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Where did you get the doming blocks? That work is terrific!!!

Thanks Bob, this is a real treat, I love the color you chose. I am also planning to do the Tamiya kit but I also want to add an engine to it and use the original rims that come in the box. I also have some of the RX3 models which at some time will also be built. Thanks for sharing this!!!

Thanks Bob, they are quite rare but I really like them also, being Puerto Rican, they were and still are very popular in the Island and also with a lot of the Jersey and New York Puerto Rican community. May I ask you to post a few pictures of the one you did right here? Would love to see what you did with yours!!

I have another kit of this car and it's permitting me to use it as a mockup so that I don't have to be handling my painted body, that's always a good thing! I have been playing around with the stance and I am almost there, I might tweak it a bit more and probably lower it a bit but up 'til now, I am happy. Hosted on Fotki Hosted on Fotki Hosted on Fotki Hosted on Fotki Hosted on Fotki Hosted on Fotki

I am going with the Rotary engine from this kit, I am planning to put in a carb vs a turbo, I want the old school type look. I did one of these engines before but stuck it in a Vega, they are very small engines but will look perfect on this build!!! Hosted on Fotki Hosted on Fotki Hosted on Fotki

You know what's funny Mark and you ain't gonna believe it!!! I don't think I remember shooting a last color coat after covering the car up to even out the paint from the front to the rest of the body I do remember wetsanding the color coat with a 4000 grit sanding cloth at one time but other than that, I think I shot the clear right over that Well, what the heck, it turned out good, I don't see those metallics disturbed in any way.....

The small amount of dust fell right between the front headlights, the reason you don't see the staining on the handles was because it was in this front area that I needed more paint coverage after wetsanding since it was a little lighter than the rest of the car. I had to cover the rest of the body to make sure that the color would look even with the rest of the car. As a matter of fact, this is the reason why I am going with the Carbon Fiber hood, I am still not too pleased with the way it turned out.

I went with the Monogram because I have something special for the Tamiya in the long run, I will be adding an engine to it and yes, the Tamiya is a better, overall proportioned kit than the Monogram. Just wanted to do something with this one while I decide on my next build, that's all.

Oh man!! You really have to do your homework around these parts!!! Or, you better be a good liar!!! Mark, I wetsanded my color coats because I found a few little pieces of dust in the paint, nothing major but you would have definitely seen it. After that, I gave it another 2 coats and then the clear.

Steve, thanks a lot for your suggestion, I have used that method before and I really hate it, the color of the BMF doesn't look right, it never sticks as well as the regular chrome BMF and lastly, I have a pretty good method that works for me. Thanks again!!

Thanks Jeff!! I wetsanded my color coats a bit before moving onto the clear, that's why you see that unpainted. I didn't mind because it will be painted in black later...

I have 2 of these in my stash also, I will definitely be doing something in the near future with one of them also, I love these little cars!! Good luck on yours and please, keep us posted!!

Wow Jay, I don't know what to say, sorry to hear that my friend, I will keep this in mind and try to do a good job on it, it has sentimental value now....

I might be using the spoiler my friend, I am covering the hood with Scale Motor Sport's Carbon Fiber decal and just might be doing the same thing to the spoiler if I decide to use it. If not, don't worry, it will be yours! Hosted on Fotki Love the fact that it's a copperish color which will blend perfectly with the color of the body!!!

After much thinking, I have decided on which tires I will go with, I want the back ones a little wider than the front ones which means that I will have to cut part of the front rim down from the rear part of the tire to make it look correct. The rear tires are from a Fujimi kit I have in my stash, the front ones are from American Satco which I was lucky to have in my spare parts. Hosted on Fotki Hosted on Fotki I will either be Alclading these rims or using Testor's Aluminum Buffing Metallizers to get the correct look on them. These rims had kind of a brushed aluminum look to them so I will see what I can do to make them look right. Hosted on Fotki

Here is the body cleared with Tamiya TS-13. I have already wetsanded, polished and waxed this baby so the next step is painting all the molding around the windows and body in their proper black color. There will be lots of masking to achieve this but hey, that's the fun part, aint it??? Hosted on Fotki Hosted on Fotki Hosted on Fotki Hosted on Fotki This is a picture taken outside to show the true color, it was not polished at this stage yet though, I will have to take a few pictures of the completed body outside on a sunny day later...... Hosted on Fotki

Body is primed, sanded and ready for paint! Hosted on Fotki Hosted on Fotki I have a few bottles of Rainbow Products Lacquer paints which have been with me for quite a while, they each have a sticker on the cap stating the color but it looks like this one is missing it so I cannot tell you what color it is but I decided to use it anyway, thought it looked perfect for this. Hosted on Fotki Shot a few coats with the airbrush and these are the results, I am liking it a lot.... Hosted on Fotki Hosted on Fotki

Hi there fellas, want to share this little build with you. I am still awaiting some parts that I need to complete it but here we go. It is based on the old Monogram RX7 kit. A very good friend of mine gave me this model and I have always wanted to put one together. I am discarding the flares, gave them to Dave Zinn, one of the members here, I want to do mine relatively stock with it's Rotary engine in place. I will also be using some nice triangular Mazda rims I had made in resin by my good friend Harold Bradford from Historic Racing Miniatures. I want to keep the originals for another build in the future. I will be working on the body first which I usually leave for last but since I have another one of these kits handy, I will use that body for mock up purposes so I don't ruin the freshly painted one that I will be showing you guys later on this post. First thing I did was smooth out the plastic and re-scribe my panel lines as usual. The biggest problem was the hood, I needed to add a litlle bit of plastic in several places to make it look right, it was pretty bad out of the box. There were some pretty nasty mold lines I had to get rid of also. Added some plastic around the hood to fix the problems around that area and eliminated all of the mold lines around the body, she is ready for primer!

Hey my friend this is old news, I finished this a long time ago, you even posted on that thread

Very cool bro!!! Love all the work you put in this thing, thanks for sharing!!!

Very cool!!!

WOW! Great stuff, remind me that to compete against you!! Welcome to the forum, you will like it here, lots of great people and a great place to learn! Don't worry about Harry, you see that fierce dog in my avatar? He is chewing his behind right now so, don't worry. But seriuosly, Harry is a great guy, he just believes in what I believe, constructive critizism, best way to learn....

Awesome Bob!!!

I have been playing around with one of these for a while trying to combine these 2 kits together, I think that with a bit of work it should work...... Norm Veber, from Replicas and Miniatures Company of Maryland has that engine in resin with some additional parts also, at least, when I decide to do this, that's what I will be purchasing from him!!

Looks great Bob!!!