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hey glenn, not in this kit not i wish! after all it was the rotary engine that ultimately won the race for the Mazdas! the tamiya kit for the 787b has the rotary engine included

yeah I got lucky and picked this up on japan yahoo for about $35 aus and $15 shipping...I want to get the other 767b's with different decals and then the 787b's wheels almost done!

with le mans running within the week and my confidence high I am going to attempt to build one of my favorite group c cars! I am sure most of you know this but this car is not the "more famous" 787b this is the earlier version and more successful 767b. (i plan to build both) In 1989 Mazda put three 767B's on the Le mans GTP class, all three completed the run and made a exclusive victory winning the first, second and third prizes. This is a Hasegawa kit, original release in 1990, the decals are good and everything seems to be good, the body does have a lot of sinc marks but nothing to bad! I really want to take my time with this model and do everything slowly and neat!

The photos are bad I know, but it's still raining in sydney almost 12 days strait so no sunlight to shoot in, completed my second model... this time with added interior. please check out my WIP thread if you haven't already. I am pleased with everything on this model. except the front windscreen will not stick to the roof, it was simply just molded to small and there isn't enough surface area for the glue to bond. kind of disapointing but this model was very detailed. no engine but in the box there were about 2-3 different options for seats,mirrors,plates,spoilers,windscreen wipers,bodywork, lights so it was a joy to pick the parts I liked and wanted. I included a shot with my Toyota corona from the same time period. Please give me some honest feedback or tips. I make models because I am obsessed with automotive design. But I choose to display my work online so I can gain feedback from fellow model builders!

http://i1079.photobu...t1/IMG_0557.jpg http://i1079.photobu...t1/IMG_0555.jpg http://i1079.photobu...DTjcwMzH0iQ.jpg I have a photo of the real wheel with my wheels, it is a shame that the outside covers up the inside detail but i cant wait to see how this looks, and advice on how to fix the "air bubbles" orange peel effect from my spraying, more updates soon! Just a few photos of my work over the recent week,s my last build i did almost no inside work, I wanted to learn how to get good interior and details i used a very small brush and a toothpick to apply the black buttons! http://i1079.photobu...t1/IMG_0570.jpg http://i1079.photobu.../IMG_0586-1.jpg http://i1079.photobu...t1/IMG_0587.jpg http://i1079.photobu...t1/IMG_0588.jpg http://i1079.photobu...t1/IMG_0589.jpg http://i1079.photobu...t1/IMG_0590.jpg http://i1079.photobu...t1/IMG_0599.jpg http://i1079.photobu...t1/IMG_0600.jpg http://i1079.photobu...t1/IMG_0601.jpg most of the inside done, just a few more panels and details left! then it should be ready to show! after this build I have a Nissan skyline R30 rs-c (aka iron mask) and this will complete the trio of Japanese classics. sorry about the poor quality photos, I will have to change my photographic ways soon.

Hi all, back again with my second build as an adult builder!, I have chosen the Nissan Silvia (S110) H.T.RS Fujimi 1/24 this kit falls in my field of interest of classic Japanese cars, and this also features tuning parts from a very popular and semi-famous tuning shop IMPUL, I am planning to do this kit with a nissan skyline R31, also from nissan and also from the same era!, ok lets get this going! after my first kit i plan to take my time and make sure it is much more detailed and properly constructed, it looks like a fairly simple kit and I will be building this strait OOB with no mods, this kit had heaps of sinc marks and a fair few problems with the body, I started on the body first, i sanded and tried to make the kit look as smooth and correct as possible, I then sprayed the body and the rear and front spliter in tamiya fine surface primer, i have then chosen to paint the car in tamiya TS-27 matt white, and this paint if a b**ch to apply, it is strait from the can but for some reason it is not consistent, I let the can warm up in some warm water for about 2-3 mins and applied the paint, some sprays were heavy whilst the next one would have very little paint, it was very frustrating, I now how the body/panels in about 3 coats of white and i need to fix up a few spots with sanding and one more pass before i will be happy, I have now starte with the wheels, these are IMPUL wheels, these wheels were huge in the 80's almost every nissan procuded had a set of these on them!

did you paint the body?

more aussies!!!! the return of nissan is near!

what green did you use, love it mate! this thread need more aussies!

I am blown away, wow

gonna follow one closely this is my style!

nice mod, I build only jap cars, were did you get the license plates from?

I don't feel bad, I just want better looking models!

mad boso

thank you everyone for your kind words, I have massive room for improvement, I am looking forward to my next two projects and will make some WIP photos

thanks jim, I am happy with it, but there is massive room for improvement in the paint department for me

email sent, do you have a public link to the cars you have collected?, my dream car is a datsun fairlady roadster, you don't have one do you?

small world traditional, I recently lived in (sunpeaks B.C), lovely country and people,very similar to Australia, what area of industrial design did you specialize in?. I love old japanse cars and it is almost impossible to find good die-cast models of any decent cars, let alone the actual models I want, my next to projects are Fujimi ID-82 Nissan Silvia Hard Top RS 1/24 scale kit Fujimi ID-112 Nissan Skyline RS-C R30 2000 Turbo 1/24 scale kit

go the aussies!

I just posted my finished version of the stand kit, good job on the fabrication

very nice, I recently made a toyota corona 1/24 kit

Hello This is my first build and first post, I have collected 1:18 and 1:24 die-cast cars for a few years and I started to find it extremely hard for me to find die-cast replicas of the models I want, so I thought, I would try models kits, I am currently an Industrial design student and I am comfortable building prototype models and using modeling material, so here we go, the first model I have ever made, this took me over the course of about 2-3 weeks, about 10-15 hrs all up, I have had a look around the site and haven't found to many vintage Japanese kits, so I am hoping that at least I am contributing to the forum in some new way. The kit that I have chosen is the Aoshima, The best car Vintage No 58. Toyota Corona HT 2000GT I was not a fan of the stock rims that came supplied with the kit, so I looked around and found this(period correct )kit also by Aoshima, This kit included new rims, some sideair pods and a few other goodies, this is a photo of the new rims, left as is OOB and painted with Tamiya X-27 (clear red), I wanted to color match the rims, as was the style during the 80's, You might also notice that the ride height is lowered quite a bit, I was not happy with the final "stance" of the model, for some reason it was sitting way to high, so with a small drill and some replacing of some suspension parts I lowered the stance. I am extremely happy with the way it sits and think the new rims are well worth the time and effort I did not take any photos whilst building as I did not think I was going to post on a forum,This is my first build ever, I used tamiya spray TS-39(mica red) as the base coat, I did not sand between coats or prime with any coat, for my next models this is a must, as I am not happy with the final outcome of the paint, I used masking tape and some fine brushes to apply the rest of the paint and decals were not as much of an issue as I thought they would be, I have also placed this car on Japanese "trade plates" This was my first build and I have allready learnt alot, Thank you for looking, please fell free to give my any tips or if my different rim choice was correct or not?, I will be building more vintage japanse soon Thank you Jack Graham North Parramatta, NSW, AUS