Mary running through fields of heather, painting portraits, taking walks on the beach (ie all the things people did in the 70s in their Skylines), before returning to their C110 for the end of the commercial. It obviously worked, since the whole generation of C110 Skylines is referred to universally as Kenmeri. Even the GT-R version. And the Ken and Mary umbrella logo (and frequently Ken and Mary themselves)would appear on Skyline catalogs, etc.

Throughout the 70s, Ken and Mary didn’t remain the same. They started off in the first commercials with a pair of very young white actors, but towards the end Ken and Mary would be played by more eurasian looking actors who looked like they could be a bit of both.

So influential were the Ken and Mary commercials, that the countryside Hokkaido location of some of the commercials has become a minor tourist attraction, with the focus being the “Ken and Mary Tree” which can be seen in many of the commercials.

Pretty crazy when you think about it and how influential the campaign was. Something so simple like going for a country drive sold a generation to the Skyline.

and the ads

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJ2XZHF4o2I

[Bear]

I like big buts and I can not lie
Deep dish rims down the side
And when a car drives in as low as sin
You really want to get in........

Sorry, reading this post popped it into my head and I had to let it out
Looks like a cool build.
The only thing I seem to get done in a month is get older.

[sandboarder]

I like big buts and I can not lie
Deep dish rims down the side
And when a car drives in as low as sin
You really want to get in........

Sorry, reading this post popped it into my head and I had to let it out
Looks like a cool build.
The only thing I seem to get done in a month is get older.

My anaconda don't want none
Unless you've got after burner tail lights, hon

[Luke]

@bear

Another kit that is now on my wish list.

[sandboarder]

Another kit that is now on my wish list.

Did you get the 77 2000GT-X? I think it’s the same just different grill. I still want to buy the 77 kit too I’m keen find find all the options and what kits are best to buy for them.

[slowlylearning]

Bear!

Yeah I keep on loving these little Skylines more and more. They fit so many different build styles! I think I got my 4door older ones from Haz when he was clearing out his kits a couple years ago. You guys have already flattened me with your builds of these old Skyrine-aroo's! I've got a ute one in the works, thet red one and that Boso one that's waiting for me to take delivery of a couple hundred blades to slice up some tape lines

[sandboarder]

Final mock up yes! Now to wet sand the primered body tonight, crossed for colour tomorrow and decals friday.