ShawnS Posted June 10, 2023 Share Posted June 10, 2023 Hello everyone, These are my final finished builds for this year. These first 3 are ones that raced in 1983-84 under our Group C touring car rules. Between 1960 and 1992 Australian touring car racing had always been based on production style cars, Group C started in 1973 and finished at the end of 1984. There were many different rules for Croup C but the main overview was that the cars still had to retain most production car visual and mechanical similarities. Non production wings and flares were introduced in 1980 and made the cars look meaner and allowed bigger wheels and tyres. Another aspect was that the cars had to retain a full interior with two front seats, a rear seat, factory door cards and full carpeting, although by 1984 rear seats and carpeting seemed to disappear on most RX-7s. Hasegawa's '79 IMSA GTU kit was a good place to start but it's the early version of the SA-22 RX-7 and as most Group C RX-7s were the later version I had to combine the GTU kit with the late version of the road car. The differences are the tail lights and the bumpers. Another big difference is the front air dam. The GTU air dam is too big compared to the Group C so I made my own by combining the late version front bumper and the air dam from the Monogram RX-7 and some evergreen. You can see just how deep the kits GTU airdam is compared to my modified version (the one in primer). This first one is the 1983 Australian Touring Car Championship Winner of Allan Moffat. The wheels are my own 3D designs and prints and the decals are from LB Productions. The decals are great to work with and respond beautifully to setting solutions. I rebuilt the kit roll cage, detailed the dash and added some minor detail under the hatch. I also designed and printed out a new muffler. This one is the ghostbusters car from Bathurst 1984 driven by Graham Moore and Peter McKay. They started 30th and recorded a DNF after 116 laps. The wheels are my own 3D designs and prints and the decals are from LB Productions. I rebuilt the kit roll cage, detailed the dash and added some minor detail under the hatch. I also designed and printed out the exterior mirror and a new muffler. The decal sheet has some minor inaccuracies but I was still happy to use it. This one is the Yellow Pages car of Tony Kavich and Phil Alexander also from Bathurst 1984 they started 43rd and also DNF'd. The wheels are my own 3D designs and prints, I rebuilt the kit roll cage, detailed the dash and added some minor detail under the hatch. I also designed and printed out the mirror and a new muffler. The decals were printed by Custom Hobby Decals from my artwork. This is one of my favourite liveries of Aus touring car racing so I just had to do it. and finally this one isn't a Group C but a Group A from our first full Group A Bathurst race in 1985. Driven by John Bundy and Norm Carr. They qualified 50th after battling a stubborn car that just didn't want to go and DNF'd after blowing the diff. This build was done using left over parts from the other 3 builds. It has a scratch built roll cage, 3D printed wheels, tyres, exterior mirrors and muffler. The decals are also from Custom Hobby Decals from my artwork. The build time for these 4 was around 12 months on/off, I absolutely enjoyed the Hasegawa kits and I can recommend them to anybody. Cheers ShawnS 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rattlecan Dan Posted June 10, 2023 Share Posted June 10, 2023 Shawn, I must say all three are absolutely beautifully built! Fine detail and great finish. Thanks for posting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim B Posted June 10, 2023 Share Posted June 10, 2023 Great looking Mazdas. Really well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave B Posted June 11, 2023 Share Posted June 11, 2023 Excellent builds Shawn, saw the Moffat RX7 at both Symmons Plains and Baskerville. Tks for posting. Dave B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted June 11, 2023 Share Posted June 11, 2023 Great trio of Mazdas! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisR Posted June 11, 2023 Share Posted June 11, 2023 Awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatW Posted June 11, 2023 Share Posted June 11, 2023 (edited) Superb! I remember these being raced in the day by Tom Walkinshaw here in the UK. Edited June 11, 2023 by PatW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Posted June 11, 2023 Share Posted June 11, 2023 Oh, wow! These are beautiful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Scully Posted June 11, 2023 Share Posted June 11, 2023 Top class work once again , well done . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PappyD340 Posted June 12, 2023 Share Posted June 12, 2023 Fine looking group!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afx Posted June 12, 2023 Share Posted June 12, 2023 Love the Yellow Pages car, wheels are awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funkychiken Posted July 9, 2023 Share Posted July 9, 2023 A Stunning set! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Posted July 30, 2023 Share Posted July 30, 2023 I had to look at these again - That Yellow Pages car! Wow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger U Posted July 31, 2023 Share Posted July 31, 2023 Beautiful cars with really nice details. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShawnS Posted July 31, 2023 Author Share Posted July 31, 2023 Thanks guys. I'm glad you like them as much as I do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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