Mazda RX-7

[Snake45]

Bought this last year at the local toy show for $5, used. Mine doesn't have a maker's name on the chassis but a net search shows it now available under the Motor Max name. It seems to be about a 2002 or 2003 model year.

This one had a bad mold misalignment or something on the left side (vertical) of the rear spoiler that had to be dealt with, which is what took me so long to get to. I filed that whole side of the spoiler back to smooth bare metal, then masked off the rest of the car, primed and airbrushed it with Testor #3 Red which is a near perfect match. If I didn't mention it, you'd never notice it. 

Sanded the the tire treads. Drilled out the exhaust pipes. Brush-painted the flat black on the side window frames, and had to pop the backlight out of its frame and brush-paint its edge, too, as a bright line of clear plastic was clearly visible. Removed the front parking/turn light covers, trimmed the sprue nubs, and edged them in black, and painted the area behind them Tamiya Metallic Gray (it was silver there) to match reference photos on the net. Hand-brushed three coats of Tamiya Smoke on the whole taillight lens. The flash washes this out on the near side in the photos, but it all looks dark like the far side in 3D. 

This is a pretty cool looking little car. I'd have never spent $30-$40 on a kit of one, nor the 40 or so hours it would have taken me to put it together, prep it, paint it, polish it out, etc, but for $5 and maybe 4-5 hours of work (much of which was involved in filing, smoothing, masking, and repainting the spoiler defect), I think it look GREAT on the shelf! As always, comments welcome. 

[Gramps46]

I think it looks super for a small investment in time and money.  I have not seen one before and might have to look it up under the Motor Max name.

[Snake45]

1 hour ago, Gramps46 said:

I think it looks super for a small investment in time and money.  I have not seen one before and might have to look it up under the Motor Max name.

I'd never seen one before the toy show where I bought it. They guy must have been a RX-7 fan as he had three of them in different colors (or maybe he bought a 6- or 12- model lot of them), and they were the only 1/24 diecasts he had (he was mostly into Hot Wheels and old toys). One was a beautiful shade of a deep candy apple blue, and I would have bought it except the paint had some subtle runs and defects that would have been difficult to fix. (And if it had the same flaw in the spoiler as this one it would have been impossible to match.) I forget whether the third one was black, white, or silver, but I'm very happy I got this red one. 

[THarrison351]

Looks sharp to me

[randyc]

Looks great and buy-in cost made it a no brainer.