AUTOart 77471 Skyline review: plain steel wheels, detailed compartments
The standard silver Kenmeri combines black steel-style wheels with engine and trunk detail. Keep manufacturer 77471 distinct from tuned 77466.
At a Glance
Model essentials
- Standard silver KPGC110 · manufacturer code 77471
- Merchant SKU AA77471 · 1:18
- Opening hood, doors and trunk
Collection highlights
- Wiring and plumbing in the engine bay
- Spare-wheel and jack representation in the trunk
- Detailed gauges and cabin trim
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The black steel-style wheels are the starting point for understanding 77471. Alongside the silver body and dark flares, they identify the standard Skyline offered here. If your mental picture of a Kenmeri includes aftermarket wheels, this restrained configuration may be the wrong edition even when you like its detailing.
The stock appearance has something behind it
The inspection naming 77471 describes a wired and plumbed engine compartment. At the other end, a spare sits recessed into the trunk floor beside a molded jack. Opening the car changes the subject from the stock exterior to the equipment represented inside it.
Hood-up interest
The inline-six and its surrounding plumbing give an engine-focused collector a reason to move closer.
Trunk-open interest
The recessed spare establishes how that space is arranged. It is a represented feature; the evidence does not establish a removable wheel or jack.
77471 is not the tuned 77466
AA77471 in the merchant feed corresponds to manufacturer code 77471 in the inspection. The prefix does not turn it into a different specification. The separately offered tuned 77466, however, is a different purchase and cannot borrow this sample’s finish assessment.
For a collection of standard period cars, the plain wheels are an asset to the identity rather than something to upgrade in the recommendation. The source reports no material functional defect; its favorable sample still cannot establish quality across every supplied model.
Pros & Cons Analysis
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Pros
- The engine area offers identifiable surrounding components instead of only a block. That gives a stock-car collection a mechanical detail to explore without changing the represented configuration.
- The recessed spare and adjacent molded jack give the luggage compartment an additional collecting interest. Their documented presence should not be confused with proven removability.
- Ribbed seats, gauge detail and window-crank trim make an open-door view worthwhile, even though the car’s exterior wheels are deliberately plain.
The standard Kenmeri is the point
77471 brings the stock silver-and-black-wheel configuration together with an engine bay and spare-wheel trunk worth examining. Its plain wheels should not be treated as a defect to compensate for. If tuned wheels define the car you want, this is the wrong edition rather than an inferior version of that purchase.
Technical Specifications
| Brand | AUTOart |
|---|---|
| Product code | 77471 |
| Subject | Nissan Skyline 2000GT-R KPGC110 RHD |
| Edition / version | Standard KPGC110; right-hand drive |
| Color / livery | Silver Metallic |
| Scale | 1:18 |
| Model type | Road car |
| Materials | Composite body — merchant listing |
| Length | 9.75 in |
| Width | 4 in |
| Height | 3 in |
| Measurement basis | Approximate catalog dimensions; pose unspecified |
| Opening panels | Hood; doors; trunk |
| Moving parts | Steerable front wheels |
| Lighting | Unknown |
| Power source | Unknown |
| Included figures | Unknown |
| Included equipment | Represented spare wheel and molded jack; removability unverified |
| Display base | Unknown |
